My God why are people so much shills for CDPR? This is like Dorito Pope but in reverse.
When EA, Activision and many other devs begin to put journalists and influencers in their games in exaggerated ways we'll all know where and how it began.
But its all okay, what am I talking about anyways? CDPR can do no wrong. Every decision they make is golden and should never be questioned. The cult of CDPR must endure....
I'm not sure this is the best way to respond and imply binary views here, as if everyone against it was a "problem child", and as if everyone not minding it or kind of defending it being a shill. If it's not meant, it's still implied by pinging back in that fashion.
And the end of day this is exactly the reality at hand: Some people care positively, some care negatively, others are somewhere in between or indifferent. The company itself might have various reasons for this. While I doubt it's specifically for beneficial reviews on a large scale by the people they covered (side effect, but was it the true intention?), it could be both marketing related in general and / or a simply nod or reference/easter egg, too. But those are my assumptions.
At the end of day it's a simple question: Does CDPR benefit from this and will most people accept it or not? Will those who don't like it still buy the game? Probably? That isn't saying anything should be fine or acceptable (subjective anyway) just because you can "get away with it" (also subjective).
But we are in essence arguing about something that cannot be reversed now for the upcoming release and at the very least might be considered for future titles. Cynically, I see a downwards spiral for those who very much mind this in the negative sense: Assuming more than a hand full of people known or not known from the Streaming/YT/whatever branches are covered and assuming they will all be mentioned here until all are covered, you basically spoil yourself more.
For me the irony is: If I hadn't known and looked here, besides Alanah I likely wouldn't have noticed any of them unless I already knew them well before.
A forum is for debate and exchanging opinions and this can or will include critical discourse. But I feel this topic has hit some end, for me anyway. As I'm relatively okay with a limited amount of implementations or references, I can either sit here and ponder or move on. I feel that if critics keep posting each new person they uncover, they will just spoil it for themselves before the thing even comes out.
What pill do you want to swallow?
I sometimes have the habit of expressing things perhaps a tad complicated or in winded ways. So here's basically a shorter recap of what I mean or what I feel:
1) From what I saw so far, I don't mind it
2) I understand where critical positions are coming from and not everyone accepts this like I do, which is fine
3) Despite this I feel some critics don't help themselves if they go on a "hunt" and keep posting them here esp. if they hadn't even known them before, they just basically spoil it for themselves
Maybe this is also a test for the company to judge reception.
And here the simple thing matters: Feedback. You take part in this by voicing your positive, indifferent or negative opinion. But the end reality is: If not enough people complain it won't be seen as issue and then most would be fine with it. It's a bit like voting or discourse in democracy. Only time will tell, but for the sake of pleasant experiences, I guess I can only suggest that you perhaps don't go nuts over this if you dislike it. I'm sure you won't find an implemented real person, whether as ad face, voice or both (NPC, etc) at every street corner and that their amount will be limited. Nor would you notice unless it gets pointed out to you in each case.
Oh, central tells me the post is getting long, but since it contains the gist, I basically dunno what else to add here besides my general stance and views on this.
