I have really mixed feelings about this game. I pre-ordered it December 2019 and waited oh so patiently through the intervening months and the delays as I am sure many of you did. I don't want to hate on the insane amount of work that went into it or not acknowledge the crunch that all the employees had to suffer. However I really feel the need to vent.
In no particular order here is a list of my issues/wishes.
I really wish that there weren't any more things to add, but there probably is. It just frustrates me that there are so many things that I have noticed that seem patently obvious to me. Maybe in time CDPR will fix or address the numerous things pointed out in these Forums. I feel like in maybe a year or two this will be what it could have or should have been at launch, much like the situation with The Witcher 3. Still that doesn't help with the somewhat underwhelmed feelings I have about the current state of things.
In no particular order here is a list of my issues/wishes.
- Items floating in mid air items and untargetable loot. Very frustrating and immersion breaking.
- For the love of god please add some sort of fashion/transmog function. I am a bad-ass cyber warrior. I currently look like I got high and dressed in the dark.
- Why are SMG's/AR's only limited to one firing type?. Surely a single shot/burst selector is more realistic?
- The Heist Mission. I have addressed this in another post but... When/how does T-Bug die? V blames Jackie for over reaching on the mission. Why not have an option to either break ties with him or keep in contact rather than him just dying. It feels like an arbitrary choice. If not then an option to save his life, I feel like that was the original direction as there is still that red herring choice to go to a Ripper Doc.
- Speaking of Jackie. He seems to have been coded simply as the worlds most annoying tutorial bot. I would rather listen to Navi than his incessant `ooh, there's a camera` commentary. His AI is Hot Garbage. I kind of feel like he was bolted on at a later date. Why else would your partner of 6 months keep pointing out that some dude is 6 ft away from you?
- Why only 3 weapon slots? It doesn't feel like enough. Surely there could be a cyber mod to increase that limit as there is one to increase carrying capacity. They appear to be stored in the typical RPG/FPS portable black hole, so It is not a question of clashing models on V's body.
- Upgrading and Iconic weapons. Why? I am picking up guns like they are going out of fashion and they are without fail better than whatever I just upgraded. I actually restarted my game as I realized I had dumped skills into an utterly pointless skill tree.
- Weapon mods. A tiny percentage knocked off my ADS speed. Whee...
- Clothing Loot pickups. Again always better than whatever I upgraded and more often than not modded. So what is the actual point of clothing or weapon shops?
- However .. In a futuristic metropolitan city there are NO Tattooists, Piercing shops, Hairdressers or Car/Cycle Dealerships?
- No 3rd person camera mode. I would like to see what I look like, even if currently my fashion choice could be described as `eclectic`.
- Driving / Cycle riding. Ugh. It is just wrong and I hate it. The feedback and controls are just wrong. Why don't you look round and put one foot down when going backwards on a Motorcycle ?. No one in the History of ever reverses like that.
- Stealth Takedowns are horrid. It is really hard to get just in that sweet spot to trigger the animation. There are so many ways to take down opponents from various angles and approaches. Why can't V kick their knees from the side and go into an arm-bar or head lock? Why can you not stab them in the back of the neck with daggers or slice their femoral artery or throat slash some one with your sword ? One grab move and a KO or Kill option is just... not what I expected.
- Leading to Knife throwing. Right so we are using hand to hand combat daggers to throw at an opponent. Um, no. The weight distribution would be completely wrong. That is why Throwing Knives exist. I mean even if physics where that wonky why does that make them one shot only?
I really wish that there weren't any more things to add, but there probably is. It just frustrates me that there are so many things that I have noticed that seem patently obvious to me. Maybe in time CDPR will fix or address the numerous things pointed out in these Forums. I feel like in maybe a year or two this will be what it could have or should have been at launch, much like the situation with The Witcher 3. Still that doesn't help with the somewhat underwhelmed feelings I have about the current state of things.
