Cyberpunk 2077 v2.0 is finally here so we take a look at how it runs on the Steam Deck vs the previous version. We will have a best settings guide up soon on...
    • H2207@lemmy.world
      33·
      9 months ago

      Overall a few lost FPS in v2.0, but the video justified it by outlining the new lighting effects, more abundant and more realistic A.I.

      There were a couple frame drops when driving over 100 somethings/h.

      Vehicle sounds are greatly improved in v2.0 compared to v1.63, same goes for firearms. Firearms feel much more powerful in v2.0.

      • Malix@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        9 months ago

        the new lighting things seem to bug out a bit, tho. Nothing major, but for me, Dex’s skin turned entirely white for a bit during the car ride with him in the beginning. Caught me by a surprise. :D

        • hollyberries@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          31·
          9 months ago

          Sorry to hijack, would you recommend a new playthrough or picking an existing character? I am only missing the Silverhand ending, and I saved that for Phantom Liberty. Seeing as that comes out in 4 days, are there enough changes for it to be worth rolling a new character?

          • Malix@sopuli.xyz
            3·
            9 months ago

            I can obviously only speak for myself: I started a new playthrough just to see what has changed. So, worth? I’ve only just picked up the relic, no sidequests/gigs/etc done yet.

            Some things feel new, eg. I don’t recall the arasaka tower had destroyable walls or somesuch before, but could be I just managed to sneak/shoot better before. Mostly the things that are changed/feels changed are fairly small, apart from the skilltrees and mechanics.

            Also, the PL questline apparently opens when you’re done (?) with voodoo boys, so I kinda felt that I want to tackle that when it’s given to me. But with the new enemy scaling (love or hate it), I guess the dlc mission(s) stays relevant regardless of your level.

            But ultimately up to you, I guess. Flip a coin if unsure? :P

            • rastilin@kbin.social
              4·
              9 months ago

              But with the new enemy scaling (love or hate it),

              Definitely hate it. Scaling means that you’re actually worse off for gaining a new level. It also means you can’t blow through weak enemies or take down a powerful enemy through pure strategy.

              • Malix@sopuli.xyz
                3·
                9 months ago

                It’s quite divisive subject. While I’m more in the camp indifferent about it, I do get the arguments for and against it.

                To me curbstomping lowlevels is just pointless, and legendary godslayer gigathug lvl 99 is silly. Occasionally I end up putting a quest/mission/whetever on hold and later I realize it’s now “gray”. Walking through enemies that can’t hurt me, to get a magguffin to get an (at that point) insignificant reward feels dumb. Sure, I could just not do the mission at that point, but… I’m compelled to do all. Always. :D

                Fairly consistent difficulty and growing arsenal of player’s tools without making me op sounds all good to me. But, remains to be seen how the scaling feels later on.

                Each to their own, but admittedly it seems odd change to the game at this point. I don’t mind it, but… eh. Odd.

                • rastilin@kbin.social
                  4·
                  9 months ago

                  True, but at that point why even have levels? Which, I’m not being sarcastic, levels are purely design theory inherited from taking D&D electronic, if they don’t want levels they can just make a game without them. It’s strange to have levels and stats and all the things around that and then just make all of it not matter secretly in the background.

                  This philosophy seems to be trending, from WoW and Anthem scaling where Anthem’s beginner weapons doing more damage to endgame enemies than endgame weapons do, to Uber’s “ghost” cars that don’t really exist. There’s this idea of giving you all this data and all of it being “fake”, just to distract people.

                  Also, as mentioned before. It’s very easy to mess up your leveling and be weaker than expected, possibly due to taking non-combat or non-applicable skills. At that point the scaling will just make the rest of the game a slog.

            • HubertManne@kbin.social
              2·
              9 months ago

              if your talking about the wooden ones that are a bit like dividers in one of the areas they have alwyas been destructible.

              • Malix@sopuli.xyz
                2·
                9 months ago

                yea, exactly those. Funny how I have never noticed that before, and I’m like 8 characters deep.

                • HubertManne@kbin.social
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  lol. I only did 2. one I abandoned early on and another I stuck with mainly because of respecting limits. Im ultimately gonna start new but not sure I can give up the sweet corpo perks for the street kid life.

            • hollyberries@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              I decided to wait. Used an existing character to just run around and I am not pleased with the framerate drop (50-55 to 31 max on the same settings).

          • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            I started a new playthrough and I’m really enjoying it. The story is the same but the new trait system makes it feel like a proper RPG, and the combat feels more intentional.

            There still 3 days until release, I’ll probably stick with my new character through the expansion even if I have to wait a few days to reach the new content.