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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Welcome to the Tragedy of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077; the story of an unbearable toll extracted from a team of passionate artists, told through the art they created.
(The first 17 minutes are spoiler-free, after which a spoiler warning is flashed on the screen)!
CHAPTER SELECT
00:00 Intro
01:24 Chapter 1: Cyberpunk Origins
11:10 Chapter 2: City of Gonk Dreams
26:45 Chapter 3: A Legendary Price
46:43 Chapter 4: Never Fade Away
01:04:00 The Tragedy
01:23:13 Outro
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to mention a couple of things for additional context on the video:
I chose to pronounce CD Projekt the way I did throughout the video as it's closer to how native polish speakers would pronounce the company name. However I've since discovered that some people at CDPR pronounce it the other way too so maybe there's no definitive pronunciation (and if someone does have an answer to this, let me know)!
I also *tried* to get the names of many of the polish developers as close as possible to how they're supposed to be pronounced. I know I messed up on some of them (Marcin Iwinski probably), so sorry about that!!
Also, I feel like I should note-- as with many of my videos, this is a recreation of my experience with the game. And for a game as controversial as Cyberpunk, you can imagine how wildly my impression of the game varied one moment to the next. So ... please be patient and watch until the end, not everything I say (about CD Projekt especially) is concurrent with the conclusion I arrive at by the end of the video.
Other than that, please consider leaving a like, a comment, and/or sharing the video! Any bit of engagement tells the TH-cam algorithm to reccomend the video to more people.
Alright, that's it. Thank you for being here. Enjoy!
do you have a list of songs used in the vid (did i miss some in the credits?), some of these are surprisingly good.
jfc youre like a little baby. keep it up. such an underrated channel. if i had half your talent at your age... nice, man. don't lets the corps rot your soul the way they have some of us.
Nah that pronounciation was no Problem for me. I am from Germany so it sounded very familiar
A few folks have been asking me about the music, so I decided to throw it all in a TH-cam playlist. It's also in the description now. Thank you for checking out the video my guy! th-cam.com/play/PL9P-LoBaoD09TC_k6EHlBnqayyrywBw4I.html
i don‘t care about the pronounciation but in case it would be sede projeect red(long d) afaik|. but great video
well the story is the most basic thing foir an rpg i am sorry to say that to you but you are wrong in that point. and other many points but i dont care anymore about that liers called cd red.
Life paths? I think you mean 15 minutes until you're just a Street Kid.
"Life paths"
@@pillsburydopeboy3962 “life path” *only changes a few dialogue options here and there and the first 20 mins of the game*
Life paths
The only thing worth playing in this game
It's like he said the life paths change the context of your choices. Could of been done better of course but I still enjoyed the background it gave my character
@@novacaine_ It really doesn't though, it's so minor it's not a life path, you are a Street Kid with a couple different dialogue choices, nothing actually changes in a big way even if it should, like that mission with Meredith, a Corpo and a Nomad should be able to approach that mission in completely different ways but you can't at all. Not anything near enough to be marketing life paths in the way they did.
Interesting, so they received a sizable grant from the Polish government to develop a dynamic AI for the cities inhabitants. And pretty clearly did not deliver on that on any level... They might have decided to not focus on ai, they are free to do so. But taking millions from taxpayers on that promise is just fraudulent.
There's actually a lot of AI going on with pedestrians. Their walking paths will weave around one another and they'll interact with vendors and machines and seats.
The problem is that they don't have enough variety of responses to player created chaos. They either run out of sight, or squat in place, and there's no emergent behavior. You'll never see a pedestrian run to cover, assess the situation, and then decide to run further, to stand and brush off their clothes, or to foolhardily intervene against the transgressor.
There's another sort of peculiar AI going on with vehicles. One can follow them, and they'll sometimes swerve to avoid other stopped cars. Just not the player's vehicle. Here, too, there's something peculiar about the player's action that the AI can't cope with, as it usually can with other NPC vehicles. So there is AI. It's just unresponsive in many situations to the player.
@@MrDarrylR All the pedestrian AI is doing is:
-spawn somewhere in the area nearby the player
-walk along a predefined path
-avoid another ai with some swiveling
-return on the path when too far or path is blocked in any way by a vehicle
-pause walking when path crosses a road and traffic light is red
-sometimes walk to a marked destination like a vending machine and play a animation
-OR spawn on a premarked location and use a manually set animation pose (any NPC sitting, leaning against a railing, standing at a foodstand etc)
Dynamic:
-play a "cower" animation when gun is pointed at NPC
-or run to some far way location if some danger event happened.
And that about it. This is simplistic AI at best, that many small Indy games could implement. Its only looks decent because the game has very nice models and animations available to play out. And the designer manually placed a lot of interaction points around the map.
Even Gothic 1, a game from 2001 wich had a big influence on CDPR had better and more interactive AI for NPCs.
Vehicles: thats even more simplistic, barely managing to follow a predefined roadplan, stopping at the slightest roadblock that is not also ai controlled. The only reason traffic flows in the game is because the game constantly spawns and despawns vehicles. Else they would quickly all get stuck in a traffic jam.
@@vast634 For the most part, its enough to maintain the illusion, at least until the player fires a gun or lands on an NPC.
The thing is, even that is fairly CPU taxing, as frame rates plummet with enough crowd density. I think CD PR tried to do all of it via scripting in Red Engine 4, when they should have optimized by moving the most taxing NPC routing functions into the compiled engine itself (think of the performance loss going from C++ to Javascript). There's lots of room for improvement here.
@@MrDarrylR The simple pedestrian AI is (or should) be very lightweight on the CPU. Whats using frametime are the animations mostly.
Combat AI is way taxing as it need many state updates, scans and pathfinding updates.
They just did not put much effort into the pedestrian ai. Their implementation in Witcher 3 was even better here.
@@vast634 Witcher 3 never had the number of pedestrians as here, and its most likely a NP problem (in CS), meaning the computation rises not linearly, but with the square of pedestrians in a scene.
I really think the problem is that for Red Engine 4, they added cutting edge real time graphics support, but are relying on the same elements for NPC AI as in Red Engine 3. It's all scripted and interpreted rather than machine code.
For me, I never expected a GTA-like experience.
Actually, I never expected anything, as I typically spend years away from games media, and come back to play games that intrigue me in months long spurts. I only learned CP77 existed in late December, but was a fan of the literary genre in the 80s, and came to hate the film genre (with the exception of "Strange Days") in the 90s.
I think the artists/writers did a fine job capturing the that retrofuturistic world of the literary genre. Gameplay wise, it was no worse than Fallout 4, though the writing is bounds better. But for longevity, CD PR will really need to embrace Bethesda's approach to modders.
