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I actually got Cyberpunk 2077 specifically on Stadia so I could play the meta-game of "Can I win Cyberpunk before the unaccountable mega-corpo revokes my access

I actually got Cyberpunk 2077 specifically on Stadia so I could play the meta-game of "Can I win Cyberpunk before the unaccountable mega-corpo revokes my access to Cyberpunk?" I will be losing that game.

colinmhayes 4y ago
you still got a few months
- MrWiffles 4y ago
  But can s/he get ALL the endings in time? I dunno... ;-)
  - xxs 4y ago
    Likely... there is only one ending that cannot easily be achieved. The rest are trivial and require very little prep.
    - MrWiffles 4y ago
      True; I was forgetting that you can save before triggering the endings. You don't have to replay from square one all the way through. Still, the harder ending (I think they called it the "fear the reaper" one?) was the best I think. The saddest is the one on the space station, that one was oh my god, gut-wrenching! But I also liked the one with the Nomads :)
      - xxs 4y ago
        >"fear the reaper" was the best I think. indeed, also the hardest by far - all enemies are max level.
    - 0x457 4y ago
      The hidden ending that actually leads to the same ending, just via a different path?
      - xxs 4y ago
        the hidden is called 'the star'. No spoilers, etc.
        0x457 4y ago
        That's not the hidden one that one is given to you on a plate. The hidden one is different: that's the one where you have to wait for a dialog option to appear and has a prerequisite that is a little harder to get then the prerequisite for "the star".
        xxs 4y ago
        True that - it's the Sun, Sun being a star, I got them mixed.
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  I considered that, but then I remembered finishing the game would, unfortunately, require me to play more Cyberpunk 2077.
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  (I just realized this could be a meta-joke on the plot of the game and, if so, I salute you good commenter. ;) )
ethbr0 4y ago
I am impressed by the depth of your gaming!
- unity1001 4y ago
  He makes up his own achievements. Tough, real-world achievements...
kinakomochidayo 4y ago
One of those rare instances where I think NFTs and having digital copies available for all to download might make infinitely more sense than buying into centralized gaming platforms with their own licenses.
- IntelMiner 4y ago
  How would NFT's help? If the company refuses to refund you, your digital "receipt" is worthless
  - kinakomochidayo 4y ago
    If the game is able to connect to your wallet and confirm internally that you own the game’s token, it could unlock the game without having to rely on a server.
    - colinmhayes 4y ago
      Who's running the server that actually runs the game?
      - kinakomochidayo 4y ago
        The idea would work for single player games, where all the content is in the executable, but yeah, multiplayer is another story.
        yyyk 4y ago
        It won't necessarily work for single-player games, since it's trivial to build a game so that it requires a connection to an external server (put in some API with game logic there. Make sure logic isn't easily reversed engineered). Of course, a game company could always make a game which was built to run locally. It's all the company's choice regardless of NFTs, which are as useless as always.
    - yreg 4y ago
IntelMiner 4y ago
I'm still amazed that I not only completed Cyberpunk but was able to do so quickly enough that I was able to get a refund from Steam support! Initially they denied it, but after showing the tweet from CDPR saying refunds were allowed they were happy to refund me
- JoeOfTexas 4y ago
  You beat Cyberpunk in 2 hours?!
  - ok_dad 4y ago
    They offered refunds for it well after two hours because it was a disaster
    - bitL 4y ago
      Cyberpunk was pretty rad, but after trying all endings I learned about the secret one for which I didn't qualify due to different choices in some early dialogue with Johnny far before ending, which soured the overall experience for me...
      - thrwyoilarticle 4y ago
        I actually really dislike this sentiment. Gamers being upset they can't access secret content on a first, blind playthrough means that developers are incentivised not to include secret content. It seems inconsistent to complain about needing outside knowledge to find something when the only reason you know about it is from outside knowledge. There can be joy in going in fully-blind and there can be joy in following a guide like a list of chores but the no-man's land in-between leads only to disappointment and spoilers. (this is also why I don't watch movie trailers or read book blurbs)
        mattnewton 4y ago
        To be fair, the way the secret content is "discoverable" involves a very specific sequence of choices in a single conversation that you cannot go back and re-make without undoing a lot of game progression. Old games didn't have the same kind of progression, and new games are generally more forgiving about post-game exploration of all the content in the game. The game also has misleading affordances that give the impression that your relationship with this character is built up over several conversations, when actually only this one specific sequence in one conversation is known to work. So, I don't think it's bad because the content is hard to discover without outside knowledge, it's bad because it's both hard to discover and impossible to fix once you have progressed past that point. It's not like being able to just rewatch part of a film or re read a book chapter to get a reference. You basically have to reload an old save, go through a decision sequence, and then replay the entire last third of the game until you have access to a final playable level, and the way it's implemented feels like it was very much slapped in to take the place of a johnny-friendship-meter mechanic that appears mostly broken outside that one conversation.
p_j_w 4y ago
You're getting a refund, at least?
MichaelCollins 4y ago
Now that is an immersive gaming experience!
antisthenes 4y ago
Seems like you ended up playing a more realistic version of Cyberpunk 2022 instead.
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  After the Bio-Crash of 2020 me and my chooms had to make our own fun.
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ineedasername 4y ago
The meta game!
preisschild 4y ago
Never tried Stadio, but do you have access to the game files? Can you make a backup of your savegame?
- radiKal07 4y ago
  It might be possible with Google Takeout
  - bspammer 4y ago
    I did this yesterday and yeah the data export through Takeout includes all savegames.
    - puyoxyz 4y ago
      They have been confirmed to work on the PC versions on at least Celeste and Cyberpunk (and those are the only ones I’ve heard tried so, 100% success rate for now)

