Cyberpunk 2077
Ever since CD Projekt Red redefined the open world RPG with The Witcher 3, fans have been anxiously awaiting any morsel of new on their next project, Cyberpunk 2077. The futuristic RPG took the show by storm this year with a phenomenal in-engine trailer and a behind-closed-doors demo for the press. Our features editor, Alex Gibson, got a look at the game and said it’s unlike any open world RPG he’d ever seen.
Cyberpunk’s dystopic future city is all at once hopeless and vibrant with life, and couldn’t be more different tonally from The Witcher. The game is indeed a first-person RPG and combat has a variety of options, allowing you to use hundreds of different weapons and cyberware skills, like using a claw to climb walls and hold yourself in place.
Cyberpunk’s Night City is a massive environment that you can navigate on foot or by vehicle, and the interactions with NPCs looks organic and believable. It’s clear that CD Projekt’s experience on The Witcher 3 has helped them realize Cyberpunk, but it’s definitely a bold new direction for the developer, and one of the top highlights of this year’s show.