• criss_cross@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I’m sad Howard’s legacy sold so well.

    Also Cyberpunk sold better than I expected given the launch.

    • awfulawful@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 hours ago

      CDPR spent the time fixing CP2077 and then released a killer DLC, putting the entire game on sale a ton along the way. They also listened and reconfigured entirely some of the clunky parts of gameplay/RPG elements.

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      11 hours ago

      Screw a bad launch as long as the Dev delivers in the end and not just pisses off. And they did. It’s one of the greatest games of all times. And I’m gaming daily since pong and pacman.

      There are tons of shitty releases that stay shitty but offer micro transactions and 2646 dlcs. CP has one add-on that is also fantastic.

      Being an early adopter sucks in this industry. That’s why I waited over a year to play it and had not one single issue in 3 playthroughs.

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        6 hours ago

        Idk, I’ve tried to play it at least half a dozen times since it was “fixed” and it still just seems rushed and unfinished, just less buggy now.

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        10 hours ago

        I played it at release, and I had a negligible number of technical issues on PC. Not everyone had a bad time with it back then.

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      22 hours ago

      i’m wondering if the boycott had adverse effects and promoted the game in more gamer-centric spaces that otherwise wouldn’t have cared that much

      obviously it’s a harry potter game, it was always gonna sell well. but 2nd best selling game of the last 5 years??? ouch

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      10 hours ago

      To be fair, Hogwarts Legacy is a very good game, I started playing yesterday and the atmosphere of the movies is perfectly captured! I did expect a cash grab, but I was totally wrong.

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        10 hours ago

        As someone who has beaten the game. The cash grab part is just after your first day and the “open world” starts up.

        It’s not a bad game, but it gets pretty bland and generic once the main loop of ditching school starts.

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          7 hours ago

          For now there’s nothing of the sort, but I’m only a few hours in. Could it be too good to be true…?

          Well, let’s see. It is a AAA game after all…