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Revealing Games Like Cyberpunk 2077 On High-End PCs Should Be A Thing Of The Past

Following CDPR's decision to highlight only the PC edition for Cyberpunk 2077, this controversy should be a turning point for publishers.

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RaidenBlack1247d ago

hah!
< 'insert_ubisoft_downgrade_ meme' >

PrimeVinister1247d ago

Because Rainbow Six: Siege turned out to be good, people forgot about their early trailers and gameplay footage.

It was worse than Watch Dogs IMHO.

And I love Siege, I just never forgot the trailer lies 🤥

Telford911246d ago

Every assassin's creed game since Unity has been a downgrade tbh 😅

PrimeVinister1246d ago

On the same scale as R6S and Watch Dogs??

GamerBeast19821246d ago

Well the new assassins on ps5 is one of the best looking games out. So you wrong there .

Chriswheeler221246d ago

The Division comes to mind. I was so excited for it based on that trailer.

PrimeVinister1246d ago

Even with graphics to match the trailer, the Div 1 would still be a bit boring TBF

Vegamyster1245d ago

The problem was a lack of solid side activities and no real end game outside of grinding crafting which they nerfed for no reason, i give props to Ubisoft for going on camera and delaying all DLC for the game to fix those core issues/mechanics over the course of a year then pump out the DLC afterwards, sucks it didn't launch like that but they did a much better job when the 2nd game came out.

Psychotica1246d ago

It's too bad that the group that assigns the ESRB ratings to video games wouldn't also assign a rating based on the playability and quality of the game to protect consumers.

Inverno1245d ago

That's why we got reviews, but you can't even trust the gaming media. What's happening now with Cyberpunk is just sites riding the hate train for clicks.

Noz1246d ago

They should show it on mid spec machines!

PrimeVinister1246d ago

Even just a mixture of platforms with it made clear where the footage and screenshots come from.

Elwenil1245d ago

This would be a more reasonable answer. Bottom line, every manufacturer wants to show off their product in the best light possible. Auto manufacturers frequently show off their vehicles doing stuff 90% of people would never do in them. Fabric softener commercials would lead one to believe that your clothes will smell like the birth of an atom. Even fast food commercials show food that looks much more appealing than you are going to get from the teenagers screwing off on their phones instead of preparing your food carefully. So I doubt anyone is going to toss out the idea of making their product look good by having it run on the most powerful system available.

Now running console only games on PC for demonstrations I do agree that should not be done, but I don't really have an issue with companies running games available on PC on a top of the line PC.

SullysCigar1246d ago

I mean, in this case, Microsoft has the marketing rights and since it's not yet out on Series S or X, they should have shown on the current gen Xbox. That would have ended well lol...

Mr Logic1246d ago

How though? If CP2077 (or any game) is shown on mid-spec hardware in 2018 and then releases 2.5-3 years later, then that machine is now no longer mid-spec, but on the lower end.

specialguest1246d ago (Edited 1246d ago )

If you've been PC gaming for a while, you shouldn't be surprised when your mid-tier machine doesn't fully look or perform like what's shown on the release trailer. That's the nature of PC gaming since the beginning of time. Of course developers want to show their game at the best settings. Additionally, which Mid-tier specs? There's several different mixed and matched CPU/GPU combinations. It's just not going to work that way

You should also know to wait for people to benchmark test it on different GPUs. There's plenty of people on youtube doing that with every major games. There's also the minimum & recommended specs requirements posted, and sites like Can I RUN it? (systemsrequirementlabs.com).

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ProjectVulcan1246d ago

More like lol @ the people watching what was obviously a very high end game on a powerful PC and thinking it would look like that on 2013 console hardware. That would make them at best naive and at worst flat out dumb.

It's hardly a new practice to REVEAL on PC and show the game as good as it could be shown, in that sense they are no better or worse than most developers demoing their games for the first time.

