Cyberpunk - CD Project Red

Just under 5 hours according to my save. I've enjoy encountered one bug so far and that was an energy drink can was clipping through the surface it was on, nothing affecting gameplay. I had complained about it being a bit faded so i threw in photomode and messed with the tv settings. Found options I'd never seen before and boosted colour, looking gorgeous now.

It's weird though, in one scene, the character model could be just brilliant but the pro item beside them, whatever it might be looks low res and old school.

Anyone know when i can buy a bike or get access to one? I just finished the first proper BD mission.

I guess they needed more crunch.....

I turned off all graphical options, can't see a positive from any of them. Also turned the horizontal and vertical bonus to zero while increasing horizontal and vertical movement a small bit too get the quickness back. Now i can turn fast without that sulerspeed licking in.

Upped subtitle size, disabled numbers popping out of be enemies (they have a health bar anyway) found the hdr settings and increased brightness a bit, getting a much better experience, worth giving them a fiddle.

I spammed alot of assault events which were good, I'm actually really liking the combat now after not liking it originally.

About 8-9 hours in and not much of the main story done. Two big crashes which were annoying in that then but everything else has been fine.

I havnt noticed alot of what other people are experiencing but I have seen videos online and if I had been getting the same issues would have stopped playing.

I'm playing on Stadia with 600mb wired fiber in Spain and it's smooth as can be picture qualify wise on my monitor, will try the tv once the free stadia premier kit that came with the game arrives.

Got to play it last night for a few hours. I went with Street Kid as it seems to be the least popular. I am playing on the Series X and overall I am disappointed.

1) I have had a few bugs, like NPCs sitting on the ground with handguns sticking out of their foreheads.
2) Graphical its nice but not fantastic, colours are very washed out and grainy. I have seen a few instances of frame drops or what feels like frame drops. I know its not working as intended because the PC version looks beautiful, its just not ready for consoles in any shape or form.
3) As you change scenes sometimes and the next scene loads your character often walks in a direction straight away, like someone is pushing on the analog stick. Once you touch the stick it stops.
4) Other scene changes even in the tutorial resulted in my character spinning on the spot, I had to touch the stick to get it to stop.
5) Combat is good actually and like a hybrid of an RPG and FPS but I find that even the lower enemies are bullet sponges? They can take an AWFUL lot of shots, even to the head to go down.
6) Menu system is a minefield, SO much going on and the cursor like a PC mouse is a right pain.
7) many instances where looking back at my character in a mirror they are missing their trousers etc, so another bug there.
8) The map is VERY overwhelming, I remember walking out into NC for the first time and opening the map only to see literally 500 icons, its like, where the hell do I start here?
9) There should be ways to remove icons that are above your level and only show ones that interest you, like a filter. Right now is just a sea of icons and looks a mess to be honest.
10) I hate to say it but the menu system and the game itself right now feels like a PC port that is just ok, certainly does not feel like it was developed with consoles in mind.

If you can glaze over all of the above cracks, there is a fantastic game there, and I mean fantastic, characters are interesting and engaging and I know once the graphical issues and bugs are fixed it will be a different game, but right now its just not in good shape.

It does seem that if you are on Series X or PS5, you need to turn off HDR and also in the graphics settings, try turning off, Chromatic Aberration, Depth of Field, Film Grain and Motion Blur. Not acceptable that you need to do this but it does make things better at the moment.

Right now for me its a 6.5 - 7 out of 10. In 6 months it will be a 9.5 out of 10.

the crashes are driving me mental on ps5. Im up to about 12 now. :mad:

Azza wrote: »

Think I'll be waiting a few months for this to get patched up before I touch it.

Yeah, I'm thinking this too. It definitely needs more work done. Need new game to play now, probably will pick up AC Valhalla instead

sok2005 wrote: »

I'm almost 200 hours into Valhalla now and although it's not without its own bugs it's been a great game. There's a touch of The Witcher about it.

Good enough for me. I do know they have a title update coming out next week so could sort some of the bugs out.

This is the first game I've bought since RDR2, the son has full control of the Xbox in the house nowadays.

Underwhelmed to say the least.

