#12811738, By Huggybear Cyberpunk 2077 - CDProjectRed and Mike Pondsmith - Sandbox Cyberpunk

Huggybear 16 Dec 2020 08:44:27 1,807 posts
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Dazimus wrote:
@SolidSCB Yep. I’m getting better at now getting sucked into the hype of buying new games based on reviews, though the odd one slips through now and then.

With the internet and forums, it makes far more sense to wait for a game to release, see what actual customers are saying (as opposed to “professionals”) and see if people still enjoy the game after the honeymoon period.

You look at this game getting 91 Metacritic and it makes a mockery of professional reviews basically.

Worth remembering that reviewers mostly played this on high-end PCs.

As for actual customers, where exactly are you going to be hearing from those? On the Internet it's always a vocal minority that's shouting the loudest, whether they approve of something or hate it.

Half the problem here is people expecting this to be the game of the century, and when it wasn't they went berserk. The other half is CDPR not managing expectations and not being honest about performance on older systems. It was always going to be buggy, there were always going to be features missing, AI was always going to be worse than people hoped.

This is also why Half Life 3 is never getting made. It could never be as good as people want it to be.