I think its tied to host only which sucks. I wish it would just let you drop in and out with any level Borderlands style.
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I think its tied to host only which sucks. I wish it would just let you drop in and out with any level Borderlands style.
yes, where you get augmentations and update your skills. The grafter I think he's called…
Just keep playing. After about the 3rd, 4th Mission those guns will seem like childs play.
Saw the character colors in the character tab. I think you might be able to change them there I didn't try.
I'm enjoying this on the Series X but I'm not sure if I'm hearing audio bugs or the just the intended sounds. Even when I'm not doing anything it sounds like gunfire or white noise is going off from time to time for seemingly no reason…..
Is it only me or are the shooting mechanics a bit weird? I find it quite difficult to properly hit enemies. Even with auto aim. Playing on Series X.
No you're correct there's a bug where certain sounds get stuck on in their location and don't die (ricochets etc). It's fixed already and will be making its way to Xbox very shortly
This game really makes me wonder what some developers are doing. This was made by 12 people? How come some games released are unfinished, broken, and just downright bad with a team of 300+ people. How the hell did they pull this off, this game is really great.
I was playing co-op yesterday and run into a few glitches.
Both of us had times where we went to the menu and the game froze. We had to quit the game and start a new session. We reached an area where the game told us to be for a main quest and the event wasn't being triggered so we stopped there.
My overall impressions from the first hour are that the game plays well and it looks visually stunning but it feels like it's a wide puddle. The world is large but there isn't anything substantial in it besides looking pretty. They do make you spend a bit of time walking around but I'd rather enjoy the good shooting.
I do want to play more and see how the game develops with different abilities and guns. I just hope more bugs don't show up trying to get there.
Both of us had times where we went to the menu and the game froze. We had to quit the game and start a new session. We reached an area where the game told us to be for a main quest and the event wasn't being triggered so we stopped there.
My overall impressions from the first hour are that the game plays well and it looks visually stunning but it feels like it's a wide puddle. The world is large but there isn't anything substantial in it besides looking pretty. They do make you spend a bit of time walking around but I'd rather enjoy the good shooting.
I do want to play more and see how the game develops with different abilities and guns. I just hope more bugs don't show up trying to get there.
12 very experienced developers, using UE4 and a lot of art outsourcing (and I assume QA + other services). The project is also scoped modestly compared to a 300+ person production.
One of the common threads among small, lean dev teams punching above their weight is that they tend to have a strong engineering/tech core. I would expect that Neon Giant is similar.
Put a few hours into it tonight and really enjoyed it on the series x! The world is almost overwhelming to take with the amount of detail, but it immediately makes the world bustle with life. I'm interested in where the story goes and the guns feel satisfying even if I miss a bunch. Sound design and soundtrack are terrific too! I did crash out once, but I wasn't set back at all, so no harm no fowl. Kudos to the devs on a great experience so far!
Same for me.
I also think RT on gamepass is bugged, at least for me. Don't think enabling does anything. Game seems buggy
Just goes to show what a world of difference talent and proper management bring to a game.
I'm utterly in love with this game, its brilliant.
My son and I had a blast playing it yesterday.
I posted earlier but I've played 4 more hours and let me reiterate- this game is FUN.
Holy shit it's so much more than I was expecting. Thus is the Cyberpunk world I've always wanted. The game is gorgeous and the music is perfect to set a mood. I'm completely addicted and can't stop playing. I love the loot, and the RPG systems. There are sidequests all over. It's just….extra in all the right ways.
Back to it. I give this a legit 9/10 based on the first 6 hours. It's like this game was tailor made for me lol
Edit: seriously this is hands down the best, most fully realized cyberpunk world I've ever seen in a game. Is there anything else like this? I need more as soon as I beat this lol. This game …
Holy shit it's so much more than I was expecting. Thus is the Cyberpunk world I've always wanted. The game is gorgeous and the music is perfect to set a mood. I'm completely addicted and can't stop playing. I love the loot, and the RPG systems. There are sidequests all over. It's just….extra in all the right ways.
Back to it. I give this a legit 9/10 based on the first 6 hours. It's like this game was tailor made for me lol
Edit: seriously this is hands down the best, most fully realized cyberpunk world I've ever seen in a game. Is there anything else like this? I need more as soon as I beat this lol. This game …
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Yes, that is as intended. So if you are playing through the game, and then joins someone who is much further in the game, your character will not "miss" that middle of the game in your local playthrough.
