Roleplaying

[kini]

Teaser trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs

[shubn]

http://www.cyberpunk.net/

http://thewitcher.com/community/entry/249

WARSAW, POLAND (30 May 2012) -- During its Summer Conference today, CD Projekt RED Studio, critically acclaimed RPG developer, announced that it is working on a new triple-A game based on the cult classic Cyberpunk® pen & paper RPG system created by Mike Pondsmith.

At the conference, CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski promised gamers that this game would have all of the hallmarks of the Witcher series that has made the developer so well-known and loved, and even more. Their upcoming RPG will be designed for mature and demanding players who expect to be treated seriously, and the game will be richly detailed, non-linear, and with a complex and gripping story. This much is expected from the talented studio, but the new universe brings with it some new twists in their game design. Players will experience the world through their own, unique characters chosen from different classes - be they blood-thirsty mercenaries or cunning hackers who they will equip with vast choice of cybernetic implants and deadly weapons. As in The Witcher series, players will face morally ambiguous choices, their actions influencing events in the world at large and the fate of the individuals they encounter.

Original "Cyberpunk" game designer Mike Pondsmith was at hand for the conference in Warsaw, Poland. "For over two decades, I've been proud to say that Cyberpunk's been the gold standard of what it means to be a true cyberpunk game. And it's been a huge success for me and our many fans, with over 5 million players worldwide. But over all that time we haven't found the right team to bring our cyberpunk world to full digital life -- until now. CD Projekt Red is the team we've been hoping for. Their incredible work on The Witcher and The Witcher 2 shows that they share the same dedication and love of great games that we do at Talsorian. I'm especially stoked that they want our participation in making this game a fantastic project that will live up to everything Cyberpunk fans (old and new) have been waiting for. Trust me -- this game is going to rock," said "Maxmike" Pondsmith.

This game will be developed by a new team at CD Projekt RED Studio, composed of veterans from the Witcher franchise. The studio will set new standard in the futuristic RPG genre with an exceptional gaming experience. The most important goal for this division is to create a game matching their vision, a game that corresponds to their high production values.

CD Projekt RED announces Cyberpunk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8GVUPr2to4

CD Projekt RED reveals Cyberpunk 2077: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_PkG4YYHHI

Mike Pondsmith about Cyberpunk World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYxt7cwDk4E

[Fudge]

A CD Projekt employee talks about recording lines in different languagues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzwUslpNe4k#

The plan is to give the player implants that will translate what is being said with varying degrees of accuracy, depending on the implant's quality.

[Fudge]

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Platige Image, the studio that made the teaser trailer, has its own page with concept art and behind-the-scenes photographs:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Cyberpunk-2077/6573211

[Qpo]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... ultiplayer

CD Projekt Red says Cyberpunk 2077 will have multiplayer

None of The Witcher games have yet had multiplayer, but CD Projekt Red's futuristic RPG Cyberpunk 2077 will.

"It will be a story-based RPG experience with amazing single-player playthroughs, but we're going to add multiplayer features," CDPR managing director Adam Badowski told me.

Whether there will be any multiplayer in The Witcher 3, we don't yet know. "We're thinking about something" was all Adam Badowski said.

Rumours began about multiplayer when CDPR advertised for a Multiplayer Programmer last year. The studio then attempted to brush off the attention by saying it was exploring all possible angles for its games.

Badowski told me that Cyberpunk 2077, like The Witcher 3, will also be an open world game - albeit in a very different setting. "The first and most important environment for Cyberpunk is the city, obviously," he said. "But not only the city: you can expect some more environments in the Cyberpunk game. We want to start in the Night City, which is cool. And yes it will be an open world game as well."

Unlike The Witcher 3, however, Cyberpunk 2077 won't revolve around a pre-defined hero. This means there will be more freedom to the open world, to who you are and to what you can do. In The Witcher 3, for example, hero Geralt can't massacre civilians because that wouldn't adhere to The Witcher fiction. "We'll have different situation in Cyberpunk," said Badowski. "Cyberpunk will have different character classes."

Having different character classes and no pre-defined hero loosens constraints on multiplayer, too. When I asked Badowski if there would ever be a Witcher MMO, he dismissed the idea with a chuckle. Simply, it wouldn't make fiction-sense to have 10 white-haired Geralts running around.

Cyberpunk 2077 is still a very long way off, and the team that's building it is still being established. One of the reasons the game was announced so far in advance of its 2015 release date - and with an eye-catching CGI trailer - was to attract development talent to the team.

