i gave cyberpunk2077 another shot after hating it at launch because multiple people pestered me about it for two years. i was repeatedly told of my lengthy list of criticisms, “they fixed all that, it’s like a totally different game now”.
10 hours later it’s clear that they’re either:
a) delusional b) liars c) literally cannot hear criticism of the game being spoken aloud
because that shit was 99% identical to at launch, bugs included. the difference between the game that people keep describing to me and the game in front of me is so stark that i’m fucking baffled. it’s like it’s a cult or something.
Friendo, the post called me a cultist for liking that game. Like it’s kinda mid, but still enjoyable. Yes, 77 was overhyped in marketing, then released in a barely playable state, but when the worst problems were fixed the hype was still there, cuz it’s (surprisingly) somewhat of a unique setting in AAA space. And overhyping your product is exactly how you do marketing well