I really enjoyed playing the game and I would like to thank CD Projekt Red for Cyberpunk2077. Please take following feedback as a set of things I have missed or things that (in ma opinion) may have worked out better. I will list the areas in the first place and try to explain them in separate sections.
=== LIST ===
1) Time frame for certain quests
2) Survival approach
3) NCPD
4) Gigs and Hustles
5) Vehicle driving
6) Clothing
=== DETAILS ===
1) Time frame for certain quests
Issue:
Throughout the game, there are several quests that should be done in time. E.g.
but not meeting those expectations does not mean any consequences for the game. Characters will wait forever for you to come and meet them, fixed happening will take place only after you do the certain action, not the at the date specified by the game
or you are allowed to leave certain areas to level up even though it really doesn't make any sense
Expectation:
It would be great if the player is forced to act according to a schedule and leave him in a bit of uncertainty whether he is able to make it. Let's say,
- Game Over - that's life...
Speaking of side quests - when you are needed somewhere immediately of at certain time/date and you miss it - Quest fails. That's life.
2) Survival approach
Issue:
We are introduced to the game in a Vs apartment which made me feel there will be a need to take care of the character - Sleep, Eat, take care of health (broken legs, bleeding, other wounds). To be honest, I wasn't forced to return into the apartment (or other "home") beside the situations where the game forced me to be there. I did not find any reasonable usage for all the consumables like beverages or meals. You can exist without them and you can completely ignore them all the gameplay.
Expectation:
The game is about survival, right? You are fighting for your life against time and other circumstances, having this survival mode available would be great additional layer. I think it's well implemented in Kingdom Come: Deliverance so something similar would be great.
To be completely fair, Cyberware augmentation is wonderful and I appreciate at least this kind option to take care of the character.
3) NCPD
Issue:
It just dosn't work. Police forgets about you in matter of seconds and if you try to fight them and lose, the only possibility is to be Flatlined.
Expectation:
The option to surrender and spend some time in jail (and lose some valuable time towards main story line, of course) would be nice option to have. Longer period of "wanted" in case you did something very nasty or the oposite - if you incapacitate all the policemen in the area quickly enough, you may gain your time to disappear. Have the possibility to apply quickhack even to the policemen would be great (It may have been just a bug during my gameplay but it made me mad several times).
4) Gigs and hustles
I hope this will be addressed in some DLCs but in Vanilla game - Gigs and Hustles are the main opportunities to gain XP and level-up your character and in case you decide to clean the city of those gigs and NCPD hustles, you end up with large amount of repetitive missions of "Go there and clean the area". It's hard to advise anything specific here, just wider range of activities would be appreciated.
5) Vehicle Driving
This is really a minor issue but i wanted to mention it. Driving vehicles using a keyboard and mouse is a real pain. Basically getting from point A to point B using just a car or bike means to monitor a minimap constantly (which displays turning points in the latest possible moment so you are missing a lot of highway exits) and hoping you will be able to make a succesfull turn. Vehicles still drifts, you are at the pavements crushing civilians all the time.
Expectation:
It might be useful to use mouse for turning the vehicle (which works for Basilisk, by the way) and maybe use some keyswitch to rotate a camera while driving.
6) Clothing
Just a note that I just did not understand whether Suite slot has some additional effect to a regular clothing or whether it's exclusive. At some point of the game, you have locked your regular clothing while wearing the Suite but at other points you may wear both.
If you read the whole text, thank you and congrats.
=== LIST ===
1) Time frame for certain quests
2) Survival approach
3) NCPD
4) Gigs and Hustles
5) Vehicle driving
6) Clothing
=== DETAILS ===
1) Time frame for certain quests
Issue:
Throughout the game, there are several quests that should be done in time. E.g.
You should meet someone at 7pm, you should wait for certain Parade to take place at specific date, Judy or Panam call you to meet immediately
(Parade starts only after you meet and talk with Takemura)
(e.g. Final round of Beat On Brat where you leave before the fight and let them wait several days until you are strong enough. ☺)
It would be great if the player is forced to act according to a schedule and leave him in a bit of uncertainty whether he is able to make it. Let's say,
Parade is scheduled for one week before the Relic fu*ks your neural network completely so you have enough time to finish all your side quests, gigs, hustles. In case you finish it early - we still have the "Skip time" feature, if you miss the opportunity
Speaking of side quests - when you are needed somewhere immediately of at certain time/date and you miss it - Quest fails. That's life.
E.g. if you leave Beat On Brat finals area, you lose the fight right away. If you are not at meeting point when you are taking over the Clouds, the quest fails and Judy is upset, of course
2) Survival approach
Issue:
We are introduced to the game in a Vs apartment which made me feel there will be a need to take care of the character - Sleep, Eat, take care of health (broken legs, bleeding, other wounds). To be honest, I wasn't forced to return into the apartment (or other "home") beside the situations where the game forced me to be there. I did not find any reasonable usage for all the consumables like beverages or meals. You can exist without them and you can completely ignore them all the gameplay.
Expectation:
The game is about survival, right? You are fighting for your life against time and other circumstances, having this survival mode available would be great additional layer. I think it's well implemented in Kingdom Come: Deliverance so something similar would be great.
To be completely fair, Cyberware augmentation is wonderful and I appreciate at least this kind option to take care of the character.
3) NCPD
Issue:
It just dosn't work. Police forgets about you in matter of seconds and if you try to fight them and lose, the only possibility is to be Flatlined.
Expectation:
The option to surrender and spend some time in jail (and lose some valuable time towards main story line, of course) would be nice option to have. Longer period of "wanted" in case you did something very nasty or the oposite - if you incapacitate all the policemen in the area quickly enough, you may gain your time to disappear. Have the possibility to apply quickhack even to the policemen would be great (It may have been just a bug during my gameplay but it made me mad several times).
4) Gigs and hustles
I hope this will be addressed in some DLCs but in Vanilla game - Gigs and Hustles are the main opportunities to gain XP and level-up your character and in case you decide to clean the city of those gigs and NCPD hustles, you end up with large amount of repetitive missions of "Go there and clean the area". It's hard to advise anything specific here, just wider range of activities would be appreciated.
5) Vehicle Driving
This is really a minor issue but i wanted to mention it. Driving vehicles using a keyboard and mouse is a real pain. Basically getting from point A to point B using just a car or bike means to monitor a minimap constantly (which displays turning points in the latest possible moment so you are missing a lot of highway exits) and hoping you will be able to make a succesfull turn. Vehicles still drifts, you are at the pavements crushing civilians all the time.
Expectation:
It might be useful to use mouse for turning the vehicle (which works for Basilisk, by the way) and maybe use some keyswitch to rotate a camera while driving.
6) Clothing
Just a note that I just did not understand whether Suite slot has some additional effect to a regular clothing or whether it's exclusive. At some point of the game, you have locked your regular clothing while wearing the Suite but at other points you may wear both.
If you read the whole text, thank you and congrats.
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