I have a strange feeling that CP 2077 changed considerably from what was originally planned once the decision was made to bring Keanu Reeves on board. From what I remember from early days....the story was nothing like what we have now and I suspect the changes, including a rather large rewrite, all happened over the last year when the big 'Johnny Silverhand show' began.
There's times playing this game when I feel that playing as V is more like a distinctly supporting actor to Johnny Silverhand's leading role...maybe just me...still not sure I like that as the main story focus or not either. They could have added Johnny's storyline as DLC focusing more on the lore side from his timeline, now it just seems tagged on simply to have a big name actor play leading role in a video game...not that I object to the idea at all...I kinda like Keanu Reeves.
Anyway, I went back and played as Geralt for a few hours to ponder on it a bit more...I just wondered as I was wandering around Velen.... in 5 years time, will I still be still firing up Cyberpunk for the same reasons as I still play the Witcher 3