But to the main point, Red Engine 4 isn't as advanced as Bethesda's Creation Engine, much less Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, in incorporating the most computationally taxing parts of NPC AI into the engine itself. There will be months spent tweaking the scripts, and I expect passable appearance but still low performance to result. That will be fine for this iteration of the franchise, but NPC AI better be a focus for development of Red Engine 5.
The one thing that irked me a bit is how those playing on base consoles were criticized for expecting the game to run as smoothly, when the game was initially developed before the newer consoles were even a thing. I mean, we're talking about a development cycle of close to ten years. Gamers who were promised an experience on their base consoles had every right to be salty.
If a game is released it should work. Then they acted like it was console users fault for it not working.
@Dave Another one on my list of things to "barrow" from.
@Dave I don’t have a pro
this game had no business releasing on last gen consoles, i often wonder if Cyberpunk was strictly for PC and current gen consoles if the game would of still been really buggy and glitchy
It was announced before work was actually started on the project, and then they also ended up scrapping what they had worked on in order to fit Keanu into the narrative. Several delays ended up increasing fan hype, setting the game up for failure and then Investors hammered the final nail into the coffin by pressuring for it to be released before it was consumer ready.
I would've loved to see their intial RPG idea come to life, instead of the unpolished action adventure game with rpg elements slapped on that we got
I remember almost getting emotional when Jackie died….then his pistol was sticking out of his head and I wondered if buying the game was a mistake
Comments like these are just stupid. Make a better game then - go ahead. It's free if youre into coding.
Another spoiled brat who doesn't understand that this bug propably was his own computer not being able to run it and render textures fast enough.
I never experienced this. Never. People are so complaining all the time. And his gun doesn't hang in the air at my plays - maybe time for an upgrade??
@@migrateme695 first you can still criticize a game if it you cant make one, thats why we have critics, i just want to put that out there. second, the game has bugs this is a know issue and a reason why we still receive massive updates fixing thousands of them. My personal computer has a 3090 and a 9th gen ryzen core yet i still get npc's models bugging out. my specs literally cannot get better until new gear is released so its not a hardware issue. there was no need for such a rude response
@@electric.boogaloo9840 no its a setup issue. Just get some help to set it up properly. You can't just unpack a computer and turn it on. I run cyberpunk on a chromebook bought NEW for 200 usd. I use Stadia. It runs now version 1.52 something. But it's full HD and 60 fps. Sometimes you just gotta find out whats best for you. Stadia I just picked to try it out. The game collection is boring - but getting better. But I just never encountered any bugs. And if I did. Like, a hand through the wall. Which doesn't. But IF - why would that mean anything if its a rendering issue.
I bet you spend your money on a nice graphics card without thinking about CPU, RAM and such. A graphics card won't do anything. And it also needs proper setup which many people fail to do.
The game is up to you. It ONLY takes you by hand the first chapter. After that IT'S UP TO YOU! The so-called life path has shifted many times in my game. From Corpo to Nomad. Got a girlfriend. Nice apartment. Cars I don't care for - but could've.
And why is everyone whining WHEN FINALLY A GAME WITHOUT MICROTRANSACTIONS!
Here's an advice: Find some tarot cards.
The cool thing is, if I want to be a racedriver I even got a number for that. But you MUST interact with people. It's YOUR ACTIONS that forms Your characters faith. And then the 300+rpg elements you can pick, depending on whether you want to be a hacker or a shooter.
I think many people seriously don't know how to play this game. And they pick same choices, dresses the same (yeah, you Cloths affect people), you can go to your friends funeral OR miss it and lose contact to remaining family.
It's an adult game. Not for kids.
You gotta use your brain. And just ONE different pick somewhere, or shooting innocents can cost you SO much, like your girlfriend and friends.
Right now I have 5 apartments I can move into. Guy in the video haven't even found out you can buy apartments. Even buy them makeovers.
And the voiceacting. Best I have ever heard.
@@electric.boogaloo9840 Maybe (not being rude here by the way) - have you tested speed and stuff? I/O speed and so on, maybe its a hardware fault from the manufacturers side. And Yes youre right, critics are great and neccessary. You are right about that. Sounds like as beast too. Your computer. But remember Intel and AMD reacts differently to games unfortunately, so it can get tricky for the softwareengineers, or texture-builders.
I just never had those issues on my end. Its like walking in that series called Altered Carbon. And kinda funny how ONE action or whatever - changes everything. People think they have to level up - thats NOT the story. Progression is through how you interact with NPCs and your actions. Not just dialogue. Even how you dress. And all playthroughs - different ending. Its crazy game.
This is not for you 🙂, but other players - CDPR is litterally working in 18-20 hour shifts. THATS how much they care for it. NO overpay! So, yeah.
Okay, -
Truth be told your computer should be able to run this smoothly, have you tried the settings and setting up Distance view, second camera and such? (Yes theres a second camera), actually - for a great cyberpunk-meme: "SO FUTURISTIC - you cant even run it", tihi.
Try mixing the settings, and turn things on and off - sometimes it makes the whole difference. Just an advice. Remember it uses REAL raytracing - so turn that one off if you can.
When things spawn out of nowhere - its usually textures not being loaded fast enough by the comp. so it looks funny. Ive also seen it. BUT,
inside the clubs there ARE more people, also ironed out any lagging - at least on my side.
Raytracing is beautiful - and the details in tis game is crazy. Just try use the monowire or something else and make a scratch. Itll be there when you come back. But litterally SCRATCHES!
I do wish there was more destruction overall. Like in "Control". A masterpiece in my opinion - "Control" that is.
Or you can, save the money for comp - and use cloudgaming. Its actually pretty impressive what you can do, with just an internet-connection!
Its like netflix for movies, and spotify for games.And it works! With stable connection. You own the games too.
But having your own comp is of course cooler, it just takes time - and its NOT CDPR tat puts it out, its their distributor. THEY should be blamed instead.
Your comp sounds pretty good to me, so something must be wrong. The only bugs i encountered is like in all games. Not really anything.
But, the game is far from over. It is THE ONLY thing they work on like i wrote. Which is good. AT CDPR.
@@migrateme695 Ok I have a 12900k and a 3090 and these bugs still happen.
So it was a role playing game that was switched to an action adventure game at the last minute secretly. Shisters!
Exactly, that whole “players were complaining about a long story so they made it a short story was all bs” ,it was all they could come up with in a short amount of time after scrapping the original story.
That was both the last straw and final nail in the coffin ⚰ for me, its clear that CDPR had both lied and drastically changed its game to its audience. I honestly can't believe that a once highly respected video game developers studio got its reputation destroyed and cause soo much drama with just one game.
I don't think it was a secret. They literally changed the genre of the game and put it on their game's social media pages in the bio section. This company is so overrated it's ridiculous.
@@GOD-nx1yo That definitely wasn’t BS. It’s literally the case for most 60+ hour games. Most people who buy a game don’t finish games.
You can literally check the achievements for Witcher 3 and see how many people finished it.
