CD Projekt Crimson is thought for placing out high quality DLC. The Witcher 3’s Blood and Wine is taken into account a must-play by most followers, so the studio has a lot to stay as much as with the upcoming Phantom Liberty. That is the one and solely enlargement for Cyberpunk 2077, and it’ll solely be launching on PC and current-gen consoles, not PS4 and Xbox One, regardless that the sport initially launched on these platforms.
Nevertheless, CD Projekt Crimson is nicely conscious of its legacy. “We’re competing with ourselves,” Despoina Anetaki advised us, a quest designer at CD Projekt Crimson. Throughout our speak along with her at Summer Game Fest 2023, she advised us the staff has been targeted on crafting an fascinating story throughout the spy-thriller style, one thing it doesn’t consider we see in video video games fairly often.
This style has been woven by way of extra than simply the narrative of Phantom Liberty, Anetaki mentioned. “The setting you see round you, all the talents you need to use, all the pieces you realize” revolves round spy-thriller themes.
On the streets of Dogtown, a once-luxurious growth by Pacifica that fell by way of because of the Company Wars, these themes shall be current in minor quests and road tales, in addition to the principle narrative of the DLC. CD Projekt Crimson “need to do higher” with every new challenge it places out, and it appears assured it has finished that with Phantom Liberty.
A brand new challenge means a brand new star, and for Phantom Liberty, the developer opted for British actor Idris Elba. Most well-known from his position on HBO’s The Wire, the DLC sees Elba step into the position of an FIA agent. We’re advised that the staff at all times needed Elba for the position, however they’re preserving tight-lipped on in the event that they’ve received one other star in thoughts for any upcoming video games.
And as for the way Phantom Liberty will tie into the bottom recreation of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Crimson will go away that for us to determine. How coy. Guess I’ll should breach and determine it out myself.
This interview was performed at Summer time Sport Fest by Adam Newell.
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