Cyberpunk 2077 Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Ol' Willy]

This game soundtrack in a nutshell

 

[Calcium]

>drumpf lost
>cyberpunk will flop
rightoids on SUICIDE WATCH

You will never be a woman.

 

[good fucking shit happen]

He seems to be talking about writing, though, which is secondary to our interests here.

GTA 2 is literally cyberpunk my zoom-zoom friend...

It's an easy thing to miss, and it's not really cyberpunk, but close to it. There isn't much of the hardware there either, no cyber implants or hacking or any of that stuff. I think it was that promo video that they put at the start of the game that made the close future setting of the game less apparent to most people who played it.



I had no idea it was supposed to be set in the future when I played it back in the day. As far as GTA games go Cyberpunk 2077 looks like Vice City crossed with French-Canadian Deus Ex, or Vice City from the first game.

 

[Zer0wing]

Incoming butthurt-induced button-bombing in 3...2...1...

It's an easy thing to miss, and it's not really cyberpunk, but close to it. There isn't much of the hardware there either, no cyber implants or hacking or any of that stuff. I think it was that promo video that they put at the start of the game that made the close future setting of the game less apparent to most people who played it.

Probably a publisher's decision as the movie intro doesn't match the game's visuals either. Cars should be retrofuturistic, for one. But otherwise a 100% hit as far as state of affairs go. Even managed to cram a megacorpo into it.

I had no idea it was supposed to be set in the future when I played it back in the day.

Rockstar only mentioned it once on their website that GTA2 is supposed to take place in 2013 so no wonder. The manual just says "x time in future".

As far as GTA games go Cyberpunk 2077 looks like Vice City crossed with French-Canadian Deus Ex, or Vice City from the first game.

Not a problem. Vice City in GTA1 still looks like a dystopian free-state corporate metropolis only on a west coast with corresponding palette. That still does not rule out the SUNLIGHT.

 

[AwesomeButton]

>drumpf lost
>cyberpunk will flop
rightoids on SUICIDE WATCH

You will never be a woman.

 

[Gerrard]

This is the worst, distasteful thing I have ever seen from CDP.

Guess you haven't seen the rainbow t-shirt?

 

[good fucking shit happen]

Probably a publisher's decision as the movie intro doesn't match the game's visuals either. Cars should be retrofuturistic, for one.

That is what I meant, they had some concept art and renders that was completely different. Obviously they didn't have money for fake-future cars in a live-action promotional film.

But otherwise a 100% hit as far as state of affairs go. Even managed to cram a megacorpo into it.

Yeah, they managed to put a lot into it. I guess that's why it was made the intro, a rendered cinematic or stills or something would have felt cheaper.

Rockstar only mentioned it once on their website that GTA2 is supposed to take place in 2013 so no wonder. The manual just says "x time in future".

You're right, it isn't even mentioned on the back of the box, no wonder then. There is actually very little about the setting in general, it's pure gameplay features. The early GTA games were more arcade games so it's no wonder, I have no idea what modern GTAs are like, if they are still riding that GTA3 formula or not. Vice City is the only one of them I actually liked post-GTA2, I still have a physical copy for the PS2.

Not a problem. Vice City in GTA1 still looks like a dystopian free-state corporate metropolis only on a west coast with corresponding palette. That still does not rule out the SUNLIGHT.

I didn't say it was a problem, that's just how it looks. I do forget if you could change it to nighttime in the first one. I played GTA2 that way, looked much nicer.

 

[Naraya]

The Role-Playing Game That Predicted the Future

Mike Pondsmith created Cyberpunk in 1988. Now it’s the inspiration for a highly anticipated video game—and an unlikely oracle.

 

[Zer0wing]

I do forget if you could change it to nighttime in the first one

Unfortunately, it is not possible.

I have no idea what modern GTAs are like, if they are still riding that GTA3 formula or not.

