there’s a quest related to the protest you can do, but it starts elsewhere
― mh, Friday, 11 March 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
Finally finished this after beginning in February. Opinion didn’t waver much from the above: a blast to play, but some frustration that I could see a better game peeking through if some of it had been fleshed out a bit more. (For instance, after finishing their side jobs, the romance partners don’t really have much to say or do, beyond some texts.)
For those who finished, what ending did you all get, and were you happy with it?
I originally started going for the ending where V joins the nomads, since it seemed a closest to a happy ending. As it progressed, though, I felt dissatisfied. I always played V as lusting after Night City fame, so it didn’t feel right the my level 45 badass would chuck it all to live a dusty tent, even if Judy joined her. I opted for the secret ending, instead, so I could storm Arasaka with Johnny at my side and become queen of the Afterlife. Plus, the final scene approaching the space casino gave me heavy Neuromancer vibes. A shame about being dumped by Judy but, hey, I bet the DLC will include whoever the player romances, even in passing. And if not, well, we only knew each other a few in-game weeks at most, right?
― blatherskite, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
The game uses these blue and green windows a lothttps://i.imgur.com/YE64JDk.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/w4qIVqn.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Dv3m1gw.jpg
― calstars, Saturday, 26 November 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
they should make a sequel called naturepunk, not sure what it would entail
― lag∞n, Saturday, 26 November 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
I'm not sure why walking around night city is so boring
― calstars, Saturday, 26 November 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link
I watched Strange Days for the first time last night—that whole braindance tutorial with the robbery has to be a homage to the film.
― blatherskite, Saturday, 26 November 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
@lag00n
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk
― the late great, Saturday, 26 November 2022 19:00 (one year ago) link
https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-possible-future
― calstars, Saturday, 26 November 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
Maybe the best thing about this game is that it saved rockstar from having to do it (badly)
― calstars, Saturday, 26 November 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
Jig-Jig street?
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
I feel as bad for this game as one can feel for a AAA mega-hyped beast. The most beautiful open world, so full of work. It’s deserves applause for giving verticality to its world. Up into buildings, down into slums, and thought yeah there are locked doors everywhere, it does not feel like it due to how many inside areas are accessible. It is a game dependent on high-end hardware though. Most of my enjoyment would not exist if I was not playing this on a 1000nits OLED and a 3070 with ray tracing. It has so many flaws, but it deserves credit for the world it created and for how it has pushed video game hardware.
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 1 December 2022 03:32 (one year ago) link
i havent played but that was the one part of the pitch that really appealed to me, so many games just push the map out wider and wider when what i really want is density and verticality
― ciderpress, Thursday, 1 December 2022 03:39 (one year ago) link
Honestly that’s the only reason I’m playing
― calstars, Thursday, 1 December 2022 04:14 (one year ago) link
That and all the neon in hdr. I popped an eye vessel playing this last night. Worth it
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 1 December 2022 07:53 (one year ago) link
Also, I like when little numbers go over peoples heads when I shoot them. Essential part of any game
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 1 December 2022 07:54 (one year ago) link
All it needed was a good writer and it’d be goty for me. Mix this with disco elysium and I would die
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 1 December 2022 07:55 (one year ago) link
Yup
― calstars, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:43 (one year ago) link
I probably mentioned this before but you don’t need a $2k rig to play this with hdr etc. check out GeForce now if you have a good internet connection
― calstars, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
Night City Wotld Cup team
― calstars, Friday, 2 December 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
2.0's out and Phantom Liberty is dropping shortly
still making sense of the new skill tree. starting a new character, chooms?
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 15:46 (eight months ago) link
I never played the base game, but I think I've seen people suggest starting from scratch?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 September 2023 18:48 (eight months ago) link
that's the general recommendation
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 18:49 (eight months ago) link
Is this worth playing now? Should I play this or BG3 after Elden Ring?
― octobeard, Monday, 25 September 2023 19:43 (eight months ago) link
Depends on how long until you're going to be ready, I think. My suspicion is that the base game plus dlc is going to hit the sweet spot as far as functionality goes. The base game is pretty solid now, at least as far as my experience on the PC version goes.
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 19:49 (eight months ago) link
this game has gotten a lot better but i was charmed enough by it to begin with that i was kinda disappointed when some update or other suddenly fixed the doppelganger problem wherein the dense city sidewalks had surged and teemed with around nine infinite sets of multiple-birth siblings
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 25 September 2023 19:53 (eight months ago) link
maybe it was my hardware
Realistically, probably not until the Christmas holiday - I have ER and TotK to probably keep me going the rest of 2023 for whatever video game time I have left.
But when I bought ER it was either that or Cyberpunk I was choosing from. BG3 wasn't even on my radar. However, I might just cave and get BG3 for Mac OS and Cyberpunk for PS5 and slowly play both simultaneously or something. Or, just maybe, I should give gaming a break for a year and get back into Ableton and write some damn beats again, but that would be crazy talk
― octobeard, Monday, 25 September 2023 21:59 (eight months ago) link
Had fun finishing this some months after release. But going back to dink around some time after they first had you reset all your character points, and noping out pretty quick, tells me I'm reeally not an RPG guy. There must be some webpage that could tell me a sensible way to spend the points to be an ok all around character right?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 01:49 (eight months ago) link
I'm the same way--though I do like RPGs, I don't dig all all that analyzing of point and perk percentages etc. Whenever I start a game like this, I usually just figure out my concept--sneaky sniper, charmer not a fighter, whatever--and just look up builds from those who've already put in the research. If you search "cyberpunk 2077 builds", you can probably find some. I think I used https://fextralife.com/guides/cyberpunk-2077-guides/, though those may be too specialized for your taste. Of course, in many games it's almost irrelevant once you get a certain level, and you can slaughter everyone with two hits.
― blatherskite, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 16:24 (eight months ago) link
What I've gathered from the retooled perks is that they've made it a lot more straightforward. The text tells you exactly what each does, what they apply to (weapon types/hacking/movement speed/etc.) and they're divided into tiers that unlock with skill points allocated to a particular aspect. Just browse around a little bit and you're good. I don't think I'll feel the need to look up any guides.
The other thing they seemed to have addressed is how there was a bunch of overlap once your character got to a certain level and you could just be insanely overpowered with little effort
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 16:52 (eight months ago) link