It’s a stupid take and the reasoning is equally stupid. Luke doesn’t really get involved in the Jedi stuff until Episode V which means he implies A New Hope is not worth watching. Except Episode V doesn’t really make sense without Episode IV now does it?

As for CP77 I think Act 1 100% should’ve been expanded because what is V-s motivation? To get to the top. We never get to experience the climb to the top. We just get the heist and then we get the downfall of trying to fly too close to the sun and into the storyline of what we’ll do with our remaining time? There’s no real buildup for the ending of act 1 because V-s desire to get to the top is never really explored. We have no established motivation to succeed with the heist and as such also no real stakes when it goes sideways.

Now imagine if the story was restructured into 5 acts:
1. Introduction to night city - more or less the walled off section that we currently get in Act 1.
2. Rise to the top - the city opens up, you get to do the side quests, hustles, etc etc and you get some additional “main missions” that defines your rise to the top and your relationship to Jackie. The rescue mission (which is the first mission in the game) would be the final mission of act 2 as that solidifies your reputation for bigger jobs.
3. The heist - more or less what the main missions of current Act 1 are.
4. Terminal illness - Act 2 but with the feeling of actual urgency as you’ve tied up whatever loose ends you had in act 2. The only exception to the urgency would be dogtown as this is the point you access Phantom Liberty because the main story of the DLC ties back into the main story of the base game. All the Johnny and Samurai missions would also be in this act because this act is about Johnny.
5. The finale - The current act 3.

In that sense act 2 would be the biggest act, act 4 would be a bit smaller act and the rest more or less stays the same. This fixes the ludonarrative dissonance of having limited time due to the sickness but also infinite time to do all the shit you want. It gives space to introduce and flesh out characters instead of bombarding you with new characters as you’re going to a personal tragedy. It also gives a more rising tension to the story because you’ve actually established V-s motivations and all the setbacks bounce against the established motivation (who you lose along the way, will you even make it, if you do at what cost etc). The story would instantly be far better paced with actual stakes in play.

I actually think that was their original idea but they wanted more Keanu Reeves in the game so they reworked the story to have more reasons for him to be there. The only way to do that was to cut almost everything before the heist and move it to after the heist.