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Could ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ become the next ‘Skyrim’? it’s not out of the question.

driqe

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Steamcharts still has anywhere from 40-60,000 people playing it at any given time, and this is without really all that many true “fix” patches yet, as most of the major problems the game launched with, those are still there. But as I’ve said in past coverage, no matter how negative I get, there is some sort of core magic here that makes the game fun to play, and makes Night City a cool space to explore with your own version of V.
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Granted, we are only two months in, but we are already seeing burgeoning signs of this. Yes, there are the typical slate of NSFW mods that games like these (including Skyrim, of course) will always see, but there are some pretty cool things being worked on. Mods that allow you to have a “full chrome” V, or Cyberarms, or non-cosmetic mods like a bunch of people working on third person mods, many of which are already starting to shape up pretty well.
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If modders can fix the weightless choices, AI bested by games older than time itself, lacking skill tree, horrible driving mechanics, ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC, the only reason this game should be compared to Skyrim is because of bugs (y)

But don't worry, 16 FREE DLCs are coming : )

Source: Could ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Become The Next ‘Skyrim’? It’s Not Out Of The Question (forbes.com)

Edit: Watch this before you comment (y)

 
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driqe

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SuperColourful said:
skyrim still is bad game even with mods
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Husky

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One thing Bethesda games have going for them in modding that most other moddable games don't is the potential to make fully custom content, not just modify what already exists in the game. Third-person, a chrome skin, or new arms isn't much by comparison. They kind of carry the same significance as the texture overhauls, camera improvements, and Witcher 1 hair mods I used in The Witcher 3.

When we get new items added to the game, perhaps items that don't behave like those already found in the game, and when we get player-made and fully-voiced NPCs and questlines, then we'll have the next Skyrim. Do the mod tools allow for that? Big missed opportunity if not.

Looking at the most popular Cyberpunk 2077 mods on the Nexus, I don't think we've got a modding community much more impressive than Dragon's Dogma or a BioWare game yet. Significant, but idk, not game-changing, I'd bet it's not the sort of modding community that moves units.
 
MeatSafeMurderer

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Not 👏 Without 👏 REDKit 👏
Not all mod support is equal, the comparison to Skyrim is retarded. Without REDKit (or a community created equivilent) fixing quest bugs is out of the question, let alone making new quests / content...to say nothing of the myriad of engine bugs that you couldn't fix even with REDKit.
 
MeatSafeMurderer

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Corgi1985 said:
They are both dull AAA RPGs so it is already skyrim
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Difference is Skyrim with mods is a pretty deep RPG experience where your build actually matters and its location lends itself well to survival gameplay too. It's also had 10 years of community bugfixing and support. These days SSE is pretty much rock solid stable, even when modded to the nines.
 
dorkimoe

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harmny said:
Weightless choices, horrible driving mechanics and lacking skill tree 🤣

It can't become the next skyrim until this irrational hate train stops rolling. And it won't stop. Not in this day and age.
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It will stop once people play it. I was a hater. Now I’m really loving the game.
 
fallingdove

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Skyrim is incredibly average. I feel like modders have been as active as they have been because they are trying to elevate dishwater graphics, gameplay, and story to match the great soundtrack.

Cyberpunk should not set it's sights on Skyrim. Hell, the Witcher 3 was/is substantially better than Skyrim in nearly every regard.
 
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driqe

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fallingdove said:
Skyrim is incredibly average. I feel like modders have been as active as they have been because they are trying and elevate dishwater graphics, gameplay, and story to match the great soundtrack.

