ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Cyberpunk 2077 

My main takeaway from this one hour, six minutes, and 26 seconds of video is that I will never have the time, money, and energy to do even a fraction of the things I want to do in my life.

At last, the feast can begin

I am starting to believe that this man‘s day has 48 hours

List of books visible at 21:58; still waiting for a link to Tim's goodreads: Title - Author Islands in the net - Bruce Sterling Distraction - Bruce Sterling Schismatrix plus - Bruce Sterling The artificial kid - Bruce Sterling Mirrorshades the cyberpunk anthology - Bruce Sterling, editor Accelerando - Charles Stross When gravity fails - George Alec Effinger A fire in the sun - George Alec Effinger The Exile kiss - George Alec Effinger Diaspora - Greg Egan The Electric Church - Jeff Somers Psion - Joan D. Vinge Catspraw - Joan D. Vinge The shockware rider - John Brunner Johnny Zed - John Gregory Betancourt Eclipse penumbra - John Shirley Eclipse volume one a song called young - John Shirley Dr. Adder - K.W. Jeter The glass hammer - K.W. Jeter Frontera - Lewis Shiner Trouble and her friends - Melissa Scott Mindplayers - Melissa Scott Corpse - Mick Farren Vickers - Mick Farren Snow crash - Neal Stephenson Little heroes - Norman Spinrad Synners - Pat Cadigan Do androids dream of electric sheep? - Philip K.Dick Altered carbon - Richard K. Morgan Realware - Rudy Rucker Freeware - Rudy Rucker Wetware - Rudy Rucker Software - Rudy Rucker The ghost in the shell deluxe edition - Shirow Masamune Streetlethal - Steven Barnes Gordon Child - Steven Barnes Voice of the whirlwind - Walter Jon Williams Angel station - Walter Jon Williams Hardwired - Walter Jon Williams Neuromancer - William Gibson Count zero - William Gibson Mona Lisa overdrive - William Gibson Burning Chrome - William Gibson PS: there might be mistakes

I wanted to say that watching all the parts would be the Tim Rogers way of watching this, then I realized the actual Tim Rogers way of do this would be to watch all 21 combinations of videos, each sandwiched between rewatches of the intro and outro videos, and that's only after ingesting every video, article, and tweet Tim has ever made in order to get the full context of his work up until that point, as well as large amount of his contemporaries' work, and spend a not insignificant amount of time meditating on what Tim and his work means to me personally. I don't really want to do that, so I think I'll just watch two videos and come back to watch the rest later.

Can’t wait for this video to completely rewrite my casual speech patterns for the next 10 months, Jerry

I'm not convinced this video is going to end when the red dot reaches the end of the line

I love the idea that Action Button started because a CEO kept trying to cosplay as a human by telling you that your shades were cool.

I had a hard enough time thinking I'd recommend this to a friend who likes this game because I thought it was one hour. When I learned it was ten hours with a chose your own adventure style playlist involved, I then realized Tim made the most Unsharable RU-vid video I will ever watch.

Tim breathlessly reading through the patches and their respective release dates is genuinely one of the most nerve wracking things I’ve watched in a while.

You know, this review is actually pretty good. Its OK to like this review!

I love how these reviews are not reviews of the games, but more reviews of Tim Roger's processing in making a review.

"The technical difficulty is not a metaphor for cyberpunk 2077" Well, not intentionally, no, but I fail to see a better analogy than "extremely long, technically impressive, and a testament to the medium in theory, but also full of overworked people stressing out over not being able to release on time without massive technical issues"

Only an hour? I could actually finish this tonight. Edited: Ah this is just the intro, fantastic. Thank you for choosing my media consumption this week

I'M WATCHING THIS ON AN IMMORAL AMMOUNT OF SHROOMS AND I MUST SAY I LOVE THIS MAN

That damn doom shotgun mixed with the Mario 64 taking damage noise got me every time, Bravo sir.

THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!

Not only did we finally get the review, but we got to hear Tim say “Tokimeki Memorial” again. Bless you, sir.

Me, going into this video. Huh. He managed to review this in an hour. Guess he didn't have a lot to say. Halfway through. This feels like a lot of preamble. Ten minutes later Oh my god

I just realized there's 11 more hours of *unlisted* parts to the video. Just the fact that you made them unlisted makes me respect you so much more, truly a work of passion rather than just another analysis.