I really don't understand the reviews lol
Played 5 hours on PC bad had a blast, graphics and art direction are on point and the gameplay is really good. Unless the game starts to suck i'm questionings all the 6s and 7s.
Metro score is simply wrong on so many levels, can't take seriously someone giving a 3/10 to this game.
Played 5 hours on PC bad had a blast, graphics and art direction are on point and the gameplay is really good. Unless the game starts to suck i'm questionings all the 6s and 7s.
Metro score is simply wrong on so many levels, can't take seriously someone giving a 3/10 to this game.
Haha wtf, that Lake area, I get 8 FPS on a 3090 :D Blight Town Strikes Back!
Anyone have any idea what contributes to this? Disabled the Raytracing but same shit.
EDIT: Put everything to LOW, DX11 etc. Still around 20 FPS. Something just does not work here. Can't play this area before this thing is fixed at some end - which is a damn peculiar thing to slip through quality check.
Also bumped into a bug when I can't enter an elevator/door to get to Node in one quest in the beginning. I can hack the door alright and it opens and all, but no dice. So thats two quests I can't go forward with - granted, they're side quests, but still. And, I guess the MQ will go into these areas too sooner or later.
On Gamepass, but apparently that version sucks arse, hard.
Does this thing have any kind of end game stuff? Wondering if I should get this on Steam.
Anyone have any idea what contributes to this? Disabled the Raytracing but same shit.
EDIT: Put everything to LOW, DX11 etc. Still around 20 FPS. Something just does not work here. Can't play this area before this thing is fixed at some end - which is a damn peculiar thing to slip through quality check.
Also bumped into a bug when I can't enter an elevator/door to get to Node in one quest in the beginning. I can hack the door alright and it opens and all, but no dice. So thats two quests I can't go forward with - granted, they're side quests, but still. And, I guess the MQ will go into these areas too sooner or later.
On Gamepass, but apparently that version sucks arse, hard.
Does this thing have any kind of end game stuff? Wondering if I should get this on Steam.
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A fact that I am proud of is that 100% of all the world was built and designed inhouse, with zero outsourcing for art assets. Parts of the characters and character concepts along with some VFX and graphic design were the only art outsourcing.
Weird behaviour on Xbox One X and PC where the game doesn't go back to the main menu when I select the option to quit. Is this a known issue?
Edit: Other people have already mentioned it, nice.
Edit: Other people have already mentioned it, nice.
Weird reading some complaints here after my solo session.
For me the gameplay flowed really well after a while, especially after I found a shotgun and mapped the controllers to my liking. Love the way elevation shooting works and I think it adds a fun type of engagement.
Like the way the enemies crouch mid animation so you have to switch to hip shooting and then back to aim shooting to get someone over cover or up stairs, then switch to shotgun and use your abilities if you get swarmed.
Couple that with using covers tactically and pick off as many as you can before they get close, and you get a very engaging combat flow.
For me the gameplay flowed really well after a while, especially after I found a shotgun and mapped the controllers to my liking. Love the way elevation shooting works and I think it adds a fun type of engagement.
Like the way the enemies crouch mid animation so you have to switch to hip shooting and then back to aim shooting to get someone over cover or up stairs, then switch to shotgun and use your abilities if you get swarmed.
Couple that with using covers tactically and pick off as many as you can before they get close, and you get a very engaging combat flow.
Aren't you guys former Wolfenstein devs too? The AAA experience certainly helped. Game is really good.
Very amazing work. The quality and sheer richness of the art reminds me a lot of THE BROTHERHOOD's work, which is also a very small and very talented team.
Neat. I don't want to give the impression that I was using that as some kind of belittlement either, outsourcing is just part of the toolbox that nearly every developer uses to some greater or lesser extent.
Is it correct that you have some of the people from MG/Starbreeze at Neon Giant?
Played a couple of hours last night and for me its ok, nothing more nothing less.
Positives are great performance on Series X, its an easy game to get into and the story and characters are surprisingly engaging. Mechanics are ok but I too find aiming a little too troublesome sometimes.
Major negative for me is I find myself never really having the view I need of the play area alot of the time, particularly in the 2nd main mission, resulting in me getting shot by unseen characters and having to guess where enemies are a lot of the time. I'd love to be able to pull the camera out a little bit to alleviate that aspect.
Positives are great performance on Series X, its an easy game to get into and the story and characters are surprisingly engaging. Mechanics are ok but I too find aiming a little too troublesome sometimes.
