Not exactly on topic, but why do some people obsess over graphics and optimal performance like it’s be all, end all of a video games quality and value? Some of those cyberpunk glitches and the general bugginess is not a great start, but I assume they’ll have a lot of it hammered out in the proceedings weeks and…

I as a reader am more interested in an author’s opinion on a videogame, not in an author’s opinion about the world and current state of the videogame industry in an article about ONE videogame.

“It’s not a politically progressive game: these identities are all in service of the game’s vision of the cyberpunk future, one that can feel implausible and alienating but also has hints of the world we live in today.”

In 2019 the movie industry made $41 billion and the music industry made $19 billion.
Video games made $152 billion.

The “mixed feelings” in the title come off more as overwhelmed ambivalence and fatigue in the article, than like you truly have had a mixed experience with good and bad game elements. Again and again and again you bring up things that seem subjectively good, and then qualify that by saying they left you cold,…

This is weird. On one hand I do find modern cancel culture to be excessive and overreactive. And on the other hand racist jokes are shitty and unnecessary. But on the third unexpected why the fuck do I have three hands hand, who the dick wrote that line and thought “huh huh...I made a funny”?

That... was supposed to be a joke? Like... what?

I’m Chinese myself, and... yeah, it’s kind of obnoxious, but I’m also kind of numb to China pitching a bitch about everything. This seems like a really petty thing comparatively.

I just wish the success of Red Dead and the few other western titles out there would spur (ohhh!) other developers to make more westerns, if nothing else.

Unless you’re incredibly savvy at only logging in at the absolute worst times, it’s you, not them. Weird, but true.

Are you even old enough to know what happened in the 80s when Reagan was President? I lived them, it wasn’t so bad, however it wasn’t great either, but it was better than the Jimmy Carter days. Also as much as I dislike Activision/Blizzard I do not believe they went political about the game, unlike you in this…

Won’t be long until new and long-dormant accounts come out to claim how Heard lied, judge is bought etc etc as his fans on twitter have been doing since 10am (when earlier they’d been celebrating what would be an easy win for him).

This is why Rockstar needs to focus on the single player and not the online shit.

I’ve got one I call “Old Gray Thing” that I always forget to post. It was a paranormal encounter but I’m still not sure what exactly it was, and I’ve always been curious if anyone else has seen one too. I’m doxxing myself if anyone I know reads this, but here goes nothing...

Exactly! This game is specifically designed to make holding territory almost impossible, and if you try and play that way it’ll come unglued. It’s about feints and lunges and bluffs, not simply moving armies around.

The problem is that you’re looking at it as a “territory control game.”  It’s not.  it’s a bluffing and negotiation game.

It is generally highly reviewed by other people on places like BoardGameGeek. Sorry you didn’t like it I guess, but many people do enjoy it so saying “stay away” is a bad take.

The Telltale game was alright, if you're into that sorta game.

Why is anyone shocked? Ya’ll really thought CDPR was different?

Reminds me of Total War : Three Kingdoms skill/research tree that would bloom as you unlocked items.