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Originally Posted by Dezzy

It shouldn't have been released if it wasn't working on base consoles. I'm enjoying it a lot since I've encountered nothing I wouldn't see in an Elder Scrolls game in terms of bugs, but I do feel bad for people who don't have access to Pros or next gen. It's genuinely quite scummy of CD to do what they've done here.

Weeell, I don't agree that it shouldn't have been released AT ALL but I do agree that they should have been honest about the hardware requirements. Selfishly I'm glad to have it now on PC and loving it but from a more objective point of view, they should have delayed until maybe May (not another in the line of delays; when it didn't hit the first deadline they should have delayed a full year) and just said "The project ended up too ambitious for last gen and its now a next gen + PC title".

I guess they could even have released a "Pro/One X only" digital version with a clear caveat that it's only for enthusiasts who can't wait, and isn't the intended experience.

I think they were also slightly dishonest about the PC requirements too because looking at what they're advertising as "minimum"... I can't see it running on that hardware even on rock bottom settings and having a properly playable framerate. You really need 60fps for keyboard and mouse gameplay. Locked at 30 would probably be OK if you used a controller but no PC gamer wants to play a first person game with a controller...

Realistic requirements for this are GTX1070 for minimum, GTX1080Ti for recommended/high at 1080p (what I'm running currently) and for ultra settings/ANYTHING at 4k or even 1440p you need an RTX card (so a 2019/2020 graphics card). That's not what their system requirements blurb says and it does seem a little disappointingly dishonest.


All of that said; I guess people have short memories because Witcher 3 was a tough game to run on release-era hardware as well, and Witcher 2 was even worse (I remember NO ONE being able to run it at the time with Godrays turned on ). I guess CDPR have a habit of releasing games that people have to run on medium settings and you only get to see "in their full glory" a couple of years post release.

Everyone will be running Cyberpunk on Ultra settings at 4k no problem,and bug-free, probably with a tonne of DLC and extra content... In like 2022.

I wish I had the willpower to wait for such things but I just don't, haha.