CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077 has become one of the most highly anticipated titles this generation of consoles, and everything the developers have shown about the upcoming title is solid proof of why; it is the most ambitious video game from the studio that delivered the insanely ambitious The Witcher III: Wild Hunt.
The developers have poured their hearts and souls into making Cyberpunk 2077 one of the best games out there, and this is one of the many reasons why the game has taking its sweet time to finally hit store shelves. On top of this, CD Projekt RED keep adding new features that will likely make the waiting more than worth it.
One of the new features that CD Projekt RED is introducing in Cyberpunk 2077 will, more than likely, be a game-changing mechanic, as it will allow players to finish the game without actually having to complete its main quest. That's right, you didn't misread that.
In a recent interview with Polish website Spider's Web, Cyberpunk 2077 Lead Quest Designer Pawel Sasko explained that this new feature comes from their experience working on The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, and is what ultimately made them rethink their approach to sub plots
"We built the Cyberpunk structure based on the conclusions we drew from The Witcher III. The Witcher had the main stem of history and side threads departing from it, and this was our main structure, which we call the ear," explained Sasko.
"So in Cyberpunk’s structure we have this wheat spike, which serves as its center, the main storyline with different subplots surrounding it, which can be triggered in various ways.
Those subplots allow us to do something that we have never done before – they change the main plot of the game and they are doing that in such a way that you may not even finish the main plot, but still finish the game and get a completely different epilogue than the player with a different lifepath who made different choices, met different characters and formed relationships with them."
Getting a completely different ending based on the decisions made by the player is actually quite an appealing idea, and it seems that the developers at CD Projekt RED have given this a lot of thought. Cyberpunk 2077 is expected to launch in November, so we'll still have to wait a little bit longer to see if this innovative idea eventually works out.
In the most dangerous megacity of the future, the real you is not enough. Become V, a cyber-enhanced mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a-kind implant — the key to immortality. Customize your cyberware and skillset, and explore a vast city of the future obsessed with power, glamour and body modification. The choices you make will determine the story and shape the world around you.
Cyberpunk 2077 will be releasing for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on Thursday the 19th of November; PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X release date to be revealed.