CD Projekt Red: 'Cyberpunk 2077 is far, far bigger than The Witcher 3'

"Now it has been revealed that the title will be ever grander in scale than the third and final entry in the developer’s sprawling fantasy series, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

“Cyberpunk is far bigger than anything else that CD Projekt Red has done before,” visual effects artist Jose Teixeira told MCV. “Far, far bigger."

[TheGreatGamer]

I remember the trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 was the first game trailer I saw for a next gen game that got me hyped for next gen, crazy there's been nothing since that first teaser trailer but I'm hoping to see more soon

[Yukes]

“The name of the game is Cyberpunk 2077, and we usually say the release date is 2077,” he joked.

Take your sweet time, CD Projekt Red. You've set the bar pretty darn stratospheric now :)

[poppinslops]

I'm guessing it'll release sometime in 2018, but I'll gladly wait 'til 2077... Wild Hunt sits alongside Red Dead and Ocarina of Time as one of my all-time faves, so the thought of CDPR making a sci-fi with creative freedom and stacks of $$$ is just too damn ultimate for me to even consider whining about the timeframe.

[KOIMOJO]

CD Projekt Red is just so impressive as a developer. They check all the boxes whether it's the quality of the game or the way they support their games and think about fans.

Whether they make the best dark fantasy setting or a super cool cyberpunk setting, it seems like what they make is always right at the top of my wheelhouse. Their games feel like they are crafted for me and I love it. Only a couple other devs out there that I can say that about. (FromSoft, KojiPro/RIP, Naughty Dog)

[Bolts]

Topping Witcher 3 will be an epic endeavor. They need to take their time instead of cranking out yearly open world rehash.

[frostypants]

I'm insanely amped for this game. I've been dying for a AAA cyberpunk game for years now (love Deus Ex but its universe doesn't have quite enough grit). The teaser kind of has a Blade Runner meets Syndicate (the original one, not the lame 2012 game) feel.

http://brutalgamer.com/wp-c...

Love that. The opening with the CRT command line is awesome. Details...

[assdan]

Yeah. Can't say I'm excited for this game, but I'm excited to see what it is lol.

[jb227]

I'm dying to see more from this one myself. I've never been big into the fantasy settings so I've sat out of the Witcher, but this sci fi setting is right up my alley. I'm sure I'll eventually give in & see what all the fuss is about with The Witcher but I'm very much looking forward to letting CDPR blow my socks off with Cyberpunk....if the story is on point I could see this title being a milestone release for the current gen. That teaser trailer has me all kinds of interested. Really hoping they pivot more of the team over to this title with the quickness so we can potentially see a gameplay trailer sometime in the next year or two.

[frostypants]

@jb227, oooohhh...you said something less than glowing praise about The Witcher 3. Careful, the fanboys will downvote the hell out of you...

[3-4-5]

Really looking forward to seeing more about this game.

It's had my interest from the beginning and knowing it's bigger than Witcher 3 is exciting news.

[XanderZane]

It's probably safe to say that we won't see this game next year. If we're lucky the end of 2017 or Spring 2018. The game is going to be grand. I have no problems waiting, as 2016 has so many quality games coming out, I doubt I'll be bored at all in 2016.

[SlightlyRetarted]

I think they said that they are going to do the same thing with Cyberpunk as Bethesda did with Fallout 4. So pretty close to the release they are going to drop a bomb. Not like with Witcher 3 thing where they showed footage years before release.

[DarkOcelet]

Holy Moly! I guess we are in for a treat. This might be the Blade Runner game we all have been hoping for. I cant wait to see some gameplay footage.

[joeorc]

Yeah 100% agree, if you think about the cyberpunk world, plenty of pen & paper RPG sourcebooks out there on mega corps, and the description on the world, the underlined big part is the Mega city's that you as a player play in.

Trams doc wagons with cookie cutter implants, full conversion net runners

Spider implants:

http://wpc.4d7d.edgecastcdn...

Gibson's ideas and concepts of a ovrgrowh of technologies like as your good response like in blade runner, the panoramic view of just seeing an elevator climb up in a mega city. With flying cars.

Tons of rain falling , some of which may have been water from days ago just now making it to the ground due to the pipes and drainage systems the water had to go through.

