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Replaying Cyberpunk 2077 Made Me Realise How Bad Games Have Become

Patch 2.0 and Phantom Liberty has made Cyberpunk 2077 the game it should have been three years ago. Jump Dash Roll looks at what that means for the competition and gaming in general.

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isarai214d ago

Correction, "How Bad AAA Games Have Become" mid-tier publishers and games aren't plagued with the same issues. Hell Lies of P and Lords of the Fallen just released and they're both perfect out the box, and very well crafted.

shinoff2183214d ago

Pretty spot on. That's a aaa developer issue. Weren't devs complaining on how solid baldurs gate 3 was.

Cacabunga212d ago

Ridiculous headline..
cyberpunk isn’t for me, but I’m not that close minded to judge all other games given how good or bad that game is

dumahim212d ago

As solid as it was, it still did have some glarring issues. Credit where credit is due, Larian pumped out large patches early and often. How many have there been for Starfield? 2-3? Looking at the last one, it only covers 4 bullet points.

Sonic1881214d ago (Edited 214d ago )

What's hilarious is that I called out and down played Cyberpunk 2077 3 years ago. I mean it was a mess and now it's one of my favorite game after update 2.0 and Phantom Liberty. I had a change of heart after 3 years LMAO

ChasterMies213d ago

“Lords of the Fallen just released and they're both perfect out the box”

Is that supposed to be /s for sarcasm?

Kaozz1979212d ago

The problems are mostly related to the almighty Xbox are they not!?

jjb1981212d ago

I've been trying to get back into Starfield and it's such a slog. As soon as I jump into Remnant 2, I'm hooked for a couple of hours. Starfield is not a bad game, it's tough sometime talking to an NPC and they just stare through you, past your soul. Remnant 2 has a great game loop especially with friends.

Crows90212d ago

What you mean to say is that Starfield isn't broken. It's functional. So yeah not a 4/10 game but also not a 8/10 game.

It is absolutely a slog. And the more you play it the more it feels that way because it has glaring issues. It is a true RPG...as in you have to roleplay with voice and all to get any fun out of it.

dumahim212d ago

You should watch the Angry Joe review that came out earlier this week.

Soulsborne212d ago (Edited 212d ago )

Lies of P was great, Lords of the fallen is being compared to a 2014 souls game.... which holds up better than this soulless soulslike. Combat is floaty and hitboxes are way off. Enemy density is their way of difficulty, bosses were a one shot. Just leave the soulslike to Team Ninja.

Vengeance1138212d ago

"How Bad AAA Games Have Become outside of Sony 1st party"

The3faces212d ago

Obviously you haven't played Spiderman 2. It's a buggy mess!

Vengeance1138212d ago

@The3faces (Xbot fanboy)

Oh you mean the 91 metascore game that embarrassed Starfield? Playing it now actually, looking like some GOTY material. Unlike pretty much every title from MS lol

neutralgamer1992212d ago

Shin

Lol developers were saying don’t hold us to the same standards as BG3. Think of how idiotic that is to say

Isarai

Exactly many gamers don’t realize there is a very healthy mid tier market right now. Gamers need to stop looking at review scores and play some fun games. Remanant 2 is also great

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Abear21212d ago

CDPR had no choice but to sell you that $30 DLC to try to make up for losses from the terrible launch they had and putting out an unfinished game.

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CrimsonWing69212d ago

It’s weird because I was hyped for Starfield and out in maybe 3 hours or so and was bored out of my mind. I went to Cyberpunk since Phantom Liberty came out and it’s incredible how much immersive and entertaining Cyberpunk is.

Like… I don’t think I’m really a Bethesda fan. CD Project Red with Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk know how to grab an audience by the balls from the very start and never let go.

dumahim212d ago

They make the conversations interesting, for the most part. A bit thing I think CDPR understood, some of it isn't all that interesting, but necessary so they let them happen by phone. They didn't force you to physically talk to someone for every conversation.
So much of Starfield (god, I started typing out Skyrim), I just didn't care. I loathed that damn restriction from advancing the dialogue for 1 second.

Profchaos211d ago

I tend to agree I thought I would like starfeild being a fallout fan but it didn't click for me. Although you're apparently not allowed to hate it and if you do your just a console fanboy because that's how redundant most of these conversations have gotten

Soldtnt212d ago

What's the obsession with starfield it a good game not great I agree and no where near the hype but it's sold well I guess so it doesn't matter what any of us think as for cyberpunk still a few bugs but what great game

Rude-ro212d ago

Starfield was sold well… that is why it sold well.
Marketing and advertising is where Microsoft focus their energy.

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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.

DustMan4d 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_B16d ago

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

Vits16d ago (Edited 16d 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.

darthv7216d 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.

Kaii16d ago

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

anast16d ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

INMATEofARKHAM16d 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.

gunnerforlife15d 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.

S2Killinit15d ago

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

gunnerforlife15d 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_looken29d 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_looken28d 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.

GhostMirror28d 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.

EazyC28d 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_looken28d ago

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

Profchaos27d ago (Edited 27d 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.