Cyberpunk 2077's redemption is complete, but the future remains murky for CD Projekt
Cyberpunk 2077's redemption is complete, but the future remains murky for CD Projekt
Despite a wide slate of games in development, it feels like the company's starting over from scratch.
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v2.0 is all well and good, but it's still 3 years after I bought it, not giving them the benefit of the doubt next time.
The game is so much better now but it still falls short IMO, and it'll never live up to its original promise. Plus, the game was soooo bad on release that they decided to kill all future DLC except for this one. Which means the game is never getting another major update, no more fixes and no more work towards delivering on the original vision.
The notion that this game was supposed to have a GTA Online-style multiplayer mode is LAUGHABLE
Forgot about that. Yeah. That was beyond a pipe dream.
Plus, the game was soooo bad on release that they decided to kill all future DLC except for this one.
The reason they scrapped plans for further DLC is largely to do with the fact that CDPR is dropping RED Engine and using Unreal going forward, and they don't want to spend all the time and resources building new content for an engine that they're not going to continue supporting for much longer.
I think once the money men at CDPR see how much PL made they will reconsider their original approach to future DLC.
I think it's probably already too late. They've laid off staff and winded down development already. Usually DLCs are developed in tandem the game and other DLCs. They'd have to make a big change to make a new DLC now, and it would take a long time for it to come out.
I am sorry but with PL and 2.0 it’s beyond great imo. Loving every second of it, they fixed and improved so much it feels like an entirely different game to me.
For what it’s worth, it’s almost never worth it to give any company “the benefit of the doubt”. For single player games, there’s pretty much no reason to play it right when it releases unless you’re impatient. I choose to think of the games release date as a beta release. If I’m super excited, I may choose to play a game in beta but usually I’ll wait for the final release. Then when all the initial issues (which all games have, just some way more than others) have been fixed, I’ll consider the game actually released and buy it for a fraction of the initial cost.
I don’t know that I’ve played a single game that’s released this year yet. And those games will still be just as good next year (likely better) for less cost.
It’s 2023, you can just get a refund on steam now.
Only if you played less than 2 hours (or if you're lucky and managed to convince steam support) which isn't really enough to test a bigger game. Hell in some games, that's pretty much only cutscenes and tutorials.