The City itself is Joined to the player as is the player to the city itself. as important as a feature of any in what's held for players in the settings. Of a mega city.

Not just one dark ally, but your dark ally could even be 100 stories up!

[frostypants]

This guy gets it.

[NerveGearneeded]

basically shadowrun on a GTA size scale and a 3rd person perspective.

[jb227]

It's got such great story potential..the Psychos aren't all that different from the spree shooters we are seeing these days in that they are also mostly "biologically enhanced" with antidepressants & ssri inhibitors. There could be so many parallels with our current society & every bit of tech shown so far seems to be an obvious outgrowth of where we are going as a society. Really hope they take their time fine tuning the story to make the most of all of this great potential & couple that with a truly unique and compelling environment & gameplay system. They have something really special on their hands here if they have the chance to see it to fruition.

[TwoForce]

I'm very like to see how CD Project Red can nail the sci fi game. Science fiction is my favorite genre.

[DLConspiracy]

Most anticipated game. Since the Witcher 3. I have been stoked for Cyberpunk 2077. If it's even bigger that means more time to indulge in that game. So excite!

[d_g]

i just can’t wait to see what is this game

the first trailer was awesome

[Hasswell-NeverCold]

And far far away..

[nowitzki2004]

Closer than we think.

[sadsatan]

as wonderful as witcher is, i'm all about cyberpunk

[frostypants]

I felt like what they struggled most with in Witcher 3 was the exploration component. The game just gave too much away in terms of where stuff was, and made the wide open spaces feel kind of pointless at times (but obviously I'm only speaking for myself here). A game like this though, in an urban setting, should take to that sort of game design a bit better, as atmosphere will trump exploration. Not sure if I'm making sense, but whatever. I'm excited.

[Peace_Love_and_FPS]

You're complaining about size, but they said it's bigger, why?

I wanted MORE size from the Witcher, not saying by any means it wasn't big enough, I'm just greedy and CDPR has spoiled me :D

[frostypants]

"You're complaining about size"

No I'm not. I'm complaining that they made the size pointless by labelling exactly where every interesting thing is without ever having to discover it on your own. There is absolutely zero need for exploration, thereby making the huge map nothing more than a travel time exercise. Game would have been better if they just eliminated the markers for undiscovered points of interest.

It's like people want this HUGE map...but they want their hands held so that they don't have to actually explore it. What's the point?

It's a broken mechanic, in my unhumble opinion. To summarize: huge map = good. Nerfing exploration = tremendously bad.

[_-EDMIX-_]

slowly sits down......

test blood pressure... I mean it says I'm alive but...WHAT IS LIFE?

This is just INSANE! BIGGER!?!!!! CDPR is setting the bar pretty high, with this game like taking place in a city based on the concept design, I CAN'T WAIT!

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[claudionmc]

WTF dude... Yes, it will be awesome, calm down.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I can't wait, we need gameplay like yesterday! lol.

I agree, it will be awesome (not sure where I'm saying it won't be but)

I really want to see what this team can do with a modern setting. I felt with Witcher 3 lots of issues with it being their first big open world game came up. Like the way points being on the map made it hard to pay attention to the amazing world.

They are learning from Witcher 3 and apply whats learned to Cyberpunk (which many clearly already assumed).

Can't wait!

[FoxyGotGame]

If the excellent Witcher 3 is anything to go by ....Cyberpunk being bigger means more Bugs & Issues.

I love CD Projekt Red, but that doesn't excuse anything. Oh well, we'll be on Patch 9.0 with Witcher 3 soon ;/

[shadowknight203]

You act like there were alot of bugs to begin with. I went through my entire playthrough without any major bugs and maybe 2-3 minor bugs. Nothing like a bethesda released bugfest.

[ScaReCrow90]

You and I must not have been playing the same Witcher 3 game.
I came across 0 bugs 0 game breaking bugs and about 2-5 glitches.

Based on the amount of the above that I have found in all other open world games I am pretty sure The Witcher 3 is by far the best working open world game out there.

Havent played MGS yet so cant speak for that one.

There's a difference between patches to fix game breaking aspects of a game and patches to improve upon the game.

[Antifan]

Bugs are to be expected with open-world games. Don't like that fact, don't buy them.

