It's mostly a taste thing I think. Some (too many) of the greater RPG games these days are action based. I rarely ever enjoy those. Doesn't mean they're not great games. But like Anothergame says "just not for me" in most cases.

Whatever makes a game good.

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Long Version:
I think in CP2077's setting, which is a sprawling cyberpunk themed metropolis with vertical spaces and indoor areas in greater focus, the FPP will work better. In the context of the Witcher 3 Analogy, my personal take is that Witcher 3's TPP worked great in its wide open spaces. But when it came to traversing indoor areas, especially tightly packed spaces, I often felt that an FPP would have worked better. All of this is my personal take on the issue.

However, I hope they would allow for FOV customisation.

I would buy it. Acutally I prefer to have a cover based shooters, Shooters which don't have such a system in place tend to be too fast for my taste.

Complete non-issue to me. I'm fine with either, or a mix of both. But more importantly, I trust CDPR and their skill as game developers. They've proven they have what it takes to create top tier video games, and if they think 1st person view works best for what they have in mind, then I'm sure they have their reasons for that, and I'm not going to object to it, especially when I haven't even tried the game. I really hope they're not going to shoehorn in any last minute changes, because of some internet outrage of some vocal minority(?). As others pointed out before, the perspective is a fundamental part of the game design; they can't simply flip a switch to turn a 1st person game into a 3rd person game, if it wasn't originally designed as such. If they try to force in game elements they didn't originally plan for, it's likely to hurt the overall quality.

I didn't play any of those aside from the TES games and I didn't like the gameplay of those games at all.
That's why I said this thread isn't supposed to be any kind of critigue or advise, I'm just curious about how other think about it.

doesnt matter to as long as it's good, drm-free, and doesn't launch with 10 season pass pre-orders.

I get the idea behind that, but it doesn't really work for me due to the lack of other senses.
And If you control the camera in those scenes (and from what I read so far you can) you could never move it like your eyes would by reflex which breaks the attempted atmosphere in my opinion.
I'm not trying to change it or convince anyone to do so.
I'm fully aware that it's too far developed to change it anyway.
I'm just curious what people would've prefered if they had the choice and the reason behind it.

I like first person for gameplay and third person for cutscenes and dialog, like Deus Ex or more recently Fallout 4. Makes the most sense to me. Whenever a first person game stays that way for dialog scenes it feels too static, too "video gamey" for lack of a better term.

I absolutely agree. I think immersion is more to do with my imagination than only what I see in the picture in front of me.

If I can connect what I see with my proprioception, then I can imagine a sense of a physical connection, too. Viewing an avatar is similar to what I imagine of myself in my mind about my physical position in my own environment in real life. Estimating distances from and to myself, gauging the timing of traversing those distances, and feeling my sense of balance. This is especially so for close up interactions with my body, for coordinating grace with movement.

Without visualizing myself in some manner, I just feel like I'm in box looking out a tiny window. An avatar in a game helps me connect further with the surrounding environment. Perhaps that's a crutch for my imagination, like someone wearing a pair of glasses with trifocals to help seeing closer and further away. And perhaps without an avatar it's less intensive for the computer if it doesn't have to show the coordination of the player with its environment. *shrug*

As for "compassionate" as a verb, I like that, I think it should be a verb. :-) However, have a look at the words "empathize" and "sympathize", too, and see if either of those are close.

Yes, my thoughts exactly (or rather not, because I haven't thought about the game yet and won't until there is at least gameplay footage).

FP. I'm expecting a captivating story I will forget I'm playing a game.
I were disappointed enough with TP elements in Deus EX HR.

Maybe that wasn't your intent for this thread, but I'm sure some crazed fans and backseat game designers out there already started petitions, trying to convince CDPR to change the game, just so it satisfies their own personal preferences.

I hope they'll stick to their original vision of the game, whatever that may be, instead of trying to please everyone. This approach of trying to maximize profit by making a game that is "everything for everyone" is the reason why most AAA games feel so generic and uninspired.

Given a choice, I'd take TPP. I hate FPP, as I don't find it adds to my immersion at all. To me it feels like I'm looking through a tank's limited window slit, and I have an extremely difficult time figuring out exactly where my character is standing.

I played Skyrim and all the later Fallout games entirely in third person and loved them. Never felt at any time that my immersion was compromised.

Someone earlier said it very well: I understand why they went with FPP, and I'm sure it will be an incredible game, but it's unfortunately just not for me. I was really looking forward to the game and now it's not even a consideration for purchasing. Oh well, I certainly hope the game does well for CDPR and I hope all those who enjoy FPP have a blast with the game.

I wouldn't worry too much about that. "I'm a great dreamer..." I think that line from the trailer sums up CDPR's development process in a nutshell. I don't even think they have something like "the original vision". From what I have take from the interviews scattered across the 'net what they have is "building blocks" that are very nice, but they don't have been implemented in "one whole" yet.
And since I'm currently re-playing Witcher 3 I kind of think it was developed in a similar way. And that's probably the reason they don't want to show too much - things that don't play nice with other things will be cut out but people would complain that "feature X was shown but in the final game it's not there".

I had pre-ordered with an uneasy feeling - I didn't trust CDPR could do "open world", but I loved Witcher 1+2. I was blown away when it came out, and I still think it's one of the best games of all times (gaming since 1988).