There is no denying that despite the rave reviews for the PC version, CD Projekt Red’s ambitious sci-fi action RPGCyberpunk 2077has had something of a disastrous launch, with players reporting game-breaking bugs and overall performance issues.Patches and updateshave been released since, with more on the way, but there are still those who feel the game is due some post-release TLC before it feels like a finished game.
In a recent piece by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, it appears that the Cyberpunk 2077 trouble began a few years ago prior to E3 2018 as anonymous employees have stated that the first demo forCyberpunk 2077was not entirely genuine. Before the game was released, journalists and fans were treated to a demonstration of the game ahead of time. While impressed, they were unaware that the footage and gameplay elements were almost entirely fake.
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According to the post, the company had yet to finalize some gameplay elements, so some features, such as car ambushes, were missing from the final product. Some of the developers for CD Projekt Red have even said that time spent on the demo was a waste and could have been better used working on the overall game. Others have also said they were pressured by managers intoworking overtime to completeCyberpunk 2077despite Iwiński stating that this wouldn’t be mandatory.
Despite his words, some staff members have reported working more than thirteen hours a day, with one member quitting. Despite this, the crunch time put in by the developers has arguably not paid off, withCyberpunkbeing delayed a number of times which lead topeople sending death threatsto the company. The game was originally due to come out in April 2020, but was met with a degree of mockery from internal developers who began creating memes about the short amount of time they were given to complete it.
All that being said,Cyberpunk 2077is still considered a huge success, ranking just belowCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waron the NPD’s list oftop-selling games of December 2020. It was an ambitious project with the game being set in a massive city, with Keanu Reeves in a prominent role, and all done in first-person view where in the past, CDPR have gone with a third-person view for games likeThe Witcher 3. It’s also worth mentioning that the team will be supporting the game throughout, with additional patches starting this month and going right through until, hopefully, gamers will be satisfied that it will be a finished product.
After all, this isn’t the first time a massively hyped, open world game has been the subject of controversy at launch. Many will remember the release version ofHello Games’No Man’s Sky, which was fraught with issues of low content and visuals that didn’t match E3 demos. Now, it enjoys success among the community after a series of huge updates from the team, a path that many fans hope thatCyberpunkfollows going forward.
Cyberpunk 2077is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One, with PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions in development for a late 2021 release.
