I played on xbox on release and only had one bug (car spawned inside another one)
It was so strange seeing all the anger online while I played what I considered my GOTY
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I enjoyed the PC version of the game on Day One. It was a buggy launch, but not worse than a Bethesda game or a number of other games that are now remembered as classics (cough, cough, Witcher 3). If we really get into the weeds, CDPR's biggest sin was not cancelling the last gen versions of the console games.
If you focus directly on that choice, whether to scrap two platforms for one of the most anticipated games of the year, whether to deliver a sub-par product or cancel thousands of pre-orders and refund a shit ton of money at a time when the war chest is probably at its lowest... They made the wrong choice, but I get that it wasn't an easy one to make.
I started it again for the third time a couple of weeks ago, this time with a lot of mods.
I preordered and played it when it came out, and despite finding some bugs, it still was an 8/10 experience (8.5/10 actually).
The expansion is great, and I'm really sad they canceled other content because they botched the launch that badly. I think console gamers were the ones with the worst version.
It just never should have launched for the previous gen consoles. It's so painfully evident that no amount of optimization done after the game was "complete" was going to fix performance on old AMD APUs working off laptop hard drives. The PS4 and Xbox One were put to their limits almost immediately when they launched in 2013, and Cyberpunk just did not play within them.
That's the problem with announcing early, if they had just waited until a year out for the demo and stuff it would have been more natural for it to be a next Gen console only game.
I just started playing Cyberpunk 2077 for the first time. I think it's a great game, run great on steam deck. I think they should be praised for caring this much to keep tweaking it and making it better, rather than just abandoning it like other developers would (Starfield).
No Mans Sky was another one that people were angry about, but they turned it around and went way above and beyond what the game initialy was.
You are lucky you didnt get to play it during its first year. It definetly had a lot of issues and if you played on console you basically gave up the nice looking world that exists today.
I dunno, I didn't really follow any hype and played it on release. It was fun, ran pretty much fine and maybe I was lucky, but I never ran into any gamebreaking issues. It's miles better now than it was then, but I've never understood the huge hate it got at release.
I remember being excited for Cyberpunk 2077 with the initial release. I am damn glad I gave up pre-ordered by that point. It fell off my radar for a long while after that until a had a friend consistently say how good Phantom Liberty was. Even after that it took me a long time to get the DLC because I sure as hell wasn't going to pay more for a DLC that the base game itself.
starfield wasnt abandoned, it released a dlc last month. or are you saying that's another example of not abandoning a game?
Are we comparing quality?
Steam recent reviews:
- Starfield 60% mixed reviews
- Cyberpunk 2077 97% very positive reviews
What I'm saying is that one game company put in a lot more effort to fix their mistakes than the other.
I don't think the real issue with Starfield is mistakes. I think its more of a talent and game design limit.
i take it you havent really caught up with starfield and have just looked at reviews
Do you work for Bethesda?
Todd is that you?
the devs of cyberpunk were fans of starfield...
I got the ps4 version when it came out. It was unplayable garbage, but eventually I got a ps5 and they offered a free upgrade to that version.
I can't list many games that got straight up removed from purchasing for performance issues, truely a fun time.
"customers didn't like that we lied to and fleeced them :("
lol
That’s me for sure. Fuckers didn’t ever come close to making the game they swore they were making. They will never get another dime from me.
I ignored all the hype. Whats not in the game that was promised?
The only thing's i remember that hasn't been put in over time is the multi-player, and wall latching with the mantis blades.
But to be fair they did say explicitly multiple times in early hype materials that it was not representative what would be in the final product.
but people got butt hurt anyway.
There is no multiplayer?!
I played it at release and yea, not only were the bugs a big turn-off but also just the no-man’s-sky level of bait-and-switch when it came to the game mechanics. Sure it looks pretty good, but they hyped up the mechanics so much and imo it’s a fairly mid game with pretty standard features. The story is ok and it’s certainly worth a playthrough if you can get it on discount. But it wasn’t some sort of breakthrough game that they were toting it as.
It's just a shitty GTA/Far Cry clone with Cyberpunk paint on it. 🤷♂️
No issues for me because I haven't played it yet. Being a patient gamer always pays off
You’re missing out on some awesome content.
I'm not actually, because I will play it eventually with an 80% discount to boot
I picked it up at 50% when I got a new PC, and it was a solid buy at that price. So far it's gone as low as 70% off
Just grabbed it myself. Was on sale for $18. Loving it so far.
Just get it. All the patches are in. I waited years too, and immediately loved the game. I have 200 hours in it without the dlc.
No need to rush, the game isnt going anywhere, got other stuff Im playing for now
When it was really bad I remember it being under $10 for a while. That went away as the updates rolled out. That was definetly the best time to have purchased it.
I just hated the endings.
Almost for me but by the time PL came out they got it back.
yes
Never played it. I know it has improved since release but has it truly become a competent game by now or is it copium from those who pre-ordered it? I might buy it if it is truly good now.
Edit: I don't get the downvotes. I'm just asking if the game is now genuinely in a state that it is worth buying and it's like I punched baby Jesus in the face
It's honestly an amazing game. I didn't follow the pre-release hype, and I played it on Stadia at launch, so I didn't suffer the pains the console players did. Because of this, I actually enjoyed it even before the patches started rolling. Since then it has only gotten better. I haven't played the expansion, but I hear that it is very good.
I started it 1 year after release. It was already very good. Most of the bugs had been squashed out.
They overhauled the mechanics several times and its even better now. It's go its own distinct personality now, not just The Witcher IV: Cyberpunk.
The game has been updated and it's quite a good game now. It's not the game that was promised but it's not a bad game.
What was promised that they didn't deliver on?
Its truly a good game
it has 90% positive reviews on steam
It wasn't the launch, it was the shit game. The world is shallow, hollow, and boring. The gameplay is repetitive. The main story, voice acting, and missions are good but that's it.