Parkour

[id795078477]

Worth it? It's actually very difficult to pull off such stunts and, say - climb to a skyscraper or a really tall building, falling down is always death and the game is clearly not built for it - for instance, because of how railings are handled, etc.

I've tried it several times - and although it's satisfactory to finally succeed and get to that seemingly impossible spot ... there's just nothing there. No loot, no interesting things or, say any lore notes? I compare it with stuff like Fallout where devs bothered to actually reward this sort of exploration.

Is it pointless to try getting to these places?

[orcaa]

Originally posted by id795078477:

Worth it? It's actually very difficult to pull off such stunts and, say - climb to a skyscraper or a really tall building, falling down is always death and the game is clearly not built for it - for instance, because of how railings are handled, etc.

I've tried it several times - and although it's satisfactory to finally succeed and get to that seemingly impossible spot ... there's just nothing there. No loot, no interesting things or, say any lore notes? I compare it with stuff like Fallout where devs bothered to actually reward this sort of exploration.

Is it pointless to try getting to these places?

why don't you mention the places you have climbed to and other people can reveal where they climbed to and what they found ?

[Womp Womp]

99.9999999999999999% of the time there is no reward to parkouring your way around. No trivial chest, not funny wall grafiti, no easter egg, nada. I wish this game rewarded you more for this.

[Aqu]

Have you tried to parkour yourself back to the Yorinobu's penthouse in Konpeki plaza. Perfectly doable and you can pick up stuff you forgot there

[Crimsomrider]

Most buildings which are a single-story high do have something on them, most buildings in Watson's industrial area for example.

But if you're trying to climb an actual skyscrapper or high places that don't have an obvious route, then no there's nothing up there... but the view is freaking gorgeous and so worth it! ^^

It's actually one of my favorite things to do in the game. Heywood is my favorite to climb in, as is City Center and Japantown.

[id795078477]

Originally posted by orcaa:

Originally posted by id795078477:

Worth it? It's actually very difficult to pull off such stunts and, say - climb to a skyscraper or a really tall building, falling down is always death and the game is clearly not built for it - for instance, because of how railings are handled, etc.

I've tried it several times - and although it's satisfactory to finally succeed and get to that seemingly impossible spot ... there's just nothing there. No loot, no interesting things or, say any lore notes? I compare it with stuff like Fallout where devs bothered to actually reward this sort of exploration.

Is it pointless to try getting to these places?

why don't you mention the places you have climbed to and other people can reveal where they climbed to and what they found ?

Would be happy to, but how do I "identify" them? For instance, the biggest understaking so far for me was climbing the building where Regina's quest for stolen meds take splace (with an option to skip the fight and then the guy shoots himself). From that building I managed to get on neighboring buildings too - and it's relatively high.

From the looks of it, it's almost as if devs never intended players to get to such places - often there are "glitches" left there which is "fine" if players only walk the streets and never get the chance to see those glitches from up there.

I've always loved exploration, especially when it's a complicated vertical climbing coupled with multi-level possible routes. And although it's not really supported well, it's definitely doable and NC has a lot of interesting elements which you'd want to climb to "see what's there". Alas - there's nothing :\

[ShodaN]

Originally posted by Womp Womp:

99.9999999999999999% of the time there is no reward to parkouring your way around. No trivial chest, not funny wall grafiti, no easter egg, nada. I wish this game rewarded you more for this.

Which is kind of insane considering how much time must have gone into creating the enviroment. Really shows that even the most detailed game world isn't worth much, when all you do with it is window dressing.

[id795078477]

Originally posted by ShodaN:

Originally posted by Womp Womp:

99.9999999999999999% of the time there is no reward to parkouring your way around. No trivial chest, not funny wall grafiti, no easter egg, nada. I wish this game rewarded you more for this.

Which is kind of insane considering how much time must have gone into creating the enviroment. Really shows that even the most detailed game world isn't worth much, when all you do with it is window dressing.

So, your statement is fine but I don't get your conclusion? Wouldn't it be "it goes to show that detailed worlds need to be detailed everywhere"? I mean, so that players find some loot, some goodies or just some eastern eggs / funny stuff in those hard to reach places they chose to visit?

It doesn't have to be anything grand - because if it's experienced by 0.01% of curious players, obviously the investment of dev time isn't worth it, but adding a fun thing here and there is 2 minutes to make, so it's hard to understand "why not".

By the way - this is a bit odd in CP2077. Because it has one clear example when the game rewards doing it "the hard way". This time I'm playing a "walking simulator" because I've got a bit tired of driving around. And what do you know - this is actually rewarding. I catch a lot of NCPD quests - and if I go after random goons, there's a good chance they have some shards on them (money, skill or even cyberware capacity). So it's totally worth it to not speed by in a car and actually go into those dark alleys and warehouses.

[GurumeKun]

You can climb on the pyramid in Dog Town, I did it! Pictures from the top in my screenshots. :-)