Somehow Tim has 72-hour-long days.

When the world needed him the most instead of vanishing, he appeared. The avatar of reviews. Long live Action Button

This is genuinely one of the maddest most genius things I've ever watched and I can't even imagine how long it must have taken, fantastic work!

Tim, not only are you an incredibly talented writer with a fascinating perspective on life, but your sense of comedic timing and delivery particularly throughout all of these videos has had me crying with laughter. Thank you.

I couldn’t believe you made a review that’s only an hour long... and then I noticed the playlist. Thank you Tim, you’re a modern day legend.

Me: "Oh, it's only an hour. Surprisingly short." Me 30 minutes in: "He's mentioned the 7 chapters a couple times now, but the video is half over? Did he make a mistake, or are the chapters short, or...? Action Button: "You must choose 2 and only 2." Me: "oh. Oh god."

man i was expecting an 8 hour masterpiece but this works too EDIT: WELL SHIT NEVERMIND! IT IS AN 8 HOUR MASTERPIECE HOLY SHIT

And finally Tim has given us exactly what we want from a video game review. Replayability. So let me ask you. Which was your favorite playthrough of this review?

...40 minutes in - In prepping for reviewing this game alone you might have consumed more media than I have in my entire life. I'm enthralled.

How does this man have time to play/read so many games in 1 year all while writing and editing these huge videos? Mad respect for all the effort and work though. Great video.

i love how insanely melodramatic this is, bravo "whoever the opposite of a librarian is--YOU'RE WELCOME"

I'd never seen your vids before, this vid is my introduction to you. Wow... I don't want to say how much of this video I watched in one sitting... you know why. Anyway, you're a very strange person. The depth that you went into when covering just the concept of this topic -- the meta -- necessitates strangeness. What a strange trip you took me on, stranger. As I sync'd up with your pacing I was actually able to see that you weren't really all that strange, but in fact, you were actually a reflection of the me that had played all those same games and felt all those same feelings, but this me had never given myself the time and space to talk about them... and here we are, all of us -- reflected deeply in the meta. You do really good work. I'm now going to devote, what I'm certain will be at least half of an entire day, to watching more of your carefully written, masterfully read, self-reflective meta-strangeness. Wow...

Worth the wait

I got it, the real way to see this Review. Since Tim imagined 7 reviewers to make the reviews, we must imagine 42 versions of ourselves, and then see all posible combinations of two segments.

I loved this so much. So much.

First time watching his videos. At first I was annoyed when he went off on a tangent about what games he played to get mentally prepared to play/touch/think about 2077. And then I started laughing and agreeing with the reasons why he needed to play those game. The fear in his voice. Great video. Edit: Wait wtf there's more. HAHAHAH

Tim is a revolutionary. What he has accomplished here should finally break the self hate he has lived with all his life. You are free now Tim, live.

I have entered a weird stage of my life where I am now more likely to play Cyberpunk 2077 in the interest of enjoying this review than I am to watch this review in the interest of deciding whether or not to play Cyberpunk 2077. I don't know what it says about me except that I like Action Button, but I can at least say that I like Action Button very much.

I just watched all these over the course of about four days in a bout of depression. The reviewer's suffering in the pursuit of comically long reviews is somehow cathartic. I hope he's ok.

I should sue you for how hard I was crying and coughing at your description of a new York dining experience "Where a man screams at your wife, and you don't know why" You're a fucking artist man.

After all the delays this video has had I honestly thought the twist was going to be that you were releasing it in an unfinished form and would be releasing patches for it every few weeks for the next year. I like what you've done a lot better.

That live stream was one hell of an experience, he baited us so well

I love how long these reviews are. The Tokimeki Memorial one is my favorite and I was surprised this video was only an hour until I realised you're splitting the segments up. I will watch two and then the end and then go for completion points once a month or so so they do not become repetitive as you describe. Thank you for the hard work, these are my favorite videos on youtube and I still want a japanese playstation to play Tokimeki Memorial.

Your vids are genuinely a joy to watch. Thank you for the incredible amount of work you (and anyone you work with) put into each!

