CD Projekt Red wants the Cyberpunk series to evolve like The Witcher has

Recent out of the launch of Cyberpunk 2077’s extremely anticipated DLC growth, Phantom Liberty, CD Projekt Crimson has its sights set on the way forward for the Cyberpunk sequence, and in accordance with narrative director Igor Sarzyński, the studio is aiming for it to considerably observe within the footsteps of The Witcher.

In an interview with PC Gamer, Sarzyński defined that the builders are hoping that the Cyberpunk sequence will evolve in a “related” option to The Witcher video games. He stated: “Think about The Witcher video games and the way a lot they modified with every installment. We wish an identical evolution right here.”

Explaining the way in which ahead, Sarzyński famous that Cyberpunk 2077 was the group’s “first enterprise right into a futuristic sci-fi world”, and it pushed the builders with new mechanics and themes that they’d not explored earlier than. Everybody is aware of that the 2020 open-world RPG didn’t precisely hit the mark when it first launched, and Sarzyński acknowledged this, too.

“A few of the stuff labored virtually proper out of the field, such because the artwork, metropolis design, music, interactive scene system, playstyles,” he stated. “Different facets took extra time to get proper, like character development, NPC interactivity, and optimization. That’s pure; it’s not possible to nail every part in your first strive.”

Nevertheless, within the time since Cyberpunk 2077’s shaky launch, the builders have rolled out quite a few updates which have introduced the sport as much as scratch. Along with enhancing the participant expertise, these updates have additionally put the group in an excellent place going ahead.

“Now with all the sport components iterated and dealing nicely, we’ll deal with connecting them even tighter and making a coherent, whole immersion expertise,” stated Sarzyński.

Phantom Liberty launched on the finish of September, and takes place throughout the principle Cyberpunk 2077 story. Final week, it was revealed that the devs by no means deliberate to have an growth set after the unique endings, since they’re too various to make any form of continuation viable from a story design perspective.

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