This is kinda dumb, but...

I started CyberPunk 2077. I wanted to like it. I love sci-fi, I love the Witcher series, I enjoy shooters, RPGs, and shooter/RPGs.

I could not get into it. Soooo much walking or driving around the city. The gunplay felt squishy and slow, I was a little overwhelmed by the skill tree and cyber augments, it took forever to level up, and I never really knew what quests had priority. I also didn't understand how you can, say, shoot up a major hotel after being suspected of murdering a major crime boss(or corporate CEO or president of some country, I wasn't sure) and then just go back to your apartment and carry on. There are cameras everywhere.

The biggest hurdle was just how dark every interior sequence was. I turned the brighteness up on my TV, I messed with the HDR settings, I turned HDR off, I increased gamma, which just made the black a washed out grey. I got frustrated and went back the homescreen, and remembered I downloaded Immortals of Aveum out of curiosity.

Does it mean I'm a dimwit if I'm enjoying Immortals so much more than Cyberpunk? Like, I feel like this game got a bum deal. It kinda reminds me of Heretic, a little.

Idk, it just kinda struck me. Maybe I'm just getting old and washed, but I'm surprised that I'm enjoying this as much as I am!