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“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.” In this day and age–no game is forever bad, so it’s time to rethink how we approach them, starting with Cyberpunk 2077.
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At Summer Game Fest, Tam and Lucy went hands-on with Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077’s upcoming expansion, but during the session they discovered that CD Projekt Red has tweaked and changed almost every major gameplay system in the open-world RPG. Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t have the smoothest launch, but over time the game has been updated with patches to improve performance, free DLC to tie in with Netflix’s Edgerunners show, reigniting interest around the game. And now, with a huge overhaul to its systems, Cyberpunk 2077 is poised to complete its redemption, with many once again excited to return to Night City.
In this episode of Spot On, Tam and Lucy discuss whether or not it’s worth giving games with bad launches a second chance, and discuss similar redemption arcs,like No Man’s Sky, Final Fantasy XIV, and GTA Online. They talk about when it might be right for a company to continue working on a title, and when they should cut their losses and run.
Spot On is a weekly news show airing Fridays in which GameSpot’s managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James talk about the latest news in games. Given the highly dynamic and never-ending news cycle of the massive video game industry, there’s always something to talk about but, unlike most other news shows, Spot On will dive deep into a single topic as opposed to recapping all the news. Spot On airs each Friday.
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You're not going to convince me that broken games should be released before they are ready for the full MSRP.
We should not support developers through this. We should not try to understand. We shouldn't accept slapdash releases where we PAY for the privilege of doing their bug testing.
Honestly, it feels like "Cyberpunk 2077's redemption arc" is a phrase that non-CP77 players would use. It feels like they think that since release, the game has just been sitting in the dumps with nobody playing it and the reviews are just horrible. On the contrary, at least for the PC version, it has always been on a mostly positive reviews on Steam and it's always been on the top 10 best selling games on the same platform whenever there's a sale. The Edgerunners anime really helped advertise the game again in the fourth quarter of 2022 and it lead to CDPR's best quarter financially. But the new players wouldn't have liked it and kept playing it if most of the problems it had at launch weren't already fixed by the time they got on the game after watching the anime. I've been playing the game on PC Steam version since release and I could honestly say that it's one of the best game I've played in recent years. Its message about existence, meaning of life, memories, connections, etc are so profound that it's really one of those games that had a high impact on my life.
Halo MMC is another example of a game that was completely broken at launch but was eventually fixed. It took 343 like 3 years to fix it.
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I agree with Tam, but I’m still skeptical and still kind of salty. Cyberpunk was a prime example of style over substance.
Who is this Tam imposter 🥸
I made a video about this recently. My angle was that as gamers, we hold a lot of sway over a broken or badly-received game. We are able to influence a Development team to fix a game, to change the ending, to add mechanics, to update game systems etc.
Back in the day, and using your example of Devil May Cry 2…When people didn't like that game; oh well, try again. The product was finished and sold. But now, games are more like a service based industry. They can change over time.
While I agree that a bad launch /can/ be fixed, it shouldn't launch that way to begin with. And I can't fault someone for passing up on it because of its initial launch, because first impressions do matter.
I think I will finally play my pre order copy of cyberpunk 2077 once the expansion patch comes out
Instead of companies taking the time to get it right the first time, they release broken mess.
Then 2 years later re-release the game in a working condition…making twice the profit off of the same morons.
Genius!
Got it soon after edgerunners release best game I've got in a long time
These days pre ordering is just not a good idea. See actual game footage and reviews before you buy. If it gets better later then buy it later.
No man’s sky is the best example of a game with the greatest redemption arc. Facts
Y'all are talking redemption arc and the expansion/reworking hasn't even come out yet. Let's see how performance is and how the balance is when it actually comes out…don't fall for all the promotion and marketing for cyberpunk a second time in a row
I will say that it’s overly simplistic to chalk up every bad game to greed
So we shouldn’t give up on games but it’s cool for games (devs/studios/whoever is to blame) to give up on making a quality product?
Where is Tam, who is this dude?
I wish EA at least tried with Anthem
Tam shaved and I don't like it…
The games must be a polished from start, when they took money from poeple , not after 2 Years !!!!! Sorry i do not agree with you guys !!!! They do not deserve second Chance!!!
My ps4 copy will forever be bad.
I can’t recognize Tam without the beard
Lucy's back
Redemption arc? It's still a fundamentally bad game. It hasn't, and cannot, redeem itself. The game at its core is rotten.
The game still has a lot of features missing than what was advertised. How is this a redemption arc LOL
Degradation arc, now only top computer rigs can hold the game, thank you for elevating requirements more CDPR, i cant now play the game after playing it for 300 hours.
The biggest thing with evolve I think is that the game released a few years too early. If it is released today it probably would be very successful.