A feature that I didn't even know was in the game was cut, yay.
EDIT: Oh, guess it was just "rumored" and they confirmed it never was to be. Read it wrong.
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...s-of-clarification-and-a-whiff-of-multiplayerEurogamer said:The Witcher 3 is due at the end of next year and there's still much we don't know about it. For instance, will it have multiplayer (a first for the series)? "We're thinking about something," Badowski answered, "but I cannot explain it now. You can expect some information later on. Sorry for that!" I probed about whether it could be something similar to the Dark Arena mode in The Witcher 2. "I don't think so," he said.
You can be fairly confident, though, that CDPR doesn't have MMO ambitions for The Witcher series. "The story is not perfect for MMOs," said Badowski, and joked about how out-of-fiction it would be for 10 white-haired Geralts to be running around before him. "There are many different types of games that can fit better to the universe or lore," he said.
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-has-multiplayer-6405225CD Projekt Red managing director confirms upcoming role-playing game will have unspecified "multiplayer features."
Cyberpunk 2077 will have a multiplayer component. Developer CD Projekt Red managing director Adam Badowski confirmed the news to Eurogamer, but did not go into greater detail.
"It will be a story-based RPG experience with amazing single-player playthroughs, but we're going to add multiplayer features," Badowski said.
Badowski also confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will not cast players as a pre-defined hero, but rather allow them to forge their own creation. "We'll have different situation in Cyberpunk," Badowski said. "Cyberpunk will have different character classes."
Cyberpunk 2077 puts players into a "dark future" in 2077 where advanced technologies have become "both the salvation and the curse of humanity." The game promises a nonlinear story designed for "mature" players and is set in the metropolis of Night City. It has also been revealed that Cyberpunk 2077 will feature sandbox elements, though this was not specified in any length.
CD Projekt Red's other project, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, may also include multiplayer. The developer recently said it was "thinking about something" relating to a series-first multiplayer option for the 2014-dated role-playing game.
No co-op, no sale. Every game needs a co-op feature.
No co-op, no sale. Every game needs a co-op feature.
Congratulations? Way to pander, CDPR.
No co-op, no sale. Every game needs a co-op feature.
Edit: As an option.
The Witcher is not a co-op game. There's no "party". Any co-op would be tacked on.
Dragon Age had multiplayer? Also, ME3's multiplayer was just as good as the single-player, if not better. IMO that's one exception to the unnecessary multiplayer.
This makes me sad. Probably wont be picking this up anymore.
Edit: All I really wanted was the ability to have a friend join me through the game. I dont even care about pvp/arena/etc.
Good. This trend of adding tacked-on MP to SP games needs to go away.
SHUT UP with your common sense!Uhhhh...wouldn't pandering involve putting in a multiplayer mode?
Yeah, that's pretty "Maybe, we have a chalkboard of ideas and we put 'multiplayer' on there." No wonder I didn't know about it.No the CEO implied they were attempting something:
These guys get it
CDPR knows what's up. Focus on that singleplayer.
CDPR is love.
they "strongly feel that this final saga of Geralt has no place for meaningful multiplayer."
Uhhhh...wouldn't pandering involve putting in a multiplayer mode?
This is why developers cram crappy multiplayers into what should have been only single player games.
Note, if this is a joke it went right by me.
Game needs to be smartly built with it in mind (see Divinity: Original Sin), otherwise at best it's a fun feature on the side if you cared to use it, at worst warps the game's design and takes away resources, and usually it's somewhere in between (ME3's Horde-type multiplayer was well received, but it seemed to have come at the expense of solid sidequests potentially.) Given that a lot of the Witcher involved traveling alone it was not likely to work out very well.No co-op, no first day sale. Every game needs a co-op feature.
Edit: As an option.