Cyberpunk 2077 - First Person Perspective
 

Gamerant reports on a rumour that Cyberpunk 2077 is exclusively first person.

More information.

Lost a ton of interest right there if this is true…….

I don't think this is necessarily bad news. I still expect it to be a great game.

S o l d .

Well it's not new information as the article says in this quote.
So maybe they just decided to focus on First Person Perspective instead.:paranoid:

Oh no :'(

I don't think they'll go for first person exclusively.
One major critics for the Witcher games was the lack of customizability due to a fixed protagonist.
I guess CP77 will have a highly customizable protagonist and they want the gamers to see the protagonist while actually playing.

Lost quite a bit of interest right there if it's true.

I don't believe this rumor but I want it to be true. Suffer mushrooms.

What's the problem of beng in first person? Skyrim and Kingdom Come are very immersive thanks to it. And it's a better perspective for a generic character (The Witcher had a fixed character, Geralt, so we were not him, just playing his story).

Also, if the game will have shooting, 3rd person cam is cheating (being able to peek around corners without having to expose yourself, for example; or being able to see what the character can't see).

I played Skyrim in 3rd person, except for archery which I used 1st person for. IMO melee combat in 1st person is kind of crap. But if CP2077 is mostly ranged combat then I guess 1st person is fine.

Or the "mixed first person/third person" was always mainly first person and third was planned for very specific things. It's not like they explained what they meant when they showed that line on a powerpoint in a presentation in 2013.

So yeah… Can we not do that?

EDIT: Unless it's VR-compatible, in which case first person makes a lot of sense.

I'm good with first person perspective, twenty years of Everquest in that mode has me seriously well trained.

Given a choice I always play first person, for immersion. If I can see my character then I think like a gamer, rather than the character.

First-person or third-person don't matter to me. As long as the game is good, I can enjoy both equally.

Some people get motion sickness from first person games. I don't get nearly as severe symptoms as some people but they tend to give me headaches if I play them for extended periods.

Also as Lemonhead said, FP melee combat sucks. I guess this will mostly be shooter combat but I assume melee will at least be an option?

To add to the rumours, Gamepressure have 'an inside source' who claims the game will be an action game with RPG elements: https://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=1758

Porcozaur is to be credited for finding this.

If that's true, I hope there are significant 'RPG elements'. I was hoping for something more RPG heavy. If there story is good, and there are C&C's, I can still deal with more FPS elements though.

Maybe I'm biased, but as an LGS fan, first-person is my preference.

Not understanding the knocks.

Guess we'll have to wait for the playable demo at E3 2018. I can only hope the equation Borderlands(FPS + RPG elements) = Cyberpunk 2077 proves to be false. Actually, I hope Cyberpunk 2077 >>> Borderlands(FPS + RPG elements)

Can I get fourth person perspective, please?

Just in case you are wondering: fourth person perspective is playing a character that is playing a character in third person perspective. Or it may be a character that is playing a character that is playing a character that is playing a character in first person perspective (wait, is that right?). It pretty much depends on your perspective.

Tried Witcher 2 twice after having bought the collectors edition and just hated the controls. But I hate 3rd person "action combat" in general if it is made to be played with controllers, meaning target lock and "autocycling" around enemies, being stuck in animations and so on.

So to me this is great news. Now I am actually really interested into that game.

If it feels like the Original Deus Ex, I'm all for it, but if it is like Mass Effect, fuck you CD Projekt Red. I want a deep RPG with choice and consequence and real agency. If they want to make a bland FPS with "RPG mechanics", screw them.

As long as it's not GTA5 clone, I'm fine with it.

I'm actually afraid it might feel a little too much like Deus Ex now. Not that I don't like Deus Ex, but I want Cyberpunk to be more unique.

I'm quite happy with it, particularly as it's likely to be predominantly a shooter. I've never been particularly fond of their third-person combat experience, and I love the immersion of an FPS.

So long as they include a free camera mode for people to admire themselves and take their selfies, I think people will be OK with it.

I don't see this devolving into a shooter. Maybe an RPG with some shooter elements at worst.

They've talked about having classes like Hacker, Journalist, Rockstar, etc. I can't see why they would bother with those types of classes if the game was predominantly a shooter. Plus there's no way CDPR is going risk alienating their core fanbase.

So it's basically a shooter? meh.

No, I just phrased that badly. I didn't mean it would be a shooter in that sense, but that the combat is likely to be dominated by gunplay, rather then melee, in this setting. Having an FPS perspective for that is fine by me, as in the Deus Ex games you mentioned.

My thinking exactly Ripper as it fits the time period of the setting.:nod:

I'll be fine if it turns out to be similar to something like Mankind Divided in terms of mechanics. Add CDPR's writing and their ability to create meaningful characters and C&C, and we could have something truly special.

I only hope they do a better job with the loot system than what they did with TW3. Make unique weapons, etc, actually feel unique this time, and make the loot in containers feel less random.

The Cyberpunk PnP settings has a lots of melee options: weapons (from knives to powergloves and other nasty things), cyberaugs and multiple martial art skills with specialized attacks. Most of the base roles have a melee combat skill, while only a few have a gun skill.

Although, I believe since last year that CDProjekt threw the actual Cyberpunk setting out of the window so that's kinda a moot point.

Yeah, that's fine too. The Deus Ex games had some pretty grisly ways of getting all up in someone's business.

So all we can do is wait and see. Damnit… I already sharpened my pitchfork and ignited my torch. What the hell am I supposed to do now?

ps. Here is a picture from our last gathering. ;)

I was rather interested in this but I simply don't like first person games. Have tried a few and dislike them immensely. So if it ends up mostly, or exclusively, first person, then its off my list. But I have never been a huge fan of this company so not much of a loss for me.

I actually think those automatic takedowns in later deus ex games made the game a bit too easy for my taste. I hope they take inspiration from dishonored games for example where first person melee was done expectionally well imo.

Ya I imagine it should to be first person just from what the combat is probably going to be like. Fine with me, third person shooters are balls. Playing something like Dishonored in 3rd person sucks IMO.

Thanks even worst news…


Oh well…

Eh? Aren't Skyrim and Fallout 4 your all-time favorite games, or am I thinking of a different wolfgrimdark? :)