Ievel gating areas was inevitable for this game. Reminder, it's not an RPG like the original 2020. It's an action adventure story game. This isn't Skyrim where you can start the game, backpack around the map as a traveling gold miner and buy a house in the capital city when you've saved enough.
This has a single storyline. The immortality chip and the cyber ghost of Johnny Silverhand. Your character is a mercenary not whatever you want them to be.
This isn't necessarily bad. CDPR made Witcher with a specific quest line and it turned out pretty well. I have faith that these guys will tell a story that will more than make up for the lack of autonomy.
This has a single storyline. The immortality chip and the cyber ghost of Johnny Silverhand. Your character is a mercenary not whatever you want them to be.
This isn't necessarily bad. CDPR made Witcher with a specific quest line and it turned out pretty well. I have faith that these guys will tell a story that will more than make up for the lack of autonomy.