I literally had to write a guide for *myself* to wrap my head around this one. I've primarily decided to post it here as proof for my future self that I Actually Did That, but feel free to use this guide for your own watch/playthrough: Story 1: Let's DEMOLISH The Discourse Story 2: Let's talk about The Graphics Story 3: Action Button LIKES Cyberpunk 2077! Story 4: Action Button HATES Cyberpunk 2077! (Potentially: "Cyberpunk 2077 is pretty good, for a game made entirely out of problems.") Story 5: The Point (What *isn't* a Role-Playing Game?) (in which Action Button (somewhat abstractly) reviews every Open World and Western Role-Playing Game released after GTA 3) Story 6: The Second Point: Action Button deconstructs the Science-Fiction subgenre; Cyberpunk (and then deconstructs that deconstruction) (Or: Why Shake Shack Is NOT A Real New York Dining Experience) (The One Tim Rogers Recommends) (maybe the chair is in this one??) Story 7: The Bottom Line Watch only TWO stories, and then immediately watch Story 7: The Bottom Line. Watch your second most desired story first, then watch the story you are most looking forward to watching as your *last* player-chosen story. You can skip straight to Story 7: The Bottom Line if you are Strapped For Time. At any point during the Intermission after each Story, you may skip to your next Story. You must NOT watch every story in order, back-to-back for your first viewing. However, you *can* watch any of the stories you *didn't* choose during your first viewing after you finish Story 7: The Bottom Line. (EDIT: I'd like to add that the above is *not* spoilers. I wrote it before beginning my first watch/playthrough, simply because there is a *lot* of information present throughout the entire second half of the video, including elaborations easy to miss if one simply chose a video as soon as they were prompted.)

"pretty good for a game made completely out of problems" so perfectly fills the void I've spent hours trying to articulate as I ramble endlessly to anyone who listens.

Your humor, attention to detail and intellect are extremely entertaining and always a delight to watch. I wish I had more time to binge everything.

Jesus. Tim, I love your writing and specifically, the level of self-awareness in your writing. The whole bit about re-reading Neuromancer for the third time to dial back your loquaciousness followed by "Did it work? You tell me" was great and the capstone of "But you'd probably tell me: NO" was just genius. Also, I love the amount of Chopin you put into these.

A new Tim Rogers video popping up in your feed is like when your friend drops by to marathon the Star Wars franchise with you. Except he’s not just brought the original trilogy and the prequels, but the Clone Wars film and the entirety of the subsequent 2008 cartoon as well as the 2003 series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, and of course while we’re watching those he posits that we might as well pull up Disney+ to watch the rest of the follow-ups, Rebels, Resistance and Bad-Batch. Then of course we need to compare those to the the Nelvana produced Ewoks and Droids cartoons from 1985 and the animated bits from Star Wars: The Holiday Special and thought it’s painful once you watch the animated bits it’s important to sit down and take in the whole thing just to get some context on the one thing George Lucas has called a mistake. In fact, your friend says, it’s important to understand the sprawl of the Star Wars extended universe. So he pulls out the novels Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, The Truce at Bakura, The Courtship of Princess Leia and Shadows of the Empire. In fact, your friend reminds you Shadows of the Empire was the test LucasFilm used to see if people wanted more Star Wars. So since the answer from the public was a resounding yes after reading Shadows of the Empire you might as well play the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game released for the Nintendo 64 in 1996, home computer systems in 1997, re-released for Windows systems on May 3rd, 2016. Your friend tells you wistfully that it reminds him of the time he was in the room with the Shadows of the Empire producers and Shigeru Miyamoto who mused that, Dash Render would look more lifelike in he had an idle animation. It is at this point that he puts on the Star Wars: Visions anime. To understand the impact of Shadows on the production of Star Wars games however, your friend quickly produces every entry in the Rogue Squadron, Starfighter and Battlefront series as well as KOTOR to see just what SotE’s big budget, sweeping takes of Star Wars adventures inspired. You should also play Dark Forces, released in 1995 for home computer systems and for Playstation in 1996. A clone of the game DOOM, which of course is a video game developed by ID software and published for the Microsoft disc operating system on Dec. 3rd, 1993, the Sega 32X….In fact you really need to understand the influences of Star Wars to understand what makes Star Wars….Star Wars. So your friend promptly pulls out the Buck Rogers comic strip, select Flash Gordon serials, Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 epic Seven Samurai, his 1958 masterpiece The Hidden Fortress and Sergio Leone’s iconic westerns A Fistful of Dollars and the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. To get at the immediate impact Star Wars had on the cultural landscape he also pulls out select episodes of Urusei Yatsura, Kidō Senshi Gundam and Ginga Eiyū Densetsu as well as several dozen sci-fi films from the preceding decades, some of which are very good and some of which aren’t very good at all…as well as Annie Hall and the Matrix, two films which beat out Star Wars in key Oscar categories in their respective award years. And so, your hypothetical friend asks if you would like to marathon it all with him. The response I give him is the same one I give when asked if I want to sit through another 6 hour Tim Rogers video. Yes, it’s always a resounding yes.

