CyberPunk 2077, New RPG by CD Projekt Red Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

So anyone here interested in this game?

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

As much as I can't stand the cult of sycophantic capital-G Gamers that bootlick CDPR, this is absolutely not at all what I wanted. This is a really serious issue and I feel a bit bad for them. Well, the developers at least. Yeah, it's a corporation, even if it is smaller than the ones we are used to, but this sucks to see. The marketing really oversold this game, but gamers also had a hand in building this game up to be way more than it was going to be. CDPR is apparently notorious for making employees crunch, but it's going to be crazy trying to get this game fixed over the holidays. Developers aren't barely going to be able to enjoy them with family, if at all.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

As much as I can't stand the cult of sycophantic capital-G Gamers that bootlick CDPR, this is absolutely not at all what I wanted. This is a really serious issue and I feel a bit bad for them. Well, the developers at least. Yeah, it's a corporation, even if it is smaller than the ones we are used to, but this sucks to see. The marketing really oversold this game, but gamers also had a hand in building this game up to be way more than it was going to be. CDPR is apparently notorious for making employees crunch, but it's going to be crazy trying to get this game fixed over the holidays. Developers aren't barely going to be able to enjoy them with family, if at all.

Indeed. I’m not a fan of CDPR, nor do I dislike them. To me they are simply a game company that got a bit of a “good guy” reputation with gamers because of a “we give away free content” gimmick and by producing a game that is very well regarded by critics and players. Personally, I will never play any of the Witcher games because we get stuck playing as Gerald. If I don’t care about the protagonist, how could I enjoy playing a 30-100+ hours game as him? All that said, I was actually looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077. It was going to be my chance to see for myself what all the fuss around CDPR was about. Well turns out my suspicions proved correct, and at the end of the day, CDPR is a game company just like any other. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Honestly, I think they got caught up in their reputation and panicked after catching heat about the crunch and delays. It’s a shame really. The game had a very long development cycle for this to be how it launched. I do feel bad for the devs that worked really hard on it.