To help shed some light on what gamers can expect, CD Projekt RED Community Manager, Marcin Momot, took to the internet to answer some questions from the community.
When asked about the inspiration for Cyberpunk, Momot referenced the usual suspects of the genre, such as the Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell movies. From the video game world, CD Projekt RED also is an admirer of System Shock’s “interesting approach to gameplay” and the “first part of Deus Ex.” While Cyberpunk’s game story will have global implications, the focus of the story will take place in Night City, California, the main venue from the non-digital version of the game.
Momot emphasized that, similar to the The Witcher 2, the story would be aimed toward a mature audience. However, unlike The Witcher series, Cyberpunk will have a non-linear open world for players to explore, which could present a challenge if CD Projekt RED integrates the cause and effect choice system used in its previous RPGs.
For those players that were not happy with The Witcher 2’s lack of player customization, never fear. Cyberpunk will be true to its pen and paper roots:
The idea of a true open world sci-fi RPG with a fully customizable character sounds very promising, but let’s hope that CD Projekt RED will also utilize the strong narrative thread that made The Witcher series so successful.
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.
Source: CD Projekt RED
