Let me introduce you to Disco Elysium. You're welcome.
Same, I'm glad I opted out of the pre-buy despite having looked forward to the game for the better part of a decade now, I'm a massive fan of genre and heard about it early on and fan boyed about the art renders from back in the day despite having given up on gaming years before.
But, I stopped watching the youtube videos after a few missions and now I'm waiting until they get things sorted and the features they promised as well as some others that will only be possible for Online play--there was talk about it including space exploration as the launch site is not currently accessible but looks likely to be as things develop with time.
Anyhow, I'm just glad they didn't use Bitcoin ransomware, and I hope they got their backup/image settings on before this hack.
Out of the top of my head: pillars of eternity, divinity original sin 1/2, what remains of Edith finch, firewatch...
The situations they were in was less interesting to me. Like, the main story itself is mediocre at best. Many of the side stories are good, but not amazing. What is absolutely top notch, though, is the characters: their personalities, how they're portrayed, their actors (voice and animation) etc. They are likable, believable and I got emotionally invested in them more than for many games with otherwise better stories.
Cyberpunk kinda filled that void a bit. Battle tech is another that I enjoy, but the story was mediocre at best.
I think one of the other posters here put it plainly; the cyberpunk story was just ok, but the characters really stood out and I got emotionally invested in them.
Maybe that’s what I’m really after. Characters I actually care about.
I liked cyberpunk, if only because of the story. I like games with decent - excellent stories. Sure, I wish cyberpunk could’ve been even better but it was enjoyable.
It’s hard to find games with good stories and lore nowadays, I think.