What they did was shit. But what they said was still true
@@YourBlackLocal I just can't imagine writing a company to complain games are too long. If it did happen it wasn't many. Why would they cater to whiney non gamers who just want to say they beat a game in one weekend?
"Cyberbunk, before it was a game, it was a genre.... Now........Its a tragedy"
I do hope the game get better and fix all the bugs and we will forget all of the haters
it is not a tragedy
you hater
@@changsiah2 your a tragedy kid
Cyber B U N K
@@victorbrinch1043 no
@@victorbrinch1043 no it is not
Fantastic.
Oh my gosh!! Thank you for checking this out! Your video on Cyberpunk was splendid.
Hi Suzi ♥️
Both of your videos are works of art, I really appreciated both so much!!
SUZI?!?!?
Great minds meet!!! (In french: Les grands esprits se rencontre!!!)
"The prospects of having 3 totally distinct backstories that affect your personal narrative is unprecedented." Dragon Age did that way better and in the later games had main character voiced. But I don't think it's about the cinematic experience as much as having your choices count. In Dragon Age you can take some very major decisions based on your origin. NPCs will also often mention your background to often discredit you. Cyberpunk does not do well here and you mentioned it but they were up against some stiff competition and maybe should've focused more on delivering proper RPG elements.
Even mass effect did this not on the same level as Dragon Age but could effect Shepherd back story that would come up later in the game
Not to mention a game like GTA V with 3 fully fleshed out protagonists.
@@sirdetmist3204 gta 5 had more then 4 times the manpower and significantly more funding as well as a dev cycle that was about two years longer then cyberpunk.
It’s not really fair to compare cyperpunk to anything rockstar puts out.
@@dirpyturtle69 It is based on the claims CDPR made.
and look where bioware is now lol. oh how the mighty have fallen
You know, it's really ironic. The developers have the brunt of both the public rage and the executive wrath. They are more like the people of Cyberpunk than you even noted. Worst part is they aren't even the main character. They really don't have much of a chance of a happy ending. And even if they did, they can only hope for that same, "six months left to live (or be employed)". After all their hard work, they may well still be canned, since they just aren't needed anymore. Gaming industry is the shittiest of the already shitty tech industry...
I've been saying this on the reddit as much as I can, that the ones that will suffer the fallout is the devs... but people are blinded by their own hatred and feelings of betrayal...it's like this game truly brings out the actual cyberpunk in people, and nobody except those of us here probably, can see the bigger picture.
This isn’t’t irony. It’s more like allegory which the devs are sadly ignorant of. It can’t be ironic as many devs were giving warning signals up high of an early release and how the game was still half baked, they knew it wasn’t ready.
Nightmare Court Pictures "I've been saying this on reddit", no reason to read after that.
Gaming needs a union
Me:
My mind: blown
How I describe it is this: They wanted to be everything. They wanted GTA 5’s city believability and police system, Dragon Age Origins origins, Borderlands loot system, etc... They wanted it all, the pinnacle of gaming on a hill for all to see. When that’s simply just not possible and sadly this has to be the game that warns of such ambitions.
@Dri Ven ah star citizen? Yeah we will all be dust when that gets released
It is actually possible but would take 5x the amount of time it is to make the best we have right now and would take so much money that it could on be ever done by Pillars of Gaming Studios or Big Software/Hardware Corporations like Rockstar, EA, Activision, Microsoft/Xbox, Sony/PlayStation and more.
I believe it is possible, but it would take more money and definitely more time than it got, you see, cyberpunk development didn't began in 2012, it began AFTER cdpr was done with the witcher 3, then much like bioware's anthem, they build on rush at the last moment, wasting time on a demo for e3, spending more money on publicity and demanding the imposible with the given time to developers, forcing crunch, they knew it wasn't ready but they WANTED to release the game, with the level of ambition they were aiming for, it was simply not posible to achieve with so little time.
Yah at this point I'd finace star citizen so my grandchildren can play the final product.. perhaps I'll be 60 when and IF it gets releases.. I suppose I'd be a great way to retire lmao
Literally anything is possible in video games.
Everything they wanted the game to be is more than possible. But now it’s highly improbable.
I kinda feel bad for Mike Pondsmith. I mean financially he is probably set now. But man they butchered a near perfect RPG system, and the world that he built as well.
I do hope the game gets better and fix up the world
Now everyone and their mother will have a automatic aversion to anything that is related to Mike Pondsmith's cyberpunk because people will think of it as that one game that failed to fulfill promises and was buggy as shit and its quite sad. The game had potential but the higher ups fucked it up. The game's message of corporate greed ruining everything rings true here.
@@changsiah2 the problems go far deeper than bugs, as explained in many of these videos. CDPR won't put in the work that is needed, i guarantee you that. It would mean a complete rework of the game
@@spiralviper8158 I do hope re work at some point
He good. Moneywise so i don't see why you would
feel bad for Mike Pondsmith. dude let CDPR take the helm and management/company heads screwed things up big time. such a shame
That's what I was thinking. Imagine the game you poured your heart in get its name collectively crapped on by the internet cause some people you trusted cant even make a finished game. Gives a bad rep to the name of the actual game. Hopefully CDPR wipes the stains they put on from Cyperpunk as a name and give Mike some peace
But they PRESENTED the world perfectly and the linear main story was great and, well, Cyberpunk-y. Music, graphics, the world, characters. Its the gameplay that was empty and just plain, basic. But people got to know his universe. His idea was put to life in the most 1 to 1 version he could've imagined. And he got that bag too, to enjoy his retirement. Id say he should be relatively happy.
How did they screw up? Game rums nicely on my PC. Today (!) I've finished it. For the first time, 200+ hours in. Ended up in the worst ending without realizing it. Now i have to get the other endings and replay it as Streetkid. Just a great game.
@@robertprobst3836 at this point if you watched any gameplay of it on youtube theres no point of playing just to pick streetkid, its literally like 10 minutes or prologue and its the same shit.
As for the ending, well... if I were you I'd just go back to the save before rhe ending branches out and play them all one by one because the game doesn't change at all no matter what background you pick or your decisions pre-ending so youll just be replaying the exact same playthrough.
I do hope the game get better and fix all the bugs and we will forget all of the haters who want likes
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Cyperpunk 2077 the disappointment" - Palpatine
You reading this finish the rest.
It’s not a story the gamers would tell
Its an E3 legend.
Cyberpunk was a game with so many promises and so much interest that it could influence the media to create hype.
Unfortunately the only thing it feared was losing all those preorders, which eventually of course it did.
Ironic. It could save others from refunds, but not itself.
It was only a disappointment to internet children. Game was top notch on current gen.
Is it possible for a studio to learn this power?
