No one is scripted to follow any set routine, just cycle through a selection of animations, such as walking, or checking their phone. This is a far cry from the promise of thousands of NPCs living their life, changing behavior based on the time. NPCs act exactly the same regardless, and stores are always open.
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All living their life within a full day and night cycle.”įast forward to 2020, and the difference between day and night is simply aesthetic, with the only people reacting being main characters who need quests completed at a certain time of day. As V goes to meet Jackie, the narrator describes what we’re seeing: “The city streets are bustling with crowds of people from all facets of life. The now infamous E3 demo takes us through one of the early missions in the game. Sure enough, there’s some gorgeous views, but Night City is just there to look pretty, and do nothing. Despite a great cast of characters and quests, the open world was found lacking, with little to no incentive to explore the city or the surrounding Badlands, especially since side quests and gigs are sent to you via text. No matter what version of the game you had, nothing could change how static Night City feels. Obviously, this promise went unfulfilled, but where did it go wrong? ”We’ve greatly enhanced our crowd and community systems to create the most believable city in any open world to date”, says a narrator, speaking over the E3 2018 trailer. The demo does have the mandatory disclaimer, stating that it “does not reflect the final look of the game.” However, so much of what was touted didn’t appear, and at the time of the demo being shown, CDPR were aware that may be the case.Ī 'Live City,' NPCs with a Handmade Routine In other words, the groundwork for the game had not been decided at all. Developers said they felt like the demo was a waste of months that should have gone toward making the game.” Having spoken to several anonymous CDPR staff, and one named ex-member of staff, Schreier wrote: “CD Projekt hadn’t yet finalized and coded the underlying gameplay systems, which is why so many features, such as car ambushes, were missing from the final product. But for now, the important thing to note is that, allegedly, the hype-inspiring demo was “almost entirely fake." We’ll get into the specific dishonest elements depicted below.
Throughout this article, we will be referencing the E3 2018 demo a lot, because according to a Jason Schreier investigation, this demo was so disingenuous that it really deserves its own spot.
Review aggregation website Open Critic went as far as to directly accuse CDPR of being “deceptive, selfish, and exploitative," referencing how the company allegedly only sent codes to outlet they knew had high-end PCs, and forbade them from showing their own recorded footage. Console review copies were only made available during release week, meaning outlets couldn't get their reviews out before fans got their copies. Further still, console players were faced with unique softlocks, due to main characters disappearing from the map.ĬDPR appeared to have attempted to hide the poor performance on this generation.
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And with menus also taking upwards of 10 seconds to load at a time on console, PC players had a huge advantage in combat or when using vehicles. While conceding that they couldn’t get high-end-PC quality on console, Liu reassured, “the important thing to us is it will be fluid, it will play on your machine.” Despite this, framerate drops were severe and frequent on console when in areas with many NPCs. This wasn’t the first time such a claim was made. Speaking to Video Games Chronicle in 2019, CDPR spokesperson Alvin Liu remarked, “We’re focusing on delivering a really good experience on current-gen consolesfans should expect a very fair offering with whatever we decided to do.”
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