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As someone who bought the game as a Christmas gift, I am more concerned about how it will play at a Christmas-day patch level. I am actually happy I was able to

by shawnz 6y ago

As someone who bought the game as a Christmas gift, I am more concerned about how it will play at a Christmas-day patch level. I am actually happy I was able to get the physical media ahead of time, even if what they shipped at launch was buggy.

cbozeman 6y ago
You'll probably be happy with your purchase. There's already a patch that fixes 600 bugs, and they're working on another patch that should be released by December 21st. Christmas Day should be a little shitty for your gift recipient, in that that they'll have to download a big fat patch, but hey, at least the game should work well. Assuming you got the PC / PS5 / Xbox Series X version. If you didn't... yikes.
- shawnz 6y ago
  Unfortunately PS4 (although at least they are running a PS4 Pro).
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    They estimate February, but honestly I'm thinking it'll be never. The sad simple truth is that this game was never designed with current gen consoles in mind. It was always designed for PCs. When the now-current gen consoles were announced and specs got tossed around, CDPR realized they were basically mid-tier gaming PCs, so they would run the game fairly well.
    - alias_neo 6y ago
      I'll reserve final judgement for when the PS5 version comes out, but aside from 60FPS, the current build looks like crap on PS5. It runs sub 1080p most of the time, lighting and shadows are horrific, it's technically speaking the worst looking PS4 game I've played, including on an actual PS4. Visually in terms of atmosphere it looks great, if you can see through the low resolution and terrible LOD. I believe they can and will fix these things; what I'm not confident will ever be fixed though, is the AI/game logic, it seems like it just hasn't been written/implemented at anything more than the most basic placeholder.
      - mypalmike 6y ago
        > runs sub 1080p most of the time Does it change resolution as you play?
        alias_neo 6y ago
        In theory it's using DRS (Dynamic Resolution Scaling) but I've never seen it change to a "good" resolution. The 1.04 patch improved things but many textures are extremely poor while others right next to them are sharp and clear. For example, a building or railing texture will be good, but a dumpster or any other object which isn't fixed will be extremely low resolution. On the whole it's very soft and just gives a "blurry" or "out of focus" feel. The result for me is eye strain as it feels like I'm always trying to focus on something that won't be focused. Subjectively speaking, it _feels_ worse quality than a 1080p game when I was playing on PS4. I don't have any real evidence to back it up though.
alias_neo 6y ago
I played a few hours on PS5 and have parked it until the PS5 version comes out. The game logic/features are a far cry from what was advertised; I've waited 7-8 years for this game and the disappointment is immeasurable. I don't believe they can fix the short-coming by Jan/Feb (As a software Engineer myself I just don't see how they can implement/fix so much missing logic in that short of a time frame). I'm holding out for the PS5 patch so that at least I can play what _is_ there at a decent resolution. The game looks nice, that and the story is pretty much all it has going for it (in my opinion). The PS4 build is running at such a low resolution (60FPS though) with terrible lighting and shadows on PS5 right now that it's embarrassing. That's once you get past the 10+ times the game has totally crashed out on my since the 1.04 update. I want to enjoy the game and right now I can't. Let's see how it fairs in a couple of months. If you want a feel for how it'll play for your giftee on PS4/Pro (at the current patch level) check out Digital Foundry's reviews on YouTube.

by shawnz 6y ago

cbozeman 6y ago

You'll probably be happy with your purchase. There's already a patch that fixes 600 bugs, and they're working on another patch that should be released by December 21st. Christmas Day should be a little shitty for your gift recipient, in that that they'll have to download a big fat patch, but hey, at least the game should work well. Assuming you got the PC / PS5 / Xbox Series X version. If you didn't... yikes.

shawnz 6y ago
Unfortunately PS4 (although at least they are running a PS4 Pro).
- cbozeman 6y ago
  They estimate February, but honestly I'm thinking it'll be never. The sad simple truth is that this game was never designed with current gen consoles in mind. It was always designed for PCs. When the now-current gen consoles were announced and specs got tossed around, CDPR realized they were basically mid-tier gaming PCs, so they would run the game fairly well.
  - alias_neo 6y ago
    I'll reserve final judgement for when the PS5 version comes out, but aside from 60FPS, the current build looks like crap on PS5. It runs sub 1080p most of the time, lighting and shadows are horrific, it's technically speaking the worst looking PS4 game I've played, including on an actual PS4. Visually in terms of atmosphere it looks great, if you can see through the low resolution and terrible LOD. I believe they can and will fix these things; what I'm not confident will ever be fixed though, is the AI/game logic, it seems like it just hasn't been written/implemented at anything more than the most basic placeholder.
    - mypalmike 6y ago
      > runs sub 1080p most of the time Does it change resolution as you play?
      - alias_neo 6y ago
        In theory it's using DRS (Dynamic Resolution Scaling) but I've never seen it change to a "good" resolution. The 1.04 patch improved things but many textures are extremely poor while others right next to them are sharp and clear. For example, a building or railing texture will be good, but a dumpster or any other object which isn't fixed will be extremely low resolution. On the whole it's very soft and just gives a "blurry" or "out of focus" feel. The result for me is eye strain as it feels like I'm always trying to focus on something that won't be focused. Subjectively speaking, it _feels_ worse quality than a 1080p game when I was playing on PS4. I don't have any real evidence to back it up though.

alias_neo 6y ago

I played a few hours on PS5 and have parked it until the PS5 version comes out. The game logic/features are a far cry from what was advertised; I've waited 7-8 years for this game and the disappointment is immeasurable. I don't believe they can fix the short-coming by Jan/Feb (As a software Engineer myself I just don't see how they can implement/fix so much missing logic in that short of a time frame). I'm holding out for the PS5 patch so that at least I can play what _is_ there at a decent resolution. The game looks nice, that and the story is pretty much all it has going for it (in my opinion). The PS4 build is running at such a low resolution (60FPS though) with terrible lighting and shadows on PS5 right now that it's embarrassing. That's once you get past the 10+ times the game has totally crashed out on my since the 1.04 update. I want to enjoy the game and right now I can't. Let's see how it fairs in a couple of months. If you want a feel for how it'll play for your giftee on PS4/Pro (at the current patch level) check out Digital Foundry's reviews on YouTube.