@@fram3byfram319 "Not from a honest one"
Before watching, just wanna put out there that I still enjoyed the game and absolutely loved the plot and lore within the world of Cyberpunk. But I will never deny the complete and utter manipulation that CDPR did to their fanbase, along with the horrid performance on base consoles. The game is clearly unfinished and needed at least another year in the oven.
Needed 2 year to deliver on their promises. To Make a good open world, add features, Story bits.
The story was ok in my opinion. I didn't really care about V. Not enough backstory about him just a boring blank state. I liked Takemura though
I had a lot of fun with this game. The story felt very emotional an thought provoking at times. I totally fell in love with Panam and it was amazing to see Johnny change throughout the game.
On PC, I had practically no glitches. The game got too easy, but the story was excellent. It is funny to see that Baldurs Gate 3 came up with a fantasy version of the same basic story.
They need to add a bit more open world to it, but I loved the endless morality tales of the sidequests in the game, and they did a nice job giving even incidental characters personality.
It was easily the best computer game city I've experienced.
I feel bad for the console gamers, but I've always felt bad for console gamers :D
Considering the amount of time they ALREADY had spent on it though, they were in kind of an untenable situation... One of their own making
The world, gameplay, and systems needed so much work.
But the plot was one of the most memorable and hard hitting out of any game that i’ve played which shows that if we gotten a bug-less, fully fleshed out version of this game? it could be the greatest game of all time. But i wont forgive the executives for this.
Like now?
@@moppa90 i played on release and now. Its still not the game it could have been. Not even close. Its alot better but still fails to live up to its potential
@Tj Semeniuk Thats my biggest complaint is just the lack of post game content. I’m hoping future updates will add more gigs and a new game plus.
@@milkman-30 I just finished the game recently and honestly yeah, every single side mission is insanely memorable and I loved the main quest. I was rooting for V to get that biochip out of his system throughout the campaign. The ending left me with a sense of bittersweet despair, however, felt very satisfying and in line with the rest of the world. The shards which chronicle the events and people of night city are my favorite though. I spend a lot of time collecting them and reading the lore and it's amazing how fleshed out the world is. I don't think I've enjoyed or appreciated a video game story in such depth in a while. The last one I felt this way abt was higurashi and that was a visual novel. However, yeah. There were a lot of graphical issues still and an inconsistent fps on a rtx 3050. Textures were constantly rendering before my eyes, shadows were popping up weirdly and the entire city just felt dead. It's a good game with really solid writing for its characters. But the open world just falls flat. It wasn't a deal breaker personally though, because I didn't really spend much time in the open world. Most of it was spend doing side quests, gigs etc.
sounds like your attitude is preventing your enjoyment...or maybe its ego
The breakdown is nice, but the game really only gave you choices that affect other people's lives, yet can't affect your own. The endings all have the same two emotional payoffs. You don't get to choose your destiny, your legacy, you don't get to choose NOT to go on the heist, you're set to get shot in the head, and for V's legacy to end at the end of the prologue. No matter what you get, or what direction you choose, ultimately it's not your story, not Vs story. It's Johnny's. Johnny gets the character arc. Johnny's backstory is explored over an entire arc while V's lasts ten minutes at the start of the game. It gave me no desire to play it through a second time when no matter what I choose, my character dies and I don't get to play at the end of the game. There's a massive city but nothing to do in it. The game hyped up through marketing couldn't meet it's promise.
Exactly what I thought. You only have to compare cyberpunk to a game like Fallout new vegas to see how much it lacks in terms of RPG mechanics.
I feel the same
Damn you couldn’t have said it any better. 👏🏽👏🏽
True.
Cyberpunk is not a RPG, and RPG was not mentioned as one of included genres upon release. If CDPR did not market it as RPG on launch date, then why do you expect it to be such? Your expectations is your own problem
I spent 82 hours doing everything in Cyberpunk but can’t even remember most of it. It just came and went for me, tried a couple times to start another life path but it’s so dead, I’m just constantly disappointed when I go back to it.
Couldn’t see myself going back to it unless maxed out ray traced on pc. Otherwise not interested played enough of this game more then half way. And experienced enough. Can’t wait to play rdr2 on pc though gonna be in a online gang with my friends and roleplay as western wizards.
Refund
I think the first person ruined the memorability of the game. Sure you get to experience the enormity of the cityscape, but I think you need that third person view to be able to relate to your character. Seeing someone's face is actually pretty important if you want to relate to them.
@@hostileenvironment6107 Maxed out Ray Tracing is ok but you get used to it after a while, graphics alone can't keep me coming back. As soon as I finished the game I uninstalled it, real shame since it could have been something special.
@Dri Ven Yeah, I just don't feel that level of immersion. At least now in this game with voice acting and relatively limited dialogue options. At best I feel like I'm some looking through a go pro as V does their street kid shit
"The turns have never tabled so hard"
Last time was No Man's Sky which eventually fixed itself over the years after its release. Now if you play NMS today and compare it to when it was released, you get the realisation that if given the chance and time, the Dev's can fix it.
@@aryabratsahoo7474 This game is gonna take years to fix if they consider adding features that were promised and even then they wouldn’t be able to deliver what they promised like choices having actual impacts in the story without building the game from the ground up.
@@belligerent2941 That's why they will be giving free DLCs which might be an extensions to the story. They can't fix some story issues but even in its current state, it quite good.
@@aryabratsahoo7474 It’s honestly horrible right now I couldn’t play with how blurry it was and the fps couldn’t even stay at a stable 20 fps and when it was playable I had to reload saves from not being able to progress through the story but it’ll probably be good in a year or two.
@@belligerent2941 yeah the optimization is horrible. It works sometimes and sometimes it's just a slideshow. Mine runs around 30fps on medium with small dips. I have a GTX 1650 and ryzen 3550h.
It's such a shame how cyberpunk ended up. The original trailer still gives me chills to this day. It had the potential to be the best rpg in history had everything going for it and ended up with a story nearly as linear as a cod campaign.
Plz do video about redemption of Cyberpunk 2077 after launch!
This game made me appreciate Deus Ex: mankind divided more.
When you realize that people thought that, that game was disappointing it's GoldenEye by comparison
Some fans shat on it for the story being "unfinished" (which I still don't understand), gaming press didn't do it justice, Square Enix botched its launch with that "augment your pre-order package" bullshit. I just played through it for the fourth time recently, and it's still one of my favorite games of the 8th generation. It deserved far better.
for all my Poo Es Four bros it's on sale for like £4 or something atm
Almost all Deus Ex games are amazing (yeah I even liked Invisible War). I think Cyberpunk 2077 shows how much potential Deus Ex has. I really hope Suare Enix will let Eidos finish the Adam Jensen triology and next... well maybe we will have Deus Ex 2077 (a game that do justice to Invisible War, repairing its mistakes).
Deus ex Mankind Divided may have been short due to cut content but its overall a better game than cyberpunk 2077.
