The sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 is in development on the CD Projekt Purple studios in Boston and Vancouver. The principle motive for creating the Boston studio was to let CDPR develop Cyberpunk and The Witcher concurrently. Nevertheless, the builders say it’s going to 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,” stated appearing govt producer Dan Hernberg. It’s obtained lots of like, punk power, 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.
In fact, Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CDPR’s important studio in Wrocław, Poland. Sadly, the European builders neglected just a few subtler cultural markers, which CDPR needs to repair in the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.
Affiliate sport director Paweł Sasko gave the instance of Cyberpunk 2077’s “manhole debacle.” Whereas many gamers won’t have seen, Night time Metropolis’s manhole covers are surprisingly European for a metropolis in California. Different examples embrace streetlights, the place of rubbish bins, the colour of avenue indicators, and the design of curbs. “It doesn’t break immersion,” stated Sasko, “however it’s simply that little factor the place you’re like, ‘Effectively, perhaps 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 films and music. “I additionally assume that being in America, it permits us to have these cultural touchpoints with the bigger American, you already know, type of affect with Hollywood,” he stated. “Clearly, Cyberpunk 2077 came about in LA, and so there’s simply type of all these cultural touchpoints and issues that we are able to type of work together with, whether or not that’s from music or story or simply totally different components of America which are fascinating to discover.”