[pivotplease]

My only complaints are the frame rate (its pretty mediocre and almost always sub 30) and trying to press X on things for looting and lighting torches is extremely annoying to line up.

Besides that it's definitely one of the best WRPGs I've played. I think Skyrim felt more polished and had a lot more options and variety, but something about exploring swamps and the difficult Monster Hunter with spells combat makes my day. The regular hard mode is hard as hell though.

[Bolts]

I know it's crazy, but the PC version has less bugs than the console. This is why I quit my ps4 play through and went with the Steam version. 1080p 60 FPS all day makes playing on death march much more tolerable.

[Der_Kommandant]

That's some scary information.

[nowitzki2004]

I cant wait, this has to be my most anticipated game, especially after how great Witcher 3 was. They are going in a new direction and that has to be a good thing. Its a perfect time to step away from the dark world Witcher has amazed us with. I do hope in the future they go back and make something similar to Witcher.

[shadowknight203]

The world of Witcher is so amazing and rich, I don't see them stopping. Sure The Witcher 3 was to end a trilogy, but that's not to say a franchise. Just look at Mass Effect for example lol.

[ScaReCrow90]

Well big difference being Mass Effect 3 was a disappointment.
And if Dragon Age inquisition is any reference to what Mass Effect 4 will be like then its probably going to be more about being inclusive then about the depth of the characters and the story.

Not that it can't be both. But INquistion wasn't both

[shadowknight203]

they said mass effect was the end of a trilogy (shepard). And that witcher 3 was the end to a trilogy (Geralt). But the franchises will continue.

[joeorc]

In the RPG books from the late 1980's the artwork was one of the things that was at the time one of the best concepts to give a vision of Gibsons basic description in his books brought to life , blade runner was also such a visual come to life.

Back in 1988, cyper punk RPG had a rich makings for role playing in such a world. Its a fantastic era in electronic gaming where we can play in a gameworld and brought even further to life. Add in VR support and truly a epic city being brought to life. Several artwork covers over the years has been made for cyberpunk, so this will be one hell of a ride with the fantastic development teams that has made good games such as what they already have.

If you never have played this game before in pen & paper we are in for a real treat.
Information background on this game setting.

Now it started in the year 2020, the city in those years til now has no doubt grown by the year 2077!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

[Paytaa]

This game is going to be mind blowing I can already feel it.

[Relientk77]

Wow I can't wait to see it

[Acquiescence]

Boy, did they announce this game waaaaaaaaay too early. I'll never understand why publishers/developers fall prey to that trap to be honest.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah it's been 3 years since it was announced :3

[UltraNova]

Its understandable for a small(ish)indie dev to show their game early because they generate much needed hype aka word of mouth which can boost their popularity and sales down the line, provided they make a decent game in the end.

[joeorc]

Just a little background on the cyberpunk setting, if they stick to this, better watch out in game combat will no doubt be very deadly.

Cyberpunk 2020 claims to lend itself to play in the street level, dark film noir genre, but certain aspects of the basic system can influence game sessions toward a high body-count, 1980s action movie style.

Grin...

The combat system, called "Friday Night Firefight", emphasizes lethality. Several pages in the rules are devoted to discussing real combat vs. the illusions often seen on TV. Attempts are made to keep the combat as realistic as possible in a game setting. No matter who the character is, a single bullet can result in a lethal wound. This encourages a more tactically oriented and thought-out game play, which is in accordance to the rough-and-gritty ethos of the Cyberpunk genre. Also, the amount of damage a character can sustain does not increase as the character develops. The only way a character can become more damage resistant is to either become better at not being hit, physically augment their body with muscle (trained or implanted) or cybernetics, or wear armor.

[kraenk12]

Thank you brother. Very helpful. Universe and rules sound so interesting.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Greatly appreciated! Didn't know that, bubbles for intelligence.

[Lighter9]

::ears perk up:: I'm now interested in this game.

[MilkMan]

Just tell me when to hand over my wallet to you. Thats all I need to know. TY.

