GiGi Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 hours ago, forameus said: This really does seem in parts like a reskin of The Witcher in mechanics. Not saying that's a bad thing, I loved that game, but just weird seeing stuff like the boxing fights basically being lifted (fight these guys, then when you win, fight the big guy) and the inventory being unchanged. Guess if you don't like W3, you're a bit fucked. The World though...I'm sure they said it would be a lot bigger vertically, so if I can access a lot of these high rise buildings, it looks absolutely amazing after just an hour or so. The inventory system is not good IMO. It was managable in the witcher, this is worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 9 hours ago, GiGi said: The inventory system is not good IMO. It was managable in the witcher, this is worse. To be fair, I think the first inventory system the Witcher had was utter guff and quite similar to this. Wonder if they went back to that thinking they were right again. It is incredibly complex, and I'm struggling to find where everything is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 To be fair, I think the first inventory system the Witcher had was utter guff and quite similar to this. Wonder if they went back to that thinking they were right again. It is incredibly complex, and I'm struggling to find where everything is.They probably just didn’t get round to fixing it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Aye I’m finding the menu is very complicated. Prob should have read the Manual. first big boss defeated. Didn’t retrieve his gun tho. Mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replays Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Played for four hours on PC last night. Started as a corpo and have enjoyed what I have played so far. The game has ran mostly smoothly for me but I did have the game ‘flatline’ for me a couple of times during a fight in one of the LCPD crime activities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 hours ago, NotThePars said: They probably just didn’t get round to fixing it Nah, this one seems more like a poor design decision. I seem to remember way, way back that Witcher 3 had a very similar inventory, and people complained so much that they completely streamlined it in a major update later. But there's plenty of other stuff they've likely not got around to fixing! Must be a fucking horrendous place to work right now. I've been in that position of trying desperately to fix something and not break anything else while under pressure, and I wasn't getting death threats from wee VLs on twitter during it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Minor quibble but can't remap caps lock to sprint, which is the set up I always use in fps. UI says its changed, but it still scans when I press. Proper first World problems but f**k it, it's really annoying. Wife nightshift tonight so me and the weans having a gaming night. They'll be on fortnite, I'll be rattling this till my eyes hurt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Gave my lad a big tadger. If it's anything like the Witcher 3 it will get a fair use. Since I got my 3060ti, it defaults to ultra with rtx ray tracing on. Game looks amazing. The first wow moment was when you are in the car with that old priest dude at the start. I turned rtx on and off. The difference is subtle but you really do notice it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Just had a couple of hours. Haven't even got past the linear sections yet but f**k me the setting is so immersive. My PC is no slouch but it's been a while since I built it now, but even still it looks fucking fantastic. Could do with a dose of corona and just isolate in the games room for a couple of weeks tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Em so another patch? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replays Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Lofarl said: Gave my lad a big tadger. If it's anything like the Witcher 3 it will get a fair use. Since I got my 3060ti, it defaults to ultra with rtx ray tracing on. Game looks amazing. The first wow moment was when you are in the car with that old priest dude at the start. I turned rtx on and off. The difference is subtle but you really do notice it. Really looking forward to my 3070 arriving and getting a shot of ray tracing. Been waiting since launch day but am 3rd in the pre-order queue so hopefully, it’ll arrive in time for a bit of time off over Christmas. Currently, I’m managing to run the game at 1440p at medium settings and the game still looks really nice in parts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Looks like the first street race is bugged for me sadly. It's just a series of checkpoints you need to hit but for whatever reason the checkpoints keep disappearing at the same point in the race and I get reset for going off track. I did this from the lead a few times so I tried just always being in 2nd and following the lead car, and the exact same thing happened. This is especially frustrating as I'm at a point in the game where I need more money to proceed with the main missions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Also - after 20 hours of play (I know) I don't think this game is that good. The setting is cool but the combat is meh, the driving is awful, the AI is bad, the world is big but there's absolutely nothing in it other than missions. You can't get a haircut or a shave so despite the genre you can't change your character's appearance other than clothing. You can't interact with NPCs. I'm still having fun with the story and learning the netrunning stuff but I am disappointed with how empty the game feels overall. Poor man's GTA so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 13 hours ago, Lofarl said: Gave my lad a big tadger. If it's anything like the Witcher 3 it will get a fair use. Since I got my 3060ti, it defaults to ultra with rtx ray tracing on. Game looks amazing. The first wow moment was when you are in the car with that old priest dude at the start. I turned rtx on and off. The difference is subtle but you really do notice it. Geralt was a proper shagger. Always baffled me that you could visit every brothel in Novograd, shag the countess in the Gwent tournament, Keira, Shani and that mad bird from Blood and Wine and neither Triss nor Yennefer would care. Try to shag both of them? Big no. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 So apparently stick drift is an actual thing in this game and it’s not just me having the issue. Kind of relieved but also, come on game sort yer shit out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Also - after 20 hours of play (I know) I don't think this game is that good. The setting is cool but the combat is meh, the driving is awful, the AI is bad, the world is big but there's absolutely nothing in it other than missions. You can't get a haircut or a shave so despite the genre you can't change your character's appearance other than clothing. You can't interact with NPCs. I'm still having fun with the story and learning the netrunning stuff but I am disappointed with how empty the game feels overall. Poor man's GTA so far.There’s been a development from GiGi 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 f**k sake [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 You'd like to think that guy's at it, but I bet there are people out there who actually feel that way. Jesus Christ. Honestly, it's sitting at a solid 6 out of 10. Can't really disagree with anything GiGi said, to be honest. I think the World feels alive enough that the fact you can't really do much under the surface doesn't affect much, but the combat is...well, it's utter guff isn't it? I haven't seen a game so blatantly bullet spongey since the Division. I'm on a mission where you meet a guy in a small office, and then have a gunfight with him. I spent a good few minutes circling round a desk, emptying clip after clip into his face, and nothing. Driving isn't particularly interesting. The writing is about as subtle as the gunplay at times. Still, it's a good solid game that will likely improve. Definitely doesn't have the charm the Witcher had though. You can really tell they didn't have books and books worth of lore to lean on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 hours ago, NotThePars said: There’s been a development from GiGi I've been rumbled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, forameus said: You'd like to think that guy's at it, but I bet there are people out there who actually feel that way. Jesus Christ. Honestly, it's sitting at a solid 6 out of 10. Can't really disagree with anything GiGi said, to be honest. I think the World feels alive enough that the fact you can't really do much under the surface doesn't affect much, but the combat is...well, it's utter guff isn't it? I haven't seen a game so blatantly bullet spongey since the Division. I'm on a mission where you meet a guy in a small office, and then have a gunfight with him. I spent a good few minutes circling round a desk, emptying clip after clip into his face, and nothing. Driving isn't particularly interesting. The writing is about as subtle as the gunplay at times. Still, it's a good solid game that will likely improve. Definitely doesn't have the charm the Witcher had though. You can really tell they didn't have books and books worth of lore to lean on. The thing is there's legions of good cyberpunk writing that they could've lifted from or referenced. I'm listening to Giant Bomb's reviews and that's the thing they've been most animated about, that the writing feels divorced from the last couple of decades of writing in the genre. Edited December 12, 2020 by NotThePars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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