So I was one of the people who got CP2077 on the PS4. I ended up refunding because it was actually unplayable, and I dont use that term lightly.
My PS5 arrived this week, and I figured I'd give it another shot, since its $25 on psn.
It actually functions now. Steady FPS. The only real bug I've experienced is a single crash and some occasional texture hiccups.
But the game itself is....still shallow as fuck. It creates and entire world, brands, environment etc and you can do fuck all with it except for fighting people. Everything is still a yes or no, everything still ignores you and doesnt react to you. The story is pretty blah and the characters are annoying, and often illogical. Panam: "COME ON, WE HAVE TO CATCH THE TRANSPORT" also Panam: proceeds to then sulk for 5 minutes worth of dialogue skipping.
Which brings me to my next point. So much of the dialogue and interaction in the game is completely and utterly fucking meaninless and dry. All text options just route back to the same shit. Almost all missions pan out the exact same. Most missions are nothing but "go here, shoot this" and any task beyond that is highly simplified, such as getting into computers requiring you to press an single button. This vs, for example, Sleeping Dogs (PS3) having several different puzzles for basic tasks such as lockpicking, hacking, setting traps, bugs etc.
On top of all this, the UI is still shit, button presses often feel mushy, and need multiple hits. Combat feels good when it works, but often has issues with hitboxes and damage. The control layout is incredibly stupid (Square to enter cars but O to exit????) and doesn't flow well at all.
The most enjoyment to be found is just running around doing gigs and random jobs. When you can do your own thing and just wander around the city, its far more enjoyable. Even that is hampered by a ton of limitations. You see tons of cars, guns, clothes, products etc that you can never utilize or own in game because there's no system in place for it. Car customization is clearly a thing based on the amount of variations running around, but was a cancelled feature, apparently. NPCs have far more options for their look than you do, and guns also clearly have some form of customization that's largely been removed. The new update added buyable apartments with options for interior design so maybe that will eventually translate to the other, yanno, major parts of gameplay like characters, guns and cars.
Overall it functions now, and its a pretty game. But beyond that its a shallow shitfest that masks itself as something deeper than it really is. It's no wonder reddit loves this game
I get the joke he was trying to make but it's just really stupid because "open world" is a very broad genre so like no shit not all of them have police chases.
What gets me about this article is that they couldn't get police chases working and just gave up. How were they not able to get it working? Are chases really that difficult to code or was it just everything being poorly managed?
Suprisingly this isnt the first time this has happened with game development. Ubisoft Ivory Tower's racing game, The Crew 2, has had broken headlights that barely illuminate anything since launch. Their actual defense for this is "we cant fix it, sorry". Even more perplexing the fact that the lootboxes in game light up super bright and illuminate the surrounding area.