colinmhayes 4y ago

you still got a few months

MrWiffles 4y ago
But can s/he get ALL the endings in time? I dunno... ;-)
- xxs 4y ago
  Likely... there is only one ending that cannot easily be achieved. The rest are trivial and require very little prep.
  - MrWiffles 4y ago
    True; I was forgetting that you can save before triggering the endings. You don't have to replay from square one all the way through. Still, the harder ending (I think they called it the "fear the reaper" one?) was the best I think. The saddest is the one on the space station, that one was oh my god, gut-wrenching! But I also liked the one with the Nomads :)
    - xxs 4y ago
      >"fear the reaper" was the best I think. indeed, also the hardest by far - all enemies are max level.
  - 0x457 4y ago
    The hidden ending that actually leads to the same ending, just via a different path?
    - xxs 4y ago
      the hidden is called 'the star'. No spoilers, etc.
      - 0x457 4y ago
        That's not the hidden one that one is given to you on a plate. The hidden one is different: that's the one where you have to wait for a dialog option to appear and has a prerequisite that is a little harder to get then the prerequisite for "the star".
        xxs 4y ago
        True that - it's the Sun, Sun being a star, I got them mixed.
shadowgovt 4y ago
I considered that, but then I remembered finishing the game would, unfortunately, require me to play more Cyberpunk 2077.
shadowgovt 4y ago
(I just realized this could be a meta-joke on the plot of the game and, if so, I salute you good commenter. ;) )

ethbr0 4y ago

I am impressed by the depth of your gaming!

unity1001 4y ago
He makes up his own achievements. Tough, real-world achievements...

kinakomochidayo 4y ago

One of those rare instances where I think NFTs and having digital copies available for all to download might make infinitely more sense than buying into centralized gaming platforms with their own licenses.

IntelMiner 4y ago
How would NFT's help? If the company refuses to refund you, your digital "receipt" is worthless
- kinakomochidayo 4y ago
  If the game is able to connect to your wallet and confirm internally that you own the game’s token, it could unlock the game without having to rely on a server.
  - colinmhayes 4y ago
    Who's running the server that actually runs the game?
    - kinakomochidayo 4y ago
      The idea would work for single player games, where all the content is in the executable, but yeah, multiplayer is another story.
      - yyyk 4y ago
        It won't necessarily work for single-player games, since it's trivial to build a game so that it requires a connection to an external server (put in some API with game logic there. Make sure logic isn't easily reversed engineered). Of course, a game company could always make a game which was built to run locally. It's all the company's choice regardless of NFTs, which are as useless as always.
  - yreg 4y ago

IntelMiner 4y ago

I'm still amazed that I not only completed Cyberpunk but was able to do so quickly enough that I was able to get a refund from Steam support! Initially they denied it, but after showing the tweet from CDPR saying refunds were allowed they were happy to refund me

JoeOfTexas 4y ago
You beat Cyberpunk in 2 hours?!
- ok_dad 4y ago
  They offered refunds for it well after two hours because it was a disaster
  - bitL 4y ago
    Cyberpunk was pretty rad, but after trying all endings I learned about the secret one for which I didn't qualify due to different choices in some early dialogue with Johnny far before ending, which soured the overall experience for me...
    - thrwyoilarticle 4y ago
      I actually really dislike this sentiment. Gamers being upset they can't access secret content on a first, blind playthrough means that developers are incentivised not to include secret content. It seems inconsistent to complain about needing outside knowledge to find something when the only reason you know about it is from outside knowledge. There can be joy in going in fully-blind and there can be joy in following a guide like a list of chores but the no-man's land in-between leads only to disappointment and spoilers. (this is also why I don't watch movie trailers or read book blurbs)
      - mattnewton 4y ago
        To be fair, the way the secret content is "discoverable" involves a very specific sequence of choices in a single conversation that you cannot go back and re-make without undoing a lot of game progression. Old games didn't have the same kind of progression, and new games are generally more forgiving about post-game exploration of all the content in the game. The game also has misleading affordances that give the impression that your relationship with this character is built up over several conversations, when actually only this one specific sequence in one conversation is known to work. So, I don't think it's bad because the content is hard to discover without outside knowledge, it's bad because it's both hard to discover and impossible to fix once you have progressed past that point. It's not like being able to just rewatch part of a film or re read a book chapter to get a reference. You basically have to reload an old save, go through a decision sequence, and then replay the entire last third of the game until you have access to a final playable level, and the way it's implemented feels like it was very much slapped in to take the place of a johnny-friendship-meter mechanic that appears mostly broken outside that one conversation.

p_j_w 4y ago

You're getting a refund, at least?

MichaelCollins 4y ago

Now that is an immersive gaming experience!

antisthenes 4y ago

Seems like you ended up playing a more realistic version of Cyberpunk 2022 instead.

shadowgovt 4y ago
After the Bio-Crash of 2020 me and my chooms had to make our own fun.

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ineedasername 4y ago

The meta game!

preisschild 4y ago

Never tried Stadio, but do you have access to the game files? Can you make a backup of your savegame?

radiKal07 4y ago
It might be possible with Google Takeout
- bspammer 4y ago
  I did this yesterday and yeah the data export through Takeout includes all savegames.
  - puyoxyz 4y ago
    They have been confirmed to work on the PC versions on at least Celeste and Cyberpunk (and those are the only ones I’ve heard tried so, 100% success rate for now)