The Cyberpunk 2077 launch was riddled with points past easy glitches. From the intentional deceptive nature of hiding console variations of the sport from reviewers to downright game-breaking bugs and an entire slew of promoting points, the once-sterling repute of CD Projekt Pink took a large hit following launch. Following the delisting of the sport from the PlayStation Retailer and refunds galore, the co-founder of CDPR simply shared a brand new video detailing what the street to launch regarded like, what went incorrect with last-gen console copies, and what the crew is doing to make it proper.
Along with the video under, a couple of key questions have been answered alongside an infographic displaying off the roadmap going ahead. From the hole between PC and console variations of the sport to what the studio is presently doing to be proactive about fixes, right here is the most recent replace concerning the state of the sport and the place CD Projekt Pink stands pending an investigation discover that went public earlier this month.
An enormous query following launch (and the rationale behind the storefront delisting) is what occurred to the last-gen console model of the sport? Whereas the corporate beforehand informed traders that the last-gen variations have been nearly handled as an afterthought, the most recent Q&A paints the image that the studio thought it was in fine condition.
“Cyberpunk 2077 is large in scope, it includes a multitude of customized objects, interacting techniques and mechanics,” defined CD Projekt Pink in its newest submit. “Within the sport, every part just isn’t stretched out over flat terrain the place we are able to make issues much less taxing hardware-wise, however condensed in a single huge metropolis and in a comparatively loading-free setting. We made it much more troublesome for ourselves by first eager to make the sport look epic on PCs after which adjusting it to consoles — particularly old-gens. That was our core assumption. And issues didn’t look tremendous troublesome at first, whereas we knew the {hardware} hole, in the end, time has confirmed that we have underestimated the duty.”
When requested if the crew examined older variations of the sport to ensure it ran as promised, CDPR claimed that the inner testing performed didn’t present a lot of the errors seen at launch, saying “As we bought nearer to launch, we noticed vital enhancements each day, and we actually believed we would ship within the ultimate day zero replace.”
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A roadmap for Cyberpunk 2077 updates
The day-zero replace was no small patch, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to repair most of the points reported with many citing PlayStation 4 variations particularly as nearly unplayable at launch.
However what about opinions? When evaluation codes went out, the embargo restrictions have been intense. A few of these restrictions, which have beforehand gone public, acknowledged that no natural gameplay footage might be shared pre-launch and codes have been restricted solely to the PC model. When requested why the evaluation course of was dealt with in such a controlling method, the response claimed that readiness was behind the choice to maintain it PC-only:
We began sending out PC evaluation keys to begin the evaluation course of within the first week of December. Come December tenth, launch day, we had a very good begin with PC opinions, and whereas it’s not excellent, it is a model of the sport we have been, and nonetheless are, very happy with. In the case of the evaluation course of for consoles, on the identical time PC codes have been despatched out we have been nonetheless working laborious to enhance the standard of the sport on old-gen consoles. Each further day that we labored on the day zero replace introduced seen enchancment — that’s why we began sending console codes for opinions on the eighth December, which was later than we had deliberate.
The sport launched December 10, with some with the ability to play it on December 9, however the console codes despatched out have been massively restricted. Sport Informer didn’t obtain a console code till post-launch, and most of the regular retailers that present opinions have been left ready till post-launch.
Concerning the way forward for the sport, CD Projekt Pink guarantees that fixes the bugs reported is its prime precedence with a number of main sizzling fixes having already been deployed. Once I revisited the sport following a few of the enhancements made to make it safer for these with epileptic tendencies, I noticed a large distinction between that second and once we first performed for evaluation functions. Nonetheless, there may be extra work to be performed, work that the corporate acknowledges and is actively engaged on.
The newest replace additionally reaffirms that Cyberpunk 2077 free DLC plans are nonetheless intact. That being stated, DLC has been bumped as a decrease precedence merchandise on the duty record whereas there are nonetheless points needing to be addressed.
Whereas that is excellent news and nice for these hopeful to play the Cyberpunk journey when it’s extra polished, there may be an apparent concern: What concerning the crew? Lots of the builders challenged traders overtly, asking for accountability for poor communication with the group and the half their stress performed within the work tradition surrounding this title.
With quite a few stories of grueling working circumstances surrounding the tradition of CD Projekt Pink on the heels of a promise from management to not push its crew to their restrict as with the discharge of The Witcher, the quantity of post-launch work has raised a issues over what this implies for the devs themselves. What actions are CDPR management taking to make sure the well being and security to these working to make these modifications? How is the present management guaranteeing that high quality modifications are carried out and saved going into the longer term? These are necessary questions and questions that can hopefully be addressed so the builders that love what they do, which might be happy with their work in Night time Metropolis, can overtly be exuberant within the newest sport to come back from the Polish studio.
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