Upon entering the game for the first time, there’s a bit of a learning curve. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s super steep, but the interface can be a little overwhelming until you spend some time with it. There’s also often a vagueness in the narrative that takes some getting used to. However, I think this adds to the game’s immersive experience. You’re essentially a newcomer to the bordertown, tasked with somehow getting through the gate into Cincinnati. You’re not really given any direction and are left to figure things out on your own. This “picking yourself up by the bootstraps” experience forces you to be uncomfortable and confused at first, but eventually pays off as you learn the nuances of the g
While Cyberpunk 2077 is back on the PS Store, we’re being advised not to buy it on PS4. I don’t mean that someone has done a tech analysis and concluded that it runs a bit worse on PS4 than, say, Xbox – I mean we’re literally being told ‘don’t buy it on PS4,’ by both CD Projekt Red itself and PlayStation. Instead, both recommend using the juicier PS4 Pro, or just straight up using a PS5. It’s worth noting that the game is not out on PS5 – the PS4 version is compatible, but the PS5 version of the game, along with the Xbox Series X/S versions, is still in the works on top of the game’s still ongoing bug fixes and DLC. Thanks to the problems at launch, we still don’t know when any of this stuff is going to arr
One look at Cyberpunk 2077 Tips 2077 on PS4 and you can see why. It’s locked at 30fps, but the world is also completely empty. The NPCs and cars in the game at launch were fairly dull and predictable, disappearing or resetting as soon as you turned away and looked back, but the PS4 version seems to have removed all but the most essential ones entirely. It’s a ghost town, and regardless of my own thoughts on Cyberpunk 2077’s quality or themes, it’s clear that this is a shadow of the game it once was. Not even a shadow of its looming potential – the game seems to work on a basic ‘does not crash’ level, but aside from that it’s demonstrably worse than it was at launch. I’d love to hear an explanation for why it was finally deemed okay to sell now, when the game is so obviously not ready that it’s being sold with a warning that it’s not actually going to work on the console it is currently being sold for. The conspiracy theory that Sony is pissed CDPR left it carrying the can for refunds doesn’t ring true for me – if that was the case, I doubt it would be back on the store
I’m sitting far enough back that I’m out of the crowd. Watching. Watching the line of people and vehicles as they wait at the border. Watching the Tower Group guards as they give the go-ahead to some to pass through the gate, forcing others – often physically – out of line and sending them wearily back to the bordertown; the badlands. They were probably mutants. Tower guards hate mutants. On the other side of the gate lies Cincinnati, now one of the only places in North America that’s hospitable enough to act as a major city – at least, as far as I’m aware right now. I’ve seen planes flying in and out of the city. There has to be somewhere else, ri
If the fact that greedy corporations controlling every facet of society was not enough, the world is also in a bad place in other areas as well, with it all basically starting in the usually nostalgic and mostly cheerful 199
Many countries, including Japan, consider NUSA a third-world country. This likely has to do with the fact that NUSA basically relies entirely on corporations, specifically Militech, to maintain any semblance of order. Plus, everywhere is just a mess, which has caused the world to look down on what was at one point the most powerful nation on the pla
Silicon Dreams is a tremendous detective game. The way you grill these androids for information is highly engaging. I was surprised many times by the responses I got from my interrogations and the narrative continued to get more and more compelling as I went on. If the idea of delving into the minds of androids to see what makes them tick sounds like a fun time, then you should experience the dystopian nightmare that is Silicon Dre
I wished I was able to glean a bit more information from the facial expressions of the androids like you can in L.A. Noire, but Silicon Dreams’ visuals don’t allow for that. There is a camera you can use to look at the androids, but the characters all look pretty low-poly and the textures and lighting look incredibly basic. I think a better art style would have helped make the androids easier to relate to as they just look like low-poly computer game characters. However, it doesn’t hamper Silicon Dreams’s gameplay, as most of it is text-based anyway, so it’s easy to overlook. Plus, there is a good use of color as the world outside your office window looks vibrant and full of futuristic neon signs. Meanwhile, your workplace looks drab and monotone, further establishing that you’re just a cog in the Kronos mach