[joeorc]

Cyberpunk 2077 is a trademark of CD Projekt S. A. Cyberpunk 2077 CD Projekt S. A. All rights reserved. Cyberpunk 2077 is based on a Pen & Paper Cyberpunk system created by Mike Pondsmith. All other copyrights and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

So get ready tons of background on this game setting for the developers to surprise us with during the game..just hope you do not have to fight some of those full converted Borg's from the Maximum Metal setting there is some very serious weaponry in that book..lmao
https://s-media-cache-ak0.p...

Just look at that rail gun he has..lmao

[ScorpiusX]

Day on buy based on the E3 showing few years back , that clip[ looked awesome . can't wait for release.

[sullynathan]

Look at all this pre release hype about game size.

If another company did it then they would be getting shit from the N4G crowd.

[Simco876]

2017 I'm guessing, plenty of time to finish Fallout and it's DLC.

[Kalebninja]

Far bigger than the witcher 3? Mmmmmm baby.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Wonder if the themes will be similar to the masterpiece known as Snatcher :3

[Cy]

And there goes my interest. Witcher 3 was way too long for me.

[VJGenova]

I totally understand. I don't know why people always thing bigger is better. It can be but these 100+ hour games are too much. I'll listed a few "perfectly paced and long" games below:

1. Witcher 2 - 30 hours.
2. Dishonored and dlc - 35 hours.
3. Bloodborne - 35 hours.
4. Wolfenstein TNO - 18 hours.
5. Far Cry 4 - 30 hours.
6. Bioshock 1, 2 and infinite - ~20 hours
7. Max Payne 1, 2 and 3 - 7, 9 and 15 hours

And short games, can feel like a total drag. Like:

1. LOTR SOM - 20 hours.
2. LOTF - 24 hours.
3. The Order 1886 - 6.5 hours.

Games that are just too long for me to keep interest have included:

1. Witcher 3 - 85 hour mark
2. TESV - 30 hours mark
3. TESIV - 20 hour mark.
4. GTA4 - 20 hour mark
5. MGSVTPP - 20 hour mark (not done yet ... but will be soon)

Anything past 20-30 really has to be a gem for me to keep going. Like Demon's and Dark Souls. Witcher 3 as well, but i can't finish it.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well that is if you are seeking to 100% it, I have many friends that beat Witcher 3 in 40 hours in terms of its main story. Withcer 1 and 2 are both 30 to 40 hours with JUST the main story, more if you seek side quest.

I don't know anyone that 100% Witcher 2 in 30 hours on the first try. The game is not "too long" as you don't need to play the rest of the side quest, that is really up to you. As some of the titles you listed are actually longer when you factor in all side quest. I'm fine with Witcher 3's length as I rarely 100% RPGs, but its nice to know more exist if I feel like going back to it.

[sullynathan]

Witcher 2 is easily 12 hours in completing everything. I have done it. The game is short.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Sully? Soo you speedrun it? You do know that the average time for the speed run is 16 hours right? If you've done it, you had to have sped ran it vs a first time playthrough. No one on my friends list have competed Witcher 2 in such a time in terms of 100%, only ones I know that did it around that time, did it after the beat it before as the speedrun certain titles.

I've never heard that time referenced as a first playthrough time unless your literally rushing the game.

That doesn't mean its a short game, it merely means your aiming to beat it in a fast time.

http://howlongtobeat.com/ga...

Soooo out of 526 polled, 34 hours is the average for the main game, plus extras...thats not even factoring in 100%, that is merely the main game and some extras, not "Completionists" which is on average of 56 hours, polled by 73 gamers.

Sooo....understand why hearing you competed everything in 12 hours in Witcher 2 is a bit odd. You can beat it in that time likely....but get that out of 869 polled gamers...that is no where near the norm.

You can beat Link Between worlds in an hour and a half as one of my friends holds the current world record in that title, he even sped ran titles like RE in about an hour and a half...that doesn't mean those games are short, it means your rushing them.

The Order 1886 is a short game as MOST play times are around 7 or 8 hours, sometimes 10 or 11 (on hardmode) but consider your saying Witcher 2 and The Order are around the same length...

Are you sure you want to say The Witcher 2 and The Order are the same length? Orrrrr maybe just state you speed run? As I'm not sure I've heard of anyone playing Wither 2 on the first try, 100%'ing the game in 12 hours lol. Soooooo how short is it without the side quest?

