When you're at the Doll house the prostitute says your name...why? It just breaks immersion cause my name isn't Vincent or Valarie....its just an odd decision.
Geralt has several short stories and novels worth of history to his name. V has no such depth and isn't even half as compelling.It's because V is like Geralt. They're their own person, they have their own personality and background which you can somewhat change with your choices. But they're still a person who already has a background.
Well, they are now, atleast... they were not at some point, but then CDPR took out all the roleplaying and now V is a more or less fixed character like Geralt.It's because V is like Geralt. They're their own person, they have their own personality and background which you can somewhat change with your choices. But they're still a person who already has a background.
I never said V did. It's just how they developed the character. They still have a personality, even if it doesn't have multiple books and whatever backing it up. It's still there, however shallow it seems.Geralt has several short stories and novels worth of history to his name. V has no such depth and isn't even half as compelling.
True... however, since we, as the player don't know much about V at this point either, and the game had not much to work with, it wasn't as impactful as it could have been after, say 25-30 hours of story choices the doll could reference. So, while it was a nice, kinda mysterious scene, it could have been much more in a proper, choice driven RPG...To expand on my previous post. I think the choice to reveal the name at that point in the story was a very deliberate one too an good story telling.
The doll is meant to know more about us than what even we know about ourselves. The service is advertised like that from the getgo at the reception.
The fact that the Doll knows it, even though even the player desnn't, adds to the impression that the doll knows our PC more than us.
Ofc you can argue that they simply know because you give your personal info at the start, but it doesn't change the impact on the player.
When you're at the Doll house the prostitute says your name...why? It just breaks immersion cause my name isn't Vincent or Valarie....its just an odd decision.
Well, they are now, atleast... they were not at some point, but then CDPR took out all the roleplaying and now V is a more or less fixed character like Geralt.
Yea but its a bit odd, isnt it? Getting to create your own character, decide their looks, decide even what genitals they have... and then the game is like "Btw, this isnt your character, this is my character, and you only get to play him/her"
This massively removed the point of the conflict between Johnny and V. like, in the end, to me it doenst really matter who does what... both arent my character.
And it also massively removes the point of having mirrors everywhere. If V is just a character in a story, the main character if you want (although realistically, johnny and V are both main characters) but still just a character... Then what is exactly the point of the story? It seems to be "what would you do" but it isnt. its "what would V do" and V isnt you, even if the game trys so hard to sell you on the promise that they are.
I appreciated TWs way of portraying Geralt, and making him be a predefined character. Because it added greatly to the story. I didnt have to really immerse myself into Geralt, cause I am not Geralt, I am watching a story, and I get to make decisions in key situations.
But if the game lets you create your own character, forces you into first person view, lets you make your own decision and has the premise of basically having someone else inside your brain... then saying "BTW the brain that other is in is also not you, but a premade character" breaks the premise entirely.
So it works great in the witcher and it doesnt at all in Cyberpunk
Indeed... doesn't make much sense, does as... at least not untill you follow the games marketing, and how it changed of the years, and realize that the Cyberpunk 2077 that was originally planned, the CP2077 that was in development till 2017-18 and the game that ultimately came out are not the same thing!Yea but its a bit odd, isnt it? Getting to create your own character, decide their looks, decide even what genitals they have... and then the game is like "Btw, this isnt your character, this is my character, and you only get to play him/her"
This massively removed the point of the conflict between Johnny and V. like, in the end, to me it doenst really matter who does what... both arent my character.
And it also massively removes the point of having mirrors everywhere. If V is just a character in a story, the main character if you want (although realistically, johnny and V are both main characters) but still just a character... Then what is exactly the point of the story? It seems to be "what would you do" but it isnt. its "what would V do" and V isnt you, even if the game trys so hard to sell you on the promise that they are.
I appreciated TWs way of portraying Geralt, and making him be a predefined character. Because it added greatly to the story. I didnt have to really immerse myself into Geralt, cause I am not Geralt, I am watching a story, and I get to make decisions in key situations.
But if the game lets you create your own character, forces you into first person view, lets you make your own decision and has the premise of basically having someone else inside your brain... then saying "BTW the brain that other is in is also not you, but a premade character" breaks the premise entirely.
So it works great in the witcher and it doesnt at all in Cyberpunk