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I'm enjoying the game quite a bit on PC. I hear current gen consoles you might want to wait because performance and bugs abound.

The city itself and the atmosphere fits the theme very well. Makes me want to play some cyberpunk themed tabletop roleplaying games.

The Reboot Optics hack is your friend for stealth.

Played quite a bit last night. I'm using a netrunner build, with secondary specialization in tech. But I haven't upgraded my deck and daemons, so my hacking options are still rather limited.

One thing not mentioned so far is that attribute scores give conversation options. Most are pretty obvious. Cool is the exception. Cool in gameplay boosts sneaky stuff. Cool in conversations is used for references, such as quotations.

Eumerin wrote:
The Reboot Optics hack is your friend for stealth.

Played quite a bit last night. I'm using a netrunner build, with secondary specialization in tech. But I haven't upgraded my deck and daemons, so my hacking options are still rather limited.

Yeah. T-bug gives you a quest early for free software, and its important to keep that shop in mind (I'm there are others, but that one's nicely located for early side missions). Do a few side quests and get those upgrades, as a better deck is huge (and not something you can build out of ash trays and playing cards... AFAIK)

I want to slot reboot optics back in, but I'm finding Ping insanely useful for tracking enemies. Many don't mindlessly charge at you like a lot of games, so its useful to know where they are.
The damage ability is really useful as well, as I find I can 'quickhack' people I can't quite draw a good line of fire on.

One thing not mentioned so far is that attribute scores give conversation options. Most are pretty obvious. Cool is the exception. Cool in gameplay boosts sneaky stuff. Cool in conversations is used for references, such as quotations.

Ah, yes. I've only seen that once so far, and all it was the 'yin/yang karma' symbol, and I wasn't sure what it was trying to tell me.

I had a conversation option that required 13 Int. It wasn't anything all that important, but it was the only one I'd seen so far with that large of a stat requirement. Some of the other options look like good ways to build relationships with people, such as using Tech to recognize that a particular character has some very nice gear.

Reddit has a lot of people complaining about horrible bugs. So far, I've only found one, and it involved an optional mission where the mission pathfinding led to a wildly different location than the quest marker on my HUD. I didn't find anything at the former, and can't figure out how to reach the latter. So I'm not sure which is right. Or maybe neither one is right, and the quest target - - is somewhere else entirely.

(Spoiler is extremely minor)

I have encountered two annoyances, and both are tied to the game's route display system. First, I've had the game try and route me through areas that are either temporarily blocked, or are foot traffic only while I'm in my car. Second, the minimap doesn't cover enough territory. I'm constantly being caught by surprise when a turn-off suddenly appears while driving at higher speeds.

This game feels a a combination of Deus Ex and Fallout 4. Not a big fan so far 7-8 hours in. Buggy and incredibly unoptimized. I got a RTX 2080 and the framerate is bad with medium settings and 1080p resolution.

It's fun that people gak all over Fallout 4 dialogue system when it is similar to CP since you have no idea what your character will say except it doesn't even give you the option to select your characters tone.

Melee is clunky as hell and doesn't feel good and shooting is not good and very bullet spongy.

Dunno if I'll keep playing or wait until it gets patched.

 Gargantuan wrote:
This game feels a a combination of Deus Ex and Fallout 4. Not a big fan so far 7-8 hours in. Buggy and incredibly unoptimized. I got a RTX 2080 and the framerate is bad with medium settings and 1080p resolution.

What framerate are you aiming for? On my Ryzen 3600 and 5700XT, I'm averaging 45-50fps at 1440p with High settings. That feels perfectly fine for me so far. To be fair, my eyesight sucks so it's not like having really high framerates is something I've ever needed or noticed much difference with.

Melee is clunky as hell and doesn't feel good and shooting is not good and very bullet spongy.

I don't know how far you are into the game, but several of the reviews I've read say the bullet sponge effect goes away once you level up your skills and perks and get better weapons. CP2077 is still an RPG first, shooter second.

As far as bugs go, I've had a few, but no worse than any other (and far better than some) big, open world games I've played at launch.

Just gotta say, the one time, THE ONE TIME my wife looked over at my computer screen while I was creating my character just had to be the three seconds I was playing with the boobs slider. 20 minutes total in the character creator and THAT was when she had to turn around and look. *sigh*

Could have been when you were switching through the genitals.

:p

Hmm. So far I haven't had many bugs, and no crashes. What bugs I've encountered have largely been little graphical glitches, particularly when a box of bottles falls, or Jackie eating outside your hab (that doesn't sync up well at times).

Can't speak to the RTX, by my GTX is fine on high settings. Butter smooth, no stuttering, no gameplay issues.

Melee can be a little weird- enemies dodge fast, and you get a face full of bullets if you try to just stand and cut people (I've had a lot better luck with two-handed hammers).

I've was largely focusing on pistols and sniper rifles, but tried out shotguns and woo. Knockdown is great.