The renowned Witcher team at CD Projekt Red is separate, although I'm sure resources will be pooled if and when the need arises. There's also another team at CDPR of Red Engine developers, QA specialists and technical support. The staff count at the Polish studio numbers 150, and the bulk of that - and the studio's focus - is on The Witcher 3, due 2014.

Eventually the Cyberpunk 2077 team will be the same size as The Witcher 3 team, said Badowski, but he doesn't want CDPR to be bigger than 200 employees. Also, the Cyberpunk 2077 team is "smaller right now" because it needs to be. "We don't want to grow too big on the prototyping stage because it's much easier to manage," Badowski told me.

"It's the crucial moment for Cyberpunk," he explained, "because we have tonnes of ideas and we need to have the perfect direction and we have to be in-line with the global vision of the game."

"We need to have precise, good, well-organised strike teams for that. The guys are working together brainstorming a lot, so a smaller team is better. And then we will go out to full production speed."

Cyberpunk 2077 will be a PC and next-gen consoles game just like The Witcher 3. Those next-gen consoles haven't been specified in Cyberpunk's case, but we know for definite that The Witcher 3 will be on PS4, and we can expect both games to also be on the next Xbox.

It's a big step for the previously PC-led studio, both in terms of production capabilities and the audience it reaches out to. "I don't think that the gaming world is split between PC and consoles," Badowski shrugged. "I'm a console player and I was a PC player and ... I don't want to be treated as stupid or less smart than a PC player. It's not like that. We definitely want to bring mature and ambitious gaming experience to the wider audience."

CD Projekt Red has its hands full, then, but Badowski said the studio was also "working on some prototypes" presumably for other games. "But again, sorry for that Robert - it's too early [to tell you what they are]," he apologised.

"We have some prototypes and we'll see if we can deliver something cool to the players. But every studio should have good R&D, especially independent studios. It's good to know what you may do in the future."

But, he concluded, "We have two leading projects, and they are the two hearts of our company."

[icycalm]

Added to Most Wanted section.

[icycalm]

Cyberpunk 2077: What we know so far
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1196914

[icycalm]

Finally some news on this.

Cyberpunk 2077 To Have "Online Elements," According To CD Projekt Red
http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/11/13/ ... 77-online/

Via http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1457965

[SriK]

Official E3 2018 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X2kIfS6fb8

No play footage, but it still looks pretty sick. In terms of atmosphere, it seems like they've moved a bit away from Blade Runner and more towards Dredd.

And a message from the developers which was hidden in the video:

It’s been over 2077 days since we announced our plan to develop Cyberpunk 2077. We released a CGI trailer, gave some interviews and… went dark. Normal procedure for these kinds of things — you announce a game and then shut up, roll up your sleeves and get to work. We wanted to give you the Witcher 3 and both expansions first, which is why this period of staying silent was longer than we planned. Sorry for that.

As soon as we concluded work on Blood and Wine, we were able to go full speed ahead with CP2077’s pre-production. But we chose to remain silent. Why? At some point we made the decisions to resume talking about the game when we have something to show. Something meaningful and substantial. This is because we do realize you’ve been impatiently waiting for a very long time, and we wouldn’t like anyone to feel that we’re taking this for granted. On the contrary — it gives us a lot of extra motivation. The hype is real, so the sweat and tears need to be real, too :)

But to the point. Today is the day. If you’re seeing this, it means you saw the trailer. - our vision for Cyberpunk, an alternative version of the future where America is in pieces, megacorporations control all aspects of civilized life, and gangs rule the rest. And, while this world is full of adrenaline, don’t let the car chases and guns mislead you. Cyberpunk 2077 is a true single player, story-driven RPG. You’ll be able to create your own character and… well, you’ll get to know the rest of what show at our booth at E3. Be on the lookout for the previews!

Before we finish, you probably have some questions,

When?
When we told you we would only release the game when it’s ready, we meant it. We’re definitely much closer to a release date than we were back then ;) but it’s still not the time to confirm anything, so patience is still required. Quality is the only thing that drives us. It’s the beauty of being an independent studio and your own publisher.

How big?
Seriously big, but… to be honest, we have no bloody clue at this point in time. Once we put it all together, we will openly tell you what you can expect. And we promise we’ll do this before we start talking about pre-orders or ask anything of you.