GTA3 itself was a "crossgen" title for Rockstar, many of the arcade elements like topdown camera and adding cash to player's bank account for mayhem, veeeeery cheesy "gore" or dark cynical tone of the first two games are still there. (it was supposed to be even more cynical though as can be seen in cut content)

Vice City is the only one of them I actually liked post-GTA2, I still have a physical copy for the PS2.

Vice City is where it properly starts for Rockstar to having their formula refined enough to ride on. I dislike this title personally. San Andreas is much more sophisticated. Scarface 20 years late "tie-in", too.

What the fuck?

 

[good fucking shit happen]

GTA3 itself was a "crossgen" title for Rockstar, many of the arcade elements like topdown camera and adding cash to player's bank account for mayhem, veeeeery cheesy "gore" or dark cynical tone of the first two games are still there. (it was supposed to be even more cynical though as can be seen in cut content)

It was neither here nor there, which is why I dislike it. The previous games didn't try so hard with cutscenes and things like that. You could chalk that up to the design trends at the time and budget reasons, but the phone-calls were enough. By Vice City the cutscenes seem to go on forever. Do you have a link for that cut content? I didn't know they cut things, not anything important anyway.

I dislike this title personally. San Andreas is much more sophisticated. Scarface 20 years late "tie-in", too.

It was the peak of their GTA3 trilogy, sure, but I just dislike the afroid-American gangster antics and the music that comes with that. Vice City had a much better atmosphere with the neon lights and all, which is also something I usually like about cyberpunk titles. And we are talking about aesthetics here.

 

[MasPingon]

This is the second worst, distasteful thing I have ever seen from CDP.

Guess you haven't seen the rainbow t-shirt?

Fixed.

 

[Zer0wing]

Do you have a link for that cut content? I didn't know they cut things, not anything important anyway.

Not a whole lot but having children is GTA 3 would push it beyond Postal-tier edge. (Where Invisible War currently sits)
https://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Content_Changes_in_GTA_III

It was the peak of their GTA3 trilogy, sure, but I just dislike the afroid-American gangster antics and the music that comes with that. Vice City had a much better atmosphere with the neon lights and all, which is also something I usually like about cyberpunk titles. And we are talking about aesthetics here.

I watched Scarface and played other GTAs first too much to appreciate Vice City now for anything not related to aesthetics and soundtrack, which is a given that they are superb.

It was neither here nor there, which is why I dislike it. The previous games didn't try so hard with cutscenes and things like that. You could chalk that up to the design trends at the time and budget reasons, but the phone-calls were enough.

I just want my edge and dark early 00s NYC aesthetics back, Liberty City was the main protagonist, not the player character. Though I know myself that aesthetically GTA3 was a downgrade from GTA2.

 

[Infinitron]

Spoiler

a blind man lost, in the streets
a pattern here, I need to see
keep returning keep trying to leave
got a bad feeling that I need to feel
black dog runs at my side
down a road, no end in sight
the city sleeps but in my mind
got a knot that won't unwind

tonight is the night that we run
the hunter becomes what he hunts
the escape and the chase become one
run run
tonight is the night that we run
the hunter becomes what he hunts
the escape and the chase become one
run run

in concrete canyons squinting neon eyes
black dog beside me, like shadow needing light
stalk the backstreets, never at ease
locked in a chase that'll never cease
a bloody moon, portending doom
another cruel day is coming soon
have to end this but it's just begun
a final charge, with the rising sun

black dog in my head
guiding me to the end
black dog in my head
guiding me to the end
black dog in my head
guiding me to the end
black dog in my head

in concrete canyons squinting neon eyes
black dog beside me, like shadow needing light
stalk the backstreets, never at ease
locked in a chase that'll never cease
a bloody moon, portending doom
another cruel day, coming soon
have to end this but it's just begun
a final charge, with the rising sun

tonight is the night that we run
the hunter becomes what he hunts
the escape and the chase become one
run run
tonight is the night that we run
the hunter becomes what he hunts
the escape and the chase become one
run run

 

[good fucking shit happen]

I just want my edge and dark early 00s NYC aesthetics back, Liberty City was the main protagonist, not the player character.