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One thing I really want is 'holster' hotkey. Having a gun out is an issue, and bringing up the alt menu and selecting it is annoying.

Other than that, my only real gripe is how _easy_ the crafting is (which I've probably mentioned too often). Same is true for upgrading weapons and armor. A few moments on the street (or anywhere) is all it takes.

Tapping alt twice will holster your weapon.

Enjoying it so far, only real bug encountered is pants not being equipped for some reason on the character screen and some odd popping of vehicles on the street.

Loving the melee combat. Sheathing your sword as you run with it is a nice touch.

 BrookM wrote:
Tapping alt twice will holster your weapon.

Enjoying it so far, only real bug encountered is pants not being equipped for some reason on the character screen and some odd popping of vehicles on the street.

Loving the melee combat. Sheathing your sword as you run with it is a nice touch.

Thanks, as minor a niggle as that was, it helps quite a bit.

Still not sure what direction I want to take this character. As much as I like the big 'ol hammer I've got, it seems rather ridiculous. And I'm waffling at various places on the skill tree. Sneaking, technical, hacking..., sniping or shotgun.
Though just the fact that these are real choices is nice.

Played about an hour after got it today and downloaded patch - so far its ..ok...

I need to dial down the responsiveness massively i I am going to hit anything - I was all over the place in the training sim.

Must be the only person who did the char gen in about a min and half - just did hair and that was about it - all else seemed ok and didnt bother with below the waist.

Had to uninstall my game as updating it just keeps crashing my PC, my friend's an IT guy and tried to help me fix it, but nothing worked (It did it when I was trying to update TW: Warhammer 2 with the newest FreeLC) My friend said it might be a hardware issue :(

 Tannhauser42 wrote:

 Gargantuan wrote:
This game feels a a combination of Deus Ex and Fallout 4. Not a big fan so far 7-8 hours in. Buggy and incredibly unoptimized. I got a RTX 2080 and the framerate is bad with medium settings and 1080p resolution.

What framerate are you aiming for? On my Ryzen 3600 and 5700XT, I'm averaging 45-50fps at 1440p with High settings. That feels perfectly fine for me so far. To be fair, my eyesight sucks so it's not like having really high framerates is something I've ever needed or noticed much difference with.

Yeah, I'm running it on a RTX 2070S at 1080p at the settings it defaulted to (which was basically high on everything, including ray tracing) and haven't noticed any framerate issues so far.

Have you downloaded the latest drivers, Gargantuan?


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Eumerin wrote:
Could have been when you were switching through the genitals.

:p

And deciding on which pubic hairstyle you want

I second downloading the game ready drivers. They came out yesterday I think.

I'm on a 2080 TI and have zero problems with anything. All of the settings are minimum high, with quite a few on ultra, including ray tracing.

 BrookM wrote:

Loving the melee combat. Sheathing your sword as you run with it is a nice touch.

My best melee weapon right now is a dildo that I received after a sex scene with one of the NPCs.

It's Iconic.

Wow. So the Hotel... the big crux of the first chapter.
That was amazing. Slow build of tension, drama, emotion, everything was totally on point.

Same with the aftermath. Pretty much one of the most amazing sequences I've seen in a game.

The Interlude, and its consequences, though... leaves me a bit cold by comparison. Feels a bit like Aragorn going over the cliff with a random warg in Two Towers. Drama skips gears and flops over into somewhat farcical melodrama.

 BrookM wrote:
Tapping alt twice will holster your weapon.

Enjoying it so far, only real bug encountered is pants not being equipped for some reason

Something that awaits us all ...

I'm enjoying it so far, and the graphics are great, but I think I was expecting something more.. I dunno, it just kinda feels like Grand Theft Auto Sci FI Edition

 Necros wrote:
I'm enjoying it so far, and the graphics are great, but I think I was expecting something more.. I dunno, it just kinda feels like Grand Theft Auto Sci FI Edition

Thats kinda my feel so far - it all seems very similar but not done that much of story as like to mooch about before I do.

Rampages are harder - decided to kill the rude people outside my apartment and 5 police teleported in and shot the crap out of me. On the other hand stroalling about the city somone dissed me so punched them and accidently threw a grenade which killed them but no police - maybe cos they were gang type people or something.

All the story aspects of the game are A+ so far. (I finished 2 of the side character's mission chains)

Aside from bug issues, the game needs these things:

More cybernetic options. Energy Blasters/Guns in hands/arms for concealed weapons for example.
Also some kind of dash implant like the Cyberpsychos get.
Barbers...
Possibly a surgeon or just add the option to the Ripperdoc update your character.
More tattoo options and ability to change them in game. (The cosmetic options are easy to implement, this should be out ASAP)


I grinded Mantis Blades prior to the Act 1 finale and they were a life saver.

Update today (PC):

https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?threads/hotfix-1-04.11044004/

About 3.5 GB, though some are experiencing smaller numbers.

