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The weirdest thing about the whole cell phone mechanic is that it doesn't just leave voice mails. Like a lot of the stuff I have seen are one sided conversations, so why can't you just listen to them whenever the action slows down?

Man, that PS4 and Xbone version are rough. I don't subscribe to the whole "graphics downgrade" world and understand that video games change during development. But CDPR really are pushing the envelope on that front this time around.

Hyped game is popular on release date. Also, the PS5 is sold out all over the place. Gravity still applies to all matter.

It is literally the most hyped game of the year. This thread is....pointless.

The word people are reaching for is negligent. CDPR was negligent by putting in a sequence that closely mirrors the medical procedure used to trigger seizures. And intent doesn’t matter much when it come to negligence, since it is thoughtless behavior that caused the harm. And I would argue this is particularly bad given the extremely small sample size of the people who can currently play the game.

I bought 4 copies of Advent Rising because of how much people whined about it. No regrets.

@justin258: my guy, could you read the article? All your questions will be answered.

@schmollian: Yes. If you read the article you will find there is a specific sequence of flashing lights that doctors use to trigger a seizure.

I could explain more, but I’m going to encourage you read the article instead.

Ubisoft has gotten kicked up and down the street for quite a while. The difference is that folks already had a middling opinion on Ubisoft long before we learned the top brass of company was trash. So it wasn't a shock when we found out Ubi had some big issues. Much like Valve, CDPR built up a ton of good will with the Witcher and by being "pro-consumer" in their marketing of everything. So when people started reporting that, in fact, CDPR is not the shining expectation of the video games industry, there has been a ton of push back.

And their social media team steps in it all the time. So often it is hard not to wonder if, in fact, CDPR might have some real shitheels working for them that are actively courting the worst video game likers out there.

I do really feel bad for folks who just wanted to be excited for the next big AAA game to come out. Everything surrounding this game sucks right now. And for what it is worth, I wanted this game to be "Breath of the Wild" levels of good. I wanted the sprawling, open world filled with the weird side quest I loved in the Witcher and to have cool robot arms. I wanted another game about being the one of the few good, kind hearted people in an aggressively indifferent world. And from Rob's review at Waypoint, it sounds like the core of this game has that.

Sadly, I got the feeling early on that it was going to launch like this, a flaming hot mess filled with questionable choices. Because CDPR had not done anything like this before and has not been the best about learning from their past mistakes in design. I remember how in each Witcher game CDPR would return to the well of bad design decisions, to the point where it became comical. I have already seen screenshots of the inventory for Cyberpunk and I'm excited to find out what useless quest items will take up space there for months after release until CDPR patches the inventory. It is the cyber future, so there is no way my backpack can get filled with scraps of paper, letters and quest notices.