Dragon Age Origins is the only game that really stuck to the whole having different origins thing and making that a big part of the story. V is a mercenary and best friend of Jackie regardless of origin.
I do hope the game get better and fix all the bugs and we will forget all of the haters
@@changsiah2 The bugs are just a small part of the problem. I swear if the game would have turned out to be what they promised there wouldn't be nearly as many haters.
Dragon Age Origin "lifepaths" disappear after the prologue. They almost never show up in dialogue. You can not solve quests differently. You have no knowlege of your culture when talking with people. You are a Grey Warden, regardless.
Cyberpunk is reverse of Origins: small, short intros...but they frequently show up in dialogue, and in a lot of gigs.
This really makes me wonder if any of you actually played the game.
@@loostreaks3581 TY
@@loostreaks3581 The same happens with Cyberpunk, your life path doesn't matter, you have just some dialogue options that have 0 impact on how characters react to you or the story, it's just filler.
they honestly should just made a "fish out of water" story with the Nomad V.
I admire writers for their power to translate thought to word, and you have done that masterfully for me with this video. Thank you.
The world of cyberpunk is perfect, the game is not.
Beautiful* not perfect
the world is dead af and empty. nothing to do, literally in a huge city. it's just purdy with graphics maxed out.
@@tawilk Think the OG meant the base table top game and comics not the game that released
no game is perfect
The world is very shallow
CDPR is like Icarus. They kept promising more and more with no ability to get it in the game trying to increase the hype to an impossible size, but they flew to close to the sun and the hype burned their wing and they fell back down to earth
Haha, Icarus... deus ex flashbacks, another cyberpunk game) human revolution was great. Mankind divided... not so much
@@danzansandeev6033 Better than Cyberpunk that for sure. Most games are.
And the ones who made those wings already left
people had expectations of a working game with somewhat comparable mechanics and systems of any modern game over the last 5 years. no one expected a flaming dog turd with ray tracing.
No they're liars they knew exactly what they were doing defend them all you want they're greedy scumbags that only cared about your money
When you consider one of the graphical highlights is an uncut cock, there is an immediate realisation how wanting much of the game is. But they did get the swing just right!
just wait until someone ports the 3rd person movement settings from andromeda for combat and nier for motion and hand to hand combat to this game ..... lets see how only in 1st person ages then . keep in mind ponsmith and the original cyberpunk staff had this drawn up as 3rd person . it was changed because the amount of effort for annimations and interactions is drastically lower for 1st person. aka costs less takes less time. ponsmith as well as the original staff all said they hated the choice made to go 1st person 6 months into development. so if you are apt to sing praises you should know they did butcher his vision.
This game could’ve been so much better
No it couldn't have the entire game was a lie
ya
Exactly. It's such a disappointment, before release I created stories how advanced the game would be that you could do any crazy things like in real life but set into dystopian world. Like slapping girl's ass for which she would burn you to ashes with her ovrrclocked hair straightener implant. Or peeing from flying car onto poor NPCs below. This game was way too much depressive IMO, it should have some of those moments which I mentioned. Occasional humour in style of Disco Elysium would suit this game very well.
Holy crap you killed it with this video and earned my dub as a result!
I love how you praised CP77 for what it did right - which I found to be equally valid to my own time with the game. The atmosphere, the feel, the general vibe; it's all there. But like you the deeper I went into the game the less... enthused (?) I was about it all.
Above all else I loved CP77's storytelling. You may not have had a lot of choice, which sucks, but the overall plot felt pretty good.
For a second you made me want to go reinstall it, finish the game, and see what kind of impact it makes on me this time around.
Anyway.
Amazing fucking job on this 🖤
This game breaks my heart for all the reasons you mentioned. For how special that SOMETHING is in this game, and for how tragic the epic downfall. Very well done.
The fanboys were blabbing about *"shOuLd hAVe KePt yOUr exPecTatiOns loW"* , While this game didn’t even have the standards of a modern day video game... The bugs were just blessings in disguise
The fanboys are the worst. Telling people they hyped themselves up to much when this game was quite possibly the most hyped game ever.
the fucking hype was monstrous and cdpr had rep now they shot themselves in the foot by hiding the console footage even though it was 10 years of advertising and devolopment then they delayed it more and more then the death threats then we got all these glitches and missing pieces of the map and constant crashes btw i havent updated the game its been at 1.06 and i wont update it until i think its any better than 1.11
This is why I love seeing CDPR fanboys defending the game, the bugs and glitches is not the only problem with the game
@@StalkRay yup they just needed to stop preempting the launch like they did im sure another year wouldve been tolerated better with minor bugs here and there instead of the onslaught of missing and broken content and a ton of bugs that modders tried thier best to fix
Doesn't even meet the standards of open world games of 10 years ago.
Lol my biggest disappointment is that I spent basically the whole game as a Street kid cop despite choosing a nomad path.
You just ARE a street kid in the world no matter what you as a character choose to do until the ending decision and if what you do is who you are, then you ARE a cop basically the whole game doing “mercenary” options that all but help the cops maintain their vice grip on the poor.
How punk is it to follow the status quo?
Is it hilarious that your character is basically just a punk kid (regardless of origin) that's essentially trying to get clout until their forced to save their own skin. Any kind real or productive revolution against the corps just isn't really a thing.
this game is a dumpster fire.
Well that seems realistic don't you think? You can't oppose the system.
@@SuperPal-tr3go my guy I don’t think you understand the genre very well if you expected that
@@dirpyturtle69 cyberpunk typically is very cynical without any collective resistance to the corpos, even an outmatched and desperate resistance. It could have been interesting with an exception though.
This is one of the most meticulously put together videos I've seen on this platform.
Cyberpunk 2077 seemed like it was setting itself up to fail from pretty early on, the way it's really just an FPS action game with RPG elements crudely bolted on just highlights how much they failed to deliver on the original concept.
The way devs are exploited by the industry really is pretty horrendous.
Will be interesting to see what it looks like in 12-18 months.
Really well done deep dive into Cyberpunk! You articulate well why Cyberpunk's development and release is such a tragedy.
Deus Ex walked so Cyberpunk could crawl.
Actually cyberpunk is using a mobility scooter to move lol.
Deus Ex full speed sprinted into an early grave dug by Marvel's Avengers.
Cyberpunk is still a preemie.
I'd like a modern Deus Ex where I could create my own character.
@@fierysmile2929 god Avengers is horrific game
The gameplay in cp2077 is better imo. Deus ex never felt like a shooter for me
This retrospective is sadly underappreciated. This was so, so good. Thank you for all your hard work recording and editing this. You have such a captivating voice, you'd be a great storyteller.
Amazing job, man! Watched it from the first to the last second.
