A glimmer of hope:
Yesterday I decided to (don't judge me.. ok judge me fine whatever) to follow Judy in her van after a mission with her was over. She walked over to her van, got in, and drove off. Close behind, I was excited that she would arrive back at her apartment, get out, walk up the stairs, open the door, and say something like you're such a weirdo V, or hey make yourself at home V. Maybe even kick off her clothes and take a shower LOOL ok ok sorry
But.... she kinda just drove to random parts of the city and then circled the block a few times... over and over for half an hour before eventually stopping behind another car that had stopped for no reason. I barged the car out of her way for her but she just sat there doing nothing. I bashed her van about trying to get her to move but she was stuck. For about ten minutes I tried this but no luck.
This may seem like I am complaining about something, and I am, sure, but I am also letting everyone know that it seems like they had started to implement the kind of daily routines they blagged on about. Started to.
Which gives me hope that they will finish it. That their DLCs will be titled along the lines of 'Interactivity update' 'Companions update' and not 'A tale of Blood and Chrome' expanding on the story. Sure, maybe later on, but I think many of us would like to do what I have just described and have it pay off (as an example of the immersion hinted at/downright stated would be in the game and isn't). At least let us sit at more bars than Lizzie's.
It's a bit disappointing that when you do sit down at Lizzie's you get the same dialogue options. It'd be nice if the game seemed like they made it for multiple playthroughs, multiple playstyles, immersive playthroughs. Maybe having a 'So how's it going' dialogue option with the bartender that results in one of several random little conversations. And an animation for ordering / drinking various drinks instead of just buying an inventory item and consuming it instantly.
Topic change slightly:
This game has made many people believe it will be a Skyrim killer, but for it to do that they have to put a lot of work into making modding tools that far exceed the power of those given for the Witcher 3.
They have essentially made a buggy / bare bones game with a story that in my opinion beats the crud out of Skyrim's, Fallout's, Mass Effect's. As with Skyrim and other Bethesda games, CDPR have made a STAGING GROUND, a FOUNDATION for modders to extend the life of this game well beyond what many of us will get out of it currently.
They have a choice, whether they want to implement these features themselves steadily, or work on sick modding tools to let US do it. Because if they do, you can be damn sure that modders will do it. We'll add everything that was missing and more. You want BDs that function? Sure. But not just sex scenes. Not even just sex scenes that let you swap out models so you can VR sleep with anyone in the game (even Rhino lol).... but we're talking VR gigs... VR movies, TV shows, strippers, ALL SORTS. Modders WILL ADD IT IN if the tools are provided.
We would make an entirely new crafting system that lets you learn how to make Inner clothing, and choose between different colour / pattern variations of each kind of visually distinct piece of clothing in the game. Adding glow effects to clothing that originally doesn't have them. Patterns to shirts that usually don't have them.
We will expand on the game exponentially, adding in the ability to have wild body mods, like gold plated arms, voice modulators, and yes, even METAL GENITALS. Maybe even that can be slotted to the quick item slot and used once a minute as a short range shotgun blast.
There are some incredibly intelligent and talented people in the modding scenes of these kinds of games and I believe that CDPR NEED TO RECOGNISE that they haven't created a videogame with Cyberpunk - they've started a project. Something I wish more devs would do instead of churning out title after title, sequel after sequel. Something that has us all involved for years on end.
Make the game that they're really passionate about and STAY passionate about it. Let the community add to it to their heart's content.
I believe in you CDPR. You can do this. Don't let the negativity weigh on your shoulders. You've already done more at this stage than Hello Games did with their comparable release of No Man's Sky. You haven't gone into hiding. I believe you're working on something back there.