Cyberpunk 2077: CDPR talks dismembering with katanas, deep RPG systems, romance and first-person

The gunsmoke still lingers from CD Projekt RED’s worldwide unveiling of Cyberpunk 2077. There was a thrilling reveal at E3, a cinematic scene-setter that featured augmented humans, the seedy introduction to Night City, and a dude getting a good old fashioned shoeing.

[naruga]

First Person choice was a BAD choice.....Third person is by far the best option for any game, seeing your character is crucial to indentify yourself with the protagonist..... (but it requires double the effort from developers, that s why they ditch it often and go for 1st Person) ......... i was waiting for this game tbh, as i only play Third person games generally (and somehow i never played Withcer 3 knowing how deep -well made RPG Witcher is ) ....now after they choose to make it FPS wont be first priority for my game list

[TeamIcoFan]

Awww, how cute.
The internet weeb thinks he's a game dev!
Tell me weeb, did you get all your knowledge of Japan from both anime and manga? Or just one of them? <3

[TheDriz]

Idk man. I'm really starting to think about how immersive it is going to feel in first person. I want to be in that cyberpunk world not just play a character in the world. Stop thinking of it as the Witcher 3 in a new setting. It's not that. This is Cyberpunk 2077.

[RememberThe357]

I was watching the DF video on the behind closed doors footage, and the guy who saw the play through said the game looked like a huge Deus Ex game of sorts. Games like that should be first person. With how dense they can get and how detailed they are, I think the first person was exactly the right decision.

[ORyanDeee]

digital foundry said based on what the saw of the demo, third person just wouldn't fit, its built around first person

[RainbowBrite]

ha ha ha keep whining.

[Gatsu]

Come back after you have seen the gameplay.

[nowitzki2004]

If you played Witcher 3 then you would not be so worried. I trust CD Projekt

[Antifan]

YES OF COOURSE!! You know whats best for Cyberpunk 2077, more than the Dev.

[blacktiger]

"First Person choice was a BAD choice.....Third person is by far the best option for any game"
This is where you made a mistake.

[starchild]

To be honest I'm kind of tired of so many games being third person and following a similar formula. Mostly though I just want CDPR to do what they think is best for their game. I've played many great games in both perspectives.

[TheGoodestBoi]

How would you know? We haven't seen gameplay, let alone played it, so sod off

[Count_Bakula]

Only reason you're getting downvoted is because it's the most overused perspective in gaming, and everyone plays these BS first-person shooters online with each other. Atrocious decision. Hey, include it, great, fine. GTA did it, but my god have both. I'm sick of hearing that it was a decision for "immersion" and "to get the player closer." Those are utter excuses because of imposed deadlines they couldn't dream of meeting. FP allows them to completely jettison avatar design, animations, showing your customizations in action, ect. Am I jealous and pissed? Hell yes. FP is complete garbage to me and this was my #1 most anticipated game down the drain. Oh well.

[nowitzki2004]

Actually I "downvoted" because I have played many great 3rd person and 1st person games. So not sure why people automatically think it will be garbage. If you prefer 1st or 3rd you cant tell me the one you dont prefer has not had great games ever. Lets not be stupid here.

[medman]

I trust the developer. They've earned at least that much. Shame so many seem to be talking the opinion that they know better than the guys and girls who are actually talented and making the games.

[Jon61586]

I enjoyed oblivion skyrim and GTA in the first person. So I know I'm going to enjoy this

[CrystalFantasy]

The reason it's an fps is for technical reasons

[MAULxx]

Definitely on my Must Play List!

[PhantomS42]

People all of a sudden having a war about 1st or 3rd person. I get there are people who genuinely can't handle 1st person because it makes them motion sick but good lord anything besides that is absolutely stupid to argue about. Trust the devs because they know what they are doing, especially ones with good track records. CD Project Red could say it's an isometric game, with their track record I'd trust that they would make a great game.

[Smokehouse]

“The first was one that received predictable kickback from the game community, too eager to judge something it hasn’t yet seen”

Keywords being “hasn’t yet seen”.........

“When it comes to combat we have three different types of weapons. Each are for a different approach to the gameplay,” says Pietras. “What I can tell you about hand-to-hand combat is that we will have it; where you can use the katana or other weapons. It’s a cool thing because we have a dismembering system. It’s visceral, it’s brutal.”

Maybe if they showed everyone these cool features instead of a few of you then people wouldn’t be so quick to judge. I think it sounds fantastic, it’s too bad we all have to go by your description, I’m sure it doesn’t do it justice.

[Rachel_Alucard]

This guy uses the word Visceral 3 times in that interview. That word has nothing to do with video games and lost all it's meaning once devs started using it liberally when they can't describe something more efficiently to the average user. How many people reading this even know what Visceral means? It's a catch all buzzword that makes it sound good without any actual information.

[WelkinCole]

Since its 1st person. I wonder if it would be too hard to add VR for PSVR?

It would be a cool option if it comes out with the PS5 and PSVR2. I would definitely try it out.