I'm currently doing my first playthrough of the game and a few things i thought would be cool without knowing if they existed or not at the time are not in the game. Being a first playthrough means probably not the super small things stick out to me but there are aspects that change my enjoyment of the game.
1. I make money not from actually doing anything
I quickly realized that i just picked up peoples guns once i killed them and could just sell them and would have like 300k from just regular gameplay. The money i get from gigs or any contracts or missions just feels like pocket change. Doing missions should be the way you get money, not picking up items all the time. I get that you could just not do that but its in the game and whatever.
2. There is nothing to save up for
Because selling weapons you pickup constantly makes you so much money, within a 10 hours of starting the game you can buy all of the most expensive things. It doesnt feel rewarding because its so easy. There are no items that cost millions or houses / apartments that cost an absurd amount. There is nothing to save up for which makes missions feel less rewarding (I love the story and have done like 100 side missions already im not complaining about grind or story rewarding). Just in side gigs there are apartments and penthouses much cooler than anything we can own in the game. Make places more expensive, make cars more expensive, make it harder to get so much stuff because having a goal and saving makes it feel like i dont just complete a whole portion of the game immediately. Like when i finish a gig or a mission ill get like 10k eddies and it feels like oh thats it for the entire mission, the stuff i picked up off the ground in the same time is worth 50k.
3. No garage or item display
I'm a big car guy and because there are a decent number of cool cars in cyberpunk, my favorite being the porsche ofc, I expected to be able to have some garage to display them so it all looks cool. Now all that happens is that you buy the best car and never look at another one again. This kind of ties into the problem of everything being cheap and all. Just a place to collect and display cars would be amazing. Same goes for other items in game. Displaying weapons that arent just the stash ones which i didnt realize are resevered for special weapons that Ive absolutely missed some of already. I like collecting and displaying in games and this game really is lacking in that department. It would add such an awesome feature into the game.
4. Radio volume and music
I just played fallout 4 before this for the first time and towards the end of my playthrough it was sort of bland to just run from one place to another. I had forgotten about the radio and once i started using it I really enjoyed my time of listening to music and exploring or going through the same places. In Cyberpunk though the radio is so quiet even on max volume sometimes its hard to even hear it at all. I want the music to be loud and exciting and be able to sometimes dominate the scene if i want it to. The music inside of clubs can be pretty loud in game but otherwise the rest of it is quiet and the radio is almost silent. Also the music is pretty mid and super repetitive. Exploring with music blasting or driving to loud music woiuld be great.
5. Record Players
I bought the glenn apartment first and found out about the record player and looked up if i could change the record it played, seemed to be a no. I was shocked cause there are records in game that just seem useless theyre just junk? Someone online said that the corporate apartment had a working one which I doubted but i still went and bought that one right after anyways and again nothing. I still am kind of shocked that you cant change it to the point im genuinely asking am i missing something?
6. Apartments are useless
Truly they do nothing, like thats all I have to say. I bought the apartments and havent been back since buying them. Actually having them work into the game and play some role in the way you play would be great. I have heard you can invite people over but i havent progressed the main story enough i think. Ive been doing lots of side quests and i mean lots, almost everyone i see. Ill do maybe 15 side biz or gigs for each main mission not to mention ncpd encounters, cyber psychos, general exploring, etc. Still they just really do nothing. I dont mind cosmetic changes like paintjobs on cars are great cause im gonna use a car but not the apartments they do nothing.
7. Consumables?
I pick lots of them up but have never used one. There are no enemies hard enough or even close to hard enough to use like any buffs or anything. I dont evenn really know what consumables do they seem so useless. Again could just be me missing stuff but i dont know in what situation i want oh "+2% mitigation while crouched for 30 seconds" like nothing is worth the time to go into my inventroy to consume it when it wont make any difference i can kill everyone super easily without it.
8. Weapon paints
Surprised I can't change the paint on my weapons, theres lots of paints on weapons I pick up but theres no way to customize them myself it just depends on how i found it. Seems kind of lazy and surprising it isnt in the game.
Those are the main things I can think of now. There are others i wish were in the game but those are major things that would require serious work not like updates. I do absolutely love the game i want to put that out there its fantastic and still blows me away. Im soon 40 hours in but alot of it is the game sitting open, probably 25-30 hours of actual play time. Can't wait to see where the game takes me!