Cyberpunk should not set it's sights on Skyrim. Hell, the Witcher 3 was/is substantially better than Skyrim in nearly every regard.
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Cyberpunk better than skyrim confirmed
 
harmny

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MeatSafeMurderer said:
Not 👏 Without 👏 REDKit 👏
Not all mod support is equal, the comparison to Skyrim is retarded. Without REDKit (or a community created equivilent) fixing quest bugs is out of the question, let alone making new quests / content...to say nothing of the myriad of engine bugs that you couldn't fix even with REDKit.
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true. bethesda's mod support is on another league. if you ever wondered why bethesda's gamebryo/creation engine is "so bad" and they never really changed it the answer is mod support. they know that mods are what keep their games alive and they embrace that. let's see what they do with starfield
 
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fallingdove said:
Skyrim is incredibly average. I feel like modders have been as active as they have been because they are trying to elevate dishwater graphics, gameplay, and story to match the great soundtrack.
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I'm sorry but what? Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas, etc all have living breathing moding communities, and these games don't have the epicness of the Skyrim soundtrack themes. The reason why their moding communities are alive is the fact that the moding tools are amazingly easy to work with. I know they get much shit on in regards to their engine, but their engine is so easy to work with.
 
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fallingdove

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Greeno said:
I'm sorry but what? Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas, etc all have living breathing moding communities, and these games don't have the epicness of the Skyrim soundtrack themes. The reason why their moding communities are alive is the fact that the moding tools are amazingly easy to work with. I know they get much shit on in regards to their engine, but their engine is so easy to work with.
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Sure. But with the breadth of mods available for Skyrim (gameplay systems, quests, story, cutscenes, voice acting, animations, character creation, lighting etc.), it hints that the vanilla version of Skyrim left a lot to be desired. Modding tools that are easy to use removed barriers for the active community to improve an average product.

I am suggesting that with Cyberpunk, (even if the engine/tools were as straightforward) you probably wouldn't see all of the different mods that you have seen with Skyrim because, as a product, it has more going for it.
 
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prag16

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driqe said:
Edit: Watch this before you comment
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Lol "watch this overly negative slanted video that agrees with my hate boner before commenting on the positive/optimistic article I'm trying to mock".

Fuck outta here. That's the cringe here. Not the article.
 
driqe

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prag16 said:
Lol "watch this overly negative slanted video that agrees with my hate boner before commenting on the positive/optimistic article I'm trying to mock".

Fuck outta here. That's the cringe here. Not the article.
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ur comment is cringe
 
SafeOrAlone

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These are the types of comparisons that led this game down a bad path in the first place.
Or was it the hyped features that were dropped?
Or constant bugs and the fact that it was literally broken on last gen consoles?

Eh, either way, I had fun with it.
 
Husky

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fallingdove said:
Sure. But with the breadth of mods available for Skyrim (gameplay systems, quests, story, cutscenes, voice acting, animations, character creation, lighting etc.), it hints that the vanilla version of Skyrim left a lot to be desired. Modding tools that are easy to use removed barriers for the active community to improve an average product.

I am suggesting that with Cyberpunk, (even if the engine/tools were as straightforward) you probably wouldn't see all of the different mods that you have seen with Skyrim because, as a product, it has more going for it.
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Well, take Portal 2. Would you say that custom level designers create content because the base game left something to be desired? You'd probably agree that they do so because the custom content creator allows them to express themselves using a game they enjoy as a baseline, and they want to add more content to a game they've extensively enjoyed. Same goes for Skyrim, only the tools allow even more flexibility, to the point where one who's played hundreds of hours can still mix things up and keep the experience fresh.

If Cyberpunk 2077 has more going for it, I'd only imagine that, given equally extensive modding tools, that would only inspire people to make even more custom content.
 
Jack Videogames

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I was enjoying it a lot until I got a gamebreaking bug that keeps me fe continuing. Just like Skyrim when I got it in 2011.

So yeah the similarities are there.
 
Starfield

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Nope.

Skyrim had a HUGE modding community even before.

Cyberpunk has only crying console kids.

Thats why Skyrim will be played post TES Vl launch and Cyberpunk will come as a free game download on GOG
 
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Hugare

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Nah, reception was totaly diferent between the two

Without RedKit, modders wont be able to do much with the game.

