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BaroqueInMind , to RedditMigration in Reddit threatens the mods of r/CyberpunkGame (the main subreddit for Cyberpunk 2077). Mods decide to go down in a blaze of glory, whole sub agrees.
@BaroqueInMind@kbin.social avatar

I'm still on the fence buying this game. Waiting for a sale and will grab it immediately.

comedy ,
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I played it on release for PC. It was good, although it felt incomplete. Bugs weren't as bad for the PC version as they were apparently on console, but they were there. New expansion is coming out soon, so there is probably going to be a sale then. I'd imagine the new expansion will improve (I hope) the things the game got wrong.

Saturdaycat ,
@Saturdaycat@kbin.social avatar

I played it on release on PS4. BASE PS4.

It was incredible.

Rabbithole OP ,

That's... actually impressive.

You sure as hell grew up with a solid understanding of patience if the youtube videos that I saw of that are at all accurate.

Saturdaycat ,
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It was pretty bad. Like, people were flying instead of walking. The same people repeated over and over. Going into any populated areas sounded like an acid trip of echoing voices. The floor usually disappeared. My weapons were invisible. List goes on

R00bot ,
@R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Base Xbox One user checking in. It was tolerable.

Saturdaycat ,
@Saturdaycat@kbin.social avatar

It was pretty bad. Like, people were flying instead of walking. The same people repeated over and over. Going into any populated areas sounded like an acid trip of echoing voices. The floor usually disappeared. My weapons were invisible. List goes on

mightysashiman ,
@mightysashiman@kbin.social avatar

I too like to play my games on “Powerpoint” performance settings.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Same. While the bugs and technical issues were annoying, the fact that the underlying game was so lackluster was the worst part.

Rabbithole OP , (edited )

It's not that bad today to be honest.

It's still not at all the game that they originally sold people pre-release though. If you go into it thinking that you're going to be getting an action looter-shooter with some interesting mechanics and great visuals then you'll get pretty much what you're expecting.

Going into it buying CDPR's line about it being the "next generation of open-world gaming" and "Evolution of RPG's" or whatever crap they were spewing, will leave a sour taste in your mouth.

The main campaign and side-mission storylines are just flat-out great though.

CDPR have always been good at doing the storytelling side of things, and that didn't really change with Cyberpunk.

Total fraud on release though, especially on console. Fuck them for what they did there.

For transparency, I'm referring to how it is currently on PC, where you also get mods if you want them. I couldn't comment on the console experience as I haven't played it.

Definitely wait for a sale though if you do one day go for it, I don't think it's good enough for the full price. Too many things are still lacking, although the upcomming DLC may fix that (which still means paying extra to fix the shit that should have been in the base game since release... Yeah).

OpenStars ,
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It's not that bad today to be honest.

For like a half-second I thought you meant Reddit... (I died a little inside. :-P)

Rabbithole OP ,

Lol, no.

Reddit's like the reverse of Cyberpunk. Started great, then turned into a morass of lies later on. :D

Madison_rogue ,
@Madison_rogue@kbin.social avatar

I've been playing it over a year now. Once I was able to snag a PS5 and Playstation put it back in the store I picked it up.

MUCH MUCH better playing than launch...r/cyberpunk2077 used up a lot of salt throughout its tenure as a subreddit. Yet most the extreme hate the game drew was due to the insane promises CDPR made prior to launch. I'm personally not buying the DLC coming out in September until after it's released because of the botched launch, however I do expect it's going to run a lot smoother than the game's launch.

BUT as a base game, if you can pick it up on sale now, by all means I recommend getting it.

Poggervania ,
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I would probably wait and see if they release a “Complete Edition” that comes with the new expansion pack and grab it when that’s on sale. The game is fun, but I personally feel like it’s a “one-and-done” sort of game.

Skray ,
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Given CDPRs track record with the deep Witcher series discounts I'd expect a complete 2077 edition for cheap in a few years.

Grimlo9ic ,
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There's been talk that the upcoming expansion for the game (Phantom Liberty) will kinda overhaul some of the game's systems a bit, and make them closer to what was originally intended or hoped for. If you're still on the fence now, I suggest waiting a few more months, seeing if the DLC makes good on its hype, and grabbing everything then.

These are just my first 2 search results, but basically they all say the same thing:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/cyberpunks-expansion-totally-overhauls-the-original-game/

https://screenrant.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-changes-rework-overhaul/

AdventureSpoon ,

That would be now

nicman24 ,

It is one of the only games of past decade that I completed and started again

Gargleblaster ,
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It's down to 30 bucks.

I'll bite when it drops under 10.

AngrilyEatingMuffins ,

it's on sale on steam. get it now but wait until the expansion is out next month

specseaweed , to Seattle in Seattle Police officer pulls over Metro driver, goes on power trip

Well that was somehow worse than I thought it would be.

