The underground is a massive canvas of untapped potential, and I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't massively hyped for all the things that could be thrown into it. We're way into the future and there could feasibly be layers upon layers of disused underground. 40k underhive vibes abound. Might even be a great place to put some mutants and offer more enemies than just endless waves of standard humans and the occasional drone.
But underutilized canvas is pretty much the story for most of NC. How about all those megabuildings, for instance? There's so much space in each one, so many people, so much potential for telling a story that isn't presently taken advantage of. Each one is essentially a fairly large society within the society and seeing CDPR reduce them to mostly scenery and occasionally a generic entrance and a mission floor is almost painful.
I'm glad someone agrees with me.
Start right from home. The megabuildings need more interaction. Night City is a neo-metropolis. There is suppose to be tones of activity. As the information states, Edgerunners takes place during the same universe as V's. The two main characters in Edgerunners are present in Night City, but their megabuilding is not accessible. Same with the Militech building. This is why I was a bit frustrated with them giving Meredith the axe so early. Who is running Militech; now?
There are many things I stated in another post, but one thing for sure is making the lifepaths more distinguishable. I have yet to finish my CORPO playthrough, but I was expecting them to give V more privileges' to advance Cyberwear. Not to mention a more distinguishable life, than the other two life paths. From the start of the CORPO playthrough, V should have had a much finer apartment. Not to mention them taking her cash so early. And why did V have to work for Arasaka? Why not a competitor corporation that rivals them. That would have been so much more fun.
Exploring the underground needs to have a higher threat level. This needs to be the place where the evil science tech geniuses reside. Even Arasaka has to think twice before sending a team down there. Much like the Morlocks in X-Men, a dark underground beneath Night City would be entertaining. And imagine beating a tough opponent and retrieving some cool cyberwear.