Don’t Think, Just Jam
It might be related to the recently announced move to make Ubisoft Connect completely optional for Steam games.
I’m just speculating since they only mentioned it in regards to The Rogue Prince of Persia (bottom of the page) but they might roll out it to everything else as well? Maybe? Possibly.
Nice to finally have a date. I played the demo a good few months ago and it was pretty great, can’t wait for the full release.
The only performance specific change mentioned in patch notes is optimization to the threading system - that might be a decent boost depending on what they did and your CPU.
I might be misremembering but I think CDPR mentioned they won’t be touching VR unless it becomes more popular. Feels like a lot of work for a niche addition for a game on its last legs support wise (probably… until the next final patch). Would be cool though.
Stream cliff notes:
I had to step away for a moment so I missed a thing or two, check the patch notes whenever they’re posted.
As cool as that would be I’d be very surprised if there were enough people still tinkering with the game to produce a full-on expansion. My bet is on fixes, some small and easy to implement content (basic quests, iconic weapon etc) and a few minor features requested by lots of people (like ability to paint all vehicles or something).
（ ﾟДﾟ）But no one said we can’t cheat!
Here are a few that stuck in my mind throughout the years:
GoG does, dunno about Epic.
Does NMS allow you to play the older patches at least? It really sucks whenever games change significantly without an ability to stick with what you like.
I really like checking out oldies in their original form, even if there’s a “better” remake/remaster available. It’s fun to see what those games had to offer in their prime.
As for Cyberpunk, I’m playing both the most up to date version (2.13 with Phantom Liberty + mods) and the legacy one (version 1.16).
There were a lot of gameplay and design changes in the 2.0 release. Since I played the game before that, I had a constant reaction of some things being… off. I wasn’t sure whether my mixed feelings had to do with nostalgia or if I really liked some of the old gameplay more, so I decided to reinstall the legacy version to confirm (thanks CDPR for keeping it available).
Long story short, while I do like some of the things they did with the game and genuinely believe it’s a better product overall, I’d be lying if I said I prefer the new version. I still have fun and all the technical improvements, free content and access to mods make for an easy choice but boy do I wish there was a way to port those to the legacy version. There are a few mods that restore some of the old design choices which gives me a sliver of hope for a potential larger restoration in the future. For now though, I’ll just keep enjoying what’s there.
Mostly Spyro (the PSX one) and both versions of Cyberpunk 2077. Alternatively Muse Dash if I don’t have much time (or will) to go for a longer session.
Yeah, this doesn’t sound great. I wonder if they can change things fast enough to avoid many more graduations at this rate. Cover is no longer a small independent anymore so it might not be that easy to do (and that’s IF they see their decisions as problematic).
I’m really curious how the next year is going to look like in that regards.
Yeah, there’s been more emphasis on live shows, third party collabs and other “homework” for a while now. Balance of activities differs quite a bit from the time many of the talents joined so it’s natural they need to make a choice.
I wonder however how much of it is really mandatory - apparently talents can refuse to participate in at least some of the non streaming activities, we don’t know to what extent though. It’s significant enough issue some would rather leave than deal with it at the very least.
Oh boy. It’s time to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Again…
Is it just me or does anyone feels like the transition from “Holo the streamer company” into “Holo the idol company” is about to finalize? I dunno, maybe I’m just reading too much into those last few months but it sure seems like the company focus is no longer in line with some of the talents’ anymore.
Pretty much what we already knew made official. I don’t think this will change much beyond general vibe around each announcement but hey, if it leads to even one of the retired talents showing up from time to time I’ll count it as a win.
“Man, it’s Friday. I survived another week! Lets get out of bed with a smile and see what… Oh…”
Seems like both her interests and the workload pushed her to look for a change, good for her. It’s understandable and I hope she’s happy with whatever she does going forward.
Looks like a lot of growing pains in Cover finally reached a breaking point for some of the talents, I’m curious how the next year goes in that respect.
Huh, didn’t even realize that. Guess it’s time to party! ヽ(✧ω✧)ノ
I hope they will but it wouldn’t hurt to nag them about it, just in case.