i gave cyberpunk2077 another shot after hating it at launch because multiple people pestered me about it for two years. i was repeatedly told of my lengthy list of criticisms, “they fixed all that, it’s like a totally different game now”.

10 hours later it’s clear that they’re either:

a) delusional b) liars c) literally cannot hear criticism of the game being spoken aloud

because that shit was 99% identical to at launch, bugs included. the difference between the game that people keep describing to me and the game in front of me is so stark that i’m fucking baffled. it’s like it’s a cult or something.

  • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    There are a lot of issues with it still, like, I like it, but so much lost potential, and very clear issues that can’t be fixed without major overhauls of some very big systems.

    Simply, The city is to empty and underutilized, traversing it is boring due to the frustrating driving mechanics and lack of options to go from area to area on foot (or like, some kind of subway that’s more than just a fast travel system). Exploration is unrewarding as the content that comes with it feels shallow and undercooked. Like sure, some of the random contracts you get from the fixers are fun, but they don’t add anything to the game, they’re just empty “content” most of the time.

    I could go on. Don’t mis understand me, I like the game, I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed it when it first came out, and what they have now still has much of the same issues that I had with it initially. The bugs have gotten fixed and a few of the side quests have gotten their due, but the main issues are fundamental to how the game was made and would need rebuilds of core elements to truly fix.