I see this argument a lot when people criticize this game and it seems like you are all suffering from some Mandela fever dream. Or maybe you just didn't watch any of the trailers and dev commentary?

CDPR literally marketed the game as and constantly raved about how the city was the most immersive sandbox possible. With fully scripted AI living full lives and reacting realistically to you. A full police system that would enforce harsh punishments. They wanted players to believe it was going to be the same level of interactivity with the world as games like GTA or Watch Dogs.

Idk what made you think they were "never going to deliver" that when it was constantly being talked about by the PEOPLE WHO MADE THE GAME.

"Well, CDPR has never made a game like that and the Witcher series wasn't like that so it doesn't matter that they spent years telling everyone that it was going to be that way! It's you're fault for not knowing!"

Classic.