While I agree on principle, even William Gibson - the guy that literally INVENTED the concept of Cyberpunk - seems to think the trailer didn't represent the setting adequately... I dunno, maybe we have to see more to get the whole picture.
Gibson did not "invent" the concept, the concept was invented by Fritz Lang with Metropolis in 1927, and expanded upon with films like Blade Runner, Brazil, and even Logan's Run, as well as the writings of Phillip K. Dick (Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, We can Remember It For You Wholesale, etc.) all done before anyone had a clue who Gibson was. Even when Gibson did get popular, he was just one among many of the early pioneers in the genre, he just happened to be at the forefront when Bruce Bethke voined the Term Cyberpunk, which defined the genre.
As for Generic, he should know, as his works were part of the basis of the modern aesthetic, in other words, the epitome of generic, the white bread upon which the sandwich is built.
The Cyberpunk Pnp game upon which this was based was very much meant to be generic, as it was meant to appeal to every fan of the genre, fromfans of Gibson and Effinger, to fans of RoboCop and Blade Runner, to fans of Bubblegum Crisis and Appleseed.
OK, then, I do not buy it. I will be looking forward to Blade Runner stuff. That being said. Thanks for attention. I do not like Mike Pondsmith representation of Cyberpunk. I prefer Deus Ex a lot, then. Bye.
I do NOT want it. If I do not get it, then goodbye. It's not for me.
I do not care about how some Mike Pondsmith takes it. I couldn't care less. I do care how I and many other people take it.
No one will miss you, no one will even notice your absence...
Yeah, CDP should focus on creating something different and unique, but big at the same time. They are not able to copy GTA stuff whatsoever. You were not the first to do that. They were. And it is they who rule it.
You need to create something unique on your side that you are able to be a ruler of. It's like you were trying to copy Bioshock. It is so unique that it's almost impossible for you to become successful as copiers of it. Difficult times, I guess. You'd be better with another Sapkowski title.
And cyberpunk? It seems that some Mikey rules, not you. Deux Ex guys really cared about some Mikey?
Did you go to the Lord Of The Rings movie complaining that nobody cares about some Tolkien guy, and that Jackson should totally make his movie like that Dungeons and Dragon movie? Actually that would explain the Hobbit movies...
Anyway, CDPR apprached Mike Pondsmith because they wanted to make HIS world the basis for their game. They very specifically wanted to make a game based on Cyberpunk 2020, which Pondsmith CREATED. I know you have trouble wrapping your head around a concept like that, but this is the game everyone involved wanted to creat, and the game that fans of that property have waited decades for.
It looks like GTA V because it's set in the same part of the US. GTA takes place in a fictionalized Los Angeles, Night city is in between San Francisco and L.A. and more closely resembles San Fran, including in it's relationship to a large bay. In other words, it's an open world game that takes lace in northern California, in the near future, of course it's going to look a little like GTA. And that's a good thing, as GTA with Cybertech and the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG skil mechanics, is my ideal Cyberpunk 2020 game anyway.
The protagonist(s) look generic so you can recognize them as the protagonists for the purpose of the trailer. I am sure the character customization, clothing, and cyber, will allow for wildly unique looks.