Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2: Is It Any Good Without a 3rd Person Mode?

CD Projekt Red has rolled out Update 2.2 for Cyberpunk 2077, stirring a blend of excitement and skepticism among the community. While it’s difficult to complain about free content, this update seems to bring a mix of features that might not have been high on everyone’s priority list.

[Christopher]

I mean, just as useful as CoD skins or Overwatch skins, no?

[bunt-custardly]

Not a good example darling Chris, because the games you've mentioned are both multiplayer where the whole appeal of skins in those games is to stand out against your fellow player (you know, because they can see you before gunning you down). Those games are more "look at how cool my character is". Cyberpunk is nothing like that. You have all these wonderful clothing options and face mods and you only see these in photo mode, inventory menu or on a bike if you pan the camera.

[Christopher]

Darling? Don't make this creepy.

And if the whole appeal is to stand out against fellow players, seems to me the best way to stand out is to not spend money or excessive amount of time on FOMO seasonal skins. No, the whole point is that FOMO and for people to feel like they belong and aren't missing out. You could slap practically any skin out there and people would get it just to fit in. But let's ignore that and act like anyone else actually cares what you look like, it's about how you feel.

At least in CP, the goal is just to be happy with your own character and how they appear. It does cost more money. It doesn't make you feel like you're missing out. It's not designed to make you spend more money. It just is. It's also about how you feel, there's just no pressure to feel differently because of others.

CDPR comes along and adds something with no extra cost and no need to miss out so let's put them under a microscope for the necessity of it? Seems pointless to me. 30 minutes of pointlessness.

[bunt-custardly]

@Christopher, maybe so but ever since Projekt Red announced prior to game release it would be strictly FP lots of people were disappointed by that decision. To this day I am baffled as to why it's not a toggle option like you can see in games like Mass Effect and Bethesda games.

There is also cultural differences which I am sure you're aware. Japanese players in particular just love seeing the character when they play. Take games like GTA series which added a FP option as an extra way down the line. I just think that there's some merit to seeing how you look in the game world, and I agree with Cram that the options in this game are somewhat wasted given how much they talked up "Style" prior to game release.

@being creepy, I wasn't, just being nice cos you get a lot of stick sometimes.

[anast]

Christopher has a point here.

And the way the game was designed, the toggle option would look too janky to be enjoyable in moment to moment gameplay. No one enjoys looking at Bethesda games in 3rd person.

[bunt-custardly]

@christopher, sounds like you didn't watch the video in the slightest, because all I saw or heard in the video was an annoyingly hyperactive person showing off the new 2.2 features in quite a positive and detailed manner.

[neutralgamer1992]

3rd person should be an option no excuses

[bunt-custardly]

Agreed, it's available in the Inventory screen, it's available when driving, it's available on motorbikes. So, PRed who make The Witcher games who know how to do 3rd person, can't add that to Cyberpunk?

[MrBaskerville]

No, because it's a first person game. Deal with it.

[Tacoboto]

It's an RPG.

Kind of ironic to let you tweak everything about the character and your story but the perspective you see them through.

[Christopher]

I mean, literal excuses, such as animation and camera angle adjustments for scenes and gameplay alone. But I also prefer third person games. I just also understand why first person games exist and why they are just first person.

[anast]

Don't worry, Witcher 4 is coming out and it will be 3rd person. Let us Cyberpunk fans worry about 3rd person in the game we enjoy.

[anast]

Cyberpunk is a beautiful game. Why would someone want to see the character in that thumbnail in 3rd person?

[CrimsonWing69]

I think it’s they want to see the character they spent time in making? 🤷‍♂️ Never once did I play Witcher 3 and say, “Dang, this game is so gorgeous, I wish I could not see my character.”

[anast]

Yeah, you took this comment way too seriously... Though the writer's character is super ugly.

[CrimsonWing69]

@anast

…ok.