Cyberpunk 2020 Creator Responds to Criticism Against Cyberpunk 2077

The demo of Cyberpunk 2077 showcased at E3 has come under criticism and Cyberpunk 2020 creator Mike Pondsmith took to Reddit to respond to the critics.

[Rachel_Alucard]

"They threw me off tumblr? No, I never go on Tumblr. I'll stick to 4chan."

Absolutely based

[SyntheticForm]

What a response - I love these guys.

[AK91]

This man is such a badass. No need to bother being friendly to toxic people just call them out for their BS.

[Fluttershy77]

There's no criticism... Not an article, not a person... you got literally one guy saying that "some people" were commenting on this, he doesn't even own his opinions.

[rainslacker]

One guy responding to someone who put words in his mouth. Words used to deliver criticism about the game. Some people were saying these things, hence why he called those people out. And there are a couple articles floating around with some SJW idiotic notion of someone being oppressed or misrepresented because of something innocuous.

[meep316]

your mental gymnastics wont work here.

[Fanof30]

There have been 10 articles criticizing Cyberpunk. How about know what your talking about lmao. Rock Paper Shotgun, Polygon, Kotaku and many others.

[TK-66]

Miss Sarkeesian came out from hibernation to suggest they hire her to help guide them towards the light too.

[rainslacker]

Not sure why any dev would need to consult with Sarkeesian to figure these things out. It doesn't take consultants to know how to make a narrative driven game unless those consultants are specifically tailored to actually representing certain kinds of properly...like religion or culture. What could Sarkeesian possibly offer up other than say if something is offensive or not? the game is rather open, and what's she going to do to say what culture may be like in 60 years surrounding equality and people being able to openly express their feelings about who they are? Even in our own culture that's a rather new phenomenon, and it can play out in so many different ways in the future. It could be the trendy thing right now to do, but in another 20 years, not so much. This dev is just doing their own interpretation of it based on current trends, and they don't need a 3rd party to tell them to how they interpret those things.

Instead of Sarkeesian maybe looking for more work, she should deliver on that KickStarter that she never finished but made millions off of. The one that catapulted her career as being a professional troll, finding a place where she would be listened too, because despite gaming being the largest entertainment industry in the world, it isn't taken seriously among the masses.

Someone in the comment section on reddit mentinoed that these people aren't the target audience, and you don't have to cater to them. It's kind of funny that one of the kick offs to gamergate was Leigh Alexander saying exactly the same thing. The difference is, the people Alexander was talking about actually do buy games, and the devs weren't catering to them specifically, just that some people were working up to a point where they could make a fuss over something that didn't exist. A collusion with gaming media to perpetuate what they wanted, instead of what was best for the industry or the consumer.

[DillyDilly]

Mike can blame himself if things go bad as the customer is always right & we decide whats a success & flop

[Imalwaysright]

As a costumer I don't see anything wrong with what Mike said. In fact this makes me want to support him and CDPR even more.

[rainslacker]

There was a time where I'd not appreciate companies, or people, speaking like this towards others, and felt that respect above all else for the customers, even if you feel they're wrong or irrational. But, since Sarkeesian brought her brand of moral righteousness into gaming, we have been, as customers, tried to be told what it is we want, what it is we should buy or not buy, what we should be upset about, what we should feel ashamed of, and had so many cringe worthy moments built into products or announcements as these companies try to look awesome by appeasing this minority group.

Because of that, I"m actually appreciative with those surrounding a project, even if this guy isn't directly involved, speaking up and telling people that their opinion doesn't matter, because they are being irrational and coming at these criticisms from the wrong way of thinking. They're telling the devs, and the consumer what it is they want, acting like they should change it or all hell is going to break loose, with a bunch of shame thrown into the mix so they can't even respond without looking like a**holes. Well, as time goes on, some people just have to accept they're going to look like an a**hole, and it's fine with me, because the people they're responding to have been a**holes far longer.

[BlaqMagiq1]

So they also know better how a story should be told too? If that's the case they should make the game. We'll see how far they go.

[TheOptimist]

"One side is always right"

This is the reason why a world like cyberpunk exists. A utopia where the people in power change the rules. I loved what Light Yagami said in Death Note:

"If we catch Kira, he is evil. If he wins and rules the world, then he is justice."

Even that aside, considering that human masses are at the top of the fickle chart, I wouldn't count on the opinion of the masses.

[pinkcrocodile75]

The customer is always right and also an idiot, childish, shortsighted, talentless, ignorant and self important.

The customer can kiss CD Projekt Red's starfish

[Ristul]

Damn, what a smackdown, and by the original creator no less. I Will support this game day one, looks awesome

[CrystalFantasy3]

I hear the gunplay on this game is questionable. I hope in the future it doesn't become a situation where anyone that criticizes this is automatically branded an sjw or something.

[Fanof30]

That's a lie. First of all Cyberpunk is a RPG, not an FPS. Anyone going in thinking the gunplay is going to be Call of Duty is delusional. This is a extremely deep role playing game not a shooter and everyone without an agenda who actually saw the game will tell you combat looks fantastic.

[Dragonscale]

The prophecy about diversity and unity in the rule book for the cyberpunk 2020 board game is that accurate its almost scary.

[Gwiz]

Just work on the game,tell the media to suck it and keep on going.

[meep316]

Poland remembers communism, they are going to let anyone use communist like tactics against them.

[strayanalog]

Something blown out of proportion instead of waiting patiently for the answers or simply asking? It can't be.

[Hardiman]

Yeah this whole thing where some fans say creativity should be a democracy is for the birds! From GOT to any other IP that "FANS" cry about gets on my nerves.

If you don't like it then it's not for you move along and how about YOU go and create so from nothing and show is all how it's done!

[Sidewinder-]

The tide has turned!

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Crazy

[Gwiz]

I just found out where the criticism came from,it's not going to work with this IP.
I'm telling you right now,give it up the man consulting has been around before you
were even relevant to the universe,you're going to lose.

[Stevonidas]

"Who the (bleep) do YOU think you are to tell ME whether or not MY creation was done right or not?"

ALL HAIL MIKE PONDSMITH

[rainslacker]

I'd be more interested in if the person he was responding to decided to say who the (bleep) he was to say such a thing.:)

I notice that when confronted in such a way, they either back down, laugh it off, or become indigent as if they were wronged by the response.

[esherwood]

Anything that Sarkeesian chick is apart of I want nothing to do with, glad they didn’t take her seriously. Cd project red is the most honest developer out there right now

[SIdepocket]

Best to just ignore the useless idiots on Twitter, they’d find a way to be offended if someone announced a cure for cancer.

And there’s always someone just *dying* to write articles about the Twitter idiots.

[Mr-Dude]

And everybody is censored again... looks this site is becoming a SJW haven..

Fuck it

Fuck censorship
Mis CAT