Since I can’t play until I upgrade my PC, I’m really considering postponing the game purchase until I can get my rig built. I was figuring I’d play a bit at min specs but maybe it makes more sense to hold off.
I ignore that stuff too; Fallout 4 was the most recent egregious offender I think. But I do think it is sloppy game design. If you have a narrative reason for the player to hurry, but you don’t build in any consequences for not hurrying, it undercuts the narrative IMO. It’s one reason I cared even less about the main story in Fallout 4 (beyond the fact it was crap to begin with).
The thing about urgent narrative is kinda weird when Witcher 3 handled it pretty well (finding Ciri was important, but it was such a broad “needle in a haystack” longform investigation that doing sidejobs made perfect sense). One would think CDP knows to avoid this issue.
But I will not be prejudging the game based on word of someone else.
Tim_N
3038
Geez, I need to be reading more IGN Japan.
The one time that really sticks out for me where this was a big thing was the original Mass Effect. Post of that was because the scope of the story was so epic, that to be going and doing the side stuff (like the little commercial testimonials for different vendors) was completely comical.
My takeaway here when I start playing it eventually is to not rush into the story. Chances are, I’ve i his a certain point, I will make a push toward the end, just as I did with ME.
Scrax
3040
Then you get games like Kingmaker that urges you to hurry and then punishes you, sometimes critically, for not taking the hint.
I personally loathe timers and will never get over Minsc leaving my party in BG1 when I was 10 years old, because I didn’t chase after his girlfriend quickly enough.
Not gonna lie, so far I find international reviews (german, french, japanese) vastly, vastly better, more interesting and informative than american ones - even through google translate.
jpinard
3042
I skipped all the not technical parts of reviews. So is the urgency in the game in name alone and not real?
Further question… can anyone think of a game that actually did enforce said dramatic time limit, and you had to choose between main story arc and side quests?
Fallout 1 gave you 150 days to find water chip for your Vault or it was dead. And it was my first RPG ever! And it still remains a golden standard to this day, with its sequel.
Scrax
3044
The Baldur’s Gate games and Pathfinder Kingmaker. Fallout 1 I think? (The one with the water tablet).
I wouldn’t know. I dip in there occasionally to look up thoughts and info on particular things. I don’t even have an account.
There have been a few others, but nothing of this scope, for sure.
Cool story, bro.
jpinard
3046
Ohhh, I have that but haven’t played yet. Does this mean you may miss out on some side quests entirely?
One of my favorite RPGs, The Magic Candle, had a hard time limit to complete restoration of the candle or the demon imprisoned within would escape and then poof, end of the world. This was how you set the difficulty of the game, you could choose between a max of 1000 days and decrease from there to make the game harder.
I’d feel for you poor people who want to play on a 3080, but since I’m not planning to try and get a Series X until next year, I’ll be playing on my One X, crappy CPU, load times and all. But hey, it’s Cyberpunk 2077 release day. Can’t miss out!
Scrax
3049
I think you can fail the whole game at a few spots - so it’s best to know the main quest timers going into the game. You can lose the opportunity to recruit whole companions too.
Nesrie
3050
Andy Kelly, section editor
There’s no denying it: Cyberpunk 2077 is buggy as hell. In my time with the game I’ve experienced an abundance of gitchy strangeness, including cars melting into the freeway, characters stuck in T-poses, and so, so many floating cigarettes. Pretty much any time someone lights up, they leave one floating in space behind them. Litterbugs.
It’s never been enough to stop me playing the game.
Something went awry in every single side and story mission and at such a regular clip that I can’t imagine they’ll get stamped entirely stamped out at launch. I hope to be wrong.
I think I will let this marinade a bit longer. I have enough games on the table as it is, and I want more reviews from people who are not professionals.
Preeeeeeeeeeloaddddddddd.
You know…if those were marijuana cigs, we could make jokes about Roach floating in strange places
Come on 2020, all we wanted was a completely bug-free Cyberpunk 2077 experience! But no, you had to do your thing. Well, enjoy it while it lasts 2020, you’re going down very soon! evil laugh
As someone who nearly always waits for the GOTY / Legendary Edition / Fuck Me It’s The Best Edition of AAA games, I am happy to wait til it’s finished. That’s how long it would take to download anyway (looks at 25/3 down/up that I pay US$50 a month for).
Gendal
3054
You are usually given ample time to explore and do everything you want. Where people got in trouble with Pathfinder was doing the kingdom building card game which skips days and weeks of time. Don’t do that. Take care of anything urgent the game says is urgent before trying to upgrade your kingdom.
