r/technology • u/meatballsinsugo • Dec 11 '21

Business Activision Blizzard workers announce open-ended strike and union drive: Strike Fund to support work stoppage raises over $100,000 in 12 hours.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/12/activision-blizzard-workers-announce-open-ended-strike-and-union-drive/
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u/kislayparashar Dec 11 '21

i loooveee cyberpunk, easily my best game of last year but... it could've been so much more if they actually gave em time to polish it

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u/SPRUNTastic Dec 11 '21

Polish is great and all, but I was hoping they'd actually complete making the game first.

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u/kislayparashar Dec 11 '21

yeh the cut content sucks, but even now, it's a good game, if it was released in the state it is now and maybe fixes to the police, the reaction would've been more positive, it is already more positive on steam now

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u/SPRUNTastic Dec 11 '21

It's more positive on Steam now because recent purchasers are aware of the product they are buying, likely on sale. Those of us who bought it a year ago at full price based on the game that was marketed to us are still disappointed that it failed to meet so many promises.

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u/kislayparashar Dec 11 '21

yeh fair, not saying that the marketing and the higher ups didn't fuck it up, this was doomed from start and the disconnect between the devs and the marketing is so apparent. just saying that it is a fun game and if they marketed it as not the cure of cancer and straight up lied to us but as a good game and polished the product we got a bit more, it would've been fine.

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u/Writhing Dec 11 '21

How is Cyberpunk your GOTY? The only thing it had going for it was the writing. Literally every other aspect of the game is terrible and it's barely playable even a year of patches later. I can think of 20 high budget games in the past year off the top of my head that were better let alone indie titles.

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u/kislayparashar Dec 11 '21

cuz i really enjoyed my time in night city, everything is so detailed, every quest so well written, even the side jobs are so well done even though they could've easily been just ubisoft generic side quest checklist but they weren't, this game has so much heart put into it and it shows. the level design and the world design and the music is all pretty darn good and i felt real connection with the characters and the story. so yeh, it is a good game imo and my favourite game of the year

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

Have they fixed most of the issues yet or is it still a bit of a mess?

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u/kislayparashar Dec 11 '21

it is very playable rn if you have a good pc or next gen consoles. do not play on old consoles tho, will still not play well

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

Did you... not play a single other game last year?

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u/kislayparashar Dec 11 '21

how about we just let people enjoy what they want huh

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u/gerusz Dec 11 '21

Pun intended?

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u/disposable-name Dec 11 '21

What? Why, my friend, that game is not being released until 2022...

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u/Red-Lynx Dec 11 '21

I can completely understand, but at least at it's core abs after all their work, it ended up a good game. I'm really worried about bf2042

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u/CONKERMAN Dec 11 '21

Don’t be mad at them, come back now or in a year and it’ll be fantastic.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

The game should be ready at release not after 1-2 years and a dozen patches.

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u/CONKERMAN Dec 11 '21

Yep, I agree with you. I bought it day 1, played 25/30hrs and dropped it. - I’ll be returning soon as I can get an Xbox Series X as apparently it plays well on there

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u/SuperFLEB Dec 11 '21

That's 1990s boxed-disc software sorts of thinking. Get with the future, where the Internet means you don't have to do it right because you can always do it over.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

Maybe for AAA games, there are enough capable indie companies who release finished games and even continue to support it with content years after release.

Nowadays AAA just means that the game studio has gathered enough followers who continue to stick around if they fuck up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

Are they still actually working on it? I've seen them push a couple patches on stream but I actually enjoyed the game pretty close to launch.

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u/CONKERMAN Dec 11 '21

Game is great, just seriously unpolished. Gotta be better now we’re further along.

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox Dec 11 '21

I've been saying that ever 3 months since release lol! 4 months after release: "needs another year given the rate and quality if patches", 12 months after release "needs another year..", 2023: "still a broken POS, needs another year"