Been playing a lot since the 1.2 patch update on my ps5 and it has improved a lot. I believe CDPR will continue to improve and support this game as time goes and I'm enjoying it more, but it does get me thinking about the next gen upgrade beyond just the graphical. Mostly the world itself. I'm confident it will have the added fog/steam/smoke, raytracing and other elements to the environment similar to the PC, but one part I feel needs a update period is the rain and crowds.
Out of the many hours I played it has only rained a few times apart from a story beat and it would be cool if it happened more and looked better. I think having a toggle in the menu options where when its raining there's a water on screen effect will help a lot beyond it just looking better as it falls. Another would be NPCs reacting by having umbrellas and others just moving quicker with the arm/arms above their heads. Which leads me to crowds.
In regard to crowds, beyond the AI reactions to whatever the player character is doing, is it possible to consider turning a large percentage of the worlds NPCs more static and putting them into small loops comparable to a large scale version of the approach that the Hitman Trilogy did? I know that's a big technical thing but could that provide larger Crowds similar to what you see during some quest and areas, because then NPCs would be less random with some areas feeling completely empty and NPCs popping into existence right next to you. Then crowd scaling for different visual settings for next-gen consoles could feel more curated with 60fps-45fps-30fps 4k/1440/1080p and ray tracing modes.
Beyond those 2 things I still will like to see UI color schemes beyond red, blue icons above police instead of red like other enemies until they change to attack mode, and playing radio stations outside of vehicles through your phone.
Also I would love to see Dating DLC in the future. I know they're plenty of threads with this topic so having it as a DLC is cool, then you can have whole dates that are mini games like bowling, dancing, karaoke, dialog trees that leads to side quests a lot of ideas that can be consolidated into that.
I've been enjoying more of the game and looking forward to more improvements.
Any thoughts on the next-gen improvements and modes?
Out of the many hours I played it has only rained a few times apart from a story beat and it would be cool if it happened more and looked better. I think having a toggle in the menu options where when its raining there's a water on screen effect will help a lot beyond it just looking better as it falls. Another would be NPCs reacting by having umbrellas and others just moving quicker with the arm/arms above their heads. Which leads me to crowds.
In regard to crowds, beyond the AI reactions to whatever the player character is doing, is it possible to consider turning a large percentage of the worlds NPCs more static and putting them into small loops comparable to a large scale version of the approach that the Hitman Trilogy did? I know that's a big technical thing but could that provide larger Crowds similar to what you see during some quest and areas, because then NPCs would be less random with some areas feeling completely empty and NPCs popping into existence right next to you. Then crowd scaling for different visual settings for next-gen consoles could feel more curated with 60fps-45fps-30fps 4k/1440/1080p and ray tracing modes.
Beyond those 2 things I still will like to see UI color schemes beyond red, blue icons above police instead of red like other enemies until they change to attack mode, and playing radio stations outside of vehicles through your phone.
Also I would love to see Dating DLC in the future. I know they're plenty of threads with this topic so having it as a DLC is cool, then you can have whole dates that are mini games like bowling, dancing, karaoke, dialog trees that leads to side quests a lot of ideas that can be consolidated into that.
I've been enjoying more of the game and looking forward to more improvements.
Any thoughts on the next-gen improvements and modes?
