Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Pink just lately mentioned the way forward for the RPG sequence and the place it nonetheless has room to develop in its upcoming sequel, codenamed Challenge Orion. One hope the studio has for its upcoming sequel is to do a greater job of pushing the envelope in its commentary on social points.
Throughout a latest episode of CDProject Pink’s AnswerRed Podcast, affiliate recreation director Paweł Sasko underscored how, regardless of the sport’s nature of not hand-feeding gamers solutions to prevailing social points, Cyberpunk 2077 did not go far sufficient in its social commentary.
“I see that we did not push the envelope far sufficient in some locations, as an example,” Sasko mentioned. “Like, as an instance, the homeless disaster. After I have a look at it, I am like, ‘We weren’t far sufficient in ‘[Cyberpunk 2077.’] We thought that we have been dystopian, however we simply touched the floor.”
Dan Hernberg, the manager producer for Challenge Orion, agreed with Sasko that Cyberpunk’s portrayal of social points was flawed and voiced his optimism for Orion furthering the sport’s social commentary in methods 2077 fell brief.
“I feel the actually cool factor about Cyberpunk—and the dystopian future that it has—is there’s a lot relevance to at present, of megacorporations, of individuals on the fringes, , of individuals simply being exploited assets, of the wealth hole, of all this stuff,” Hernberg mentioned. “I feel that 2077 permits us to inform these tales in methods the place—on the coronary heart of it—there’s all the time relationships and other people, however we’re in a extremely damaged world and that we will name out a few of these issues.
“I feel for me that is what Cyberpunk is about, exploring these themes however in a really poignant approach,” Hernberg continued. “I like the world, and I feel that is what we will attempt to do with Challenge Orion. Actually proceed to lean into that and proceed to say, ‘What’s [the state of the world ] at present,’ and what does it seem like in a few years.”
Again in March, CD Projekt Pink employed Hernberg, a former head of manufacturing at Amazon Video games and lead product supervisor at Blizzard Leisure, as one of many veteran builders engaged on Orion in its Boston studio. Though particulars on Challenge Orion are scarce, one factor we all know for certain concerning the follow-up title is that the corporate needs it to comply with within the footsteps of The Witcher’s evolution. That means, that CD Projekt Pink goals to have Orion usher in additional gameplay enhancements and options than its predecessor as soon as it lastly releases. One other rumored concept for the title is that it would embody Cyberpunk 2077’s scrapped multiplayer function.
In our assessment of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, we gave the sport a 9/10, writing, “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Pink’s future RPG kickstarted with the anime spinoff, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its newest 2.0 Replace.”
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