This has been talked about to death and back, but I'm posting this because I actually have a suggestion as to how to fix it that might appeal to everyone.
When it comes to the ingame romances, Cyberpunk 2077's biggest weakness is the lack of options. You basically get one choice for each gender of two sexualities: 2 straight and 2 gay.
Honestly, this was a really dumb design choice as it took away player choice for a game that marketed heavily around it. A lot of people focused on Judy when the game first came out, but this was true for every gamer, regardless of preference. You were potentially stuck with characters you just might not be interested in solely because of personal preference.
Now, I understand the immersion argument, and I agree to a point, but, at the same time, Cyberpunk 2077 is fantasy (or sci-fi, technically) escapism. That's part of why romances are usually playersexual.
What I don't get, and this applies to all rpgs with romances, is why they don't let you just toggle your preferences in the game?
Players could go into settings (or set it at start of new game, whatever) and switch the romance options to their preferences. Default/canon settings, hetero, homo, bi settings, or even turn off romances altogether. You can even let players individually customize the individual npcs. Hell, they could tie customized npc preferences to a combination of body, voice or genitals. That one option in character creation could actually mean more than just a stupid marketing decision/pr stunt.
To my knowledge, no one has ever actually done this before. Sure, modders will go in and potentially make the game open to everyone, but actually letting players make the choice themselves?
Not aware of anyone who did that (let me know if I'm wrong).
Doing this would also have the benefit of appealing to everyone. Players wouldn't have to worry about their own orientations being represented, because they could just set it up so that it is.
Something like this has the added benefit of not requiring CDPR to add more romances (they might require more recording depending on whether or not it was done), and would fall in line with their marketing campaign to appeal to everyone.
This is something I have been passively wondering aboutbfor a while, long before Cyberpunk 2077, but this game really made me give it some serious consideration.
I really would like to see this game succeed, and while the romance options really won't fix everything, they seem like a good place to start since CDPR recently released that expanded romance patch.
When it comes to the ingame romances, Cyberpunk 2077's biggest weakness is the lack of options. You basically get one choice for each gender of two sexualities: 2 straight and 2 gay.
Honestly, this was a really dumb design choice as it took away player choice for a game that marketed heavily around it. A lot of people focused on Judy when the game first came out, but this was true for every gamer, regardless of preference. You were potentially stuck with characters you just might not be interested in solely because of personal preference.
Now, I understand the immersion argument, and I agree to a point, but, at the same time, Cyberpunk 2077 is fantasy (or sci-fi, technically) escapism. That's part of why romances are usually playersexual.
What I don't get, and this applies to all rpgs with romances, is why they don't let you just toggle your preferences in the game?
Players could go into settings (or set it at start of new game, whatever) and switch the romance options to their preferences. Default/canon settings, hetero, homo, bi settings, or even turn off romances altogether. You can even let players individually customize the individual npcs. Hell, they could tie customized npc preferences to a combination of body, voice or genitals. That one option in character creation could actually mean more than just a stupid marketing decision/pr stunt.
To my knowledge, no one has ever actually done this before. Sure, modders will go in and potentially make the game open to everyone, but actually letting players make the choice themselves?
Not aware of anyone who did that (let me know if I'm wrong).
Doing this would also have the benefit of appealing to everyone. Players wouldn't have to worry about their own orientations being represented, because they could just set it up so that it is.
Something like this has the added benefit of not requiring CDPR to add more romances (they might require more recording depending on whether or not it was done), and would fall in line with their marketing campaign to appeal to everyone.
This is something I have been passively wondering aboutbfor a while, long before Cyberpunk 2077, but this game really made me give it some serious consideration.
I really would like to see this game succeed, and while the romance options really won't fix everything, they seem like a good place to start since CDPR recently released that expanded romance patch.