I've been in the same weird state of mind for the last two months after beating the game for the first time. But now during my second walkthrough (thoroughly made this time), I started to feel the feelings and great moments it gives me much outweigh the problems of the gameplay and bugs which still occur from time to time. Though maybe it's just because I've been so much invested in the cyberpunk genre and aesthetics long before the game came out, and it's easier to get involved for me.
1:26:26 was really surprised you used my footage
Thank you so much!! I find alot of purpose in those great moments throughout the game the longer I reflect on it. They remind me what I love so much about video games, despite the egregious problems surrounding Cyberpunk. And I suppose I owe you a formal thank you for having a video with footage from the Arasaka ending 😋 I never recorded footage of what happens when you sign the contract in the epilogue. Never fade away, samurai 🤘
I think the story has a couple of great moments and the relationship between you and johnny is good, but also I feel like there's a solid 20 hours of story missing, so many charcters that you just suddenly become great friends with after like 2 missions and the way the final chapter just kind of happens, unlike the witcher where the story feels fully realised and complete, evry relationship feels fleshed out and the lore of the game is explained through dialogue, the world feels lived in and as if there's always something to do. Cyberpunk's world is empty yeah it looks nice but there's nothing to do, The world building is pretty visual in cyberpunk and isn't necessarily bad but it isn't good either. this game needed at least an extra year or two and even if the bugs weren't there it's still a badly unfinished game which is just sad
Jackie's death would have been far more impactful if they hadn't shown it in the trailers
Next time you buy a Phone and half of the screen has bad response and half of the apps don't work, you have to be happy and defend the product in the name of potential that the product had
Can't help but feel like this is the gaming equivalent of that film Heaven's Gate.
A promising development team, having just come off of a towering achievement beloved by many and the recipient of multiple awards, let that success go to their heads, mismanage their next project which they intend to be their masterpiece, and ends up disappointing millions, forever tarnishing their once respected name, and so soon after they had wowed everyone.
ppl overreact, they will be back and all fanboys will be too next big dlc and witcher 4, some hardcore gamers will still hate them but if their next game is a hit they will comeback too
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 witcher trilogy is done.
So basically Johnny works pretty much like how Handsome Jack works for Rhys.
To the most anticipated game of the decade to the most disappointing game of the decade
it is not most disappointing game of the decade and will get better
@@changsiah2 It will get better but the damage has been done and it will go down as one of the most Dissapointing game ever released
@@changsiah2 what really matter just can't be fixed, unless you're talking about a whole new game
@@cedrix0086 no it will not go down as the most disappointing game
So piss off
@@pauloricardo-wn6ps yes it well
As someone who was super hyped about the game, and who deeply enjoyed the game, regardless of issues, I personally think this is the best summation of everything 2077. Most of what I have seen has been clickbait or social shibboleths of "what an awful game, how could they have ruined it so much." I really loved how you argued the good and the bad and highlighted the real victims of the whole mess: the devs. 10/10 from me.
you are in highly cognitive dissonance. Its not a bad thing its the same thing with teen girls adoring justin bieber.
The Devs who couldn't program a basic AI for the cops and NPCs?
@@dr8576 The devs who didn't have time to do it. The game went through an 8 year development hell (usually any game that takes 4 years to make goes through it). That's twice the time witcher 3 took to make. By the time 2020 rolled around the management thought that it cannot delay the release anymore. The game had big issues with its scope. Initially it was advertised like a turbo fucking rpg experience, and now it's kind of like "here's three options, choose your ending"
A lot of things were cut just to release the game in time. Cop chases are a great example because they were being worked on, but were disabled just to spend more time elsewhere. The management of the project was a clusterfuck and that's very clear. The game almost skipped an entire generation while being in development, that's how bad it was.
Yes i agree totally. Thank you for a honest review
@@dr8576 yeah man CP2077 is years ahead GTA in open world immersion choices so the A.I. was something they didnt expect tonbe so difficult.
I feel like CDPR management should for the next few years give their end of the year bonuses to their employees, full stop.
Yeah the coders work harder than the commaders pointing finger im pretty sure if the game devs made the game how game devs want not a ceo with their head in the clouds it feel more like the game that was advertised if it were really up to the developers but they don't make choices just do what the head honcho tells them to put in the game want someone to blame the bee keeper not the bees
Blame the bee keeper not the bees
Nah none should get any. The managers failed and the workers failed not all on the same scale and so on but they fail as a team or they didn’t work as one , which means they don’t need to get anything.
true and hater
@@qqqwark how the hell does the workers fail? They are on the edge of knifes by the higher ups
Dude I watch these video essays during my lunches and breaks. Thank you so much for not only the entertainment but insightful looks into my interests like Star Wars and Mass Effect. You’re the only one who does these so well. Keep it up friend!
Just finished my first playthrough 150+ hours on 1.5 patch. I knew from the ridiculous HYPE that it will not be a good idea to pre-order, although as well as with your self the Witcher series is has a piece of my heart forever and CDR had my trust at that time. But something didn't sit well with me at that time. FYI I preorder a lot. Anyway with the patch of 1.5 the Cyberpunk 2077 is a whole another game and I can really say money well spent. Took a while for them to fix the mess they got themselves into, but now the game is solid. Not a masterpiece, but solid. The story though.... man. Cyberpunk 2077 had made me care about the characters and their development which very few games make me do these days. The main ones at least. Final verdict after patch 1.5, good game. Could've been better though.
I haven’t even been remotely interested in playing this game but I watched the whole video lol
Shame. It's a dope game. It's not without it's faults but it's a pretty good game. Shitty endings though
Same
Same... and I'm on PC.
Same. Even when people were hyping up this game, I wasn't interested. I don't like the world. Flashy and self-serving. People worshipping capitalism and eternal youth. I don't like the style, the music, the atmosphere... it's so far off my own personal style it feels icky.
I thought it might be like western, but in a futuristic setting, but it seems to be worse than that. Even in westerns there are heroes, who are self-serving outlaws sure, but they almost always end up saving the town or damsel in distress.
I don't really care about esthetics, and I certainly don't care about personal glory or my legacy. I can't even pretend to care.
Maybe I am too much of softie for game like this, but I need a little bit of epicness and romanticism. Like the open road, amazing people, cozy tavern, doing everything you can for the people you love, sacrificing yourself for the world...
These futuristic games often feel empty and shallow to me. It's just my subjective opinion, my preference, but I have tried to find an angle, a point of view to these types of worlds so I might enjoy them, but I just can't :/
@@atinity6749 it is supposed to feel icky. Its not glorifying the things you mentioned.
If anything. Cyberpunk as a genre is a stark warning.
The thing that made me the most mad, was that there wasn't an ending where the Johnny stays in Vs body and V turns into another biochip and then they insert the V biochip into idk like a robot or someone who's been in a coma forever...
THEY HAVE ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY, AND DIDN'T EVEN TRY THT?