"I have done it. The game is short" Yes YOU'VE done it, the game is NOT SHORT, you merely clearly speed run the title.

Consider what happened with The Order....if Witcher 2 was THAT "short" I'm pretty sure we would have had an uproar regarding it. A game being speed run doesn't make it "short" it means your merely speed running it...MOST are not playing a damn game that way.

[sullynathan]

a speedrun would have been even shorter. 869 gamers doesn't mean much especially when the game were talking about sold 2 million copies. A hardcore player like me doesn't spend much time doing meaningless crap in a game.

I completed everything that I could do in a path in TW2, it's a really short game and a disappointment for an rpg.

[DLConspiracy]

I hate value for my games too. Jk

[Cy]

So you equate value with nothing but length, then? Hm. Kind of shallow.

[DLConspiracy]

@cy

No, I didn't say that at all. If I enjoy a game having more of a game isn't a bad thing. Especially for $60 bucks. When compared to paying $60 for a 7 hour game that I enjoy. Does a long game make it less value?

[mocaak]

I hope big part of the game will take place indoors, like they showed in the trailer, or at least in a very built up environment. Walking around in open cities and forrests gets boring over time with so many open world games.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed, its something I hope is done with a open world game this gen ,where they focus on making MOST of the title have fully indoor areas to really flesh out the world.

As what does realism mean to a open world game where every building is locked up and every home is just a steel box with zero way to enter?

Some world lol.

That is my biggest hope for some future titles, hopefully this gen as I really, really would want to see that concept conveyed! Large nothingness in my opinion just isn't cutting it anymore, many, many do large nothingness, its not that big of a deal, but make every building explorable and you now have something to talk about, hell a game that is less then 5x smaller then GTAV but FULLY explorable in all buildings would make BIG WAVES in the industry vs "look how big we is doe"

[TheTwelve]

BRING IT!

[stormswrath]

I don't need cdpr to hype this game. I don't want them doing interviews or going to e3 or anything that takes time from them working on the game and finishing it so we can play it.

[_-EDMIX-_]

smh...

[Pixelart]

This is the game I'm most pumped for this gen. That trailer was so good I've watched it about 10 times. The lore seems great and I'm liking CDPR's ambitions with this story and open world.

[user9950279]

Bigger? great. How about more fun? 35 hours of TW3 was all that I could bear to play.

[Kal-V3]

While i think you are crazy (j/k of course), TW3 does slow down a bit while looking for Dandelion. But trust me, once you find him, the whole game really takes off. All i gotta say is Battle of Kaer Morhen.

[Sonyslave3]

I wonder how many fps the xbox one & ps4 going 2 be since witcher 3 had terrible frames rate on ps4 .

I hope they focus on stable frames on both version this time instead of resolution.

[Ashistheking]

I remeber the initial trailer getting me into the band Archive, loved the trailer. I thought for a long time this was cancelled, definitely more up my street.

[fanboysmackdown]

These guys and gals are phenomenal developers and am very much looking forward to this game.....I can wait.

[Gwiz]

This not going to release any time soon,2018 the earliest.

[DiaperFace]

What is this game? A futuristic game kind of like Witcher? Sounds f***ing cool then.

[WizzroSupreme]

Wow, then a good 500+ hours of my 2018 is booked.

[Detox024]

That sounds nice but the witcher 3 had a ton of dead space with no reason for exploration. Don't get me wrong I loved the witcher 3 but I would have taken a smaller world with more going on in it, more reason to explore and go off the beaten path. Still very optimistic about cyber punk

[masterfox]

hope we finally get a proper Cyberpunk game with a proper view and not that isometric lameness.

[lobocob]

I'm dead

[alfcrippinjr]

CD Projekt Red amazing company giving fans what they want free dlc.

The Witcher 3 is amazing good game to play.

i would start to give them my money over giving any to EA

support this company for sure

[urwifeminder]

This game did look nice I skipped the witcher 3 due to not finishing one and two yet lol great series need more arms to finish my game shame , but I may get this at launch to not finish and add to my pile ha ha.

[_LarZen_]

Gaming fatigue is starting to become a issue with this big games. I want better, not bigger games. I'd rather play more games then use 250h in one game that you are about to puke at the end because you are so tired of it...