Major negative for me is I find myself never really having the view I need of the play area alot of the time, particularly in the 2nd main mission, resulting in me getting shot by unseen characters and having to guess where enemies are a lot of the time. I'd love to be able to pull the camera out a little bit to alleviate that aspect.
The art direction and sheer density of detail in this game is magnificent. I've managed to get a little bit of play time on the PC Gamepass version. It's really fun.
I had a question though, is anyone else with an Nvidia card having an issue were the DLSS options are grayed out? I can't enable DLSS or change it's quality settings. Any insight here would be helpful.
I had a question though, is anyone else with an Nvidia card having an issue were the DLSS options are grayed out? I can't enable DLSS or change it's quality settings. Any insight here would be helpful.
DLSS is basically not available on the gamepass version...which if it is just waiting to patched in, is what it is...but if it is a preferential feature for other versions...then that is fucked up.
RT and DLSS not working on gamepass version, there is also an update that you need to trigger in Win Store not via get updates, but you need to go directly to Ascent page and it will start downloading.
Also the gamepad doesn't seem to work, using bluetooth DS4 via DS4windows. It noted the icons so game knows the gamepad is there, but does nothing.
Game is absolutely beautiful. Played a few hours co op with my brother yesterday on Series X and loved it. No performance issues. Had a couple of bugs, one with the elevators sending us down in a loop when wanting to go up which we got around and one where one of the flying cars flew off but left a transparent copy of itself behind that we could walk through. I would honestly give it an 8 or 9 out of 10 at the moment. That Metro score is an absolute joke.
Yo stop giving me reasons to not bother downloading this on Game Pass PC
Hopefully they fix it up eventually? Some of these are bizarre
Hopefully they fix it up eventually? Some of these are bizarre
That update on GamePass you need to trigger by going onto The Ascent store entity fixed the gamepad for me. No DLSS option now visible.
These are afew things i really dislike so far after a few hours on Series X. Some of them are easily fixable i think. Would be great to get some feedback from NG.
- The navigation line dies out wayyy too quickly. I often find myself pressing it every 5 seconds because there are alot of corridors/navigation and i need to constantly check. Its annoying after 15 minutes.
- The alien language is not good. They could've just used left it out.
- The player is alil clunky honestly. From the gameplay I thought it would be abit more agile and fluid.
- No way to increase size of some HUD objects, this is especially bad if you're sitting afar from a TV
- There is noticeable pop-in especially in the elevators, this should be fixed.
- There are small stutters with new area's on series X , this should be fixed.
- No HDR - its a crime for a game like this not to have it.
- Pressing B to crouch should have an option to toggle (either hold B or press)
- Ammo and some objects are pickable just by running over them but health isn't (You have to press X), why? This breaks the flow.
- Holding X to access some chests, this takes too long. Make it an option, simply press X once. Keep the game fast and concise. This just feel's out of place honestly.
Im still really enjoying the game though, these are just things i think would make it even better imo.
- The navigation line dies out wayyy too quickly. I often find myself pressing it every 5 seconds because there are alot of corridors/navigation and i need to constantly check. Its annoying after 15 minutes.
- The alien language is not good. They could've just used left it out.
- The player is alil clunky honestly. From the gameplay I thought it would be abit more agile and fluid.
- No way to increase size of some HUD objects, this is especially bad if you're sitting afar from a TV
- There is noticeable pop-in especially in the elevators, this should be fixed.
- There are small stutters with new area's on series X , this should be fixed.
- No HDR - its a crime for a game like this not to have it.
- Pressing B to crouch should have an option to toggle (either hold B or press)
- Ammo and some objects are pickable just by running over them but health isn't (You have to press X), why? This breaks the flow.
- Holding X to access some chests, this takes too long. Make it an option, simply press X once. Keep the game fast and concise. This just feel's out of place honestly.
Im still really enjoying the game though, these are just things i think would make it even better imo.
First side mission Anabolic Express leads me to a locked elevator. I hack it open, and it won't let me in. Looks like an empty shaft and there's no way to call the elevator. The elevator on the other side of the level has a button prompt to enter. Very confused.
Same happened to me - you will gain access to that soon just do the main mission for a bit. The game is built in stacks and the place it wants you to go is in the next level up which is what that locked elevator goes to :)
Maybe people should accept first that 6-7 aren't bad votes, and for what I've played they seems a fair vote.
3/10 is something unplayable ofc.
Btw is there any fix for those stutters on PC GamePass version? Does installing on SSD alleviate them?
Was planning on giving it a try on Game Pass (PC), but I am not going to bother after reading that.