Loads of little bugs like everyone else has mentioned, NPCs floating down the road before the vehicle that gets rendered pops up.
Driving reminds me of GTA IV which drove me bananas, no weight to the car, brake to throw it into a corner and it skids out like crazy, hopefully not too many missions where fast driving is needed.
Weapons have no weight to them either, aiming for a headshot can be frustrating, as minor movements tend not to be precise enough.

Haven't played much of the story but the first missions throw loads of side missions at you and with the menus being less than intuative, it can take a while to get your head around.

It shows promise, and maybe the Xbox One (S) is the wrong console to be playing it on, I'll persevere for a while, perhaps not playing in a while hasn't helped.

Control wise I've increase base sensitivity and dropped the min deadzone a bit also increased the max dead zone and turned down the tuning (acceleration at stick edges) and timing for that so that when I do put the stick to the side I move 60 degrees normally and then ~120 quickly so I can spin easier. Been messing with the ADS sensitivities and that's coming out nice now, I specced stealth and handguns so I'm always going for headshots normally.

Level 10 and doing side stuff as the heist missions is bugged for me, and jackie doesn't spawn when I get in the car.

Corcs001 wrote: »

Playing on PS5. After about 3 hours play had a few bugs and one crash so far. Bugs ranged from NPC

Jackie

walking through objects like doors, cars, sitting/standing in mid air. Was walking along at one stage and an NPC just fell from the sky in front of me, complete with sound effect, then just disappeared but left the bloodstain. Noticed the same character model up the street on the ground with Police standing over it.

Enjoying it otherwise for the most part. The menu is all over the place and is overwhelming as others have said. Visuals are good but sometimes it's slightly hard to see what's going on and I'm left wondering is it my eyesight or is the game just grainy or lacking detail.

As I mentioned above. Turn off Chromatic Aberration, Depth of Field, Film Grain and Motion Blur and the game looks completely different.

ZiabR wrote: »

As I mentioned above. Turn off Chromatic Aberration, Depth of Field, Film Grain and Motion Blur and the game looks completely different.

Might try this later. Do you have HDR enabled? Haven't quite got settings that are ideal on PS5 on a 4K TV.

weemcd wrote: »

Might try this later. Do you have HDR enabled? Haven't quite got settings that are ideal on PS5 on a 4K TV.

Recommendations are to turn off HDR aswell, but I would try turning these off first and then if you think you need to, then turn off HDR.

ZiabR wrote: »

Recommendations are to turn off HDR aswell, but I would try turning these off first and then if you think you need to, then turn off HDR.

Game looked instantly better when i turned off graphic options. I feel like I should have HDR on but it looks like the colours get full and faded when it's on. Gonna test out later again but that's the last graphic setting i need to settle on.

Markitron wrote: »

Just got an email from ShopTo saying they are preparing to dispatch Cyberpunk. They charged me for it 5 ****ing days ago, and they still haven't sent it.

Never ordering from them again.

Same. Afternoon of two days after release and they still haven't handed it over to Royal Mail, according to RM.

I have a good mind to return it to them and ask for a refund. If it ever arrives.

They even blag about a partial refund to UK buyers if they don't get it on release date. Those are customers who don't pay for postage. I paid £6 for postage and they don't bother to post it before release date.

cnocbui wrote: »

Oh reallly? Make that three bad days. As I said, I would never order anything from these tossers again (Shopto):



So two days after the release date and Royal Mail still don't have it.

Zero-Cool wrote: »

That's a balls man, opposite of my experience ordering from them at start of the year but this has put me off ordering again.

Used them for stuff years ago and they were great, so I decided to go with them when I wanted to pick up the remastered Yakuza collection and they've sent my package to some lad in Belgium. Opened a ticket and it says it'll take up to 7 days for a reply.


Never again.

Just curious, has anyone bought it on stadia? 59.99 plus a free stadia premiere edition worth nearly 100 euro with pre order. Running well so far about 3 hours in, a couple of glitches, but looks good.

Azza wrote: »

Think I'll be waiting a few months for this to get patched up before I touch it.

Same here - Waiting for PS5 proper patch. Very dissapointing feedback here overall from what I read - especially with core RPG mechanics - What a missed oppertunity. I wonder was it too many cooks syndrome in development?