Cyberpunk 2077 lets gamers select both a male or feminine model of protagonist V to play as, however developer CD Projekt Crimson made them each equally legitimate from the very starting of growth.
Talking on the Answered Podcast, CD Projekt Crimson lead quest designer Błażej Augustynek revealed an fascinating tactic the developer used to make sure the character did not have one specific world view.
“Comic story, after 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 mentioned. “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 mentioned that, for him, V will all the time be a girl, and he does not consider the person model as the true one. However different workers inside CD Projekt Crimson will seemingly consider the other. 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 planet. However it seems, it is each.
CD Projekt Crimson narrative director Philipp Weber mentioned it was a stark distinction from engaged on The Witcher video games too, as many of the studio, if not all, was very acquainted with longtime protagonist Geralt of Rivia.
“It was an actual acutely aware voice as a result of we have been used to Geralt,” he mentioned. “We have been all the time used to writing for Geralt, making quests for Geralt, so after we knew, ‘Okay, we’re making a brand new character, and that character may also be a girl,’ we simply made it a rule after we wrote our quest design paperwork to all the time write ‘she’. So we remind ourselves in our mind that this can be a completely different form of character, the place now we even have to think about greater than possibly with Geralt.”
Cyberpunk 2077’s growth is now all however full, with CD Projekt Crimson 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 enlargement in September, to be the ultimate massive patch for Cyberpunk 2077 till CD Projekt Crimson 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, fully 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 enlargement, IGN mentioned: “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Crimson’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.