Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the biggest frustrations of my gaming life

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At the moment Cyberpunk 2077 is again gaining a good image among gamers thanks Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunnerthe anime series produced by Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill, Darling in the Franxx) streaming on Netflix. However, if you follow video game news, You know very well that CD Projekt Red’s title comes back from afar given its disastrous start. I’ve personally experienced it firsthand, and the least we can say is that the experience was particularly frustrating.

The launch of Cyberpunk 2077, a defining moment in video games

To fully understand what happened to Cyberpunk 2077, you have to be aware of it“The latter, at the time of its release, is one of the most anticipated titles of 2020, even the years before. Unsurprisingly, players’ hopes were high, with an open world as rich as a GTA, an on-trend cyberpunk aesthetic with neon lights, and a gigantic city with Night City, all with a gameplay overlay of RPGs and person-shooters Games appeal to as wide an audience as possible. With such a proposal, the project met all the requirements to be an event.

Unfortunately, everyone was disappointed when the game was released and we could see the technical status of the project. On PC, even if the title ran well on powerful enough machines, there were still bugs so numerous that they really spoiled the experience. but The real disappointment came mainly from the consoles, especially the first versions of the PS4 and the Xbox One, where the game was barely playable due to the many technical problems. On the more powerful machines, the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X, the title worked much more correctly, but also not enough to enjoy the experience, especially because of the multiple crashes.

In this regard, like many players, I had pre-ordered Cyberpunk 2077 for PS4 even before the release of the tests because, having received my PS5, which was released some time before my recall, I thought that the experience would be even more comfortable . First of all, yes, the game performed better on the PS5 as it was smooth. Despite everything, we found the same flaws as the old-gen version because Sony’s new console just emulated PS4 rendering with just a little more power. Hence the crashes were still so numerous and the technical glitches still so important, such as a glaring lack of crowds preventing Night City from being experienced as it should be, which is a constantly moving beehive.

Given this observation, I have nevertheless decided to release a first part of Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5, knowing all these problems. Nevertheless, after the first mission in the hotel, it was already clear to me that the playing conditions were really not optimal and that I would miss the experience the developers wanted. So I asked myself what options I have to play Cyberpunk optimally. At this moment, I decided to play the game on PC and see if my computer could run it. Unfortunately, the result was final: the title only worked at a very low resolution, which removed me even further from the CD Projekt Red experience I wanted.

It was then that the option of cloud gaming appeared to me, which was becoming more and more democratic. There was a lot of talk back then about Stadia, Google’s service that will soon be closing its doors, but also GeForce Now, Nvidia’s offering, both of which had done a lot of publicity for the fact that Cyberpunk was hosting 2077. The idea seemed good because living in a big city I had the opportunity to use fiber optics, which allows using cloud gaming in optimal conditions. In order to, I’ve been using GeForce since I’ve owned the game, I just had to subscribe to try it this way, while on Stadia it should have been paid back. Unfortunately again a failure because when the service works well, my graphics card could not handle H265, an encoding standard that offers a higher compression rate than the H264 managed by my configuration.

A long frustration of several months

Here’s my observation on Cyberpunk 2077 at launch. Unless you had a high-end PC, it was very difficult to play it in good conditions, regardless of the means developed. realize Even with the next-gen consoles released barely a month before, it’s impossible to properly enjoy the most anticipated experience of recent years. For all of these reasons, Cyberpunk 2077 has long remained one of the biggest frustrations of my gaming life.

Finally, a few months later, I had a chance to get a much more powerful PC that allowed me to run the game in much more optimal conditions without pushing it to its maximum potential. Even though I hadn’t finished my game on PC, I then took care of testing the versions of the PS5 and Xbox series on the occasion of the release of patch 1.5, finally taking full advantage of the power of its consoles. In these conditions, I was finally able to see one of the conclusions of V and Johnny Silverhand’s adventures in the terrible city of Night City.

As I looked back on this whole story, I realized that I would have been better off waiting for really stable versions of Cyberpunk 2077 to be released rather than jumping into it if I didn’t have what it takes to properly enjoy it. Because of this impatience, I have restarted the beginning of the adventure too many times, to the point of disgust, while introducing the title, however, is very effective. Despite everything that happened, Cyberpunk 2077 is still an enjoyable experience in my life as a gamer thanks to Night City, its well-written scenario and its lovable characters. What makes you want to see the Phantom Liberty sequel next year?