"We went from hero to zero pretty fast."
  • Vahtos@programming.dev
    13·
    1 year ago

    We didn’t know what was happening.

    1. Overhype game
    2. Promise features and functionality that aren’t even close to existing
    3. Provide performance on launch that is literally unplayable on most systems
    4. Players understandably negatively review game
    5. <SurprisePikachu.jpg>

    This is just them trying to rewrite what happened. Hoping they’ll sucker some people who weren’t paying attention at the time.

  • Briongloid@aussie.zoneOPM
    61·
    1 year ago

    I personally disagree and the experience changed my opinion I had for CD Projekt after TW3, Gwent beta & GOG Galaxy 1.0

    I don’t dislike them per se, but I don’t have the same level of sentiment I had, to me they are back to being another untrustworthy publisher. 8 years since The Witcher 3 launch is a very long time in the industry.

    • feylec@mander.xyz
      5·
      1 year ago

      Either they are out of touch, or they are trying to rewrite history… neither of which is a good look. The handling of Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t only change my view on them but pretty much soured me on all AAA publishers, “good” or not. There are way more than enough amazing indie games on offer and not enough time to play them.

      • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Ooooh, if you followed the story from the very beginning then you would know that they are not out of touch. Those greedy fucks know exactly what they are doing and have no respect for the players.

      • Vahtos@programming.dev
        4·
        1 year ago

        For me it definitely reinforced the “don’t believe it until you see it” mentality to anything AAA publishers claim about their games. Just like their words in this article, they’re meaningless.

        • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.ml
          4·
          1 year ago

          Same with me. I’ll never preorder another game again. I was already apprehensive about doing so after no man’s sky and others, but it’s just continuous “deal with it” attitude from developers.

  • Switorik@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t follow Cyberpunk until it released. I waited about a week after release to purchase it to make sure it wasn’t a complete fail.

    I absolutely enjoyed it. I completed the game experiencing maybe two bugs. I loved the story and graphics.

    I played on a 1060 6GB with average hardware.

  • DubiousInterests@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Yeah thats why I didn’t buy it. I saw the hype. I knew it would not even be close to what they were promising and then it was way worse than I was expecting. Come on! You can’t go “it wasn’t so bad. Only console gamers couldn’t play it!” Thats half the people who bought it!