The soul killer...name is simple...Johnny is not a real Johnny anymore...and V wouldn't be V in this form. It would be just a bunch of memories and ego
And nope i don't defending the game. Im from Poland and i think CDPR didn't make even a half of what they promised.
true tho
This was an exceptionally well made piece. Very impressive, you should be proud of what you’ve done here.
Hey man. This was a wild video. You may have a future elevating game reviews and critique to its own form of art. Strong work.
Bandersnatch had more impactful choices
And the movie sucks lmao.
They pulled away the ability to choose as early as The Heist. If you go back to the promotional material, they present Jackie's fate as tied to your choices, but it isn't
I didn't expect to watch a whole 1:30 hour video but your storytelling and editing are on point and exceptionally well done. Great job choom!
I can’t wait for the video titled “The comeback of Cyberpunk 2077”.
Indeed a tragedy - a game that was hyped for years now relegated to near irrelevance as the superior qualities of games such as the Witcher 3 become evident upon the playing of Cyberpunk. This should serve as a reminder and a point of reflection for gamers and developers alike, in regard to what should not be done in a game.
The entire game is only a DLC. I cant believe it only took me a single day to start a new game and get to the "point of no return" in the story. Really CDPR? A FUCKING DECADE of development for what amounts to a 15 hour story? Ive played DLC's longer than this game. The whole game is hot garbage. To think the majority of the game is bloated gigs and crimes in progress. Go here steal this. Go here kill this. In fact, the Witcher 3 Toussaint DLC was LONGER AND MORE DETAILED THAN THE ENTIRE CYBERPUNK GAME! I was hoping for a game even 50% as good as Witcher 3 with sidequests and stories as detailed and weaving and long. But nope. This game doesnt even measure up to a Ubisoft AC game or Far Cry. Biggest gaming disappointment in my 32 years of life. 7 months later and half the perks and weapon/armor/cyberware mods still dont work also. CDPR cares more about patching money and duplication exploits and speed jumping exploits in a single player game that make it MORE fun than patching their bug filled crappy game. Whole game is a sick joke. Cdpr should only stick to Witcher games from now on. Because Witcher 3 honestly is night and day. Seems like an entirely different developer made that game. Such a shame. Cdpr was supposed to be the chosen one meant to destroy the sith. Not join them.
@@TheHeroRobertELee Yep. I had to force myself to complete the main story. During the dialogue scenes and car rides that you can't skip I felt like ripping my eyes out because of how unbearable it was.
The worst part is probably that THIS is the result of essentially a decade of development.
Uninstalled it as soon as I completed the main story. Completely insufferable.
Not a long-time sub of the channel or anything but I really love the content man - just an awesome perspective on a game I haven't even played yet (plus I loved your Clone Wars vids since I'm a big fan of that show). 10/10 definitely worth the wait
Now I can only imagine how disappointing Beyond Good and Evil 2 will be, that game feels way too big for its own good.
The narration in chapter 2 is beyond anything anyone with an understanding of story telling would come to expect from a youtube review of a videogame. You are truly doing the craft a service. Well done.
This man actually described CDPR as “CD Proyect”. Earned my sub bro. Amazing vid
How does it feel to go through life putting so much worth on dumb shit like that?
@@justsomeguy8385Idk. Got a pretty fulfilling life. I don’t go around comment sections being a petty troglodyte with a anime profile though :)
@@justsomeguy8385 So true lol CD Proyect 😂 So pretentious 🤣 The video is in English, Not Polish.
@@alexanderv.8961 Oh yeah, the non-native Polish guy trying to be respectful and pronounce name of Polish company in Polish. "So PrEtenTiOuS" I'm not surprised that you don't have friends, so you have to go to every comment to mention that :P
Bravo, what an exceptionally wonderful capture of the feelings this game and the surrounding situation evoked. I agree that art is our escape, and you've forged a new piece. Unwinding not only the metaphors of the game, but irony of the disaster that enveloped it. On top of that, you perfectly put into words all the feelings every ironic twist of both the in-game and real-life story. Bravo, and thank you for this gift of a video.
Should be titled, "The Tragedy of how big corporation & investors ruined the release of a game."
Hey dude. As a polish guy watching mostly foreign yt i really apppreciate your pronanciation of cd proJekt, how it should be. Catch a sub because all other English yt is misspelling the company game. :d
I've been saying it the right way, phew!
I learnt a little Polish from a friend at school and her name was Justina, people kept saying the J as in jump and she told me it was closer to the English Y sound so I've been saying it like this video. I'm so glad I've been getting it right
hater
Ive never seen anyone misspell it ever. Maybe mispronounced sure. But misspell?
Amazing video as always, this is certainly one the best videos on your channel, the script was absolutely well written and that part close to end when it gets very philosocal deserves a big round of applause, also i thought that the editing of the video was splendid.
Since you mention Brazil in the video, in the game you can find a clown character with a grenade in the face called Ozob, and he was createad by a brazillian youtube channel called Jovem Nerd, that created him for a special edition of the nerdcast(jovem nerd podcast) witch once every year they play rpg and turn it into a big episode of the podcast, and ozob was created for the cyberpunk rpg special, the character was so popular that they even made a book about him, and since he was so popular jovem nerd approached cd projekt to see if the could put Ozob in the game and they aceppted it. Just a little fun story i wanted to share :)
And i have a felling that the next video is going to be about star wars rebels
I figured Ozob was a reference to the old clown gang in Cyberpunk lore, but this backstory is so much fun. Pretty cool they included him then!
@@ArTorrPresents You can even see the video that they did in their channel talking about the whole process of talking with cd, and the video have english subtitles, this is the video th-cam.com/video/ah1t-tspbh8/w-d-xo.html
And there are still people out there saying it is a 10/10 and say things like „omg it's a masterpiece“ or „this game is goty 2020“ and other shit. How can you defend this piece of software, when there are games out there like GTA V or RDR 2.
Its a 10/10 =)
maybe not everybody is a rockstar fanboy like you ? plus this game is still way better than last of us 2 that won most goty awards that year
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 "Stay off the weeeeeeeeduh" - Stephen A. Smith
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 what makes it better than tlou2, if its only because of the story, i don't think it's better, gameplay is what matter in videogames i mean story also but if the gameplay is terrible, buggy, glitching, etc then the whole game is horrendous terrible
@@darrenjulian depends what platform you played , i play on pc and i didnt have some game breaking bugs that made me hate the gameplay. Last of us 2 has the same gameplay loop as first one, nothing special and story is horrible imo
Of all the Cyberpunk 2077 documentaries I've been watching since the game launched, this probably has to be the best one. You put your heart into it. This video has heart and you can feel it. Awesome work, keep it up!
This was one of the most beautifully written reviews I've seen so far this year! You really went all out for it!
Really good content honestly.
You've earned a sub my guy. Not enough good content like this on the site.
This video is criminally underrated.
Thank you and welcome to the channel!
