4mo ago

CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

www.rockpapershotgun.com CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

A developer on Cyberpunk 2077 made earnest remarks about some of the sci-fi RPG's shortcomings, including the shortage of homeless characters on its streets.

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The dystopian hellscape set in the future isn't as dystopian as current reality...
- The video game is fairly tame when it comes to themes like this, when compared to the source material and genre as a whole.
  
  "Cyberpunk was a warning, not an aspiration." -- Mike Pondsmith
  
  Honestly its aspirational at this point, there's no way we'd get cybernetics IRL without them being directly remote controlable by police, companies or just rich people who pay a small fee to watch poor people hit themselves.
Kind of a given for the entire genre, isn't it?
- You'd be surprised how many people's heads that goes over
  
  Somehow also CDPR
Isn't that... like... almost the entirety of the purpose of the genre?
- Ya I always figured cyberpunk got big in the 80's because it was a commentary of the hyper capitalist neoliberal policies of the era, which have only gotten stronger since then.
  
  I've never double-checked or researched this but I always thought it made sense.
- Sorta. The whole point is more capitalism gone to the extreme, homelessness and poverty are just a consequence of that.
They should focus on making a functioning playable game within 3 years of launching it before they focus on preaching at its players
- Odd, it was functioning just fine and entirely playable for me at launch. I put over 100 hours into my first play through without issue
  
  I played at launch too. It wasn't as bad as people were making it out to be, but I ran into a number of major bugs.
  
  Agreed. It was a buggy mess, but nothing made it unplayable (unless you were playing on xbox1/ps4). Additionally, the game is in a much better state now, CDPR put a lot of effort into polishing it up rather than leaving it a buggy mess

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