"16 free DLCs", have you guys seen the free dlc for The Witcher? Armor, some small quest, clothes from Yen and Tris ... Meh

Saw a guy expecting the Crystal Palace to be the free DLC, lol, the poor guy
 
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LisaMariaMartin

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If they fix the issues in time. I play it from time to time for an hour or so and I really love the characters in this game. The gameplay itself is kind of mediocre but I like where the story is going.
 
THEAP99

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No. Cyberpunk has been out for like 7 weeks now and they still have barely anything to show for it. We went from "day one patch is a totally different game, just wait!" To "here is a roadmap for a single player game" - yikes.

Meanwhile, Skyrim got a pass for a lot of things because standards were lower back-then.
 
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Fbh

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Despite the terrible Ps3 version, Skyrim released with much better momentum than Cyberpunk. So I'm not sure if Cyberpunk will manage to get that same staying power.
Also get ready for the hate parade 2.0 when people realize the 16 free DLC's will be stuff like weapons, cosmetics, and maybe a few 15-20 minute quests and not 16 things like Heart of Stone and Blood & Wine.
 
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ZehDon

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driqe said:
I have 40hrs in the game. Next.
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7 out of the 31 posts in this thread are yours shitting on the game the thread is about, while your OP features a troll video presented with the note "watch before commenting".

What a terrible thread.
 
driqe

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ZehDon said:
7 out of the 31 posts in this thread are yours shitting on the game the thread is about, while your OP features a troll video presented with the note "watch before commenting".

What a terrible thread.
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Did you watch the video before commenting? Doesn't seem like it.
 
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Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 is an influential game and will have a huge impact on the industry in the next few years. I can see a bunch of new futuristic open world games coming up will take inspiration from many aspects of CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077, This game just paved the way and gave an ideas of what a futuristic open world would be like.

Even those pre-existing franchises will will be influenced as well.
I would never be surprised if Assassin's Creed turned into Cyberpunk genre. nojoking!
 
driqe

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Juza said:
Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 is an influential game and will have a huge impact on the industry in the next few years. I can see a bunch of new futuristic open world games coming up will take inspiration from many aspects of CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077, This game just paved the way and gave an ideas of what a futuristic open world would be like.

Even those pre-existing franchises will will be influenced as well.
I would never be surprised if Assassin's Creed turned into Cyberpunk genre. nojoking!
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Phase

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Cyberpunk will be forgotten about in a couple months, if it hasn't been already. It'll be nowhere near as long-lasting as Skyrim.
 
Tschumi

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The game's great.

If it what we dreamt of? No. Is it entirely stable? No.

But we can't judge a game on how it lives up to our internal monologues. When i saw those gameplay videos i could very easily have seen the actual game in action. Instead, i saw a small fraction of my own dreams for the thing.

Fact is, the game it is is a great game. I've yet to finish it but even i, with dwindling gaming time, intend to reroll immediately upon completion just so i can use what I've learned to be way better and more focused at everything. There are no games out there that are remotely comparable to it.

Does this game offer the modding, exploration and technical solidity of Skyrim? 2 out of 3, and I'm sure it'll be 3 out of 3 before this year is out. Does it have the same potential lifespan? Absolutely, if not longer.

I dunno if it'll be the next game to enjoy a mainstream following for a decade, but it's not a bad game. By this point most of the haters are working on chewed meat.
 
waquzy

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harmny said:
Weightless choices, horrible driving mechanics and lacking skill tree 🤣

It can't become the next skyrim until this irrational hate train stops rolling. And it won't stop. Not in this day and age.
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FFS. It's got nothing to do with hate train. The game is just lacklustre for most people. But, it seems to me that you got CDPR's cock so deep inside you that you can't see the truth.
 
harmny

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waquzy said:
FFS. It's got nothing to do with hate train. The game is just lacklustre for most people. But, it seems to me that you got CDPR's cock so deep inside you that you can't see the truth.
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is it? if cdpr's cock is deep inside me then why are you the one screaming? are you jealous?
 
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