Cyberpunk 2077 lets gamers select both a male or feminine model of protagonist V to play as, however developer CD Projekt Pink made them each equally legitimate from the very starting of improvement.
Talking on the Answered Podcast, CD Projekt Pink lead quest designer Błażej Augustynek revealed an fascinating tactic the developer used to make sure the character did not have one specific world view.
“Shaggy dog story, once we have been engaged on Cyberpunk we made the acutely aware resolution that the hunt designers have been going to think about V as a feminine character, whereas the writers consider V as a male character,” Augustynek stated. “So we did not wish to have any form of gaze, be it a feminine gaze or male gaze, and method to the world.”
Augustynek stated that, for him, V will at all times be a lady, and he would not consider the person model as the actual one. However different workers inside CD Projekt Pink will seemingly imagine the alternative. The subject has been hotly debated since Cyberpunk 2077 was launched, with gamers questioning which one is the canon character or who feels extra genuine on the earth. However it seems, it is each.
CD Projekt Pink narrative director Philipp Weber stated it was a stark distinction from engaged on The Witcher video games too, as a lot of the studio, if not all, was very accustomed to longtime protagonist Geralt of Rivia.
“It was an actual acutely aware voice as a result of we have been used to Geralt,” he stated. “We have been at all times used to writing for Geralt, making quests for Geralt, so once we knew, ‘Okay, we’re making a brand new character, and that character can be a lady,’ we simply made it a rule once we wrote our quest design paperwork to at all times write ‘she’. So we remind ourselves in our mind that it is a completely different form of character, the place now we even have to think about greater than possibly with Geralt.”
Cyberpunk 2077’s improvement is now all however full, with CD Projekt Pink releasing the ultimate main replace for it, Replace 2.1, earlier in December 2023. Followers anticipated the sport altering Replace 2.0, which arrived alongside the Phantom Liberty growth in September, to be the ultimate huge patch for Cyberpunk 2077 till CD Projekt Pink introduced a remaining one would arrive alongside the brand new Final Version.
Replace 2.0 laid the inspiration for the brand new Cyberpunk 2077 expertise, utterly revamping the sport with options resembling a brand new perk system and improved AI. It additionally introduced closure to an Elon Musk fan concept, a reference to the late racing legend Ken Block, and weird additions to the sport’s largest thriller.
In our 9/10 overview of the growth, IGN stated: “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Pink’s future RPG kickstarted with the anime spin-off, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its newest 2.0 Replace.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.