Same question as No Man's Sky, though. Sure, the game wasn't good on release... but they stuck to it, fixed it, and now it's better. So what matters more, that they screwed up initially or that they managed to patch it up over time?

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yea CDPR doesn't really belong in this picture. They always put in a ton of time and effort on their releases to make right by the fans. The other guys, not so much...

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Arr you nuts? Of course they belong. They released a game that delivered nothing of what they promised, and it straight up didn't work on old Gen consoles. They are absolutely guilty.

[–] tilcica@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

players complained about delays so shareholders told them to release an unfinished game, players complained about unreleased game

just cant make some people happy

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And this is exactly why OG Blizzard (WarCraft 1 (1994) to StarCraft 2 (2010)) was so beloved. They saw that they could stand to make games that lasted well past their 1 - 2 years after launch, in making them money long term.

Blizzard Entertainment leaders were often quoted as saying, "It's ready when it's ready.", and "We won't release it until it meets our standards." Hell... it even became a meme that they would be asked when a game would be coming out, and they would just reply with "Soon."

[–] sviper@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Mad respect for them

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

They always put in a ton of time and effort on their releases to make right by the fans.

Got a good chuckle out of me

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

It's not one or the another. It's good that they fixed it but it doesn't make up for the blatant lying and releasing it as a broken piece of shit.

[–] Redonkulation@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

It sold 18 million copies within a few months of launch. It worked out immediately.

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Well, they did invest more time after making millions on profit enough for online discourse to shift to the point people argue that the launch wasnt that bad (it absolutely was worse than bad)

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yea the team really loves this game, they made it good

[–] StickBugged@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, it's a great game. Sure, it was published in a far too buggy state, but story and gameplay wise it is fantastic

[–] PopShark@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

I actually just bought it for Xbox Series X about a month ago and I’ve been having a blast! Yeah it’s got glitches lol no shit but they’re not that awful at least on xbox but I heard they’re worse on PC