68h played savegame, what to do?

[SirWinston]

Hi,

my current save game has 68 hours and my char is level 30. Haven't finished the story yet. I'm the type of gamer, who is realy slow when it comes to following main quests. I prefer to lift each stone and look at what's underneath.

This run is my 2nd attempt to finish the game. I did a fresh start with 1.6. and I know CDPR’s recommendation to start a fresh run with 2.0. But tbh I don't like the story enough to do it all a 3rd time.

I'm thinking about different options how to go on.

- Not updating the game until I have finished the current run. Starting a new run with Phantom Liberty later. (I always prevent updates by settings steam time window for updates to 2:00-3:00 AM only. Because my PC is always off at the time, updates go to the queue and I get total control about when my games get updates. But I don't know if CDPR launcher will prevent starting withoout beeing on the latest version.)

- Update and install DLC when it comes out. Continue current run and hope for the best.

- Start another new run that will never come to an end with 2.0

- Forget about CP. I don't have the time or stamina to finish it anyway.

What would you do in this situation? I'm leaning towards option 2.

[★REM★]

If you have no mod installed, the current save is 100% compatible with PL DLC.
While is true starting a new save will give you few dialogue lines that comes from the DLC, CDPR said it is optional and you can safely carry over your 1.63 save.

[grouchpotatodjb]

game/character progression will (hopefully) feel like new when 2.0 and PL releases, so me personally will be starting fresh.

[Bitcoin Baron]

Although its a bit of a mission to restart, there is at least the option of for most dialogues, pressing the button to skip through them. To be fair, the main story isnt really all that long if you focus on that. It's not the witcher taking like 100 hours to complete.

[Leelareso]

Better start new run

[SirWinston]

Originally posted by ★REM★:

If you have no mod installed, the current save is 100% compatible with PL DLC.
While is true starting a new save will give you few dialogue lines that comes from the DLC, CDPR said it is optional and you can safely carry over your 1.63 save.

Is there any valid source where CDPR confirms this?

I ask, because of an interview from Gamestar magazin with a CP Level Designer. He told, that some existing quests have been changed to work with new game features like beeing chased by police. And he is not sure, that everything goes fine when you continue an open quest from pre DLC.

[Bogmore]

What I am going to do is start a new game when 2.0 hits and get close to finishing it then start PL.

If course old unmodded saves will work. Only mods will cause them not to work.

[Saintmrdog]

I'm basically the same. 90+ hours and I've only ever gotten to Act 2.
I'm planning on Starting a new game on Thursday.

[.:MeS1eR:. #DumpTrump]

Totally on the same boat got a save where I did like 25% of the main story max but I did alot of side quests and exploring/looting. Last time I play august last year..also not sure if I should start new or not hmmmmmmmm

[SupidSeep]

On 3rd runthrough, I'm already maxed out and reached endgame, but I just wanna wander through Night CIty in my Coyote and do misc stuff.

I suppose I will opt not to update if I don't want to ditch a run halfway.

[Tzunny]

Kinda in the same situation, starting fresh is the way i believe, few hours spent so far not worthy to go back to it tbh, enjoy a full new experience with its changes.

[Paraleo]

I got on my GOG version a point of no return save (not modded) from a char made in the week of when the game released.
If anybody is in the same situation, probably the wise move would be to start a new char.

@OP there is a chance of some weird compatibility issues even if you are playing on a more recent version of the game.

[Grandmother CFO]

I have thousands in cash, enough material and a character with 300 hours.
Straight to expansion.

[Zebedee]

There's the option to just generate a character able to run straight to the expansion. So if you don't want to start all over again that might be an idea.

Think the advice they've given is because there's been a tradition of halfwits doing clips of running a super old save and pointing out jank which wouldn't be present if they weren't using a super old save.

[Friends with Benedicts]

I played strictly the main story and avoided most of the secondary quests, completing basically around 5% of em before beating the game, uninstalling and swearing to myself that Id only come back if they fixed the game.

Im finally coming back when 2.0 releases and I want to play it fresh, start maybe two characters to try different stuff with each one and do all the quests possible.