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Hi. I'm going to give the game a positive review as a screw you to the people spamming bad reviews without playing a full hour alteast and because i've got no major issues so far, the game runs a solid 30fps with no dips at all at 1440p high settings on a 980. Yes, you can cry about the fps lock, but my point is that its atleast good the 30fps is solid, i get no drops. A review here said he has a 1070 and the game looks crap. I have a 980 and the game is at 1440p with mostly max / high settings and it looks amazing tbh. Fog and lighting are great, mood is great. edit: The graphics aren't too great, after a few hours you start noticing the issues. The intro and first mission is a bit misleading in that regard. Driving is actually pretty fun, in Lincon's car (Lincon is the main character) its a muscle car and handles well, fast ect.. The music is great. The dialog is a good point for the game aswell, well thought out converstations. Yes alot of racism, but w/e grow up, thats how it was and still is for some poeple. Now, all the trolls are swarming atm, yes its 30fps locked, but if you actually play the game you'll find its fun regardless. Good mechanics, sneaking and stealth takedowns, lock picking and melee combat are good points. Shooting an enemy is satisfying, looks pretty real with the ragdoll effects and blood. I've played 1hour so far, but i will update this review if i come across any major game changing thing that effects a possitive review. PRO: - Story. Great story so far, i'll not spoil it here ofcourse, but it has its players and its moments. I'm not through it all yet either but atleast the first few hours, which sets up the story, is like a movie its that good. Imo anyway. I'd like to be able to play some cutsenses back, i know some games have this but i can't find it so far. - Characters. My god the characters have some great personality in this game. Memorable and unique face and expression wise. They aren't just generic character models with similar facial traits, they have their own style and i'm growing attached to them, although i realise they all aren't going to make it haha. - Big open world, lots of detail in that world. - Like GTA, open world style. I actually was able to go inside a shop where i was informed that shop keepers don't like you poking your nose around the back of the store and will call police if they want. Nice that you can do this and that storefronts or buildings aren't just for show, you can enter and do things. I took cash out of the till. $39 - Collectables like playboy magazines and other things lying around, for those that like to complete things and adds reason to explore. - Amazing sound track. - Great dialog and converstations that are well thought out and interesting. - A nice big pro for me, that at night outside of city streets with lights, the nights are very dark, very dark, and you feel the night. Your car headlights work well. But the point is night is night and you know it. I love this as in alot of games night doesn't mean much. - Best teeth i've seen. Seriously, the teeth of characters in cutsences are amazing. CON: - Not alot of car variety. Only form of transport? - I'm 8.5hours in and i've not come across a mission that was a "side mission" aka a mission just for fun, not part of the main story. A little odd, side missions are a major part of an open world game. All my missions so far have been labled as "Story" - Rain. The rain seems to make everything look worse graphics wise. Its anyoying and noticable. - A small con but it seems the graphics are a little glitchy atm. For example driving around the city in day, and i guess they are cloud shadows, but you'll noticably see the light go dim and you'll see the edges of a shadow come over the area you are in. I think its cloud shadows and the first time this happened i looked up to see if a plane had flown past the sun or for something else large in the sky. - No garage to save a car or two? -a minor con, but some keyboard shortcuts are odd. Like the DEL key for whistling and "i" key for an overlay view, kinda like a "senses" view. They are pretty far from the standard keyboard keys and i find myself having to adjust my hands to reach over and hit DEL or i for example. - Yes 30fps lock on PC. Still that can be patched and its a stable 30fps for me on a 980 at high settings at 1440p - No UI scaling that i can find. Also, i've played for 4 hours now, which is 4 hours more than most of the reviews and i've not had any game breaking issues or bugs and to say out right this is a bad port is ignorant and i don't think you know what is what. If this was a bad port, or i couldn't play for whatever reason, i'd not be here writing this review. EDIT: Okay i'm gonna go ahead and polish this review up a little. Added a few more cons after playing for a few more hours. 9hours now? Also 2k has just come out and said that they will "fix" / remove the 30fps cap soon. So thats great and by the looks of it they are treating this game with respect and should have some great post launch support, in the form of patches and fixes so. I really want to point this out, that it seems to me they are going to put alot more love into this game regarding post launch support. Which is great, having already made a statement regarding pc frame lock. Alot of developers wouldn't have said anything yet being only hours after launch so thats a great sign. Sigh, so many people ready to jump on the hate train.Show moreShow less
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