Hey Guys, Title says it. What do you think about V as the Main Character? I would really like to hear your opinions.
I for myself, think he/she is very good written, relatable, believeable and I genuinely cared for her/him throughout the Story. At first I wasn't really shure about creating a new Character, coming from the Witcher and Geralt. But, it played out really well and now I can't emagine playing as someone else.
What are your thoughts?
I liked V as well overall.
And I honestly don't think a Geralt character could have solved the "issues" in CP, that some people seem to have with V as a main character. Its very clear from reading peoples comments on the characters in CP that people really like a lot of them. I personally didn't like all of them, but by far the majority I think were very good and had a lot of personality, even those I didn't like, were not because I thought they were weak characters as such, it were simply because I didn't like their personality that much. This is by no means to be taken as a negative, but as a huge thumbs up, because to me it simply shows how much personality they manage to get into these characters, that you actually care as a player.
And these characters plays a huge part in creating V as a protagonist I think. For instance when I first saw the trailer with Jackie, I feared that he would be a character that I would end up being extremely tired of. But even though he is not that much in the game, he really won me over and would have liked to have had him as a side kick for longer. But this also means that you as a player, when you like these characters "behave" in a different way around them, compared to how you for instance would a henchman in Skyrim, which just "fools" around.
So I didn't have a huge problem playing V as I wanted her to be for the most part. As in most RPs, the dialog options doesn't always live up to what you expect or how are presented with the attitude that you thought they would, but these are minor issues I think.
The biggest issues I have with V or the direction CDPR took him/her, is that you are very quickly thrown to the side as the main protagonist in the story and replaced by Silverhand.
Not in terms of gameplay, but you slowly start to feel more as a puppet for the other characters (Mostly Silverhand) rather than dealing with V and what you would like to do.
Given the very limited options of choice, the fact that you are going to die, sort of ruins the character a bit. Which is why, I started by saying that I don't think even a character as Geralt could have improved it. Because it would be like playing the Witcher where Geralt is not really the main protagonist, but purely a puppet for Siri. And even though one could argue that it is sort of like that in the TW3, Geralt is far more integrated in the story and have very clear goals etc. Which makes sure that he doesn't end up as a puppet.
So I liked V, but would have liked to have seen the story revolve around her/him rather than Silverhand or at least have some sort of investment in the story. So obviously, the story also plays a huge role in this and there are things that V (The player) is suppose to do which break the immersion. Some of them are small things, such as some of the loot V collects or find valuable, like half eaten pizzas from the street, ashtray and all these random clutter items. Where you wonder why on Earth, would a person that own 8 luxury cars want to collect these things? The fact that V have a goal of being a "hotshot" in NC and after 3 days you are insanely rich makes this whole thing seems kind of pointless, if its that easy.
Some of the gigs/jobs that V chooses to do, given that you know you are going to die in 3 weeks made me lose a lot of immersion, it didn't fit with the story in my opinion and ultimately I think it hurts V as a protagonist.
When I play TW3, despite doing all these jobs and quests etc. You never really feel that Geralt is insanely rich as a result of it, so the story and setting just seems to fit better overall here as well. Which again lead to the world in CP not really being as fleshed out/balanced as the one in the TW3.
For instance just running around in NC, the illusion of all the poor people being there, when there is loot and weapons all over the place, again for me breaks the illusion. And even though they might be small things, I think adding all of them together simply end up hurting V as a main character, because its just not as believable as that of TW.