I hear you, I didn't like where the games went direction-wise either and I think I will replay GTA3 just to see what it really is like. I only picked it up at the time of release and was disappointed it wasn't like the previous entries, then I heard good things about Vice City and it pulled me in. I have actually never watched Scarface, if you would believe it.

Elderly pedestrians with walkers were removed.

Kek, running over old farts with walkers. Yeah, it could easily have gone Postal 2. Would have been fun and maybe DMA wouldn't have gone for storytelling above all else with the later entries if they went down that road.

I do hope that Cyberpunk 2077 will deliver some 90s edge and make the city more important than the character plots. If this turns out to be a cyberpunk GTA1 I would be happy with that, but what I hope they won't do is to copy Ubishit. Every single game they make is not just bland as fuck, but completely void of anything interesting. It's not something you analyze very much, but Rockstar/DMA games are much more fun, even copycats like that retarded Saints Row series is more fun than an Ubisoft game.

What the hell, I enter the Cyberpunk 2077 thread and now I want to replay the first three GTA games.

 

[ADL]

holy shit! so the game is going to be black gangsta in the future?? i was going to buy the game, now i´m not sure.

Dude it's night city there are black people there. Try to keep up lorelet.

 

[Darkwind]

holy shit! so the game is going to be black gangsta in the future?? i was going to buy the game, now i´m not sure.

Dude it's night city there are black people there. Try to keep up lorelet.

Not to mention, Cyberpunk 2077 was created by a black dude literally. So there's that... (and I say that as someone with serious negro fatigue due to the woke f-ckery of having to insert them in every game as if they are more than 13% of the US population and a tiny fraction of any other markets)

 

[AwesomeButton]

serious negro fatigue due to the woke f-ckery of having to insert them in every game

It's more about the execution, not so much about the idea.

 

[good fucking shit happen]

holy shit! so the game is going to be black gangsta in the future?? i was going to buy the game, now i´m not sure.

Dude it's night city there are black people there. Try to keep up lorelet.

The spiritual sequel to the Haitian genocide simulator called Vice City, baby!

 

[Ivan]

#notmyblackdog

 

[Yosharian]

serious negro fatigue due to the woke f-ckery of having to insert them in every game

It's more about the execution, not so much about the idea.

Yes it's definitely about the execution when there are people posting Kangz memes and obnoxious minstrel pictures from the 30s.

One of the rappers is fucking white for fuck's sake. And ginger.

The song itself isn't the best but it's pretty obvious to see some people are hating on it for reasons other than its artistic value.

 

[Steezus]

The song itself isn't the best but it's pretty obvious to see some people are hating on it for reasons other than its artistic value.

Track is absolutely fine, lyrics are dope, especially El nails the dysopian feeling. And yet, people here call RTJ zoomer rap, which is like calling Deep Purple an Imagine Dragons knock-off.

Codexer's hate it in equal parts racisim and ignorance to the genre.

 

[StaticSpine]

RTJ is fine. The track is p. weak. All their best stuff is on their albums.

 

[TemplarGR]

When i posted a thread about Far Cry New Dawn being a good RPG-lite, some moron moderator moved it to General Gaming, even though i can bet that New Dawn is leaps and bounds more of an CRPG than this futuristic GTA clone. Everyone is comparing it just with GTA and its clones at this point, yet the thread is still in the RPG section.... Nice double standard, again, possibly because it is a Potato game and the Codex has turned into a Potato farm.

 

[Yosharian]

Yeah I dunno I like some of the track but I agree that the lyrics are pretty weak overall

Also Killer Mike is one of those guys who is embarrassingly political and it kinda shows here with his lame line about corps running Cali

 

[Steezus]

Yeah I dunno I like some of the track but I agree that the lyrics are pretty weak overall

I'd love to see what you think are "good lyrics".

Also Killer Mike is one of those guys who is embarrassingly political and it kinda shows here with his lame line about corps running Cali

Isn't Night City located in Cali? It's not embarrassingly political, it's on topic, you dingus.

What was that again? "People hating on it for reasons other than its artistic value."