Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt (digital) Bandai Namco Entertainment (in Europe) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (in North America) Spike Chunsoft (in Japan)

Senior Developer

Adam Badowski (Creative Director)
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz (Design Director)
Michał Dobrowolski (Lead Gameplay Designer)
Paweł Sasko (Lead Quest Designer)

composer

Marcin Przybyłowicz

Erstveröffent-
lichung

Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , GeForce Now , Google Stadia
December 10, 2020
PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series
2021

platform

Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series
GeForce Now
Google Stadia

Game engine

REDengine 4

genre

Open World - Action-Adventure

Subject

Science fiction , cyberpunk

Game mode

Single player , multiplayer

control

Mouse and keyboard , gamepad

medium

Blu-ray Disc , download

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open world - action-adventure of the Polish development studio CD Projekt RED . It should appear for the PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series , GeForce Now , Google Stadia and Microsoft Windows .

Based on the pen & paper role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020 , it is set 57 years later in the city of Night City in California, an open world with six different regions. In the first person perspective, players take on a mercenary named V who is adaptable to the circumstances , who has skills in hacking and handling machines, can use an arsenal of long-range weapons and has or can acquire a wide range of close combat skills. The game was released on December 10, 2020.

Cyberpunk 2077 is developed on the technical basis of the in-house REDengine 4 . The team behind it comprises around 500 employees. It thus exceeds the number of those who were involved in the development of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015), the development studio's last game to date. To support production, CD Projekt set up a new department in Wroclaw , Poland , and worked with DigitalScapes, Nvidia and QLOC. Mike Pondsmith, game designer and creator of the cyberpunk template, was a consultant on the development. The actor Keanu Reevesplays one of the main roles. The soundtrack includes music by Marcin Przybyłowicz and several licensed artists. Various adaptations have been or are being produced, including a comic book series , a card game and an anime .

Gameplay

The player controls the mercenary V in Cyberpunk 2077 . Players can customize gender, hairstyle, face, body type, modifications, and clothing. Clothing changes how V interacts with non-player characters , including the romantic and sexual relationships available. The character traits (strength, constitution, intelligence, reflex, technique and cool) are for the character classes customizable. You can even choose the story of your own character at the beginning of character creation. The choice influences the later course of the game and you can choose from a total of three stories: Streetkid, Corpo and Nomad. These mainly consist of: "NetRunner" ( cracker ), "Techie" (machines) and "Solo" (fight). V has a Ripper Doc consult to cyberware - implants to update at the expense of euro dollars and to buy; "Moreso" in black markets for military capabilities. As usual in role-playing games, colors indicate the rarity of equipment, from unusual (green) to epic (purple). Vshould move in a variety of ways: normally on the ground, but also take cover and aim. He can also jump, double jump and slide along the floor. When armed with arm blades, V can climb walls, but also, like other melee weapons, execute melee strikes. There are three types of ranged weapons : Power (standard), Tech (which can penetrate walls and enemies), and Smart (with self-targeting projectiles ). These can be adapted and modified. Ranged weapons are equipped in such a way that they ricochet the projectile in the direction of the target ( ricochet ). With a reflex amplifier, time can be slowed down in combat ( bullet time). Four types of damage can be inflicted: physical, thermal, electromagnetic impulse and chemical (this is where opponents are identified by scanning with a bionic eye ). Gunsmiths repair and upgrade weapons.

V can move freely in the open metropolis of Night City . It consists of seven regions: the Corporate Center , immigrant Watson , the luxurious Westbrook , the suburb of Heywood , the gang-infested Pacifica , the industrial Santo Domingo and the outskirts called Badlands . He travels on foot and in various vehicles, including motorcycles. The vehicles can be controlled from the first person as well as from the third person. Autonomous cars make it possible for Vto focus on the fight instead of driving while shooting. Pedestrians can be run over. The day-night cycle and dynamic weather affect the behavior of non-player characters. Apartments can be bought and used as a base where V fetches guns, changes clothes, uses a computer, and non-player characters for sexual activitybrings along. The game has non-English speaking characters. Players who do not speak the languages can buy translator implants in order to understand them better (depending on how the implants develop, the quality of the translations will vary). “Braindance”, a digital recording device that is streamed directly into the brain, allows the player character to experience the emotions, brain processes and muscle movements of another person as if they were his own. In the dialogue with non-player characters there are various options, which also initiate missions. Experience points are gained from the main missions, while street credibility side missionsbring and unlock skills, vendors, locations and additional missions. Missions are acquired by characters known as fixers . Throughout the game, V is supported by various companions on missions. Consumables like soft drinks are used for healing. Items can be viewed in V's inventory . Mini-games include hacking, boxing, auto racing, martial arts, and shooting ranges. " Game over" messages are displayed only at the time of death. If a quest fails, the game continues anyway. Player decisions lead to different endings.

There should also be a multiplayer mode, but this will appear a little later and should contain microtransactions to cover the costs of the game. The company stated that it wanted to make this “fair”.