Free DLC/Expansions/DRM
Expect nothing less than you got with The Witcher 3. As for DRM, CP2077, will be 100% DRM-free on PC.

Microtransactions?
In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?

Once again, thank you for your patience. If you have a minute, do visit cyberpunk.net and share your opinion (about anything) with us. We read everything you posted we treat it very seriously.

Yours,

CD PROJEKT RED Team

[icycalm]

Looks like they won't try pulling the same shit as with that Witcher card game. If they ever had a game that would raise GOG's profile sufficiently to fight Steam, this is it, but they aren't using it that way, which means they've given up the fight against Steam (which makes sense, since now they would be fighting both Steam and Epic, for which they obviously lack the resources).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091 ... punk_2077/

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification. You play as V, a mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a-kind implant that is the key to immortality.

Official E3 2019 Cinematic Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcTM8WXFjk

lol Keanu



April 15, 2020.

[icycalm]

Yep, it's also on the Epic store (tho you have to scroll all the way down the frontpage to find it, whereas on Steam it's the banner game; Epic still has things to learn about marketing): https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p ... -2077/home

PLAY AS A MERCENARY OUTLAW
Become a cyberpunk, an urban mercenary equipped with cybernetic enhancements and build your legend on the streets of Night City.

LIVE IN THE CITY OF THE FUTURE
Enter the massive open world of Night City, a megalopolis that sets new standards in terms of visuals, complexity and depth.

STEAL THE IMPLANT THAT GRANTS ETERNAL LIFE
Take the riskiest job of your life and go after a prototype implant that is the key to immortality.

Digital goodies included:

• Game soundtrack
  
• Art booklet featuring a selection of art from the game
  
• Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebook
  
• Wallpapers for desktop and mobile

The tagline is "THE REAL YOU IS NOT ENOUGH".

But I thought I was equal to... myself?

[icycalm]

CULT|Beakman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixl31324UxE

Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 — Official Trailer — The Gig

And an announcement for an anime based on Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7dKVCw7bkE

Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 – CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS announcement video

no images from the anime (besides that thumbnail) are shown.

CULT|icycalm
There's also a comic book based on the medics coming. I tweeted about it a few hours ago.
Wow that trailer
This trailer has all the play footage I wanted to see
So much content in this game
The car chase scene with the shooting was incredible
I think this game might deliver the next step up from vanilla open-world
Ever since GTA3 I've been asking for a game that blends open-world with RPG
In a way, all CRPGs ever can be said to be open-world
But that's only if you don't understand what open-world means
What open-world means is action on a level with pure action games
GTA3 had that
Elder Scrolls games lol don't have that
That's why Elder Scrolls isn't open-world
From what I have read, Witcher 3 doesn't have that either
Combat is the typical ARPG jank in Witcher 3
But THIS game looks like awesome action, ergo it will be open-world + RPG
I think Ghost of Tsushima might be awesome, but it will be a typical open-world game with basically no plot choices
So, all else being equal, Cyberpunk might crush it
What a year this is. And Squadron 42 is said to launch this year too
I will do my best to play and stream all three on launch
I want to do this with all GOTY candidates from now on
I replaced the old trailer with this one

[Beakman]

Lifepaths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV8BTZ6_PWQ

[icycalm]

That's the most content-heavy trailer of the game I've seen. If it delivers half of what it's showing it'll be an easy GOTY.

Also, Corpo for life.

[Beakman]

Official Gameplay Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8lX3hDU30

[icycalm]

That trailer sounds like it was written by someone who read my essays. It starts off by saying that their goal is to make "bigger, deeper, more complex games" with every game they make. And it ends by saying "immerse yourself in an open-world adventure", without using the term "RPG" anywhere. In the last chapters of my Role-playing Culture essay I will explain how tabletop turn-based RPG slowly morphs through the decades—with the injection of technology—into "open-world adventure", and finally Total Recall VR experience; but whoever cut this trailer pretty much already gets it.

[Saf]

Heads up, a bug has been found that corrupts your save file if it goes over the 8 MB file limit. It seems that doing too much crafting is the main culprit, and there isn't a fix yet:

Cyberpunk 2077 PC Bug Causes Corruption in Game Saves: Reports
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cyber ... es-reports

[icycalm]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/182737218 ... d/1091500/

Everyone complained about the bugs and glitches but the real problems are that the game's systems are terribly outdated. People were promised a next-gen experience. I've played games from a decade ago that have better open worlds then this.