So far not been able to get it to run very long on my PC. Took about 10 tries just to not crash after character creation. Then was able to play a bit but now crashes at another point repeatedly.

This is with latest 1080GTX drivers etc. so not sure what the issue is. Hoping maybe this new patch might help....

 trexmeyer wrote:

More cybernetic options. Energy Blasters/Guns in hands/arms for concealed weapons for example.

I do agree that some more 'ware would be nova*, but there is a gun in arm cybernetic in the game in the form of the Projectile Launch System. Some more would always be nice though.

For the rest, definitely agree. I in fact restarted to change my V's appearance as I initially didn't give her tattoo's but then felt that they would suit her with the streetkid lifepath.


*One thing I really like about cyberpunk as a genre is the abundance of slang that gets incorporated into the world. Really helps to make the word feel like its own culture rather than just "our world but with cyborgs". Puts the punk into it, separating it from other sci-fi with augmentation.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 trexmeyer wrote:

More cybernetic options. Energy Blasters/Guns in hands/arms for concealed weapons for example.

I do agree that some more 'ware would be nova*, but there is a gun in arm cybernetic in the game in the form of the Projectile Launch System.

For the rest, definitely agree. I in fact restarted to change my V's appearance as I initially didn't give her tattoo's but then felt that they would suit her with the streetkid lifepath.


*One thing I really like about cyberpunk as a genre is the abundance of slang that gets incorporated into the world. Really helps to make the word feel like its own culture rather than just "our world but with cyborgs". Puts the punk into it, separating it from other sci-fi with augmentation.

I'm expecting a tatoo parlor/hair dresser to be one of the first FreeLCs much like it was with W3

There are some odd missing elements and friend of mine was quite frustrated at how difficult it was to make a asian character - you can mess around with some stuff but no basic generic racial types for a multiracial city - which has huge ties to Asia?

The linked Quality of life/ gameplay link above is a good one. The teleporting police is very odd.

Lack of ability to customise appearance is bizare - as others have said assume it will come soon.

Think it will give it a bit longer to bed in - had four large patches for PS4 so far - last one was 16+ GB.

There are NO race options, it's not like they were excluding Asians. You can make a character that looks like any existing human race. That's a really odd gripe.

On to other issues. I've maxed Street Cred (level and street cred cap at 50) and unlocked most implants, but I'm annoyed that you can't have QuickHacks, Berserk, and the Time Slow (not the dodge one), because they all use the same slot. You can't afford the Time Slow or Berserk until later on and you get QuickHacks for free so it's seems like most players would invest in QuickHacks and have no reason to drop 40-50k on a different option. Kind of annoying.

Edit:

Respec runs 100k.

Also, motorcycles handle much better than cars.

gave up trying to get it to run on my PC as it was since even after the latest patch it was still crashing constantly, sometimes hard crashing the system/locking it completely.
So I did a clean re-install of Windows (was long overdue) and redownloaded the game, patches everything and was able to play afterwards for a couple hours and without a single crash plus in general frame rate and graphics were much improved.

After that my impressions are really good; running on a 1080GTX (want a 3080 but so far seems impossible to find) but still is running well so far on that older card with some settings knocked down or off. There seems to be a ton of detail on the world and characters and it seems like it is going to be very interesting to explore and adventure in. From an RPG perspective, it doesn't feel like there will be a ton of options in conversations and such so that might be a bit more on rails but I guess I will see as I play more.

Heads up for people but the Lizzie tech pistol you can find in Lizzie's Bar (on a crate near the entrance to Judy's suite, after the events of the heist) is really, really good.

Also, noticed some weird stuff involving V's shadow. Not sure whether it affects male V but for female V, her shadow on the ground goes very strange when you draw your gun. Looks to me like they didn't make a female V shadow when wielding a weapon as drawing one suddenly makes you taller and you get some very "interesting" shoulder shadows

Apart from that I've been getting the floating items (such as cigarettes people are smoking just ending up floating in the air etc.) glitches pretty regularly, and also got a pretty bad one involving the smoke on Jib-Jib street where it was just giant black boxes, though thankfully that got fixed after the patch. Also had sound for footsteps, car engine cut out some times, had the crosshair get stuck on, even when not wielding a weapon.

Had mutiple crashes on PS4, plus usual stuff like bald in mirrors etc. Going to give it a few days as no hurry to play more at the moment.

Have they fixed the cops teleporting in and out yet? Least its better than the gak Red Dead 2 Bounty system as out on the streets you seem to be able to ditch them. Did not quite figure out how you take out wanted perps without triggering the police being called.

They're rolling out hotfixes now to deal with issues as they happen.

I've managed to purchase the Akira-styled red bike after I've paid off Vik, going to have some fun with that one, just need me a biker outfit and that kickass Samurai jacket now. Just a shame that the driving mechanics on PC are a bit clunky, but then again most of the controls feel like that.