Did Keanu ruin the game?

[Spectre7]

I was watching the reveal trailer again and looking at everything they said that didn't happen. What they showed and said was way different. They scrapped alot of the systems and mechanics. NPCs are nothing like they are in the trailer. The character creation had options like your idol, why you're in night city and your goals. They were talking about how the story massively changes with choices made. I'm getting the impression that an executive thought about how popular celebs are in mainstream. Too bad for them most gamers care more about great games than superficial hollywood BS. Its seams that they decided to bring in Keanu and make him the center piece. The story revolves around him, decisions don't matter and the entire direction seems to have change from originally intended. I'm wondering if they reverted back to an early bare bone build to rebuild the story around Johnny in hopes of celeb idol worship. It would explain why its a buggy mess with little to do in it. I remember watching a youtube skill up video, he was allowed to play for a few hours before it was released, and he was blown away with how much traffic, pedsestrians and detail while running at a solid 100 FPS. He even said its was a tech achievement. Either he was lying for them, playing on a super computer or he played a completely different build than we have.

[Chonobataar]

Nah, Keanu buffed the game.
It fat nerds sending death threats to CD Projekt Red, demanding they release the game earlier than they should have, that ruined the game. Thankfully they will release free DLC along with fixes for the many bugs (hopefully a story extension - Corpo Wars) too.

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/cyberpunk-2077-to-begin-receiving-free-dlc-from-early-2021-2846463

[Akelaus]

i dont think keanu ruined it no.. the 'your breathtaking' thing really added to the hype as it drew a lot of attention to the game and that didnt help.

but johnny was one if the better charicters i thought and i felt that keanus acting was ok.

[Spectre7]

Originally posted by Chonokhan:

Nah, Keanu buffed the game.
It fat nerds sending death threats to CD Projekt Red, demanding they release the game earlier than they should have, that ruined the game. Thankfully they will release free DLC along with fixes for the many bugs (hopefully a story extension - Corpo Wars) too.

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/cyberpunk-2077-to-begin-receiving-free-dlc-from-early-2021-2846463

Not Keanu personally, im talking about the executives changing the game to revolve around him.

[Gumpo]

Originally posted by Eclipse:

Originally posted by Chonokhan:

Nah, Keanu buffed the game.
It fat nerds sending death threats to CD Projekt Red, demanding they release the game earlier than they should have, that ruined the game. Thankfully they will release free DLC along with fixes for the many bugs (hopefully a story extension - Corpo Wars) too.

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/cyberpunk-2077-to-begin-receiving-free-dlc-from-early-2021-2846463

Not Keanu personally, im talking about the executives changing the game to revolve around him.

Yes, indirectly. It feels like a lot of the game that didn't involve Keanu's character got chopped up into lit bits that only partly remain or chopped off completely.

However, another earlier point about simply releasing the game before it was ready is another serious consideration. But i guess they didn't want to risk out-doing Duke Nukem Forever.

[katzenkrimis]

He didn't single-handedly 'ruin' the game. Even though Keanu was a bad choice due to the way he delivers his lines. His acting skills are lacking.

Hiring Keanu and the marketing strategy behind him was poor, but if you want to talk about what ruined the game, look no further than consoles, and anybody else that owns shoddy equipment.

Performance is the number one reason that this game took heavy fire across the globe.

Keanu is just a casualty.

[Bryan=0101]

Originally posted by Chonokhan:

Nah, Keanu buffed the game.
It fat nerds sending death threats to CD Projekt Red, demanding they release the game earlier than they should have, that ruined the game. Thankfully they will release free DLC along with fixes for the many bugs (hopefully a story extension - Corpo Wars) too.

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/cyberpunk-2077-to-begin-receiving-free-dlc-from-early-2021-2846463

no, it was the devs.

No one force them to set an April release, besides the bugs there are some major oversights and questionable design choices, also no way in hell were they gonna make that April date.

There stock holders expected cyberpunk to come out, it was all because of money.

[Manda]

Johnny Silverhand, and the whole Samurai band, are canon characters from the 80's RPG. Mike Pondsmith wanting to get in some of his OG characters into the game some how isn't really that surprising. As for who they hired to voice and be scanned for him, I don't think Keanu had very much of an influence beyond the character it's self. And a bike design.

I have the sneaking suspicion that the reason there is so much cut content, is because the head suits and media department were slinging out whatever they wanted to hype up the game, without even consulting the people that had to make their claims happen before making the claims. And it backfired in their faces. Spectacularly.

TLDR; I doub't it. It's likely CDRP writing check their dev's couldn't cash.

[Spectre7]

Originally posted by Manda:

Johnny Silverhand, and the whole Samurai band, are canon characters from the 80's RPG. Mike Pondsmith wanting to get in some of his OG characters into the game some how isn't really that surprising. As for who they hired to voice and be scanned for him, I don't think Keanu had very much of an influence beyond the character it's self. And a bike design.

I have the sneaking suspicion that the reason there is so much cut content, is because the head suits and media department were slinging out whatever they wanted to hype up the game, without even consulting the people they had to make their claims happen before making the claims. And it backfired in their faces. Spectacularly.

The title of this post is missleading I suppose. I came to a similar conclusion in my post.

[Replica]

No- a failure to see the story is clearly well laid out, just with the usual little variation RPG which comes with voiced main characters (it's not two VAs, it's VAs all together) which is hard to pull off without limiting player choice.
The arc's compliant with cyberpunk themes, the ghost in the machine trope and 'my body is not your property' vibes. Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is essential to that theme, you need someone tangible to oppose to taking you over.

Other than that, cut content, and technical issues and instability- the raw story and themes are sound. I'm really into the genre so I get where he comes from and why he has to be prominent.

[Akelaus]

Originally posted by Mickk:

Did Keanu ruin the game ? No.
Did your post ruin your thread ? Yes.

That is horrible to read, with no paragraphing and just a bunch of words mashed together.

wow some people...

OP your post is fine :D

[nimrock]

Don`t like him in here. Bad character and poor voice acting from him.
Never liked the idea of hiring some celebrity to use his face to boost sales.
This cash should go to improving game.

[Mickk]

Originally posted by Akelaus:

Originally posted by Mickk:

Did Keanu ruin the game ? No.
Did your post ruin your thread ? Yes.

That is horrible to read, with no paragraphing and just a bunch of words mashed together.

wow some people...

OP your post is fine :D

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the OP, just that his post could do with some grammatical fixes. It is just a bunch of words and that makes it harder to read.
His point is diluted by the poor grammar.

Oh and I see your post looks great, with it's spacing !

[WarWolf]

well thats just a matter of opinion. Keanu has a huge fan base. I am one of them. but he also has a lot of haters as well. So for Keanu fans no its awesome but for the people that do not care for his acting then im sure its a yes.

[Vesques23]

I don't think he ruined the game, however I do think he was wasn't originally intended to be such a central and critical character to the overall plot

[rakshasa72]

There are so many other "half-baked" features in the game I don't think that the main story and including Keanu is the major significant factor in the shortfalls of CP77. I'm not a big Keanu fan but, I thought that it was a solid play for them to cast him as Silverhand.