The Police And Wanted System In Cyberpunk 2077 Are Completely Pointless

From The Gamer: "I love Cyberpunk 2077’s city of blinding lights and violent delights. It’s a beautiful illusion. Like all open-worlds, you have to suspend your disbelief and meet it halfway for it to fully convince you. The city itself is a stunning achievement, almost incomprehensible in its layout - after 100 hours of exploring, I’m still in awe.

The more time you spend in Night City, though, the more cracks appear. They don’t take away from the fact it’s an incredible game - at least on PC - but you can see where the scope was pulled back during development. It’s in the little things, like how V and Jackie seem to be the only people who ride a bike in Night City. Or how you never see anyone getting in or out of a car - unless you drag them out, of course."

[CrimsonWing69]

I was kind of thinking that. Like, why do we need a policing system in these games? Seems like so much more of a hinderance or at least have the ability to turn it off or on.

[Pandamobile]

Well there needs to be some sort of pushback for the player if they start causing chaos in an open world game (especially one in a city). It's one of those things that needs to exist in a game like this in order for the rest of the world to make sense.

The main problem with the wanted system in CP77 is how cheap it feels, with enemy NPCs instantly showing up behind you no matter how inaccessible the player may be.

In other games that do it better like GTA5 and Watch Dogs: Legion, enemies have to hone in on the player and try to intercept them, leaving the player a lot of freedom and opportunities for fun in the process.

[CrimsonWing69]

See, this is where I think it should be an option.

I don't play these games going all out chaos mode. If anything I try to avoid anything that will trigger the cops, but yea, like you said, I had an issue trying to get my bike on the road and bumped a civilian who was apparently Mr. Glass and the fuzz went trigger happy on me.

I'm not sure I follow you on the cops needed for the world to make sense. I mean they could be there aesthetically and you could see them doing things, but it's annoying to have to get your stars down when all you want to do is move on to the next mission and get things done.

An option to toggle them should exist for the people that want it and the people that don't.

[georeo]

I agree! Good points you made.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

It's the future...maybe that's how law enforcement will be in 2077. Commit a crime and the cops instantly appear to arrest you. People just don't realize how brilliant it was implemented by CDPR.

All joking aside it's the worst i have ever seen in a game. They don't even chase you in a car like wtf is that?

[SyntheticForm]

Exactly.

Those are responsive, complex worlds where the police have to track and intercept you, and it feels genuine. It's a mini map mini game of avoidance combined with disguising or blending.

With Cyberpunk, the game just determines 'good' action or 'bad' action and its world responds without nuance, and it feels dumb. There's no chasing, no intelligence - nothing. The police just warp in because you were 'bad.'

With some games the authorities (guards or police) are too sensitive and we'd like them toned down, but Cyberpunk just lacks intelligence altogether.

[CorndogBurglar]

Hell, eveN GTA3 had a better system. Police didn't just spawn in behind you if you were on the rooftop of a parking garage or something. They had to drive up to the building you were on top of then drive up the ramps in the parking garage to get to you. GTA3 came out how long ago? 17 years ago or something like that?

[bouzebbal]

Lol looks like a terrible game.. I also heard you can call your car and it waits for and starts horning lmao

[VenomUK]

@Pandamobile. I haven't played this but your explanation about the world needing to have some believability regarding the police is very well said, because it's something that so many games get wrong and damages the immersion as it makes them more game-like rather than real world like. I hope this is improved by the time I play it.

[Kyizen]

I can see if 2077 had a honing system cops flying on a car through walls to get you haha

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

lol at this defense

[RgR]

This is not red dead redemption or grand theft auto.

This is an rpg in an open world setting.

[CorndogBurglar]

Um....what exactly would you call Red Dead Redemption and GTA?

[jznrpg]

Well . I think it’s needed they just did a shitty job of implementing it .
It needs a complete overhaul really .
Instant police is lame .

[Jin_Sakai]

Watch Angry Joes Cyberpunk 2077 rant. He shoots a guy in an apartment room and he vanished then police start randomly spawning in the room shooting him. One even spawned inside the wall. Lol

[Knightofelemia]

Only thing I hated is I parked the car by the cops to do a mission I died I came back and the cops out of the dark just opened fired on me.

[georeo]

Sounds like a blooper game moment lol

[remixx116]

Yes I hate this games implementation of police, if you even get near one they start blasting, and they just teleport to you and how hard they track you is based off your wanted level. Shit us mad dumb.

Then when you lose them it doesn't feel like you actually lost them, they just kinda give up. This is feeling us amplified by the fact that they don't actually chase you in cars or use drones or anything like that.

[patriz420]

So ur saying its more of a sim then rpg? 🤣

[Nodoze]

Man I am really bummed that this game turned out the way it did. As soon as they said it would be an FPS I was very very concerned.

[TheColbertinator]

I felt that was odd also. The game has so many animations for driving in 3rd person. Why not regular walking too?

[Sunny_D]

Yeah I lost a lot of interest when I found out it was going to be first person. Like all that customization but you can’t see it? I feel they should have started off small if they wanted to make an FPS game rather than such an ambitious game like CP2077.

[Vx_]

Told ya so, this game is average at best (actually even below average at this point), has one of the worst AI I have ever seen in any video game, unbalanced combat system even in hard mode it felt way too easy after you leveled some skills all this beside the bugs, popups, freezing and carboard models issues. Trash game of the generation.

