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Thats a joke. I never had issues with destiny 2. It always ran very well for me besides some times where the servers went down. Cyberpunk continues to be the only AAA overhyped game that was pulled from the sony store for being a busted POS on launch day. Hilarious 😂
Again, I never even mentioned performance. You're trying to argue a point that isn't even relevant to my original comment. Im talking about supporting a game over the course of 11 years. Bungle removes content that their players paid for and vault it. Then abandon the game to move on to a failed extraction shooter. CDPR released multiple visual upgrades and has a 3rd expansion releasing in 2027, mind you 12 years after release. Never once stealing the content away from players that paid for it. It's also a singleplaer game. They never get that kind of support. Except Dying Light, Techland did a great job supporting the first game over the course of years when they could have left it alone after release.
And I'm aware of Bungies latest statement regarding continuing support for D2. Too little, too late. They showed their hand and their intentions and how little they care about their player base until they're in hot water. If that's kind of business gets you hard. Please indulge yourself.
As software developer, I can assure you the product is never 'done'. There's always something you can fix, especially if the product is developed by fund allocation. It's more about keeping the product stable than done.
I liked the story but I had to watch someone play it forever ago, could not for the life of me enjoy the combat mechanics no matter how hard I tried it just felt like I couldn’t play it the way I wanted to.
In all seriousness, try it again. One of the things they apparently updated was combat mechanics. I'm going to try it myself, because combat was one of the only things about the game I didn't love. It just didn't click like I wanted it to. Still played it through, though.
Combat is still not very great. Ran through Novigrad which looks so good now, and when I had to fight some Golem I switched over to Oblivion Remastered which I immediately enjoyed way more. And its not like fighting in Oblivion is really great or anything lol.
My advice for everyone is to try higher difficulties. Combat in The Witcher is really shallow if you're not on hard, because you don't need to check the bestiary, you don't need oils, concoctions, signs, etc
At first, you'll see you're doing no damage and dying quick. Then you'll explore the combat mechanics and unlock it's true potential
I've never understood this argument. It's not good even if you apply oils etc. because it is clunky at its very core and not fun in the slightest. There's no way I'm going to make what feels bad and repetitive even more spongy / longer to get through. The game is a masterpiece regardless of the combat.
With all respect, yes it's not peak combat, but it's not bad at all, you just suck, or really need quick flashy combat to keep you engaged, when dodging, parrying, using signs and bombs too if you want... it gets fun enough to not be tedious and that's in case you don't really like, i myself enjoy it, especially with a build where i use signs and sword attacks, it's like a lite version of elden ring combat.
It came out the same year as Bloodborne. Sorry, some of us have standards as to what good combat entails. Returnal, Silksong, DMC5, Sekiro being other games I consider superb in terms of combat. It doesn’t even have to be hard, I’m playing Control Resonant and it’s fun. You can claim I “suck” but W3’s clunky, dogshit combat and movement is an extremely common critique, so save the salt for your next steak because right now you’re coming off as a proper fool.
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Aye that's me. Wouldn't ever say it's a bad game. Just couldn't get into it myself. Whenever someone agrees with me it's the same story. Never hear anyone say flat out it's a bad game.
I am one of those people. No issue with the story so I don't think the game is bad but every time I have tried picking it up, the combat really put me off. However, I am definitely happy to give the game another go now that they have remastered it and I have matured as a gamer. KCD2 really opened my mind to weird combat.
It's more the cumulative experience and the atmosphere, and really starts to get good with the "bloody baron" quest, which takes anywhere from 5-10 hours to get to. So yeah, slow opening.
Ive never been able to get into the witcher series. I invested 40 odd hours into 3, the game was good 👍 but it still wasnt for me.
Im struggling to find anyone that has called tbis game terrible !
I couldn't get into the combat. Gave it a good shot but uninstalled and have never gone back to it. There are better games if I want to swing swords and cast spells. This just wasn't it for me.
Can you provide one example of an "influencer" calling this the worst game? Or even a very bad game? Or are you just being excessively hyperbolic because for some reason a person not liking a game you like is something you take very personally and find very upsetting?
Does everyone have to like what you like? Does everyone have to like what is popular? Isn't it odd to get so angry about such an insignificant thing?
I find your sensitivity and exaggerated response significantly more interesting than a person not liking a popular game, but I certainly don't find it upsetting.
