There's also this bit.Well, CDPR has gone on record explaining why they added 3 weeks to the development time of 2077 even after the game went gold. To put it bluntly, it is because they want the game to get at least 90 on Metacritic. 3 more weeks of crunch, and a take-backsies of "this game is ready"...because Metacritic trumps all.
The metacritic bull crap again?! the last time I heard that excuse was I want to say 2015 I guess. Well, screw you cdpr even harder. Y'all are going to get some money anyway so what's the freaking point. Enough of the freaking bonuses on metacritic! Metacritic is at the end of the all of ratings. Let the people in the word of mouth decide for themselves. As far as I'm concerned, they're no different from EA or Activision.I don't care what fans, other gamers, or pundits try to spin it. We're done here.Well, CDPR has gone on record explaining why they added 3 weeks to the development time of 2077 even after the game went gold. To put it bluntly, it is because they want the game to get at least 90 on Metacritic. 3 more weeks of crunch, and a take-backsies of "this game is ready"...because Metacritic trumps all.
Well, CDPR has gone on record explaining why they added 3 weeks to the development time of 2077 even after the game went gold. To put it bluntly, it is because they want the game to get at least 90 on Metacritic. 3 more weeks of crunch, and a take-backsies of "this game is ready"...because Metacritic trumps all.
I mean, was there ever any doubt?
Like it or not the metacritic score can really impact sales. It makes sense they would try and lessen the impact of buggy versions on those scores since most places only review a game once and if bugs get you a bad score then you have that bad score for awhile. Don't forget what happened with Mass Effect Andromida, it became a meme because if its buggy launch and those bugs were fixed but its memehood lasts forever. You only get one launch, make it the best you can.
And it's the publisher's fault for placing so much value in it. Either way it's poor Management on their part. There's plenty of games and movies that had terrible review scores on a professional side and did fine or great sales wise for the consumers. Yes, metacritic has some influence, but similar to rotten tomatoes, it is not the end all to be all of criticism. Fuck all of it.
Jimquisition himself has bombed games (I'm thinking of this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellblade:_Senua's_Sacrifice) if it launched with a killer bug. Which this one did.
The game has already been finalized and printed. They've announced as much themselves. The work they're doing now is on the Day One Patch.
I do find it interesting he later went back and gave it a higher score later because apparently the bug had been fixed( the original bug would have pissed me off too if I had run into it, and I say that as someone who LIKED Hellblade).
