CD Projekt Red is under investigation

Re:CD Projekt Red is under investigation by throwanem on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:48PM (#25736585)

You left something out:

> watched others and read a good number of reviews

What's the point of reviews, if not to give people this kind of general sense of a game before they decide whether or not to buy it? Why else would AAA studios be so anxious to impose and enforce pre-release embargos, except to reduce the risk of the preorder hype and FOMO being in any way ameliorated by reality?

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Re:CD Projekt Red is under investigation by jjoonathan on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:10PM (#25738124)

First-hand reviews play an important role in the ecosystem, yes.

When someone hasn't even played the game and comes out swinging, though, it comes across as a bit silly, especially if you've played the game and disagree with them.

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Re:CD Projekt Red is under investigation by ojnabieoot on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:58PM (#25739041)

I am not coming out swinging - my comment was very much about the reaction to the game and I never tried to pretend otherwise. I said my impression is that it's a B+ game at it's best, which means that its horrible technical failures and unscrupulous marketing are particularly glaring.

It has not been regarded as a flawed masterpiece, but something more like 2001's Anachronox - a solid game with strong elements, but in many ways mediocre and hardly justifying a tortured development cycle and myriad bugs.

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