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CD Projekt gives (a few) details about Cyberpunk

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shinobi602

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CD Projekt Red has opened up to offer the first new details on its new 'Cyberpunk' RPG game since its announcement in May.

The developer's community manager Marcin Momot talked up the game's custom player options and diversive plot, promising "way more freedom with customization of the main protagonist" than in The Witcher games.

"As opposed to the regular fantasy set-up with mages, warriors and archers, we're going for something different," said Momot. "In Cyberpunk, each character role will offer a set of special skills that will impact your stats in many different ways. That's where the challenge kicks in, we want to create a game where character customization will be strongly tied with the plot. Now going from that, we believe that we can make a game where, with many different role choices, you will get a very strong, engaging story, just like it was with The Witcher."

He went on to say, "We definitely want to give players way more freedom with customization of the main protagonist then they had with Geralt in The Witcher series. We are planning on letting them change their statistics, equipment, implants and much more."

Freedom, it seems, won't just be an attribute of the character customization, but of the open world, too. "Cyberpunk's story takes place all over the world, but we're going to focus on it's most characteristic venue - Night City. One thing is certain, we want to make a game with an open, living world that stays true to the source material," said Momot.

A recent CDPR job ad appeared to confirm multiplayer gameplay for at least one of its two in-development RPGs, but the firm has played down the 'multiplayer programmer' recruitment as R&D.
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Danny Dudekisser

Danny Dudekisser

I paid good money for this Dynex!
Really not liking the sound of multiplayer if it does show up here, as there' always the possibility it'll detract from the main game... but I kinda have to trust CDProjekt after the Witcher games.
 
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KorrZ

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Sounds good, just can't wait to see some actual gameplay, or screenshots anything. After The Witcher 2 they would have to seriously fuck this game up for me to not be there supporting them day 1.
 
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Derrick01

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The game taking place in one city the whole time could work really well, gives them more opportunity in making a great and massive city with plenty to do. If this is PC exclusive then the opportunity is even greater since they can program around a lot more RAM.
 
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Noema

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I want it, and I want it now.

Derrick01 said:
The game taking place in one city the whole time could work really well, gives them more opportunity in making a great and massive city with plenty to do. If this is PC exclusive then the opportunity is even greater since they can program around a lot more RAM.
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Sort of like Dragon Age II, except this will be awesome.
 
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subversus

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lol, he wasn't talking about one city. He meant multiple cities at night.

I want random generated content to be used in this so I could enter every fucking room on the block and loot it.
 
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iavi

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Derrick01 said:
The game taking place in one city the whole time could work really well, gives them more opportunity in making a great and massive city with plenty to do. If this is PC exclusive then the opportunity is even greater since they can program around a lot more RAM.
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There's no way this one is PC exclusive. PC/Next-Gen at best, which should still make for a damn good, technically impressive game.
 
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WX3

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For some reason more than anything I just want to see how this game looks. These guys craft some beautiful worlds and such a drastic change of venue from the Witcher titles is just perfect.
 
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water_wendi

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subversus said:
lol, he wasn't talking about one city. He meant multiple cities at night.
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No, Night City is a city in the setting.

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charsace

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Chacranajxy said:
Really not liking the sound of multiplayer if it does show up here, as there' always the possibility it'll detract from the main game... but I kinda have to trust CDProjekt after the Witcher games.
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Its based a board game. And personally I miss the old days when games like this had multiplayer.
 
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Mr_Appleby

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Heavy said:
Anyone else super excited for this despite not liking The Witcher games? The setting makes such a huge difference to me.
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Yep I used to play the PnP RPG this is based on, great times. Re: multi player if we're talking 2-4 player co-op that would be awesome and totally fitting with the source material.
 
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BlackJace

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Nirolak said:
Their next two retail titles are slated for 2014 and 2015 respectively.

I'm unsure which one this is, though I would kind of lean toward 2015 since it's the new IP.
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Daaaaaamn. I thought this was already in full production. Boy was I wrong haha.
 
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Fjordson

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That's awesome. I don't know much about the P&P game, but I was hoping it would have something to do with a massive sci-fi city. I have faith that CDPR will nail that

Nirolak said:
Their next two retail titles are slated for 2014 and 2015 respectively.

I'm unsure which one this is, though I would kind of lean toward 2015 since it's the new IP.
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Niro, have they said anything about platforms for either of those? I think I remember them saying their next project was going to be on multiple platforms, but I could be wrong there.
 
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Nirolak

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Fjordson said:
That's awesome. I don't know much about the P&P game, but I was hoping it would have something to do with a massive sci-fi city. I have faith that CDPR will nail that


Niro, have they said anything about platforms for either of those? I think I remember them saying their next project was going to be on multiple platforms, but I could be wrong there.
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Yeah PC and next-gen console.
 
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Sn4ke_911

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shinobi602 said:
TW2 worked fine on 360, sure, and that was a port.

Cyberpunk built from the start for consoles and PC? I'm not worried.
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Best of all, The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 is no straightforward port. CD Projekt RED has taken a good hard look at the game itself and improved it across the board. This "Enhanced Edition" is in many ways a complete re-appraisal of the game, packed with meaningful upgrades encompassing gameplay, graphics, content and technology.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-witcher-2-tech-analysis
 
Sentenza

Sentenza

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AHA-Lambda said:
Me. Not a fan of the generic fantasy setting, much prefer my sci-fi :)
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I prefer sci-fi too (probably more for genre starvation that for rational reasons), but there's very little "generic" about The Witcher setting.

HP_Wuvcraft said:
Pretty much.

Hated TW series, but CDP does have solid game mechanics.
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That's exactly what I *wouldn't* say about their games.
They have a lot of ambition, talent, style, and they achieved impressive results for their contained budget, but solid game mechanics aren't exactly their strongest point.
 
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