Genuine question here - why is Cyberpunk 2077 getting so much attention of that kind? And, apparently, Witcher 3 got it to a comparable degree for what reason? I've been waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 since 2012 or 2013 (I don't know which I've seen first - the title reveal or the cybersquad teaser) and tried my best to follow everything official or trustworthy there was about this game, but my expectations didn't need managing at all. Did I miss a huge mass of material from CDPR promising, like, 100% and another 100% that everything we see, hear or think and imagine about the game is going to be in it no matter what?
I don't know if it is. We are all prey to the echo chamber effect on the Internet, but my experience hasn't been heavily "We've been let down!". A fair bit of, "Keep hype in control, guys" with "They cut so much! Whaaa!"
People have been wanting things for this game that were either never advertised, a vague suggestion/hope or even planned but changed, for years. Long development cycle, people too lazy to Google before ranting and a huge complex game that offers:
Character generation based off a PnP Game.
Intense, multi-woven story where you -don't- save the world.
RPG mechanics and perks, of varying depth with a huge perk tree.
Combat, stealth and hacking options - and non-lethal.
Shooting combat, melee combat, including hand to hand, driving combat.
Interactive cutscenes that you can interrupt.
First person for everything - including sex.
Cars you can drive. Bikes you can drive.
Cyberware to upgrade yourself.
Gear you can customize.
Gear you can craft.
Great graphics, hand-crafted music and rich sound.
Keanu Reeves. Plus some more (annoyingly more) celebs.
The original writer for the PnP actively onboard and helping.
The follow-up to the RPG that has the most GOTY awards ever.
Whatever I missed.
Soooooooooo...yeah.
That's a lot. A lot a lot a lot a lot.
People see that list, or have it in their heads, and being people, (I include myself, stupid perk tree, stupid celeb additions), focus not on the SO VERY VERY VERY MUCH we are getting, but the few things we aren't getting or were never getting or might have once gotten.
People!