No, it's not just you. Cyberpunk 2077 is one of those weird yet wonderful RPGs that, unless you've come prepared, seems to fight you at every turn. I'm not talking about the Tyger Claws running rampant on the streets of Japantown; rather, the mechanics themselves are a lot to wrap one's head around as a Night City newbie.
I first stepped into CD Projekt Red's thrilling open-world in 2024. A couple of weeks later, I ended up dropping it entirely for two months. There was nothing wrong with the game itself – I'd picked it up alongside then-new DLC Phantom Liberty, with Patch 2.1 very much intact – but something about it pushed back against my every attempt to fall in love.
