you literally saw one block of the game. i expect some hong kong ghost in the shell docks in the game.
I disagree OP. The city has a very distinct aestethic, we don't really need a Blade Runner and Dredd rip offs.
there will be tons of blade runner areas for sure.
One of W3's biggest success stories was how they utilised lighting and tone to extend the narrative and tell a story of where you were, from the cities to the war-zones to the swamps. CPR will most certainly expand on their colour palettes for C2077.
As for choosing the stark day time for the gameplay demo I wouldn't put it past them to have wanted to smash expectations of what a cyberpunk-like traditionally looked like and what everyone was expecting. It's a clear statement that CPR wants to take the genre and setting further to match their ambitions for the game.
As for choosing the stark day time for the gameplay demo I wouldn't put it past them to have wanted to smash expectations of what a cyberpunk-like traditionally looked like and what everyone was expecting. It's a clear statement that CPR wants to take the genre and setting further to match their ambitions for the game.
This! If anything we should applaud them for trying something new, and once again pioneer something.
What's the most frightening thing ? People commiting a crime in a dark alley at midnight while it's raining and no one's around, or people commiting that same crime in broad daylight while crowds are walking nearby and nobody cares because the police is under their control ?
I think CDPR take on the cyberpunk setting is daring, and thus perfect. People don't seem to know it's a philosophy in CDPR, but when you know them back from TW1 days, you can tell those folks are interested in breaking the rules and doing daring things over and over (like when they chose to do two exclusive paths on TW2). They don't want to play safe, or otherwise we would be waiting for our annual Witcher game with Ciri.
It's easy to do the same copy-paste of Blade Runner, but to my eyes that would be generic. I also have fond memories of me and my friends playing PnP Shadowrun (pretty much the same tropes as CP2020) and some of our funniest missions happened during the day, in a sunny afternoon.
I think CDPR take on the cyberpunk setting is daring, and thus perfect. People don't seem to know it's a philosophy in CDPR, but when you know them back from TW1 days, you can tell those folks are interested in breaking the rules and doing daring things over and over (like when they chose to do two exclusive paths on TW2). They don't want to play safe, or otherwise we would be waiting for our annual Witcher game with Ciri.
It's easy to do the same copy-paste of Blade Runner, but to my eyes that would be generic. I also have fond memories of me and my friends playing PnP Shadowrun (pretty much the same tropes as CP2020) and some of our funniest missions happened during the day, in a sunny afternoon.
Someone will make a night-only mod, I am sure of this.
And before that there may be developer commands to do it (I don't advocate cheating, I'm only presenting options to the OP that he may have overlooked in his criticism of this game).
Also note we haven't really seen any night-time recordings, maybe in demo#2 coming "soon".
And before that there may be developer commands to do it (I don't advocate cheating, I'm only presenting options to the OP that he may have overlooked in his criticism of this game).
Also note we haven't really seen any night-time recordings, maybe in demo#2 coming "soon".
I'm with you to a point. My major issue is that the day in Night City is incorrect with the lore of Cyberpunk. In the world of Cyberpunk normal people would not be caught dead out in the day. The world is extremely toxic from pollution and this is magnified by little to no Ozone. Toxic clouds are mostly seen. If you are out in the day you run in and out buildings to the nearest building or vehicle. There should be little to no activity during the day with pedestrians on streets. The only way to leisurely be out in the day is to have spf 2000 sunblock on or have hazard gear on.
Or has CDPR made Night City a dome city.
Or has CDPR made Night City a dome city.
They said it earlier (cant remember if it was an interview or forum post) that by 2077 the air problems were mostly solved (at least for night city) and it will be explained in the game how they did it. This is why in some parts it looks somewhat nice compared to how was it depicted in the 2020 game.
there is really only argument here: it's too sunny (so the colors get to shine, also i guess the sun being out means happyness for the OP)
So by what should the sun be blocked to make it gloomy? Radioactive fog, pollution?
If none of that applies why should it be gloomy when the sun is out and making the colors come to life.
I dont get it.
So by what should the sun be blocked to make it gloomy? Radioactive fog, pollution?
If none of that applies why should it be gloomy when the sun is out and making the colors come to life.
I dont get it.
I spent a few years at Camp Pendleton, loved it!
But from what I hear lately I'm glad I left California for the last time in the early 80's.
Exactly this. Towering neon in the rain at night is easy, but that's neither cyber (technological enhancements altering humanity in a fundamental way) nor punk (rebelling against the imbalance of power in society).
CDPR have to set out to show that cyberpunk is- regardless of time, weather, or location. This isn't about vampires or werewolves, neither technology nor inequality are affected by daylight.
Did you notice the downtown main streets were fairly clean but once you got into the alleys out out of downtown that changed?
Seriously, nothing says all cyberpunk media must be bleak and grimdark Blade Runner retreads...