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No judgement for liking what you like, but having played it when it first came out I have to admit my first thought was “they couldn’t be arsed to finish the first one and you already want a second?”

In fairness I haven’t gone back through it after my initial playthrough, so maybe it’s better than last I saw it. At the time there were something like 20 skills in the tree that just straight up didn’t do what they were supposed to, half the stuff in the trailers was just made up, and cops could materialize from your ass.

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kevin2107@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
People like you still exist?

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- slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  People who want to play a finished game, when they play full price? Yes, they do
  
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Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They overhauled the skill system in 2.0, and the major bugs like police spawning were fixed a while back. There might be some stuff from early marketing that still never made it in. I know the rail transit system was one of the common talking points, and it’s in there now, but I wouldn’t call it an essential part of the game or anything.

That said, I first played it after 1.3 and I can’t say I ever felt like it was outright incomplete. It’s probably still the most technically impressive game I’ve played and it’s a fun sandbox. Solid writing and voice acting, too.

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filister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I also played it on 2.1 and the game was absolutely amazing. The story was engaging, and the world was absolutely stunning.

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- red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I love how many player choices they foresaw and handled through custom animations and dialogue. That makes it so much more immersive.
  
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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
State at launch might be not the best measurement of quality if they essentially revamped the whole game and added an entirely new area/storyline variations/skill system/tons of fixes and additions such as public transit to it.

If you like the setting and got turned off by the abysmal state at launch, I strongly recommend you give it another try.

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SippyCup@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I played it twice when it came out, and several times since then, once or twice with every major update. Don’t judge me I love cyberpunk settings.

It’s a completely different game now. A much better experience. It’s still quite possible to make the game ridiculously easy for yourself. Hackers will have an easier time than a street samurai, and if you put the time in to do all of the side quests you’ll quickly level to the point of unstoppable brute force merc anyway. But, the core experience is good, the expansion adds a lot, and is worth playing through even if you don’t do the rest of the game.

I say this as someone who, in spite of how good I wanted the game to be, could recognize that the released product, and even the game several updates in, was deeply flawed. I didn’t have the issue with bugs many people were having, but still it felt unfinished and unrefined. As of 2.1 I can confidently say it’s a good game, even if you’re not a freak for a criminal underserved cyberpunk setting.

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JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Definitely need to give it a second go. It’s nothing like it started.

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