this intro is so good that Tim Rogers being out of focus for the entirety of it does not diminish the experience of it whatsoever.

You know, Arnold Schwarzenegger once said "leave no stone unturned, that's what makes you a champion" and my God... there are no stones left unturned after an Action Button review.

Thanks again for putting your actual life force into the making of this video review. I am eagerly awaiting season 2. Stay healthy and well (but also please keep up the quality content)!

I literally can’t believe this is happening. I’ve watched the Tokimeki Memorial video three times now and I thought that was going to be it for Action Button Reviews. I’m so happy you’ve returned!

The single greatest video that is also out-of-focus the entire time. We love you, Tim.

I came back here in order to rewatch the entire series of videos again after watching Cyberpunk: Edgerunners because it captures everything I wanted from the genre. It never really clicked that I really liked cyberpunk until these videos, and realizing after that a lot of my favorite series and media had bits and pieces of the genre. Thanks for sharing your art man, I get to find more pieces of my self and more things to enjoy because of you. It means the world to me that there's so much out there to explore and I feel excited again. I truly hope you find what you're looking for.

These reviews have gotten completely out of hand. I love this man.

The revelation that the entirety of Season One was pre-planned kills me. Because I much preferred the story of how the Pac Man review came to be.

I can't believe at no point Tim looks at three different cameras saying, "Cyberpunk. The Game. The review. THE GAME."

I just found the channel, but I can already tell this was a long time coming and a lot of work has been put into this. Stoked to watch it!

starting my second playthrough, already noticing so many bits and pieces in the intro that you get context for later in the review makes this one of the most rewarding viewing experiences i've had on this platform

Was genuinely shocked to get to the end of the video and realise the "7 stories" thing wasn't just a bit obliquely making fun of Cyberpunk 2077's substandard launch state but that there are actually 7 other videos averaging over an hour each in length with the intent that I will watch no more than two of them. Bravo

Timothy is one of those people that look like they are either 14 or 47. Love him.

I’m happy that Tim is doing well (enough) again 🙏🏽 #blessed to see is work again, every review of season 1 is a Masterpiece.

Action Button Reviews guy Tim Rogers has kept me thoroughly entertained this entire week with his incredibly long video on a game I will never play, nor have I ever had any interest in playing. Thank you, Tim!

41:55 - If Tim only knew how much I shrieked with excitement when I realized what he was doing with this review. I absolutely love this. Branching path ideas have been done by other RU-vidrs with their videos but those last seconds, minutes at most. The mad man genuinely chopped up his review and is asking us to choose. I can't wait!

So, what you're telling me is that, despite everything, Tokimeki Memorial is the best review/game/let's play of all time? Amazing. For real though, I'm SUPER excited for this omg. EDIT: Madlad split the video up into seven videos???? Actually amazing. I'm so hyped for this, Tim.

Your Gonzo journalism style of review is very well done and right up my alley. Subscribed.

I have no idea why I've only NOW discovered you man, but please continue to do you. Your commentary is second to none. Hope for you nothing but the best.

Seeing that this has been uploaded made me jump out of my chair in childlike joy. Thank you for this and enjoy your break Tim, you've earned it ❤️

I love how the viewcount on each video in the playlist implies that most of us are, in fact, just watching them in order, rather than as intended (and that most of us haven’t gotten beyond Part 2, or even beyond this intro video). We’re nothing if not predictable.

Intro is brilliant. The sudden look of buffoonishly panicked anticipation on Viewer Tim's face as Presenter Tim appears to be about to speak got a sharp guffaw out of me. Also one of the best music-forward edits, up there with the swell of Clair de Lune in the rhetorical climax of the Tokimeki review.

It's almost been two years since this beauty came out

KING SHIT Please enjoy your time off, Tim, you've more than earned it.