[Dee_91]

yep. ive noticed a lot of issues go beyond hardware limitations. the game is clearly not done.. so sad to say

[Nismo458]

Agree

[remixx116]

It seems like they had a bunch of ambitious ideas but only cooked them half way and forgot to implement some other things very well

[victorMaje]

At this point the only thing that’s keeping me going is the story. Everything else feels half baked.
Not even sure CDPR can properly turn it around, I mean there is a LOT to fix. These aren’t just bugs, there are whole systems that need to be reworked.

[yeahokwhatever]

not even the story is safe. I was in a scripted story thing and the entire dream/brain dance didnt load. just the skybox. then i had to fight invisible badguys there, then a random set of arms was floating around. it was ridiculous. I loaded an earlier save and was able to progress normally on teh second attempt.

[SullysCigar]

This game looked golden as we approached release, but it's far shallower than was implied. It's more like gold plate - and at the moment it's all scratched up and the crap underneath is showing.

the things mentioned in this article are the things that ruin the immersion and illusion of a living city. I just don't see how that can be patched.

[Harryvok]

Bugs aside, it just doesn't seem to be the immersive world they kept promising. World interactivity seems to be almost non existent. The world AI is vastly inferior to an old game like GTA V. It's just not even close to what was promised.

[SaveFerris]

Disappointing how it all turned out. Early on in development, CDPR teased wallrunning, the life paths, fashion choices affecting how NPCs react to you, the character creator, great storyline, weapon customisation, braindance, romances, etc. But then later on, CDPR shows us Keanu, and a change in direction. Features are dropped such as the wallrunning and fashion choices. And then the game drops and barely anything remains. A lot of the issues with the police A.I. and driving in the game doesn't seem possible from a studio as respected as CDPR, unless they simply lacked the skills to implement these features? Aside from the technical issues and bugs, I doubt much else could be fixed with patches such as the A.I. or that the dialogue choices don't seem to make much difference. The life paths don't seem to matter much either as the missions are the same. The e-celebs, poor dialogue and acting from the male V (or maybe his character is just unlikeable) and Keanu, references to P0rtal, appear to make it similar to Saints Row rather than the gritty world of Cyberpunk. I wonder what Mike Pondsmith really thinks about what CDPR did to his creation? I cancelled my pre-order prior to the launch. I won't be picking this game up even for a fiver.

[Deathdeliverer]

It’s crazy but I really thought you’d be approaching things from a different angle based on where you’re from. (Corpo, nomad, street) It’s like you can see EARLY on where no matter what path you started at, they all converge early on and the choice didn’t even matter. It sucks because this whole time I was thinking they were showing street kid gameplay. Yeah you get different choices every blue moon but overall, it seems insignificant.
Make no mistake, I’ve been playing on PS5 and I like it. Other than the battle music continuing for 3 missions nonstop until I reloaded it completely, I’ve encountered no glitches. It was actually kind of funny cause I went to sleep with the battle music and woke up to it and I’m like “damn! Who wants to fight so bad that they waited all night?!” But it was nobody.

Again, I LIKE the game when I expected to love it. Definitely some misleading things CDPR did in more ways than one.

[Vx_]

The only decent thing is how the game looks and its story, everything else just falls apart. even without the bugs issues. it has the most retarded Ai, crap crafting system, overpowered character, useless side missions, and overall a very shallow game. they not only need to fix the issues and bugs, but to rework the whole system of the game, Ai, balancing, and mechanics. This is such an epic fail game.

[Ashunderfire86]

LOL that happened to me too! I was in my apartment wondering why I am still in combat mode? I'm glad I could save cause the damn game keeps on freezing on me every hour on PS5 smh.

[jjb1981]

You get gigs from cops that tell you to eliminate the threat by whatever means necessary but then accidentally rear-end somebody and then you're all of a sudden a criminal. It is pointless. Even when you commit a crime and nobody sees you, you can still become wanted. They need to go back to the drawing board on this police system. With all the stuff I do, I feel like my character lacks identity and association. It's all over the place but I can't seem to stop playing it.

[Ashunderfire86]

Yea I feel the same way your feeling. I can't stop playing it too, but I have to acknowledge these problems, and its not just on the PS4 and X1. Its on PS5 too with the game crashing every hour smh! That is the most annoying thing ever! They definitely need to put this game back in the oven way after Christmas! Plus this game is not demanding as many people thought it was for last generation consoles when both consoles can run Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 with ease! Both of those games alone have so much going on in the background. The worlds are more alive than Cyberpunk 2077.

[zarbor]

Yup. The cops are ridiculous. Great explanation. Disappointing but that seems to be a theme with this game.

[CoNn3rB]

I kinda get the feeling that's the point to be honest, all the characters in Cyberpunk talk about how useless the police force is and that crime is rampant within Night City. I could be wrong and it's a poorly implemented system but it seems to fit the narrative at least

[Michiel1989]

and cdpr is the evil corpo then?

[CorndogBurglar]

It doesn't fit the narrative at all lol. How do characters talking about the cops being useless and crime running rampant translate to cops opening fire on you for idiotic things, like rear ending a car? How does that translate to cops spawning behind you in an enclosed room and opening fire?

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

the game even if you ignore the technical issues, even on pc has issues and is undercooked. Some of those early reviews were fanboy fever dreams. Ai, world, crime systems , and more are poor

[Dragonscale]

^Butthurt Witcher 3 fanboys lol.

[Mr_cheese]

Lets not forget that GTA5 started on the ps3 and achieved so much.

[CorndogBurglar]

Lets not forget that GTA3 was on PS2 and still had a better police system than this.

[patriz420]

When the citizens of Cyberpunk are not too busy randomly bumping into walls, walking in complete confusion with no destination in sight...they should rally and have the Cyberpunk PD defunded..at least cut police transportation...so wasteful!