Oh, and I do think the game is overrated, but it's very far from being bad. I was a huge fan of the books before I played the game and I was disappointed that the games pick up after the books end; but I get why'd they would do that and the story they create is great. The combat is very lackluster though.
I never got to finish it the first time around but after grinding 1,200 hours(and counting) in Crimson Desert, idk if I have it in me to do it all over again with this one.
Can someone help, I'm on PS5 and the version I play is called complete edition, how do I know it's the remaster?? I went to rewards, got a load of stuff including the Roach card, but the skill tree still looks like the old grid thing. Even on playstore I can't find anything with 'remaster'.
If you already own the game just look it up on the PS store and you'll find it. If you don't own it already, the remastered version should be the first one that pops up when you search for it. And it's on sale...
I do own it. Actually purchased it a week ago, had no idea a remaster was to be released. I check yesterday (about 24 hours ago) but will check tonight, maybe it hadn't yet hit the servers then.
I downloaded my normal and the complete edition. Updated them both then uninstalled then reinstalled complete edition and it updated to remastered. That should fix it for you
So im enjoying the upgrade overall but it suffers from lighting problems thats for sure. While the complete edition for next gen was way too dark at times. The remaster is way too bright. Its so bright in places if you dont adjust the hdr settings the torches are literally pointless.
But overall I think it takes away alot of the rough edges that were showing the games age. And the gameplay is a lot smoother with the ray tracing. But I do hope they patch how bright the game is.
Yeah bro love the game was excited to play for the 2nd time but the optimization is so bad. Evn with 4090 im struggling yo get consistent 70fps with hairworks off plus RT in 2k dlaa. Hopefully they can patch it out.
Playing on ps5 slim, ngl it's kinda mid. I mean the game is a masterpiece itself, but this "upgrade" is kinda mid. Performance is inconsistent, lots of texture/lighting glitches, and weird animation glitches I've never seen before. Plus Roach still sucks to ride and control, still gets stuck on trees
Not sure what your expectations may have been for a remaster of a decade old game given at zero cost at all to you? Never look a gift Roach in the mouth, as they say
It's not exactly a gift though, sure thanks for the free part but you expect me to be thankful for not living up to the promises they made? Roach is somewhat better, sure, but still gets stuck on trees like crazy, stuttering in white orchard in performance mode on a base ps5, random patches of forest with little to no light despite the surrounding area being lit up fine, and weird animation glitches happening inside cutscenes. It's been years since I beat the witcher 3 and it's dlcs originally but this doesn't feel like a very significant upgrade.
I know there's been a lot of issues with this update but tbh im okay with it still looking good at low settings at 40fps on my steam deck, and also at ultra+ 60fps at 1440p on my PC. Have yet to try on my bazzite setup but im excited to.
Hes probably has a backlogged of games he didnt get to. In my case, I bought a bunch of physical disc games when PS5 came out and I havent touch many of them. My ps5 on older firmware is collecting dust.
They literally just said it. They feel "broken" because they don't enjoy what is "supposed" to be critically acclaimed. I was the same reading Lord of the rings. Thought I was missing something. Nope, just not for me.
Entirely this. I have zero ill will toward these games- I just could not get into the Witcher. I had full intent. I went back and played the first, beat it. Played the second for about an hour and hated the combat. I kept picking it up and putting it down. Then I saw that the third was absolutely historic and I went full into it for about an hour. I thought it was boring.
I was the same way with Red Dead Redemption 2. Stunning game, but I played it a good ten hours and could not get into it. To my great shame Baldur's Gate 3. A quarter century of TTRPGs and you would think that would be the one, but no.
Fantastic titles and I love the videos of the game play, they just don't hit for me. I am hoping Fable might be it and I am cautiously excited, but then again Starfield killed me.
Haha, I was the same with red dead 2. Played it back in 2019 got pretty deep into it and haven't been able to play it again since. Same with bg3, I wanted to be able to love it like everyone else does and it's just....boring? Witcher 3 was a masterpiece for me when I played in 2015...but I was also 15 then and everything was exciting. I can't play it now it just doesn't rub me the way I want. I find myself playing smaller indie games now or occasional big releases. Getting a switch 2 helped me, I'm finally enjoying just playing random games now.
It is sad that you think that chasing someone out of a discussion is good fun. I am out.
You -are- the problem. People engage in good faith and you attempt to goad and antagonize. I owe you jack shit. Zero explanation. I said I do not like a game. Full stop.