Tim, the storytelling in these videos is fantastic. You should be proud of yourself. But also, it’s important to remember to be happy without these big splashes of achievement. You deserve it man.

Hands down u have one the most ENTERTAINING reviews on RU-vid 🤣🤣 so good!

i watch your videos in small chunks at a time but occasionally while at work ill do longer segments, by the time ive heard an hour i feel that i can no longer speak normally to people in real life and i love that. keep doin gods work tim

You can't fool me Tim I know the delay was due to staying true to the ultra-meta simulacrum-ness of your review. Without sarcasm I think the delay will age well

I'm going to wait to get the greatest hits version of the review at a discount, next year. Never watch a review at launch, people.

Every time he off-handedly mentions that he moved to Japan on a whim and somehow made a life there for longer than he intended to, it reminds me I intend to move there too and simultaneously gives me hope and terrifies me that the consequence could be that my existence becomes as avant garde as Tim’s.

Tim your reviews are unbelievable, they remind me of my love for 90s gamesmaster magazines, a mixture of humour and great detail.

I half-followed the first part on Twitch while I was being a good dad and chasing a toddler. I'll watch this more carefully later; I just want to say that I appreciate your work and will soon carve out free time to watch and choose my story carefully.

Finally, a new installment of" The Incredible Life of Tim Rogers As Told through Games He Played Throughout His Years", better known as "ACTION BUTTON Reviews Cyberpunk 2077"

Freshest content I've come across in a while. Great reviews and genuinely funny.

Hey, Tim, this was really lovely. Thanks for the excellent entertainment while I painted my entire house.

Can’t thank you enough for the incredible amount of effort you’ve put into this series. You always cross my mind whenever the train I’m on passes through Kita-Urawa. If I were in a better position financially, I’d support you on Patreon, however I often find myself scouring the discounted food section of Ōmiya’s Don Quijote. Looking forward to watching these reviews and hope you’re in good health, Tim.

When the world needed him most, Tim Rogers was there eventually. And it was worth the wait

After watching this video I feel like this guy therapist

Sometimes I write little reviews for myself when I finish a game/book/show. Ever since I discovered these videos the voice narrating the review in my head has belonged to Tim Rogers, not only is it his voice, it's his accentuation. And as if living rent free for months was not enough, now he has turned me into a Swiss cough drop addict. In what sinister way will he strike next?

"Someday the pigs barbecue themselves" absolutely killed me.

"Patched again!" should be the battle cry of this generation.

This is brilliant, such a fresh approach, Tim is a legend

You managed to make the 1 minute intro of a review that most people skip an hour long. Bravo.

So I’ve decided that I *will* see all six segments, but only ever two at a time. I will begin my “playthrough” by watching this video in full, and then selecting my two choices, watching those in full, and then watching the ending. Tim, in all seriousness, I’ve had a terrible week. This is genuinely something that I really needed right now. Thank you.

absolutely great intro. love the choose your own adventure concept for the video!

I looked at the runtime and legitimately thought that he was taking the piss on over promising and under delivering until he said there was a link in the description.

So I watched this video, and went back and watched THE final fantasy remake video. I'm so enthralled with your direct emotional tangent infused reviews that are boiled in a meta broth. Something seemed like home familiarity you could say, then it dawned on me I know that voice! I realised in that moment, you are the reason I played Dragon Quest 11, your review of that game for Kotaku made me buy it instantly and fall in love with it. You speak to my soul in the way you express video games and the effort you put into talking about video games. Thaaank you.

Too tired to choose the second video last night but I love the choose your own adventure idea. It reminds me of old RU-vid where people did fun things with annotations. Excited to do the completionist run after. Thanks Tim! I'm having an awful two weeks so this has really cheered me up.

Man, that "the Witcher 3 is a zelda game with just enough skyrim to hook me, though not enough skyrim as to spit me out" paired with the Breath of the Wild image is the most compelling argument anyone could ever make to convince me to give the Witcher 3 a shot. It so perfectly conveys all the meaning and appeal in a way I just "get" immediately. That's a powerful ability you have there.

amazing editing, tim. You really leveled up!

Just gonna say, these videos are always incredibly fun to watch. I will actually probably "watch" all of these, but more because I have a hard time paying attention, and so the repetition will allow me to absorb it better- especially as I'll be watching/listening to it while doing work.