RDR2 is probably the best-feeling in terms of NPC behaviour in the open world.

Buggy mess ? Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ?
Really ‽

I don’t think that the NPC behaviour was the problem but the fact that they promised more. The NPCs didn’t feel significantly different to those in other games for me.

Have you tried Deus Ex ?

And so the endless cycle of the borderline CD projekt games continues. Everything is hyped beyond realistic expectations a decade before launch, the masses whipped in anticipation. The game developers are kneecapped by suits making technical changes and demands they don't understand. The game is launched after sorely felt apologies for delays, as a messy distasteful buggy disaster. Then the devs get to finish the game during thn next five unars after sorely felt apologies for the buggy mess at launch. 5 more years later the game is hailed as a creative masterpiece, despite being held by bubblegum and paperclips under the hood and still being a subpar experience. Then CDPR announces a new game, and the cycle repeats.

We didn't learn anything from "Bethesda's magic". What a mismanaged company.

Endless cycle? Wasn't everything you described just cyberpunk? Did I miss something about their previous title releases?

Yes, you did. The last step of the cycle is that everyone forgets that this already happened before. The witcher, then the witcher 2, then witcher 3, then cyberpunk. Each was such a mess at launch that the press at the time thought the games would flop. Each time devs, not suits, pulled the games out of PR hell after the fact.

People forget that the console port of the first witcher game nearly bankrupted them.

Just look at this thread people are talking like cyberpunk was always a perfect masterpiece since launch and negative comments are being buried in down votes.

I also had it on launch day, on PC, and it worked great for me as well. If anything, performance got worse after they patched the game.

That's true, I think those who didn't follow the dev cycle and ate into the hype probably enjoyed the game a ton more than those of us who did and then got the absolute trash day one launch.

The difference between CDPR and Bethesda is CDPR games always end up being all time greats though. That's why I don't get influenced by the hype, and keep faith in them as developers, as well as their move to unreal engine

You're gonna need a lot more than 2!

It has a LOT of content cut from the board game, and the world is still incredibly shallow outside scripted gameplay

If you consider this anything more than a FPS game with cyberpunk aesthetics, I weep for your perception of quality

Fucking Ubislop Watch Dogs 2 had a more interactive world, for crying out loud

From the same website:

Pondsmith revealed that he’s not as involved with the second game as he was with 2077, but said he’s keeping track of its progress. The game designer went on to claim that the sequel will feature Night City, as well as a second, unspecified location.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/cyberpunk-2077s-sequel-features-a-second-city-that-feels-like-chicago-gone-wrong-reveals-creator/

So it'll have a new city as well as Night City. Which is good - Night City has more stories to tell. All the TTRPGs were based in NC, as was Edgerunners. Leaving it behind completely would be wrong.

The Saints Row devs are cackling right now.

Bethesda's games are also celebrated as all time greats.

Games are good, eventually, in spite of the mismanagement, not because of it. At one point they will run out of magic, just like Bethesda did. For said magic is just a ton of good writing and developers putting up with crunch.

At least everyone knows not to trust this dev anymore and won’t buy the game until it’s actually finished

Sad this likely means the first one never gets finished