My main issue with the main review and phantom liberty was restricting footage to b-roll footage made by CDPR.

I played on release day with a 2080 super and thought the performance was okay for ray tracing. it ran well without it. my only issue was the draw distance and the minimap was terrible

they didn’t really boast it as the title would imply. it’s a job posting so my take is that it’s more aspirational or setting a target.

patch that makes your decisions in Cyberpunk actually matter

I would like more consequences like the pickup mission where you have to think of actual factions but the game offers a lot of choice.

Most choice is gameplay and build related where you have multiple methods of completing an objective and many times you can go out of order. This is in stark contrast to gta which has better sandboxes but much less gameplay choice is missions.

Even still there are things like taking out Jotaro in the one gig affects the dialog with Woodman later, playing as corpo allows you to skip the infiltration for the arasaka float, judy or maiko for clouds, and the endings are all as powerful as they are varied. I would still say your choices matter as even your chosen sex affects romance options. Phantom liberty expansion elevate the gigs and choices a bit more. For example the sphere hunter gig where you infiltrate the ncpd headquarters adds a check at the end if you went lethal or not. If the main boss can’t detect their biomonitors then you can’t leave without a fight (though i also encountered a bug here).

For the sequel i definitely want more reacting NPCs more dynamic open world behavior vs map icon hunting, and more consequences that are also faction-based like maelstrom vs militech

i heard complaints about the metaphor game looking like a ps3 game. I had several complaints regarding the game but not the graphics. i didn’t mind if it meant it keeps the budget low and they’re able to maintain a healthy release cadence.

possibly, but that specific use-case has been solved with dedicated image hosting tools that allow sharable links https://photoview.github.io/

this is more decentralized social networks

it’s unclear if the feed is the same for everyone or it’s relevant to the user’s interests as the recommendation algorithm is actually with makes tiktok useful.

my favorite game of this gen.

playing with 70+ mods and vr is a literal game-changer

I play the deus ex games over and over and cyberpunk surpases them IMO.

DE does less with more, but 77 offers better combat, exploration, and better relationships. The stuff with megan reed in the first was ineffective, but the characters you meet in 77 jackie, panam, judy hit much more. you not only explore more characters, but yourself more than jenson ever does.

https://youtu.be/bgJazjz9ZsA?t=7821

if you watch this small clip you’ll notice how deus ex rarely allows you to enter/exit important buildings via glass windows. in 77, while your cannot enter your apartments that way you can for many gig locations, but you might need the augs, or tech expertise to open a sliding window.

adding mods on PC that add hardcore, realistic hunger and sleep, vr and this clears the modern deus ex games. I do want Adam’s story resolved though

I’d argue each CDPR game improves on the one before including cyberpunk, but since it was a new franchise and perspective it was like creating witcher 1 all over again except… The combat offered more choice that the witcher games, better 3d level design, pretty solid endings (better than deus ex, and mass effect).

if you’re on pc. get the friendly ui mod and try to hide the mini map and use 3d maps marker instead. immersion is so much better

this is my favorite gen of gaming ps2, xbox, gamecube.

The biggest graphical leap, releasing a larger quantity of diverse games, a faster release cadence, and very little of the bad that came in subsequent gens like horse armor.

honestly it’s better than america being laid off and hoping you find a new job before benefits expire

i just updated. https://www.startallback.com/ fixed most of my issues along with https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

shame we have to do it, but even with Linux I have to do a bunch of stuff to make it more usable though at least it wont spy on you by default

my theory is that this will harden the next generation of nintendo emulator devs to be more anonymous and uncontactable.

i also suspect that nintendo has only delayed switch 2 emulation which is probably really close to switch 1 and can be trivially emulated relatively speaking.

i do think they’re going to partner with denuvo though which with make piracy harder, but i think the switch will also be cracked.

no one likes instagram shorts

it’s “reels” i think tiktok recommends better videos, but IG has closed the gap in recent years.

they embed dark souls into the browser

i don’t believe stored fingerprints can actually be used on modern devices

thanks. exactly my point

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianshepherd/2024/08/21/cristiano-ronaldo-smashes-records-with-massive-youtube-channel-launch/

you can thank the non-paying youtube members who made post like this possible

absolutely zero value to YouTube this is not true. non-paying users will like, comment, share to others making the platform more popular. and if they’re ads were less intrusive they would actually be more likely to be shown.

half of the websites are google-owned

there’s dozens of gaming subreddits already though. like truegaming or something else. i don’t think many existing subreddits will do this. i do think nsfw creators will paywall their posts

however if reddit goes that route i hope OF sues apple/google. I don’t like how some nsfw apps like reddit or x are allowed but others aren’t