Cyberpunk 2077 allows you to customize every detail of V, from nail color to implants. However, it never included a third-person camera mode. A failed mod has shown why: when forcing that perspective, the character's proportions become grotesque, revealing visual tricks that CD Projekt RED used for the first-person mode.
Spaghetti arms and stick legs: the technical trick 🎭
The mod, which attempts to offer a third-person view, reveals that V's arms are disproportionately long and the legs too thin. The developers scaled the limbs to look correct from the first-person camera, but when zooming out, the model looks like a stretched plastic doll. The animation also fails: elbows collide with hips and feet don't touch the ground naturally, making it clear the game was not designed to be seen from the outside.
CD Projekt RED: masters of visual deception 🤖
It turns out V is not an elite mercenary, but a store mannequin with rubber arms. If CD Projekt RED had added third person, players would have seen their character walking like an insect with arthritis. At least now we know why mirrors in Night City are so rare: so you don't realize your character looks like an alien disguised as a human. A failed mod, but a revealing one.