stusser
6370
Oh yes, without a doubt that’s the time to do it.
I thought this was pretty good game. In the pantheon of open world RPGs:
Witcher 3
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Mass Effect Trilogy
Dragon Age
Dying Light
Assassin’s Creed (good ones)
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Cyberpunk
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ME: A
I wonder if Keanu being attached had a negative impact. If the story lines had to be more “smoothed” out? Limited mod access because you can’t have Keanu eating babies. If the time involved with dealing with the Hollywood apparatus (agents, final approval on content, etc) caused a problem? If CDPR had to change a significant amount of content when he came on the project? Based on the finished product and the time between when Keanu came in, the game could not have been fully written and he just looked at a final script and said yes.
Rambling, but that is what I think about when I think of this game. What it could have been if they didn’t get Keanu. Conversely, having Keanu in the game brought little to no additional enjoyment.
And it is worth mentioning that Witcher 1 and 2 both got major overhauls/relaunches. It’s definitely in CDPR’s DNA.
I agree, when they announced Keanu’s involvement it was a big red flag that many missed (including me).
Skipper
6374
If you’re allowing a wide enough genre for open world RPG for those can I add one for you to try if you haven’t already. I’m very late to the game with it but I’m about 3/4 through Horizon: Zero Dawn. It’s a fucking gorgeous game with a good story and a fun open-world blend of RPG/stealth/action that it is absolutely addictive.
Besides some of the ones you mentioned, it’s also new enough that it takes advantage of the newer card and monitor I picked up not long ago.
Dejin
6375
Agree with @Skipper. HZD is a great game. It’s been a while since I played it, but IIRC it does seem to fit similar genre to Cyberpunk. Open world, but with specific storyline missions that move the plot forward.
Skipper
6376
It’s like post-post-apocalyptic if that is even a thing. Where technology was the source of the fall so now it’s shunned with the exception of lingering AI bots (as beasts) and of course, the player taking advantage by bridging the old and new to be more powerful. I’d say it’s much less RPG than Cyberpunk, but IMHO and limited playtime with Cyberpunk, the combat in HZD is much, much better done.
Horizon: Zero Dawn is definitely on my radar. I actually have it for PS4 but stopped playing soon after the opening, but I plan to pick it up for PC now. I just cannot seem to get into games on Console the way I can on PC. I have a weird thing with not enjoying myself without an alt-tab option to look at other things, whether that is the game wiki, or Qt3 or 30 low carb recipes. I digress.
Timex
6378
Dune takes place in this kind of setting.
I guess they are as well, but I’d be amazed if it was released in time for the Next Gen upgrades (unless they don’t publish those until well into next year)
Skipper
6381
Goddamn right. That should DEFINITELY be a game.
Skipper
6382
Me either. I keep trying, then going back to a PC version. HZD plays well on the PC for me. Plus aiming a ranged weapon doesn’t suck with an actual mouse.
One can hope with the movie coming out this fall.
Dejin
6384
That’s a good reason to pickup a tablet, then you can play on the TV and still lookup low-carb recipes ;-)
MrTibbs
6386
I tried to give this another go but gave up after a couple of hours. Maybe it’s just bad luck on my setup, but it’s still jank-city. There’s so much pop-in, like every time I switch to my assault rifle and shotgun they’re briefly invisible before shimmering into existence. My car kept turning upside down, and flips across the road causing chaos when I reload a checkpoint. The pedestrians put up as much resistance as holograms, lacking any sense of presence or weight - you can just run through them. It was silly of me to entertain the thought a studio could switch from their core competence of making story-rich, 3rd person RPGs to pulling off a first-person, open-world RPG-shooter and nailing it on the first go, but it’s hard not to be disappointed by the shape this is in nearly a year after launch. I guess that’s the cost of a development team trying too many new things at once. Because I’ve already paid for it, I’ll give it one more shot after the next-gen update releases but I’m not feeling optimistic about its prospects at this point.
Next gen version delayed to Q1 2022. So nearly 1.5 years from the original release. What do they do with their time?
That’s good news. We were saying upthread that whatever big improvements they’re going to make, they should make them and launch them with the next gen version, as it’s their chance to make a good first impression again.