@@ArTorrPresents thank you :)
Honestly this was one of the better written video essays I've actually watched. I found this video by accident when looking up the tragedy of cyberpunk 2077, and your video popped up first.
You'll blow up soon, I bet this video will have at least 100k views soon :)
It seemed like no one was talking about Cyberpunk 2077's story. I'm glad I have found this video
This was so damn well done, you speak for so many of us that love the game yet think it could have been so much more...without being disrespectful to the devs that dumped their time and energy into something we could take part in. Deserves way more views. Thank you.
We need to get this man way more subs. His editing and pace is insanely impressive. Keep it up!
absolutely awesome video dude, so much info, the best ive seen so far!
they had a tower of respect that reached the heavens and one game brought it all down, even i dont respect them anymore.
I do hope the game get better and fix all the bugs and we will forget all of the haters
you will have respect them anymore.
you are souless hater
@@changsiah2 Shut the fuck up prick
@@changsiah2 shut up coomsumer
@@changsiah2 siah lim they false advertised their game and ripped alot of people off including me, i think i earned a right to hate it when i gave it a chance and seen it was a buggy mess with no life and alot of cut content.
@@FreeAimDog you are Beyond Redemption you HR and you can do nothing and you would get back their respect
Hands down the fairest and best review and post mortem of CP2077 I’ve seen to date. Very well done definitely earned a sub.
The effort behind this video is unbelievable. Great work!
I just found out that CD Project spent millions of dollars to turning Cyberpunk 2077 around post launch. Did you know that?
I just learned it yesterday myself. They also hired a lot of people specifically to help fix the game, a lot of whom are now being laid off from the company.
From what I gathered, this is the third laidoff from the company, and now they're forming a union because of the wave of laid offs.
I did not expect to start crying at the Chapter 4 and Tragedy Part in an essay on Cyberpunk 2077 of all things. That's a first, and I'm okay with that.
It was cathartic. A cathartic take on such a divisive video game. It's nuanced. It's honest with a heavy heart, and maybe we need that right now.
😌(hug)
In my opinion you make some of the best video essays on TH-cam. This was so good and hit so hard, especially considering I just beat the game the other day.
Hands down the best analytical video about Cyberpunk 2077 I have ever seen. Seriously, great job!
You really did the game justice with this video, you laid out the good and the bad of this game. You make amazing content, keep on ! Also what do you think about the game now in 2022 with the 1.5 patch ?
Damn now that's an intro!
Indeed
The first time I finished it, I cried during the ending. I realised I took an option so limp wristed that I betrayed the characters and their wishes. That's powerful stuff. For all this game's failures, both within and in CDPR, it's something special.
I feel your essay captured that perfectly, thank you.
Man, congratulations! I have rarely seen such a reflective and well written review, not of games, but of any kind! You have really brought out what I love(d) about the game and it is a shame that it could have been even more. You are a damn good writer!
hey man I found your channel through the jedi fallen order vid and since that I fell in love with your vids keep doing what you're doing because it's fantastic
Thank you so much!!
This Video was amazing. I think you've hit the nail on the head with your assessment.
Your editing is godlike. I got so much emotion and depth out of this video, and I haven’t even played Cyberpunk 2077. Congratulations on creating the definitive analysis video of this game, my dude.
You forgot that in between E3 & GDC 2019, there were talks and expectations made with: All Interiors were stated to be explorable. Underwater missions as side-activities (related to the lore's rise of the Sea Level), but also talks about sewers underground exploration...
A very passionate and thought provoking analysis. I agree and have always felt, that despite the games obvious flaws and company corruption, there is a special experience to be had here and the whole scenario is not as black and white as most people are judging it. As you've pointed out, Cyberpunk 2077 has such a rich story and some of the most brilliantly realised characters I've ever seen in a game. If you look past the glaring bugs, brain dead ai etc. the city and lore are fascinating. But the idea that the cyberpunk aesthetic literally seeped into all aspects of project is just as fascinating to behold and you do a perfect job at explaining this. Well done.
Man I have no problem watching hours of any of your videos. I like how you share your point of view :^)
Wasn't expecting it to that deep,nice work bro
I hope CDPR doesn't give up on this franchise. It's a mess but it's got soul. One of the few games that give named NPC's life. Every time I did a side quest for a character that had a storyline, even the ganger turned martyr and the cop who lost his pet had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
I hope they work on the fixes, DLC's, multiplayer entry, and future titles with much more care and time than they put on this.
Honestly speaking though, making this game have a short story is one of the worst decisions they made. The only reason that should've been an option is if this was a sequel to an already established game (video game and not the tabletop game) or an adaption of a long ass book (like Harry Potter or The Witcher, not the missions we get from the tabletop game)
Your summary of the story sounds more interesting than the story actually is. Half of the game was like a boring interactive movie, the other half unchallenging and unimmersive gameplay. The world of night city is great, but that's pretty much all.
Not to mention the meaningless economy and balance. But for some reason people see what they want to see, while playing Cyberpunk they suffer the same illusion like Neo before taking the pill, they won't admit that their expectations were not met, or worse, they are even happy with any kind of mediocrity and meaninglessness as long as they get glossy surfaces.
So, what you are saying is that everyone who likes the game is either lying or delusional?
If that's the case you are one of the most arrogant people I ever came across.
@@sirvival8169 Lol, it's only a game, not a great one, just average. But that unreasonable hype made me quite angry. It's the function of marketing to make customers believe in products.
@@sirvival8169 because In a way, they are. This game is a broken, buggy mess, and people saying its good or they like it will only convince companies to release broken, buggy games just to make a quick buck.
This is probably the best videos I have watched on the breakdown of the actual game and the issues with production of the game. Fantastic job
One of my favourite videos on TH-cam. Expertly crafted and well written.
Thank you Rachael, I appreciate it! 🙏
This was literally one of the best retrospectives I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for making this amazing piece of art
That was absolutely great. Really, really well put together.
I feel sorry for two groups. First of all as you very well stated, the ground floor devs and talent behind the game. Next, the last gen players.
CDPR done everyone.
ok you are definitely my favourite youtube channel: the 3 videos about the clone wars were fucking amazing and full of passion and made me rewatch the series for the second time. This is another incredible video, the quality, the hard work... thank you
Man you help me understand why I like this game so much you put the finger right on the pulse and pointed out all the things I saw but wasn’t looking at good job
"An introspective look into the complicated story..." "Introspection" means to examine your own inner self, not looking at a story someone else made. CD Projekt Red could make an "introspective" look at the game, but not someone else.
"Nomad gives you a clean slate, a gearhead outrunning the law..." Being on the run from the law is the opposite of a "clean slate." A "clean slate" is starting something fresh, without being troubled by the consequences of past problems.
You're not fun at parties, are you?
There's nothing wrong with taking "an introspective look" at something--it means that looking at the thing causes introspection in yourself.