RDR2 is an insanely high bar but I won't complain about developers dreaming big. CDPR definitely have the resources.
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CDPR: Cyberpunk 2077 to be as polished as RDR2, experts predict 19 million sold
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The amount of resources required for RDR2 doesn't seem feasible for CDPR to match. It had something like 6 studios working on it, over 3000 people and is probably the most expensive game ever. Good luck CDPR, that's a fucking massive bar to aim for.
There is no chance that ends up being true. Just systemically it's going to be a massively more complex beast at its core. It may well be as impressive as a whole, and I'm sure it'll be a better game, but as polished? Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
Is that actually a statement from CDPR? Those excerpts suggests they were made by a brokerage firm.
Witcher 3 already showed us the quality of their dlc and expansions. The free dlc that came was amazing for everyone. And the two expansion were so incredible in quality and added hours upon hours of amazing content. To the point they won awards the years they released. And all for such a bargain of a prize when they're basically the same length of a full game.
RDR2 is a phenomenal achievement and I don't want this post to come off as downplaying what Rockstar pulled off, but the game largely takes place in a pre-urban environment with most of the map consisting of uninhabited wilderness. Pulling off the same level of polish on a game about a hyper-dense urban environment is significantly more difficult.
So are these sales expectations solely from Vestor DM or are they indicave of guidance from CDPR? If not the latter, then I don't know why people are jumping on CDPR for daring to compare themselves to Rockstar's success.
As for polish, they better live up to their country's namesake.
As for polish, they better live up to their country's namesake.
Yeah, the OP appears to be misleading. As far as I can tell, the statement came from a polish Michael Pachter, not someone actually affiliated with CDPR.
Insane sales expectations.
The controls in RDR2 are trash. So I have no doubt that CP will do better.
The controls in RDR2 are trash. So I have no doubt that CP will do better.
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Literally came from the mouth of the CEO but ok
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-con...projekt-group-teleconference-transcript-1.pdf
Since it's FPS it has to control well compared to Witcher 3 so I believe. I just thought about the next Bethesda game having to be compared to Cyberpunk now. It'll compliment Cyberpunk since it'll have dragons and mid-evil weapons + magic, totally different flavor.
Polished? Red dead redemption 2 was far from polished. The worst 3rd person shooter I’ve played all generation. Man those were controls were so bad & that bad input latency didn’t help. Maybe presentation wise they can be comparable. But combat wise cyberpunk is on different level.
Can you provide a direct quote to the 19M forecast. On my phone so can't do a search.
The thread title was edited just then right?
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Ah whoops I thought you were talking about the polish bit. The forecast came from the polish investment firm Vestor DM yeah, thought the title made that clear enough.
Ah my mistake, didn't pick up the experts part in the title. In which case, I think people are being too harsh on CDPR for that forecast considering they didn't put it forward themselves.
One guy asked if the game will be able to score 95 on MC...
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Also, the response from CDPR was "We strive to publish games which are as refined as Red Dead Redemption 2". It's such an innocuous statement. I guess they should have said they aim to be as refined as Bioware and Bethesda because they make games with similar density and mechanics.
RDR2 isn’t that polished imo. I mean, it’s not on Bethesda levels, but it’s pretty buggy. It also doesn’t do a particularly good job communicating basic gameplay mechanics to players early game, which I’d argue is an important part of polishing a title before release. For instance, the way it throws Legendary Pelts your way before introducing you to the Trapper was a really odd choice.
So I hope it’s a bit more polished than that.
So I hope it’s a bit more polished than that.
I get what they mean tho, after all, RDR2 is one of the best games of the year and they are aiming for that.