Kenzodielocke
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I am excited for that game, hope it is at least as good as Human Revolution.
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CD Projekt Red: 'Cyberpunk 2077 is far, far bigger than The Witcher 3'
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I am excited for that game, hope it is at least as good as Human Revolution.
Srey Plaughtered
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It doesn't normally but after Witcher 3 I'm all in for massive worlds by CDPR. But this also means we're probably not going to see Cyberpunk for a long time.
Newtype-001
Member
Plz no.
Yep. Jesus Christ.
Not sure if this is a good thing. I actually preferred Witcher 2 to Witcher 3 as I felt it was a more intimate and for it's time, refined and engrossing experience. W3 just seems overly large and as a result suffers from monotony issues like every other overly large open world game.
Rather than making it "bigger", just make the world more densely populated and full of more interesting and unique things to do, with better characters, narratives and so on. Make loot actually count as well, as oppose to having 80% of all the items found be redundant, making exploration less satisfying, such as is often the case in The Witcher 3.
Rather than making it "bigger", just make the world more densely populated and full of more interesting and unique things to do, with better characters, narratives and so on. Make loot actually count as well, as oppose to having 80% of all the items found be redundant, making exploration less satisfying, such as is often the case in The Witcher 3.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I really think interpreting "bigger" as literally just "map size" is missing what he's saying. "Bigger game" implies game systems, content, and production requirements. A bigger project.
They should have enough money from Witcher 3 sales that they don't need to hype this game that isn't coming out anytime soon with pointless say nothing interviews.
If your game is one year out. Sure. If your game was announced THREE years ago and is nowhere close to talking about even the hint of a release date. No.
If your game is one year out. Sure. If your game was announced THREE years ago and is nowhere close to talking about even the hint of a release date. No.
SuperBanana
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Good god. It took me 70 hours to finish Witcher 3 and there's still a ton to do.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Yeah, it boggles my mind when people say "I wonder what a modern day take on Cyberpunk will be like" when both Shadowrun and Deus Ex are already out there, fully revitalised and already amazing.
This game is going to be a tickbox led design over a massive world, Bethesda style. Not what I'm after at all.
Hope they are inspired by Blade Runner
Almost everything Cyberpunk is inspired by Blade Runner.
This has not stopped Square Enix from spouting gibberish about FFXV at every possible juncture.
Vincent Grayson
Member
Rather than worrying about loot "counting" more, I'd rather just see less loot in general. W3 really didn't need containers of random bullshit everywhere. It doesn't add anything to the world, IMO.
DarknessTear
Banned
It isn't really just the size of The Witcher 3 that made it so impressive to me. It was the way they handled the side quests. Honestly, I'm so in love with the world of Witcher 3 that I just want another game but I know that this one is pretty much it as far as Geralt goes. 
I hope Cyberpunk has the same type of story-driven quests.
I hope Cyberpunk has the same type of story-driven quests.
Hope they are inspired by Blade Runner
That flying car thing was in the reveal trailer so it is safe to say the answer is "Yes".
His Majesty
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That is what I am reading too.
So topic title is quite misleading. With bigger they mean more complex and more ambitious, not just a huge map.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Yeah, this news isn't getting me more excited.
dead monkey uk
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They speak about bigger and grander in scale, this may not be anything about the size of the map but as you say a more dense world.
I could see the game offering a large cyberpunk urban city, but still have wide open areas out-with the city, some type of a toxic wasteland, that humans abandoned.
This game is going to be years away, I am looking forward to the Re-masted version on PS5.
Admiral Woofington
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I'd love more details on what the game will be. Is it a set storyline with a non customizable character? Will it be real time shooting or will it have skills as well?
But to be fair the game is likely nowhere near done so better to not show anything until they are near the polishing stage as then we only have maybe year or year and a half left.
But to be fair the game is likely nowhere near done so better to not show anything until they are near the polishing stage as then we only have maybe year or year and a half left.
Unlike the Witcher series, which followed one character, Geralt, this game will most likely be a traditional WRPG in the sense that you create your own character, just like the original tabletop game. That just means that the character systems alone are far more complex than Witcher 3.
Either way, I think it's weird to be talking about the scale of the game at this point. To me, that's setting yourself up for failure in some weird way. Build the game and then tell us how big it is. I doubt it could be very far in production at this point.
Either way, I think it's weird to be talking about the scale of the game at this point. To me, that's setting yourself up for failure in some weird way. Build the game and then tell us how big it is. I doubt it could be very far in production at this point.
I need more AAA cyberpunk games, MOOORE!
SocksAndShoes
Banned
I'm not ready.
MrJoobJoob
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I didn't believe CDPR when they said the Witcher 3's world was an order of magnitude larger than TW2's world, but they proved me wrong. I don't think they need to make the actual map of CyberPunk larger than TW3, but they definitely need to expand the breadth of gameplay experience. Combat in TW3 was overall fairly easy and lacking in complexity.
lordfuzzybutt
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This is how I interpret it too.
sixteen-bit
Member
Bigger, better, and more badass.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
God...honestly that sounds awful. Games need to be getting smaller with packing more missions and variety of story in it than simply making the world ridicously huge. The Witcher 3 is already so huge for a game.
evilromero
Member
What's wrong with that? It's more possibilities. More unexplored potential for the player. When I was a kid that's what really gripped me about games- the possibility of finding unexplored spaces in the game.
Games are simulations and you need to give the player a good deal of agency to act on their impulses, whatever that may be.
Solid Raiden
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Really looking forward to seeing the world they create for this title. Cyberpunk is awesome.
I should really give the Witcher 3 another shot but there are so many good titles for me to play with what little time I have available. :/
I should really give the Witcher 3 another shot but there are so many good titles for me to play with what little time I have available. :/
Robottiimu2000
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*throws money at the screen*
It's cool to see CDPR go from a "Eurojank" studio to one of the major players in AAA over the last 10 years. They were one of the few PC-first teams last gen, and it's paying off now that they're a tech powerhouse.
Also, they're committed to DRM-free games. Lots to like with this team.
Also, they're committed to DRM-free games. Lots to like with this team.
This is how I understand it as well. If you actually read that comment again, it clearly is related to the scope and complexity of the game. I mean you have classes in the game unlike The Witcher series with just one (witcher), but that doesn't mean that the map size of Cyberpunk 2077 isn't bigger as well.
I didn't even read anything about map size except for the witcher 3 comment.