Surroundings

Night City is a US mega-city in the state of Northern California that is corporate-controlled and unaffected by state or state laws. Within the city, conflicts such as rampant gang wars for supremacy are the order of the day. Night City relies on the use of robotics in everyday life for waste disposal, maintenance or public transport . The city's visual identity is derived from the four eras it has passed through - strict entropism, colorful kitsch, imposing neo-militarism and opulent neo-kitsch. The Internet is administered and controlled by companies and the army, and many residents are homeless.Cybernetic changes, which are also possible for the poor, lead to cosmetic dependence and the resulting violence. A special police unit, known as the Psycho Squad , takes care of particularly severe cases of cyber psychosis , a psychological impairment resulting from excessive cybernetic adaptations. Due to the ever-present danger to life and limb, all citizens are allowed to openly carry firearms in public.

development

The preproduction of Cyberpunk 2077 started shortly after the developers of CD Projekt RED had completed the development of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine . This first team consisted of about fifty employees. This later increased, so that even more people are employed than on the development of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt . After its release, the developers started improving the in-house RED Engine 3 to bring out Cyberpunk 2077 . CD Projekt RED was approved by the Polish government with 7 million dollars promoted their application for funding the deployment ofRED Engine 4 confirmed. In June 2017, data containing early draft designs was stolen and threatened to be released, but the developer refused to honor the ransom demand. Cyberpunk 2077's development reportedly hit a milestone in late 2017. In March 2018 a new studio was opened in Wroclaw to support the enormous production. An estimated 400 employees were working on the development at that time. Originally, Cyberpunk 2077 , including multiplayer appear mode, later was single player mode prioritized. The first person-Perspective was chosen, in contrast to the third-person perspective, to allow the player to immerse himself more in the game, as the developer says he has put a lot of attention to detail into the open world . For this purpose, cutscenes and gameplay have been designed so that they fit together seamlessly. Cyberpunk 2077 will feature full nudity , which director Adam Badowski said takes up the theme of transhumanism . “ The body is no longer sacrum; it's profane”(German:“ The body is no longer sacred, it is profane ”). The mission designers, who oversee the development of their own ideas, decided to design the mission system so that the players can determine the order of the missions themselves. Mike Pondsmith, who developed the original pen and paper role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020 , is advising the project. Marcin Przybyłowicz was chosen to write the music after writing the soundtrack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt .

In April 2020 it was confirmed that the development except for the synchronization was completed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it is conceivable that a patch will appear at the start of sales if the synchronization is only completed shortly before the game is released.

On October 5, 2020, the gold status or the development of the game was announced as completed.

In the Japanese version of the game, violence and nudity are partially censored.

CD Projekt's financial report shows that over $ 100 million went into projects, the majority of which should have flowed into Cyberpunk 2077, and it has already been confirmed that this is the company's most expensive game.

synchronization

The synchronization takes place at GlobaLoc GmbH in Berlin under the dialogue direction of David Riedel . As before, the lip movements are adapted to each of the 10 supported languages by CDPR using software.

character	English speakers	German speakers
V (female voice)	Cherami Leigh	Flavia Vinzens
V (male voice)	Gavin Drea	Björn Schalla
Johnny Silverhand	Keanu Reeves	Benjamin Völz

Publication and Marketing

Cyberpunk 2077 was announced in May 2012. A teaser trailer followed in January 2013, which reached twelve million views in the first week. In the same year, the game was confirmed for Windows , and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at E3 2018, where a second trailer and a media-exclusive gameplay demo were revealed. In August 2018, on the occasion of Gamescom 2018 in Cologne , the studio announced that Cyberpunk 2077 is playable in its entirety, although many elements still have to be realized, modified or finalized. On August 27, 2018, the development studio published on the in-houseTwitch channel a 48-minute gameplay demo that was already shown to media representatives at Gamescom and E3. On June 9, 2019, Microsoft's E3 presentation stated the release date to be April 16, 2020. It was also announced that Keanu Reeves has an important role within the game and promotes it. On January 16, 2020, the release date was initially postponed to September 17, 2020, followed by another postponement to November 19, 2020 on June 18, 2020. The USK has approved the gameno youth release received and will appear uncut in Germany. As part of the NBA Finals 2020, a TV spot with Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves was shown for the first time, which was published shortly afterwards in video form on the official Cyberpunk 2077 YouTube channel under the title "Cyberpunk 2077 - Use the day". A few weeks before the planned release in November 2020, there was a third postponement of 21 days, the game was now released on December 10, 2020. After the postponement, the developers reportedly received death threats . The multiplayer component is not expected to be submitted until 2022 at the earliest.

reception

reviews
publication	Rating
GameStar	91/100
PC Games	10/10
Meta-ratings
Metacritic	91/100

Reviews

The PC version received extremely good ratings. The German-language computer game magazine PC Games speaks of a role-playing game in a class of its own and awards the highest rating despite minor quirks.

"I am thrilled and can only recommend the trip to Night City to everyone."

- Matthias Dammes : PC Games

The Gamestar criticized the Loot- and Craftigsystem and sees weaknesses in balancing. On the other hand, the successful Open World is emphasized and top marks are given for presentation, story and scope.