We did expect to see console footage before launch, that was the real problem. It should have come a few months prior giving console gamers no real sense of what it would be like on their platform. But then this fact was highlighted a few times and gave a sense of foreboding.

andy851245d ago (Edited 1245d ago )

Gotta disagree to be honest. When you see the graphics of RDR2 and the character models of TLOU2 on base consoles. It does seem within the realms for CDPR to produce a similar looking game. Especially with the witcher 3 looking so good. The issue was they didn't release footage specifically of base gen consoles. Obviously for a reason now

Computersaysno1245d ago

It was pretty evident from all the ray tracing and the other high fidelity effects never seen before on any console it was a Pc reveal and all the gameplay was on Pc.

If you think RDR2 or TLOU2 on consoles looked like this game at full tilt on Pc as we were shown then you were a bit silly.

andy851244d ago (Edited 1244d ago )

TLOU2 looks better though. It's a better looking game. Don't get me wrong I know part of that is because it's not open world but scene by scene its better graphically. And even if you are of the opinion it's not. As you said 'full tilt', you're comparing state of the art $2000+ 2020 equipment to 2010 standard parts and not seeing much of a marketed difference. They have no excuse for not making it look good looking at it like that.

Computersaysno1244d ago (Edited 1244d ago )

TLOU2 looks better? Give me a break. Only on console.

It's not my fault you can't tell the difference between Cyberpunk turned up and TLOU2.

I could because I played both, one on a PS4 Pro and the other on a high end Pc. TLOU2 isn't that close. Cyberpunk on Pc is literally a next gen game, TLOU2 isn't and clearly still limited by that visually.

Unless you have time with Cyberpunk on a high end Pc you really shouldn't talk. Cyberpunk on medium/high settings on PC still looks better than anything on the previous consoles this year.

Digital Foundry said that too! They saw some difference apparently. Listing Cyberpunk 2077 as 1st place and TLOU2 as 5th on their best graphics of the year list this week.....

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Cyberpunk 2077 Director On 95% Positive Steam Rating: "Never Thought I'd See It"

Cyberpunk 2077 has come a long way from being one of the worst games on the planet to being one of the best ones.

DustMan8d ago

I shelved it after a few hours in game at launch, glad I didn't refund it. One of the few games I've actually completed in the last year, and after finishing the campaigns I wanted to just jump back in from the start. They pulled a No Mans Sky and finished one of the best FPS in the last few years.

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Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

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Terry_B19d ago

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

Vits19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

darthv7219d ago

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

Kaii19d ago

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

anast19d ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

INMATEofARKHAM19d ago

It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.

gunnerforlife19d ago

Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.

S2Killinit19d ago

That game was just plain good game. It didnt improve, it was just good.

gunnerforlife18d ago

I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!

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Source Code For The Witcher 3 & Cyberpunk 2077 Has Allegedly Been Compromised

Source code for CD Projekt's action role-playing games The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 have allegedly been compromised.

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just_looken32d ago

Well they are using unreal engine now thanks to there work culture and horrific job on making cyberpunk so for the future no impact.

But it will be interesting to see what mods will be made

https://rebel-wolves.com/

just_looken31d ago

7 disagrees shows how many look at one dlc that had a rip off fight from ghost in the shell and goes wow what a goat team i love cdpr while ignoring that they only made 2 games that were good witcher 2/3 in 20yrs.

But its a new world we want a criminal that support's legal murder as president/support shoplifting love toxic work environments and have a mass casualty event every other day.

GhostMirror31d ago

I’ll admit I didn’t play it at launch, but Cyberpunk 2077 is a really good game now.

And who the hell knows what you’re even going on about in your second paragraph here.

EazyC32d ago

Wait a min...I swear to god CP2077's source code got leaked before. CDPR needs to stop using "password123" for all their accounts 😅

just_looken31d ago

Na its hundreds ex employees no doubt just getting there revenge.

Profchaos31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

This is the same leak the threat actors have been trying to sell the source code after cd project didn't pay the ransom.

They didn't manage to sell the source code to any company largely because it would be unethical for say EA to buy it so the threat actors failed to find a buyer.

After they failed to make any money they went through with their threat of simply giving it away.