Cyberpunk 2077 will be the last, big, exceptional looking game of this generation – PCGamesN

With the sheer scope and the detail of its world, Cyberpunk 2077 is going to push current gaming tech to its limit. Between the open-ended gameplay and dynamic setting, CD Projekt Red believes the expansive sci-fi RPG will be something of a benchmark for this generation of games.

Speaking to AusGamers at PAX Australia,John Mamais, the head of CD Projekt Reds Krakow studio, discussed the ambition of Cyberpunk 2077, saying the team had to rapidly expand to keep up. We grew alongside the design as it was developing. And really, you dont know how many cinematic animators youre going to need until you have a scope for the number of scenes youre going to have in the game, He said. We didnt have that in the beginning, we just knew we wanted to have cool cinematics and we knew that we were going to be at least as big as The Witcher 3. We ended up hiring a lot more people than what we needed for The Witcher because the fidelity and overall requirements of 2077 crept up on us.

Mamais went on to talk about the technological challenges of Cyberpunk 2077, mentioning that CD Projekt is still knee-deep in the process. You need crowds of people moving around or it wont look right. It was very technically challenging, and still is. Were still working on it in fact, He explained. Last time I talked to the Technical Director, he talked its current status as a real achievement, where weve got all these people in the same space moving around. In Cyberpunk these are all, in a way, unique characters moving around the space. And its a combination of AI, tech, and art. I dont know even know how to explain how it exactly works but I can say that it was fucking hard and that were still working on it.

In other interviews, Mamais has talked quite a bit about the studios current standing. CD Projekt will soon have enough staff to work on two games at once, opening up the possibility of multiplayer-only projects, and hes doubled-down on the teams flat rejection of micro-transactions.

For Cyberpunk 2077, Mamais believes CD Projekt hascultivated the last word on what this generation is capable of. As the technology changes, were expected to use it too and we want to use it cause that stuff keeps looking cooler and cooler, all the time, He said. Well always keep pushing the envelope on the way a game can look, and thats one of the most exciting things about working at CD Projekt Red; getting to do just that. I think Cyberpunk is going to be a real show piece in terms of tech. Especially as this generation of consoles is fading out. I think were going to be that one last, big, exceptional looking title on this current generation of hardware.

Cyberpunk 2077 will beavailable April 16, 2020.

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