- Police appear out of nowhere.
- Police are amazingly easy to escape. You can walk a block away and lose them.
- Civilian NPC's appear and disappear when you're not looking.
- The A.I. is alot my artificial then intelligent. The only reaction they ever have is to duck or completely disappear in thin air.
- The A.I. is basically on rails; they will not drive or walk around anything you put in front of them, they'll just stop and sit there for eternity.
- The world doesn't actually feel alive (no random encounters). NPC enemies spawn in the exact same place every single time without fail.
- Bars and food are exactly the same vendor with a different coat of paint. No matter where you go you can't sit down and eat something, or sit and enjoy a virtual drink (unless it's a talking-scene tied to a quest).
- You can't interact with shop keepers beyond buying something or receiving maybe two lines of chit-chat. You can't rob them. You can't kill them. You can't get quests from them. They won't even react if you lob a grenade at them.
- The "car chases" are on rails and there's only 3-4 prescripted car chases in the game.
- Only 2% of "choices" your character makes in dialogue has any effect on the story. The rest are just alternate dialogue to give the appearance of choice and replayability.
- Character starting paths (Street kid, Nomad, Corpo) have little to no affect beyond the first 20 minutes of the game and simple dialogue changes.
- Player characters have no reflection unless you use the specific mirror located in your apartment.
- You can't alter the look of your character after the initial character creation. Not even a haircut.
- Can't customize your apartment in any way, shape, or form.
- There's almost no reason to ever go back to your apartment after being there the first time.
- Vehicles can't be customized; no new paints, liveries, or body-pieces.
- There are 4 mini-games total: Hacking, shooting-range, boxing, and car racing. There are only two shooting-range quests, only 6 boxing matches, and only 4 races. That's it as far as mini-games go.

You can fix bugs but unless CD somehow improves the lack-luster world and experience they created, I can't recommend this game to anyone.

All these points could be true, and the game could still be great. He hasn't touched any of the major points one would care about in a game of this kind, so it's a given he is stupid if he thinks this is a review.

That said, it's good to know these points, assuming they are true.

[Ciaróg]

Regarding the above complaints a patch was released that stopped the police appearing out of thin air.

[Insomnia]

Insomnia review (5/5): https://culture.vg/forum/topic?t=7418

Contrary to popular belief, Cyberpunk 77 is not a sequel to Fallout 76.

[icycalm]

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVKBoD ... XVyolQO3wj

Get ready for Phantom Liberty — a spy-thriller expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 set in an all new district of Night City.

2023.

By that time, if you have a 4090 you should be able to play on triple-4K screens fairly smoothly.


P.S. And of course a black woman is headlining the game. And she looks crap even though she isn't real and they could have made her much better-looking if they wanted to. Even the Polish are succumbing to this shit now.

P.P.S. Notice it's not coming to last-gen.

[ysignal]

This is my latest stream:

Cyberpunk 2077 (Very Hard, Level Scaling Plus 6, Companion Mod) with ysignal 27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9jkwF5WcdY



I'm using these two mods:

Appearance Menu Mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/790

Level Scaling and Balance
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/1712

I'm using AMM to spawn in some of the friends I made along the way to take on gigs and NCPD alerts (not main missions or side jobs, as they might clash with the story). In the vanilla game, each friendly character has a quest line that establishes you as close friends or lovers, after which you can't interact with them very much. Some of them reappear during the final mission but, depending on the timing, there can be a very long period where they will barely interact with you. They just sit in the one place and spit out the same handful of lines and refuse to go out and do anything with you. This mod gives you a workaround for that.

If you want to play the game this way, you need to be mindful of who to spawn and when so that it mixes well with the story. That's hard to do early in the game because you never know when characters are going to appear or call/text you. I'm very late in the game so most of those interactions have been exhausted.

The other mod is to dial the difficulty up because I've hit max level and my character is OP, and also because bringing a companion makes things a bit easier. The difficulty during the game was generally decent, but not really very hard, so it might be worth using mods like this earlier in the game, but I don't think it's essential. I recommend trying to find a way to crank up the difficulty for the final boss though, which I found way too easy. I haven't tested this mod on any bosses, so I'm not sure if it applies to them or just regular enemies.

[icycalm]

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Cinematic Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbexcm ... XVyolQO3wj



I like how an A-list actor is thrown away in a mere cinematic trailer that serves as an intro to your synthetic actor's adventure. That's the future: YOU are the protagonist, because this is the ultimate art motherfucker.