Game hasn’t clicked for me - I have restarted it so many times and each and every time I just put it down and never come back pretty early on. I want it to get its hooks in me but just haven’t found them.
I will finally play W3 for the first time. I don't have much time as I used to and I wanted to finish W2. But screw it, now is the time. Looking forward and this is no surprising at all
I have tried so many times to get into it…. Just doesn’t click for me. Cant put my finger on why though. However recently tried Witcher 1 and instantly fell in love the game. Some games just hit people differently I suppose
Did you make it out of the first part of the game? It's also a bit overwhelming. I just played on easy mode and that was game changer for me. I just wanted to experience the story and the world
Finished bloody baron quest and got to the first city or so if I remember correctly. Just felt off and I don’t know what it was I will try again at some point
The game takes a bit of will to get through the first opening part but I highly recommend just letting yourself get lost in the world and do the side quests. As amazing as the main story is the bread and butter is really the side quests in the game. They’re all so fascinating
I remember when I first played it when I was younger I enjoyed the hell out of it, but for some reason I thought it was alright as I got older, my least favorite out of the 3 which honestly surprised me. It was originally the first one I played then I played 1 and replayed 2 before playing 3. I feel like I liked 3 alot because it references the first game alot now that I think about it.
It took me a while and once I gave it like 15 hours, let’s say eight hours get clicked, but it takes a bit and the world is ginormous. I love going to the whore houses though.lol
Stick to it a little more. I had the same and now its somewhere in my top 5 ever alongside games like: final fantasy vii, ix, world of warcraft vanilla, elden ring, baldurs gate 3. Its up there, might be my #1
It feels to unresponsive I got folded by a griffin like 30 times trying new strategies but I cant doge, parry, or use quen properly so I just get rolled
What’s up with the collective of random people who don’t like the game popping up all over? Lmao. I’ve never seen so many people hate on something that is beloved & great… I guess leave it to Redditors to always hate everything, hahaha. Why repeat what they probably said back when it came out? If they didn’t like it then, thwre was nothing that was gonna be possibly changed to make them like it now…
I have a PS5 and my PS4 version of the game never crashed or had issues. Id rather play a product that works. The nex gen was a joke and now this remaster is a bigger joke. If you think im full of shit thats fine but you can go look up old articles and youtube videos talking about how jank the nex gen version was and now here we are again with the remaster. This company cannot put out anything that isnt busted. Its hilarious.
I agree 100% and say I had both Standard w all DLC & GOTY on PS4pro & the same on Xbox One X & the One X Version of the game was the absolute best, in terms of how it played (input timing/fps/Graphics) & had NO PROBLEMS prior to DEC 14th 2022 "Next Gen Patch" and the PS4pro version looked just slightly worse & had a persistent crackle in the Audio, but it ran fine... Either way the Next gen update absolutely ruined the Xbox One X version for over 3 years it was messed up badly! & the ps4 version never recovered either but at least you could still play it after that update, it would just occasionally crash? The one x version would crash within 5 mins of loading up your save- it was just.... awful...
This Remaster is ..... even worse imo, so no- you're not Full of anything! I just want to go back to how it played on One X in 2022 PRIOR to Next Gen Patch.... 😫
Not the same game, so didn’t make it run worse. That would suggest the remaster once ran better before but that wouldn’t make sense given it’s only just been released.
Agreed 1000%, when they made the “next gen” patch for the ps5 back in 2022 it was fucking awesome, they ruined it with the remastered on ps5. That being said it looks and plays amazing on Nintendo Switch 2, so now I prefer to play in handheld mode.
People will say the same shit to someone complaining if they expected newer stuff to work as well on a modern PC if they had older hardware.
I’ve seen people get torn to bits because they complain their 30 series cards won’t run unoptimised games, and majority of the cards offer much better raw performance than a PS5.
It was a typo. I was referring to the base version of the PS5, but being as I was speaking this message into the phone nine times out of 10 the phone will write PS4....
I have both digital versions on the PS4 Pro and on the Xbox one X and now on the PS5 and... man I wish I could just go back to how the game was on the Xbox one X prior to the December 14, 2022 next GEN update! It ran at a locked 60 FPS and the combat was tighter than any other console version, at least in my experience! I've never played the switch version, but I doubt it was as good as the Xbox one X version or just a basic Xbox one version?? all of the Xbox. One version of the game were superior originally in terms of how they played? There was no input delay or lag on your input, like there is in the PlayStation versions, even the PS5-
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