Ok, I am just waking up to this game. I know where have I been? Obviously I know about this game for sure but haven't followed it closely until now.
- So what type of game is this? A Sci Fi Grand Theft Auto ( hopefully not ), or is this more of a Skyrim type single player first person game, set in a future Blade Runner type of world?
It is a single player RPG set in a dystopian cyberpunk future. It is first person only.
- Is it a shooter mostly? Like lots of run and gun action, or just a bit of shooting and more about exploring and story line?
According to CD Projekt Red, it is primarily an RPG first and an FPS second.
- You can drive vehicles too? In first person mode, or the console third person view?
You can drive vehicles. You cannot control vehicles that fly. You can drive in first or third person.
- Any CoOp mode to add a friend to play with?
No. It is a single player RPG. There are no co-op or multiplayer modes of any kind.
- System requirements look to be really steep? Graphics I see in videos make this game look unbelievably great.
The system requirements are far from steep. You can find the official requirements on the CD Projekt Red website for the game. That being said, I do believe the "recommended' requirements are for 1920x1080 only and do not include ray tracing. The way the game looks, you will need a much more powerful system to enjoy those features at 3840x2160 or even 2560x1440 and anything in between. The potato mode minimum requirements are actually surprisingly low. Again, I think CD Projekt Red may have underestimated them or perhaps the game engine and its assets do scale really well across various hardware configurations. It's tough to know at this point. As I understand it all the game reviewers that have played up to five hours of the game always did so on higher end Alienware machines with RTX 2080 Ti's in them and 9900K's.