In an unusual turn, OpenCritic has openly warned fans about the state of Cyberpunk 2077's Xbox One's performance, which CD Projekt Red has recently apologised for.
While OpenCritic sources critic reviews to develop a general consensus, a new disclaimer has informed eager players' that the overall average may not be entirely accurate depending on which system they choose.
More specifically, the message hopes to educate those wanting to purchase the Xbox One version of the game about its general performance at present, and how the game isn't entirely stable in its current condition:
"Please note: This game has significant disparities in performance, player experience, and review scores between the PC, next gen consoles, Xbox One, and PS4 versions.
The OpenCritic team and several critics suspect that the developer, CD Projekt Red, intentionally sought to hide the true state of the game on Xbox One and PS4, with requirements such as only allowing pre-rendered game footage in reviews and not issuing review copies for PS4 and Xbox One versions.
The notice will be taken down in February 2021."
Responses to the Twitter announcement have criticised the company's lack of action against other games with a messy launch, such as Fallout 76. No matter your stance, it's clear Cyberpunk 2077 is making an impression.
What do you think about OpenCritic's disclaimer? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 9
Oh how the mighty have fallen..
This game should have just been a next gen release. I myself had no intention of dipping into this until I got a Series X
They’re not wrong.
@Bmartin001 Fallen? Have you not been around the ***** show that every Witcher game launch to date has been?
3 was barely playable when it came out.
They should probably just have different pages for each version, like metacritic does.
The One X version seems to be far better off than the launch One and One S, so keep that in mind, and the PS4 version actually seems to be the most problematic.
@Grot Honestly all of this talk is just bringing up the issue of how the One X is getting grouped in with the launch Xbox One and the issues that is facing with more demanding titles. It doesn't seem fair how there is this attitude that the One X should be ignored and passed up just because some people are having issues with these games on their launch Xbox One consoles.
I was under the impression the fallout 76 launch was as bad as any big multi-player game launch?
Was it as broken as cyberpunk? I don't think so, I knew I didnt want that game very early.
Anyways, wish the biggest player, Metacritic, would also place a similar disclaimer on their page.
besides stupid bugs like not being able to run or select dialogue options(both require game closeing) the game runs fine on a oneX and great on a Series X i have both and played it on both...
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