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If you got 200hours out of release then clear you got your moneys worth out of the game and enjoyed it, promises not kept or not.

Personally the game could’ve been better but I certainly enjoyed the one 120ish hour playthrough I did and had no major issues other than some texture bugs or weird physics, I had a capable PC though not a last gen console trying to play at being modern.

Petty AF. Massive update that overhaults the game and dlc its common practice to restart at updates like this

PC launch play was mostly fine. Only Console launch, mostly caused by massive delusion about min. spec.s, was f'd up completely. The PC issues were also the easiest to fix and even when they could fix the Console issues, they had to convince the Console store's Owners that the relaunch wouldn't be a shit show. But then I play on PC and so expect similar to last time, once I buy it after it launches.

If you sunk 200 hours into the game, was it really that awful?

You make it sound like they are forcing you to do so. You have the freedom of choice.

I wish I had the fortitude to start over at 140 hours deep into my character but damn I’m not sure I do.

Now I only need to wait until the game is <= 20 € on disc.

You forgot about armoured core 6. Which, you just must play, especially with that backlog.

BG3 is amazing

Harry Potter and Starfield ain't worth your time mate

Ya I'll probably bump it up ahead on the list because I loved the game so much. But I know what you mean, I'm way behind on games. I just beat the FF7 Remake and am in the middle of Horizon Zero Dawn (ya, the first one).

They are suggesting you start over so you can enjoy the rebalance of the game with the updates. They aren't saying you have to, just that you'll get the most out of it if you do.

Cops are dangerous now, maxtac doubly so, and you can shoot out of cars while driving now.

Seems like you’d have to jump through hoops to avoid updating and continuing to play it while connected to Steam normally. #1 you should go into the Properties of the game and set it to not automatically update. But that won’t fix your issue, as it will trigger the update when you attempt to launch it. Also set it to not allow updates while playing the game, just in case.

Some games you can go into the steam directory and launch the .exe yourself, and that might work. There’s also Steam Offline Mode, but you may want to set it up today before the update drops and test how it works (I’ve never used it). Maybe you’ll have luck disconnecting from the internet before launching the game after the update is available. If you’re not able to completely disconnect your machine for whatever reason, you can get a program like NetLimiter and block the steam applications from accessing the internet temporarily.

GL

I don't know jack about squat, but maybe there's a way to turn off automatic updates.

I fail to see the insult, it's not like they're going to call you names if you don't do what they recommend.

I think you're taking this wrong. They're saying you can play it all again and the experience will be somewhat different with the new systems. They are saying you're a loser if you don't or whatever. Basically, they're saying the update effects the existing game too, not just the DLC.

Maybe it's because they view playing the game differently than you do. Personally I see it as a game you can 'run', sort of like a rogue-like. There's different ways to execute missions, a few different ways to interact and varied builds for a character. I've played the game twice now, once as a corpo gun slinger and once as a street kid hacker. For this update I'm doing a nomad ninja.