My experience with people who have played Cyberpunk is being told that if I don't expect it to be the game they advertised it was going to be, that its great.
If I remember correctly, it got hyped as the procedural generation not following the usual formulaic approach, where 'new' species are created by just propping tusk C onto body shape F etc..
Hype is literally the only thing you miss out on by not playing games on release. If you get used to existing 3 years behind the release schedule, your gaming experience is vastly improved.