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Cyberpunk 2077 will not have a third-person mode. Is this a deal-breaker for you?
- Thread starter vestan
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FOV so wide that it renders your eyelids and eyesockets of course. Duh.
you know what i don't get? why can't they just put in a idle animation in third person that zooms back to first person when you move your character?
i don't know much about game development but i can't be that hard to implement. recently i found out the outer worlds is doing the exact same thing
it's a nice solution because that way you won't get to see your character only in a static menu or when you look for mirrors in the game.
i don't know much about game development but i can't be that hard to implement. recently i found out the outer worlds is doing the exact same thing
it's a nice solution because that way you won't get to see your character only in a static menu or when you look for mirrors in the game.
This topic was bizarre to me when it first trended, and it's still bizarre today. Like, first person perspective games have been a thing for almost 30 years; why all of a sudden is it considered controversial that a game is designed as first person perspective? Seems to literally just be a case of "CDP's last game was third person, and I liked that game, so this one should be too", which is ridiculous.
After all three Witcher games I think the majority of people thought it was a given Cyberpunk would be third person as well, I automatically assumed it for sure. But I guess those close combat encounters wouldn't work for the game maybe. Still, I'd take a optional third person mode like BGS does.
The camera view is never quite perfect but great to see your character.
The camera view is never quite perfect but great to see your character.
To be fair, they made a huge deal about the way your character could be customized initially, so it's kind of their own fault for building expectations around that.
Personally, I'm not denying anyone first person games. That's perfectly fine. But it's definitely way less interesting to me.
Mostly though I'm just not going to jump into a game that has a vastly different game design from what the developers are used to making, even if it's CDP. I'm waiting for reviews (post honeymoon) for this one, no rush
There are have been plenty of of FPP games released over that same 30 years that have also featured character creation, so that's not anything weird either. It just seems like everyone had this preconceived notion of what CDP was allowed to make after the success of The Witcher 3. Did Guerrilla Games get this much flack when they announced that Horizon would be 3rd person? After all, they had only been known for FP previously.
There has been? Like what? I thought Far Cry 5 was strange in that you could pick a character and a bunch of different clothes, but never see it. Dying Light too. Those games had multiplayer though, so it made some sense. Those are the only 2 I can think of off the top of my head.
Just off the top of my head:
- Morrowind
- Oblivion
- Skyrim
- Fallout 3
- Fallout 4
- Fallout New Vegas
- Destiny
- Destiny 2
- PUBG
- No Man's Sky
All those games you mentioned have a third person mode during gameplay though. Even Destiny has you spend a considerable amount of time in third person during gameplay via. Overwatch being the only exception where you don't actually have a third person mode outside of emotes and Ults.
I play Skyrim/Fallout in first Person exclusively.
I find I'm more prone to simulation sickness if it's in third person than first person
I find I'm more prone to simulation sickness if it's in third person than first person
8 out of 10 of those games have a third person mode.
Edit - I guess Destiny games as well? Never really played those.
Granted, they do, but they are primarily designed as FPP and the TPP option is 100% an afterthought, with very little actual game design catering to it. I know that people will argue here that "Skyrim had a TPP option, so Cyberpunk should too", which really just does a disservice to the real differences in game design theory that exist between designing a playspace for one perspective versus the other.
Destiny doesnt have a third person "mode" but it'll put you into third person when using a sword or carrying an orb but thats it.
it isn't a deal breaker but it will affect this game specifically on my opinion because for an rpg where customization on character is really important it would be a bummer not to see the changes be reflected visually but only gameplay wise. also i wonder how much cinimatically the animations and everything would feel in first person if third person was probably a focus for a while in development... so far it seems amazing and don't mind it being only first person but i do wonder if having third person would be even better in certain places like cut-scenes and etc...