If they try to give specifics on things that aren't ready yet then there's a risk they can't do them. Then, the specifics they promised aren't what you actually get.
Well, maybe CDPR shoulda thought of that
before they jabber-jabber-jabbered about everything prior to CP2077's release.
I mean, they
did kinda do it to themselves; it didn't
have to be this way. If they'd kept their big yaps shut, there wouldn't be so much backlash.
And they did say that, in the future, they won't hype until closer to release, which is good...but...
...but that doesn't make me want to know what's coming any less than I already do. It doesn't make me wonder any less whether it's worth the wait; I'd rather give up completely than be disappointed again.
If they don't give specifics, to avoid over-promising, then people start asking questions about the specifics.
Again, that's their own fault.
They need to learn how to communicate with the public in ways which actually
satisfy them.
CDPR have promised that there will be "years" of development effort still to go into CP2077. That doesn't necessarily mean "their whole delivery team" during all of that time but doesn't necessarily mean "2 devs in their lunch hours, every other Thursday" either.
But, again, what does that
mean? What does
any of that mean?
What is their end goal?
They have to tell us and mean it; if they disappoint us again, that's probably it for the company. Goodness knows that this is likely my first and last CDPR game unless something positively
dramatic happens to this game in a very, very,
very short amount of time. I'm not waiting "
years" for them to get their thumb out and make the game they advertised.
...assuming they ever do.
And unless CDPR gives us details or they really, really,
really surprise us with released-very-very-soon-now DLC, I will have exactly zero respect for the company and zero money for their products.
If you bought a car that only kinda-sorta worked the way the dealership told you it would, was a pale shadow of the advertising and hype, didn't have the features you'd purchased that were allegedly part of the vehicle, and you were told that the parts to make the car into what you paid for will be here
years from now, y'ever buying a car from that company again? Me neither.
CDPR lost the confidence and good will of the gaming community, and to get it back, they'll have to be a lot better about this situation than they have been, and playing one's cards too close to one's chest is a recipe for disaster just as much as it turns out that bragging about stuff that won't be in the game happened to be.
We'll eventually get the fruits of that work as and when it's ready.
It's not ready now, but they released it anyway.
I've already played through it once; when the game is what we were
told we'd be getting, the experience won't be
fresh anymore. My first playthrough will
never be the game I was told I was getting, and I know all the spoilers already.
It will take
a lot from CDPR to make that okay.
There's a good chance that this will make the game better than it is right now. What's more to know?
What's more to know is how high my hopes should be.
...or how low. Right now, I know nothing but what has happened with Cyberpunk 2077
so far, and it doesn't fill me with confidence.
I'm not saying that so much to defend them, but to illustrate that it's unlikely to make any difference to you.
You don't know me.
I presume you've already bought the game, so you're already all-in. What decisions do you have left to make which would be influenced by knowing what they're working on?
What decisions do I have to make?
- Whether to bother playing the game ever again is a biggie. Will the DLC and patches make it worth it?
- Whether to ever trust CDPR ever again is another one. Will their treatment of CP2077 meet my standards of what a company that has
royally screwed up ought to be doing to make up for it?
- Whether to ever buy anything from CDPR is that last reason's sibling. I mean, if CP2077 is what I can expect from this company, this much frustration and disappointment after a very,
very long wait--the video game equivalent of socks for Christmas--why would I
ever even consider buying another of their games? Ever?
You know...little things like that. And I'm sure I'm not the only person making this calculation in their head. CDPR might want to consider people like myself--probably a significant chunk of their player base, if the Steam forums are any indication--when they decide what to say, how much to say, and how to say it.
Just sayin'.