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IGN have released a separate review for the PS4/XB1 versions and it's pretty savage

The financial need to release an unready product is a fact of life for a while now. Nothing new here. Fallout New Vegas, a classic game, buggy as fuck on release. Skyrim, classic game, buggy as fuck on release, one of which almost ruined the game for me. Battlefield 4. I saw more of what was under the map than on the map the first month I played it. It's nothing new. And the guys doing the work, well we hear about working practices in the industry. Nothing changes other than the weaker games like Mass Effect Andromeda sinking from trace....only for the whole series to be rebooted a few years later when the dust has settled. Random thoughts ^

Even more Cyberpunk

CD Projekt Red publicly put out the following apology about the below sub-par PS4/Xbox One versions of the game and also advised that you can request for refunds via the normal procedure. I'm not sure this is going to save them from more criticism but what I do like is they address this situation front and centre which I think is a good move. Any thoughts if they should be taking a hammering on this one?

So Lee had the amazing idea to make a thread for any and all bug videos you've collected from the game! I'll start 🙂

So, long story short, the back end of last week it emerged that Nvidia seemed to be strong arming a relatively small (~ 600k subs) independent review channel called Hardware Unboxed to change their output to reflect the company line...naturally HU reached out to the community and the shite hit the fan with Linus (12.6m subs) and JayZ (3.06m subs) wading in... The interwebz can do good things if it wants, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy..start with the WAN Show where Linus really gets passionate!... then... JayZTwoCents... ...and finish with the victims response and Nvidia backing off... Good to see people pulling together like this 👍

Going to be slightly delayed on as I have only just got home and need to whip up some dinner first be on as soon as I can

Yeah definitely. The Witcher 3 had some issues that required work post-release but there was no pressure or expectation on that game and if anything, it exceeded on release and then got better. This game however will go down as being in development a very long time, massively bankrolled, heavily marketed and ultimately disappointing a huge amount of gamers with technical and conceptual issues. CDPR's reputation as being one of only a few trusted developers left is well and truly shattered and I'm not sure if they'll ever recover no matter how many copies they sell or how much money they make. To date, I'd say The Witcher 3 is their only good game that is proven and deserving of its success. I regard it as my favourite of all time so it's a bigger shock that they've ballsed up with Cyberpunk not just technically but from a RPG standpoint too. With many gamers being let down relentlessly by publishers and developers these days, the disappointment here is even more exacerbated.

It certainly is a method that I'm happy to support especially as it seems helpful for smaller developers to make games as it's in essence crowd funding. The issue is that it can't work for all games; something like 7dtd works as it's a survival game and while they can add more stuff (either as new mechanics or actual things like vehicles) it will remain a survival game. How does that work for a story driven game though? The only real way to do it for a single player story driven game is similar to Destiny and release content periodically that continues the story. Though that then runs in to the problem that, for a game like CP2077, how to put in enough content to span the months between releases. Comparing to Destiny, even that struggles but has a lot more (raids, pvp, special events etc.) that do help give 'content' over a longer period of time. This whole situation reminds me of No Mans Sky and Hello Games. Sure the game launched badly but Hello Games sorted it out and from what I've seen so far, it looks like CDPR are so far doing the right thing and I hope they continue to do so. The first impression is the most important sadly, NMS is still remembered more for it's botched launch than the game it's become and I think CP2077 will be remembered similarly.

Whilst I lol'd at a response on Twitter to the apology that said 'Imagine if this was Bungie' which is another story entirely, I think there is a way to muddle through the crap that has followed this ambitiously well-hyped game. Concept = Great World Setting = The best possibly ever Ultra PC version = Great albeit fiddly with settings PS4/Xbox One version = Shambles and not acceptable Crunch Mentality = Not great although thats culture all over the world imo not just a gaming one It seems a game that without last gen promises and recent bad leaks about their culture, this game would be up at 95ish on metacritic. Whilst they felt they had to release eventually because of previous promises, they still could've saved face by saying last gen would have to release at a later date, or, never at all. The more I talk to you all it was never going to be a new defining genre in gaming, the hype was brought along by their last game, Witcher 3 and rightly so. The phrase 'You only as good as your last result' starts to spring to mind. I'd like to think this will still be a super game to runthrough even if its just another open world game because the setting, scenary and story is well worth it. Maybe we need to start to look at gaming in a different way moving forward if this has took 7 years in the making. Early access games and more of an acceptance of bugs could manage expectations of how gamers react. I'm not saying thats a good or bad thing, btw.

Left 4 Dead 3 essentially, just a different name. Looks very good. It'll be all about the shooting mechanics for me. With this and that WH40k game, Dark Tides, due out too, 2021 will be a good year for coop shooters.

That's funny I do the polar opposite, I try to save clips for video sometimes and end up taking 3 screenshots ☺️

I started it and so far no bugs but it doesn't look great but not sure what I should have expected tbh. I did watch a video that suggested turning all the graphic settings off on old consoles, non of which I see as affecting anything of I'm honest. Will see how it goes.

Thank you so much @GazzaGarratt❤💚❤💚❤💚❤

Well done to Cal @TheMuggySpud who wins the Johnny Silverhand statue for December 14th! Well done mate! Enjoy 😎

I don't understand the mentality of these big companies always picking on smaller content creators - this will reach the big ones faster than any negative publicity generated by the small YouTuber associated with the product. It's a PR mistake that keeps on being made across many domains. Let's not forget how many gamers were screwed over my Nvidia's retarded supply chain where thousands upon thosands of units globally ended up in the hands of scalpers rather than established partnered retailers. Amazing how all these multi-billion dollar companies get triggered by tiny things.

Definitely, I know a lot of coaches who have coaches themselves, especially when it comes to bodybuilding preps or power lifting meets

Cheers! I didn't take many on my PS4 because the button is just so damn clunky and when I do press it, I somehow take a video😂

Nice work mate, will have to give this a follow. 😎 Might actually start my own one when I start taking it more serious again in the New Year, getting myself a coach again who I know through Instagram. I know all about training, calories, macros etc just find that accountability maximises results for sure.

For the new Gran Turismo Sport owners, note that if you drive 500 miles a day, you will be given a free car every day. Doing the challenges too will provide free cars and also the funds to buy cars. If there's people without Gr.2 we can do the Gr.3 race, as I know Lee loves those Tokyo walls😎

Well annoyingly I woke up Tuesday with Covid like symptoms! nooooooooo Fortunately, I don't have it, apparently you can't just get a cold anymore - it's essentially a death sentence 😞 Took last week to rest as I don't want any germs in my gym as that's a real melting pot of people and bacteria. Back to the grind today, I have massage and then a session so will upload later.

From this week's upcoming daily races we can choose between either: Gr. 3 Tokyo Expressway East Inner 4 laps hard tyres Or Gr.2 Fuji 13 laps medium tyres fuel 4x tyres 5x As we're already doing Gr.3 around Willow Springs, I'd go for Fuji.