overpromise, sell, underdeliver Cyberpunk 2077

cd projekt red they were going on and on about how they'd create this vast open world with a branching storyline the feeling of of being there of walking the streets of the future is really going to be breathtaking this game it has the potential to be very very special this is going to be an rpg this is going to be very very deep and very crunchy and very mechanical this this is the real deal they really know what they're doing all of it looks absolutely next level cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most anticipated games coming out next year and uh fingers crossed the last e3 we'll see cyberpunk fingers crossed we need to properly go through everything balance game mechanics and fix a lot of bugs a huge world means a huge number of things to iron out and we will spend the additional time doing exactly that cyberpunk has been delayed once again for the third time welcome to the next generation of open world adventure immerse yourself in cyberpunk 2077. for this december 7th review embargo period i am not allowed to show you my own gameplay footage i can only use footage provided by cd projekt red city project red wouldn't allow us to use our own recorded gameplay for this review no we have our official video review coming with our own footage as soon as we are able to all right check this out [Music] my [Music] [Music] nice [Music] we've greatly enhanced our crowd and community system to create the most believable city in any open world the city's streets are bustling with crowds of people from all facets of life all living their lives within a full day and night sight [Music] anything you want to get off your chest about the game that you're excited to tell us we put so much work into making sure that the city feels the best we just really wanted to make sure that those people that live in the night city are really they're real [Music] everyone's just super impressed and the universal compliment that i'm seeing is that the world of night city and its outskirts there's just a beauty to it a level of attention to detail to it that is seemingly unparalleled some people are flat out saying it is the most detailed world they've ever seen in a video game period when you are in night city and you're moving around night city in first person it's really really exciting and it's something that i've not seen before like this in a game i've not ever really seen this before [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i think it's a really bold statement but uh if you don't believe me play our witcher games i really promise that will deliver a truly outstanding futuristic rpgs sending setting totally new standard in the genre both in terms of the gameplay but also on the tech side they are going to be receiving 30 million pln which is roughly 7 million dollars and their four proposals were focused on some very interesting game development goals now the first of which is city creation of high quality open world games [Music] hmm [Music] cyberpunk 2077 was targeted at release for pc xbox one playstation 4 and stadium he also is advertised as plays great on xbox series x and ps5 get everything you need [Music] yeah about time homes are you very focused on pc and current gen console our full attention is on current gen consoles and pc [Music] i'm under fire [Music] [ __ ] [Music] [Music] those of you who are familiar with the way we make games know that we won't ship something which is not ready and of course we are looking very closely and optimizing right now the um fps when we really try to make sure that the um game runs as smooth as possible and at this stage of the production we are at the moment when we are like optimizing the most and putting lots of work into like finding ways okay how to make you know night city run really smoothly we've both just played a four-hour session of cyberpunk 2077. i'm getting to play cyberpunk 2077 tomorrow the three of us just played four hours of cyberpunk each a four-hour full-on experience of the first part of the game so here's one picture where they have a bunch of computers just decked out first off wow it was [ __ ] awesome i'm really excited there's so much there is so much to do i was absolutely blown away with the experience i had my doubts given the trailer and how good it looked uh they have delivered everyone agrees that cyberpunk 2077 so far is living up to the hype cdpr released the pre-order stats eight million copies pre-ordered but 41 of those pre-order sales came from console gamers who did not really know what this game looked like outside of highly curated videos released specifically from the developer leading up to launch we want to continue to give you a closer look at the game running on console since going gold the team at cd projekt red has continued to work on cyberpunk addressing bugs and glitches and enhancing the gameplay and graphics the gameplay you see today already includes a great number of those fixes as we work towards bringing the best possible experience on december 10th cyberpunk 2077 marries exploration of a vast open world with kinetic combat story changing player choices and robust character development cyberpunk has been taken off the playstation store you can no longer buy it digitally and sony is now officially offering refunds even if you press done you will find that no results available for cyberpunk retailers like gamestop and best buy are also allowing customers to get refunds the console version was not sent to press and so we didn't really get to see what it looked like cd projekt red has officially apologized for not showing the base ps4 and xbox one versions of cyberpunk 2077 before launch we should have paid more attention making it play better on the ps4 and xbox one so what do you want supercar big house you want to rule this city or you ain't getting anywhere without an upgrade you need a softer touch stronger is fine just taking over night city ain't gonna be easy b aim for the driver [Music] gingalo see in the major leagues jackie drop that iron let's talk no you [ __ ] won't take me alive the new game cyberpunk 2077 that's getting all the raid has reportedly been plagued with bugs and crashes everyone who is not willing to wait for updates and want to refund their digital copy can do so by submitting a request they literally shipped a live service always online title you have to be connected you have to be committed to downloading updates to fix this game because if you don't have internet you're screwed when it's back officer wounded the cops spawn behind you not even around the corner no directly behind you [Music] [Music] [ __ ] me first ah it's getting embarrassing [Music] so foreign [Music] [Applause] me so [Music] don't be fooled by more propaganda excuse me sorry about this no no we got shots [Music] you look like a man who demands take it easy and i'll take you to the safe oh so ladies and gentlemen i'm really honored to announce that uh we are working on a cyberpunk game but not just a regular cyberpunk game on the cyberpunk game imagine a rich and futuristic world with ultramodern technology william gibson the godfather of cyberpunk as it were great dismal on twitter he said that it just looked like gta 5 with kind of 80s generic cyberpunk theme slapped over it why did i move here i guess it was the weather where the pad that thing keep in mind that what you see here is not final we just want to give you a glimpse of what will be possible in the released game what would have happened if we hadn't met with the militech agent or told royce about the agent and her plans or just decided to buy the bot ourselves so many options so many possibilities and each will have consequences that will ripple through the game world and your story and that's just one quest yeah yeah that's just one question yeah exactly that is one of the most overstated parts of this game it is not like that it is not that interactive it is not that tree branches type of things where everybody that plays the game is going to have a bit of a different experience that's not what this game is this will really make each play through very unique to players right not only the way you play it the way you interact with the world the way you talk to people all that kind of stuff like if you look at all the little choices that accumulate through the game no place will basically be like another 95 percent of the dialogue options that you get are meaningless as you can see we have many possible options but in each case we take a risk it's our choice if we want to finish her off or spare her your cyberpunk your rules the reality is that if you spare her nothing happens and that was just a glimpse of how complex the branching storyline in cyberpunk 2077 can get every decision you make will have consequences your choices will shape how the world reacts to you and affect your relationships with those around you one of those relationships is special ever heard of johnny silverhand you're breathtaking cyberpunk 2077 is set in night city v's current apartment is located