As someone who never followed the marketing material and had a high end PC: I was expecting Witcher 3 in Night City, and that’s exactly what I got
I understand that plenty of people were disappointed by the missing features and the stuff they outright lied about, but I had fun with it. Probably a 7.5/10 at launch for me.
I understand that the game had a troubled launch, and that’s a super-relevant criticism of the game as it was when it came out. But the sky-high expectations fans put on CDPR are largely self-inflicted. It’s not like this is the first game with questionable marketing decisions or pre-rendered trailers selling a fantasy the game never comes close to fulfilling.
If you just go “Hey, a CDPR game set in a cyberpunk future, let’s check it out,” it’s by and large a fantastic game.
That was the part that killed my trust in the company, they lied about so much! And they kept lying with the video embargo, they didn’t let reviewers use their own footage if the review came out before the game did. That’s such a huge breach of trust. And that’s not even accounting for the fact that the game was literally unplayable on PS4.
The game was fine and playable on PC albeit with a ton of weird glitches and broken systems, but I don’t think I can give them a single dollar of my money going forward. I can’t justify giving people like that my hard earned money.
As someone who never followed the marketing material and had a high end PC: I was expecting Witcher 3 in Night City, and that’s exactly what I got
I understand that plenty of people were disappointed by the missing features and the stuff they outright lied about, but I had fun with it. Probably a 7.5/10 at launch for me.
I understand that the game had a troubled launch, and that’s a super-relevant criticism of the game as it was when it came out. But the sky-high expectations fans put on CDPR are largely self-inflicted. It’s not like this is the first game with questionable marketing decisions or pre-rendered trailers selling a fantasy the game never comes close to fulfilling.
If you just go “Hey, a CDPR game set in a cyberpunk future, let’s check it out,” it’s by and large a fantastic game.
That was the part that killed my trust in the company, they lied about so much! And they kept lying with the video embargo, they didn’t let reviewers use their own footage if the review came out before the game did. That’s such a huge breach of trust. And that’s not even accounting for the fact that the game was literally unplayable on PS4.
The game was fine and playable on PC albeit with a ton of weird glitches and broken systems, but I don’t think I can give them a single dollar of my money going forward. I can’t justify giving people like that my hard earned money.
Agreed - bought it for PC and loved it.
So was I, and it was nothing like the Witcher III. It sucked. Dull missions, one-dimensional characters, no atmosphere.
I guess we know all the people who made WIII took their severance and ran.
I bought it a few days after the release, so I new what I was getting into.
Still enjoyed it but I’d agree that it’s maybe a 7/10 at best even ignoring the bugs. Good writing on a lot of the quests though.