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PC Gamer
Harvey Randall

For the love of all that is holy, it's 2023—why is it still so annoying to respec in singleplayer RPGs?

My V from Cyberpunk 2077 crouches and stares at the ground in raw dread, having just read some memorial messages which broke his heart.

I cannot for the life of me figure out why respeccing—reallocating your skill points, your attribute points, your trait points, your P-Engine, whatever—is always so complicated in singleplayer games. In some infuriating cases, it's not possible at all.

I understand that game design is a huge and complicated discipline. Every game's a network of systems stacked on top of each other like a Jenga tower—seemingly innocent changes can see the whole thing collapse in on itself. It's never as simple as "why don't the devs just".

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