It is difficult for me to square a need for law enforcement with the reality that the people doing it are often not the people you want doing it.

The old saying about how I’d never join a club that would have me seems apropos.

My councilperson is Rob Saka. His deep commitment to more cops being the answer strikes me as deeply unserious.

a-man-from-earth , to RedditMigration in I guess they couldn't replace all the mods and re-open all the subs
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/r/Reaper (55k) is still restricted.

silvershrimp0 , to RedditMigration in I guess they couldn't replace all the mods and re-open all the subs
@silvershrimp0@kbin.social avatar

They just got around to sending the ultimatum to my 1m subscriber sub last week. They're slowly working through the list.

rikudou , to RedditMigration in I guess they couldn't replace all the mods and re-open all the subs

I mean, a sub with a thousand subscribers is not that interesting to them.

Bipta OP ,

I imagine there are thousands of subs with 1000-5000 subscribers. Sure they keep the biggest subs open but it's quite a loss.

rikudou ,

For whom? For Reddit? Not really. I mean, in the long term it is, but corporates are about maximizing short-term profits.

harmonea ,
@harmonea@kbin.social avatar

Why pretend we never measure value in things other than money? It's obviously a loss to the user experience for those who haven't moved to offer sites, and a loss to the knowledge base that users had built there. I think you know that's what's being discussed here, yet you're only countering from reddit's productive of what would constitute a loss... for some unimaginable reason.

rikudou ,

The unimaginable reason is that the OP, which I replied to, claimed they couldn’t replace all mods. My counter point was that they don’t care about replacing them for small communities, because that’s not what makes them money. Hopefully I’ve broadened your imagination.

Pandoras_Can_Opener ,
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That’s part of what made reddit interesting tho. Having these niche subs that still had a reasonable amount of activity. If they loose that this is the one thing they had over lemmy for me personally. I’ve never been particularly attached to say r/pics but r/aspiememes was the bees knees. They are coming to lemmy by now.

timdesuyo ,

r/streetphotography had 300,000 subscribers.

rikudou ,

Interesting for whom? You and me? Sure. Reddit? Nope.

Pandoras_Can_Opener ,
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Yup. But then that another reason for users to leave reddit behind. Which should interest reddit. But it’s been clear for a while they can’t even act in their own best interest.

rikudou ,

Publicly traded companies by their very nature have to prefer short term profits. It’s no surprise that Reddit does the same in preparation for going public.

BananaTrifleViolin ,

If Reddit think small.communities are worthless then they really dont understand social media. Lots of users belong to big and small communities. I left Reddit because the small communities I engaged with are gone.

I'm not drawn back by the big generic communities - they've lost me from both. Multiple that up everytime a small community has fallen apart with a proportion of its users are gone for good, and you have a real problem.

It's all part of the same enshittification. Reddit is dying through death by a thousand cuts.

rikudou ,

They care about people seeing ads. And that’s it. I agree with you that Reddit is dying (very slowly), but there are millions of dollars to be milked before the platform is fully dead. And for everyone like you and me, there are thousands who are there for the generic communities. Most people on Reddit don’t post or comment, those don’t strike me as someone who would enjoy being part of the niche communities.

afa , to drama in I found out my girlfriend peed in my food whenever she was angry with me

That’s not how this works

bizzle , to drama in Spotify is raising its prices, WSB has a meltdown
@bizzle@lemmy.world avatar

I already pirate all my TV, is there a good android app I can use for pirate music streaming?

neighborposting ,

Piracy is illegal. If 12 measly dollars out of your weed budget is too much to cough up for all the music you could want, you should stop smoking weed, druggie. PSA:ANYONE WHO ENABLES PIRACY WILL BE BANNED

bizzle ,
@bizzle@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t pay for weed, I grow it. Also you’re an asshole for talking to me like that, grow up.

neighborposting ,

nice deflection. Too bad it’s tangential to my point.

bizzle ,
@bizzle@lemmy.world avatar

Perhaps it will teach you that being so openly hostile and condescending is pretty shit for getting your point across 😘

neighborposting ,

hostile

🙄

condescending

🙄

i2ndshenanigans ,

Random people arguing over something minor because of a random comment gives lemmy that good old Reddit feel. We all get Piracy is illegal could have done without the condescending tone but you do you. Plex is not just for pirated content. I spent months burning all my dvds and cds so I can stream them without paying for a service I don’t use that often.

Master ,
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Dont forget the part where you are also an asshole.

