CD Projekt Red said that they deliberately kept the game short because they wanted to avoid people not finishing the game like THE WITCHER 3. However, the main quest is something like 30 hours when there's a lot of video games that are at least 40 hours and that is considered a standard. In a very real way, I think the main quest of Cyberpunk 2077 is pretty damn short and also hurts for its breakneck pacing to an ending that has already been analyzed to death. It's also problematic because it is a game that has a hazy set of motivations for V in terms of side content.
In simple terms, V is dying for the majority of the game and there's no real reason for them to do the side content. Not even reasons that are justifiable in other games like Red Dead Redemption 2 where for 80% of the game you're trying to raise money for the gang and only at the end do you realize that money is worthless to you. It makes perfect sense before the Watson arc finishes because you and Jackie are trying to make money because you have your whole lives ahead of you but that's cut off at the end.
A part of me thinks a third act would have been really better for this game even if it utterly derailed the current endings. I'm inclined to think CDPR should have had V able to get his cure and then have the remainder of the story deal with Yorinobu and the consequences of their destruction of Arasaka's Mikaboshi project (or taking it over). After that, there's plenty of time for V to continue doing jobs as a cured Edgerunner and make their money.
What do you think?
In simple terms, V is dying for the majority of the game and there's no real reason for them to do the side content. Not even reasons that are justifiable in other games like Red Dead Redemption 2 where for 80% of the game you're trying to raise money for the gang and only at the end do you realize that money is worthless to you. It makes perfect sense before the Watson arc finishes because you and Jackie are trying to make money because you have your whole lives ahead of you but that's cut off at the end.
A part of me thinks a third act would have been really better for this game even if it utterly derailed the current endings. I'm inclined to think CDPR should have had V able to get his cure and then have the remainder of the story deal with Yorinobu and the consequences of their destruction of Arasaka's Mikaboshi project (or taking it over). After that, there's plenty of time for V to continue doing jobs as a cured Edgerunner and make their money.
What do you think?