inside a mega bill a huge building complex that forms a micro society of its own your stash is a secure system for storing equipment it can be accessed from all of your available safe houses and vehicles all safe houses and vehicles it says right now at the moment we're not planning you know for you to buy different apartments because you know cyberpunk is a very story focused adventure cyberpunk is an rpg at heart i can't stress that enough people have been doubting that but actually i think in in many ways it is more rpg than than even a witcher was i couldn't even find a way to figure out what level an enemy actually is so you never know exactly how easy or how difficult a fight is going to be this is an rpg so before we get into our appearance we need to define our backstory in the deep dive we can see that the character has three sort of origins that we can pick i mean what are they in how do they actually affect the gameplay oh okay um you're like yes let's go yeah okay i'll go into my 50-minute answer okay so uh you actually start off being a completely different person now what is important with that is we actually take that to the whole game and with our best in a quest team to like support all those like three i would say main ways to go through the story and of course player can like mix and match any time you know any way he really wants but it's something that we take from the very beginning till the very end the life paths have no impact on how any of the story plays out and are all just really short really stilted 20-minute intro sections that all end with the player watching the exact same cutscene no matter what you picked cyberpunk 2077 is slightly shorter than witcher 3 because we got a lot of complaints about witcher 3's main story just being too long and looking at the metrics you see tremendous numbers of people played through that game really far but never made it to the end we want you to see this whole story so we did shorten the main story the choices you make will shape your story and determine how events unfold but not everything in night city is a matter of life and death sometimes it's about style choosing your look your ride your pastime who's at your side choosing how you spend your dirty money [Music] [Music] um you're never going to be in a situation where you're like i need to get in there i need to get in there and then you go and you're like i can't get in there because the city is so big it's overwhelmingly huge endless possibilities and endless lies a big part of our rpg experience is having a world that is interactive [Music] [Music] [Music] if [Music] goddamn cyber psycho [Music] fair [Music] oh [Music] here a generic ad has morphed into an advertisement specifically tailored i'm faking let me go call the cops i thank you life is full of disappointments cyberpunk is a mature visceral experience and as such it will let you explore a variety of different interactions with the game world and as you just saw its people [Music] [Music] here things are about to get heated random encounters like these are an example of how your actions directly influence your open world experience [Applause] we're currently in pacifica one of night city's six unique districts it was designed to be a tourist hotspot within the city as you can see this didn't pan out when uncertainty struck the global economy investors pulled their funding leaving most establishments unfinished is the city fully explorable or are there restricted areas no we are planning to really create a seamless feeling of a true open world game it's one of those places where expectations and reality collide resulting in a heap of disappointment taking a casual stroll here would not be a good idea a fast motorbike or armor-plated car would be the safer option how much customization is there for vehicles colors decals and performance um yeah so while we don't we don't really have that much customization in the game for the cars um what we do have is different variants of cars these are for tunes who love the smell of exhaust and the roar of street wildlife their powerful engines and exchangeable parts make them perfect for tuning you you do not really customize them what you do you actually own different vehicles that have been already customized and you can find different vehicles that have been already tuned up but but you do not do it yourself whether it's street racing running from the ncpd or just showing off in the streets [Music] oh leave me to hell alone welcome to the city of gunk dreams cyberpunk 2077. out in the world if you commit some crimes if you just suddenly become violent then people will respond to that so as an example you know the ncbd might start chasing you i don't deserve this just let me live i don't deserve this no you will put that away man always take them out stop please degrees don't think you can talk your way out of this one [Music] hey what are you doing and don't do it again [ __ ] is that for enough time for the team are you guys confident that the game will be ready by then and good to go by april 16th well that's a bit of a weird question because i mean if we wouldn't then we wouldn't have announced a release date i guess our studio is one that really puts quality above everything and uh there's also reassuring for me as a developer like i know we will not ship this game if it isn't ready by the time we we decided to ship it yeah pre-order now [Music] based on that legacy of genuine and honest communication you've trusted us and pre-ordered our game and despite good reviews on pc the console version of cyberpunk 2077 did not meet the quality standard we wanted it to meet every change and improvement needed to be tested and as it turned out our testing did not show a big part of the issues you experienced while playing the game there's been a lot of talk that cd projekt red was going to be sued for misrepresentation and now apparently the one of four law firms that was planning to sue cd project red have actually filed against them on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded cd project securities between january 16 2020 and december 17 2020. now does that date january 16th ring a bell it should january 16th is when cd projekt put out this statement we are currently at a stage where the game is complete and playable but there's still work to be done postponing launch will give us the precious months we need to make the game perfect class action lawsuits against cd projekt because of deceitful practices that not only fooled customers and media outlets but also investors cd projekt red's share price dropped 20 in a day actually it's worse than that their share prices dropped over 45 in the last couple of weeks i'd say that this is a failure of software engineering but as is so often the case that also means it's a failure in business terms with teams crunching for over a year it's pretty obvious that cd projekt red was trying to fix both time and scope at the same time people will be burned out and working less effectively anybody that's tried working that hard for that long knows what i'm talking about on the project in total it's it's between four and five hundred people i think working on the game so we've got all those people working on the game um have we have you experienced any times of uh like crunch time at the normal crunch time yeah well you know 100 hour weeks you know 60 hour weeks type deal when you end up going through we're not we don't really like to talk about it too much because it's a little bit too controversial and and we're more here like to talk about the game and not about like the the working life around the game we do everything ourselves so if we suck somewhere it's on us it's nobody else to blame but if it's a success it's the success of the people and of the teams and and we are actually i am immensely proud of it and i think uh i think the whole team's there's really nobody telling us what to do thank you so much for coming by thanks to you and for pushing our industry forward continually guys give it up so choose the games you want to play there are worlds to be saved heroes to be made and legends to become together thanks and have a great touch me like i'm an ordinary man have a look in my eyes i don't need my skin that i used to file and it's got a guy in his hand ready to make ready to make red ready to make sense of anyone anything anyone anything anyone anything anyone anything anyone anything black hole living in the side of your face sorry so while spinning around you around you around you blistering sky blistering sky blistering sky bullets are the beauty of the bridge to ring sky blue [ __ ] beauty and i don't know why bullets are the beauty of a blistering sky bullets are the beauty and i don't know why personal responsibility personal responsibility personal responsibility personal responsibility [Music] personal responsibility personal responsibility personal responsibility personal responsibility [Music] responsibility well well looks like fortune favors the stupid too now what i'm gonna ask for a refund [Music] you

