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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 Decemb

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.

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.