Night City might look even better if CD Projekt Red is willing to take a bold step forward.
When Cyberpunk 2077 launched back in 2020, it was one of the most hyped games of the decade. It threw you into Night City, and it changed the course of our lives forever, but very little has changed since its release half a decade later. Even if the launch wasn’t all smooth sailing, after various patches and updates, the game has grown into what fans always envisioned. But the clock is ticking, and maybe it’s time to change things up a little bit.
With Cyberpunk 2077 getting bigger, so did our dreams, and these dreams are at an all-time high. Fans have been wondering whether CDPR can take a page from Ubisoft’s playbook and add a full third-person mode, just like Ubisoft recently did with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The idea makes sense even if it sounds unimaginable.
Night City is one of the most stylish open worlds ever crafted. With all the artistic beauty that the city offers, it deserves to be appreciated in more than one way. That’s what the third-person mode can deliver.
For all the time players spend crafting their perfect version of V, those details are mostly unseen outside of cutscenes or the occasional mirror check. A third-person camera would allow you to see your customized mercenary in all their glory while showing off their cybernetic upgrades under the city lights.
It’s no easy task to achieve this. Cyberpunk 2077 was built as a first-person RPG, with combat, dialogue, and even animations designed around that perspective. Reworking all of that would not only be difficult but also expensive. Also, it’s easy enough to see that CDPR has its hands full with its next big project. Still, seeing Ubisoft achieve what they did with Avatar does make your imagination run wild; Night City, for the first time ever, in third-person view would be a sight to behold.
At the very least, the conversation just goes to show how much untapped potential remains in Cyberpunk 2077. Even years after its launch, fans still think of revisiting Night City; that in and of itself is a testament to CDPR’s world-building. We don’t know if CDPR will ever try their luck with third-person mode, but it’s surely a thought that won’t easily fade away.
