Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red not too long ago mentioned the way forward for the RPG collection and the place it nonetheless has room to develop in its upcoming sequel, codenamed Project Orion. One hope the studio has for its upcoming sequel is to do a greater job of pushing the envelope in its commentary on social points.
During a latest episode of CDProject Red’s AnswerRed Podcast, affiliate sport director Paweł Sasko underscored how, regardless of the sport’s nature of not hand-feeding gamers solutions to prevailing social points, Cyberpunk 2077 did not go far sufficient in its social commentary.
“I see that we did not push the envelope far sufficient in some locations, for example,” Sasko mentioned. “Like, to illustrate, the homeless disaster. When I have a look at it, I’m like, ‘We weren’t far sufficient in ‘[Cyberpunk 2077.’] We thought that we had been dystopian, however we simply touched the floor.”
Dan Hernberg, the chief producer for Project Orion, agreed with Sasko that Cyberpunk’s portrayal of social points was flawed and voiced his optimism for Orion furthering the sport’s social commentary in methods 2077 fell quick.
“I feel the actually cool factor about Cyberpunk—and the dystopian future that it has—is there’s a lot relevance to immediately, of megacorporations, of individuals on the fringes, , of individuals simply being exploited sources, of the wealth hole, of all these items,” Hernberg mentioned. “I feel that 2077 permits us to inform these tales in methods the place—on the coronary heart of it—there’s all the time relationships and other people, however we’re in a extremely damaged world and that we are able to name out a few of these issues.
“I feel for me that is what Cyberpunk is about, exploring these themes however in a really poignant method,” Hernberg continued. “I like the world, and I feel that is what we will attempt to do with Project Orion. Really proceed to lean into that and proceed to say, ‘What is [the state of the world ] immediately,’ and what does it seem like in a few years.”
Back in March, CD Projekt Red employed Hernberg, a former head of manufacturing at Amazon Games and lead product supervisor at Blizzard Entertainment, as one of many veteran builders engaged on Orion in its Boston studio. Although particulars on Project Orion are scarce, one factor we all know for certain concerning the follow-up title is that the corporate needs it to observe within the footsteps of The Witcher’s evolution. Meaning, that CD Projekt Red goals to have Orion usher in additional gameplay enhancements and options than its predecessor as soon as it lastly releases. Another rumored thought for the title is that it would embrace Cyberpunk 2077’s scrapped multiplayer characteristic.
In our evaluation of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, we gave the sport a 9/10, writing, “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Red’s future RPG kickstarted with the anime spinoff, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its newest 2.0 Update.”
Isaiah Colbert is a contract author for IGN. You can observe them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.