Flowers ,

What law says piracy is illegal? I’ve never heard of that before

neighborposting ,

🙄

Flowers ,

🤡

GoddessOfGouda ,

leave the multi billion dollar corporation alone!!!1!1!

neighborposting ,

🙄average lembipoc reading comprehension🙄

GoddessOfGouda ,

What’s lembipoc?

neighborposting ,

@gsa32 check this out

GoddessOfGouda ,

You’re a real weirdo.

VulcanSphere , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins
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The Snoo Platform gone mad with their own userbase...

Eggyhead , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins
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I never bought coins or whatever, but I had inherited a bunch somehow. I jumped on reddit just now to find an old thread I'd saved and found this in my inbox:

Hello from Reddit,
We’re reaching out because you have Reddit Premium and/or Reddit Coins on your account.
TL;DR: We're making updates to awards and coins on Reddit that we'll complete by September 12, 2023. As part of this, we made a decision to move away from Reddit coins and awards. This includes the 700 monthly coins* and Premium Awards, which are currently part of the Reddit Premium experience.
You'll still be able to use your Reddit Coins until September 12, after which they'll be removed from your account.
Note: all other current Premium perks will still continue to exist, including the ad-free experience.
As we looked at our current awarding system, there was consistent feedback from redditors that stood out – particularly around the clutter from awards and all the steps involved with awarding content. We also learned that redditors want awarded content to be more valuable. With that, we are reworking how great content and contributions are rewarded on Reddit. We will have more updates to share soon.
If you have further questions please check out our announcement post to read more about the update.

  • This perk is part of the paid Reddit Premium experience.

Thought it was kind of funny considering I never once cared about coins in the first place. Just checked and apparently I have "13325 coins to spend." I'm just going to let them go unless someone has a more maliciously compliant suggestion.

Grimpen ,

I can’t think of anything too maliciously compliant. Maybe give Reddit Gold to posts describing how to join Lemmy or something? Awards should boost visibility. It’s at least a little ironic to use Reddit 's own awards to help people escape.

Eggyhead ,
@Eggyhead@kbin.social avatar

This is not a bad idea at all. I’ll do a search for “lemmy” and “kbin” at some point tomorrow and throw coins at any of the useful posts I find.

IninewCrow ,
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Award a bunch of posts and memes making fun of r/spez

Lennvor ,

A suggestion I've seen is to use them to give platinum coins to people, because that gives them some time of Reddit Premium (platinum gives more than gold), which is the only thing you can do with them that will outlast the awards being phased out and it's the closest thing to using them for something that has monetary value.

Jcb2016 ,

Reddit is a dumpster fire!

Eggyhead ,
@Eggyhead@kbin.social avatar

I know, right? And u/spez threw the match! I'm still in shock over how swiftly it just went from amazing to garbage. Fortunately, Kbin and the fediverse is already superior for me even if the community isn't as robust. The growth and enthusiasm is here.

bug , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins

It’s surprising to hear this; given reddit’s current mass-enshittification I don’t expect to see a change that both improves user experience and reduces the money they’re making. Clearly they’ve got something more sinister planned, but awards were a blight on the reddit experience and had I not already left I’d appreciate this change (for now!)

quortez , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins
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The Snoopocalypse continues.

Oh for want of a kind stranger.

s_s , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins
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Makes sense to me.

Reddit’s new userbase (Bots) don’t buy gold.

You don’t want to IPO and have to document that one of your 3 revenue streams is decreasing month-to-month.

The strategy is to keep pumping the fake traffic and keep selling the bogus impressions to ad buyers.

Perry , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins
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So first they alienate the people who are working for them for free and then they go ahead and alienate the people who are giving them money for free.

mrbubblesort ,
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Well, the site's mascot is an alien, so ....

ThatOneKirbyMain2568 , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins
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This seems like the dumbest decision imaginable. Users are flocking to alternatives, many of those who haven't don't trust you, and you're trying to become profitable … so you delete the stuff people paid for without any sort of replacement. What a genius ideaǃ Making the platform less unique and giving the middle finger to the people who give you money in one go!

There's no way a human adult is running this company. It has to be a council of toddlers run by a keyboard-smashing orangutan. At this point, they might as well start encouraging bots and karma farming. Maybe even pay people to do it!

Wait, what did you just say? They might actually do that?

The circus never ends.

SilentSeven , to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins

I wonder if this isn’t a rev recognition play. If their accounting rules say they can’t take the revenue until the award is issued…I bet there’s a lot of money sitting on the table they can apply to their books with this play. It’s basically the same play as expiring unused gift cards…

Hmmm. Conspiracy theory intensifies…

mrbubblesort ,
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That's actually an excellent point, but it has the chance to backfire spectacularly if they can't IPO or come up with a more higher earning replacement before the end of the next fiscal year. So I totally expect them to fuck it up

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