• TheDoctor [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    As someone who doesn’t game too much, it’s been incredible to watch this particular game go through the ups and downs of immense hype, a disappointing launch, and finally this redemption arc it’s been on. I don’t feel like that happens very often.

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      8 months ago

      I can’t think of a single other game that has redeemed itself nearly as well. The dev’s over promised in the beginning but they sure as shit weren’t grifting.

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      8 months ago

      Is Cyberpunk 2077 good now? I remember Cyberpunk fanboys coping with the experience of NMS, saying that maybe in the next update their game will be good too.

      • TechnoUnionTypeBeat [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        8 months ago

        Honestly, kinda

        The base story is still dogshit, but years of updates have added a fair bunch of missing QOL features, and while Phantom Liberty is lib as fuck, it’s a pretty fun story

        Firmly in a “pick up both on sale” category for me

        • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          8 months ago

          Phantom Liberty

          the best bit was absolutely demolishing a battalion of black ops rent-a-fash in the end because Songbird is definitely going to get to the moon, you motherfuckers.

          imagine siding with the future turbo feds of FBI + CIA combined fash-bash

      • Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        Played the 2.1 update recently. While its not as buggy as it once was, I have still encountered game breaking glitches here and there, and unlike NMS, instead of going far above and beyond what they initially promised, it seems like they’ve just brought it up from MVP to what it should’ve been at release.

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    They’re developing a new open world game lol. I’m curious if they learned their lesson and will actually try this time (I know it wasn’t entirely their fault for NMS) or if they’ll just say fuck it we had our fun.