The sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 is in growth on the CD Projekt Crimson studios in Boston and Vancouver. The primary purpose for creating the Boston studio was to let CDPR develop Cyberpunk and The Witcher concurrently. Nonetheless, the builders say it should additionally assist make the sport extra authentically American.
How is CD Projekt making the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel extra genuine?
“I feel Cyberpunk is clearly a uniquely American story,” mentioned performing govt producer Dan Hernberg. It’s obtained numerous like, punk vitality, and [the tabletop game] was written by an American, so it simply appears proper to do it in America.” He and different builders mentioned this and extra in a current episode of the AnsweRED Podcast, as GameSpot reported.
After all, Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CDPR’s essential studio in Wrocław, Poland. Sadly, the European builders ignored a number of subtler cultural markers, which CDPR needs to repair within the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.
Affiliate recreation director Paweł Sasko gave the instance of Cyberpunk 2077’s “manhole debacle.” Whereas many gamers may not have observed, Evening Metropolis’s manhole covers are unusually European for a metropolis in California. Different examples embody streetlights, the place of rubbish bins, the colour of avenue indicators, and the design of curbs. “It doesn’t break immersion,” mentioned Sasko, “however it’s simply that little factor the place you’re like, ‘Effectively, possibly this wasn’t made by individuals who stay right here or individuals who totally perceive all of American tradition.’”
It’s not simply manholes and avenue indicators, with Sasko additionally discussing issues like motion pictures and music. “I additionally assume that being in America, it permits us to have these cultural touchpoints with the bigger American, you already know, form of affect with Hollywood,” he mentioned. “Clearly, Cyberpunk 2077 came about in LA, and so there’s simply form of all these cultural touchpoints and issues that we are able to form of work together with, whether or not that’s from music or story or simply totally different components of America which might be attention-grabbing to discover.”