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Keywords: CD Projekt Red, Glitches, Bugs, Comparison, Lies, CDPR

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Length: 41min 0sec (2460 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 17 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/BrowzinJ]

The music video at the end featuring a cover of Bullets by Archive may be the most depressing thing I have ever watched

[u/EirikurG]

P E R S O N A L  R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y

[u/ka7al]

He really did bring the big guns, He compared that shit to Lego City Undercover

[u/Letracho]

Crowbat's magnum opus.

[u/Aggravating_Half_558]

unreal amount of lies

[u/Jakubisko95]

41 minutes...

Crowbcat will need a holiday after this.

[u/Staye100]

I like how he really hammered the notion of how much they didn't deliver. As supposed to just being "bugs bad lol"

[u/Dolenzz]

I laughed when I saw that Lego City Undercover had better traffic AI than CP 2077

[u/user-55736572]

One thing hit me in this video that I haven't realised earlier.

The copy of the game, on physical disks that people bought, is pretty much worthless and almost unplayable without patches you need to download anyway while being connected to the internet.

And we're not talking about small numbers over here. In case of PS5, the patch itself is more than 50GB.

Most of us have good internet connection. However, there are people around the world which struggle to have stable and fast net. Some of the people are even on limited data.

I know that most of the games have patches and bug fixes. But fucking hell, even single player games are having so many big patches to this extent? That's just insane. We are right now at patch 1.06. How many yet still to come?

Apparently it's new motto: Release now, fix later.