Cyberpunk 2077 News – Exclusive Developer Interview, Pacifica Lore & Netrunner 2077!

An exclusive interview with Miles Tost at the Cyberpunk 2077 Community Podcast a couple days ago, some new screenshots of Night City, some Pacifica Lore, a new CDPR collaboration as well as a new hub I want you guys to check out to quench your Cyberpunk 2077 thirst all in today’s Cyberpunk 2077 news update!

First up we have the Cyberpunk 2077 Community Podcast’s exclusive interview with Miles Tost, senior level designer at CDPR. Overall it was a really good time talking to Miles before, during and after the show, he was super chill, friendly and expressive in his answers.

Going over some of the more stand-out points we have a very interesting tidbit about the Witcher vs Cyberpunk. In the Witcher he got to the point in development and through memory where he knew most if not all the outcomes of quests, locations of loot and collectibles and just a feel for everything in the world. With CYberpunk Miles mentions that there are things all the time that he stumbles upon that are new to him, and that he finds more organically.

Now this is pretty crazy because if a high up level designer feels like there is exploration available to him, I wonder how many different outcomes, situations, real time events, are going to be presented to the player at all times.

Miles mentions that out of everything, that CDPR has really nailed the Cyberpunk atmosphere. He has particular praise for not only the visuals, but also the sound design, including the ambient noises of Night City and recommends that a good pair of headphones are a must. Although you can swim, the game is not about water exploration and it only services the believability of the world. If you were to jump into the water and get hit with a black screen and reverted to a checkpoint that would harm immersion.

If you go on a rampage and start shooting civilians, Miles mentions that the apex of the NCPD the psycho squad will come to stop you before you create tooi much destruction. Although you will not be able to go cyberpsycho, you will get branded as a cyberpsycho and you will be hunted down like any other Cyberpsycho.

Environmental destruction which was shown off in most of the demos so far is still very much a part of the game, and Miles mentions that he believes its been tuned up even more to make combat feel more reactive and engaging.

Enemies will be able to utilize the same abilities that the player can use on them, with the example being getting hacked as well as both kerenzikov and sandevistan time altering augments.

The typical mini-games of racing, hacking and the shooting range have been revealed, but Miles held some of this close to the chest to not spoil it, which might mean that there are even more mini-games than what have been publicly mentioned thus far.

The whole map of Night City does open up after the prologue but expect some areas to have high tiered enemies and bigger challenges similarly to The Witcher.

There are some more details here so as always I recommend you check out the Podcast in it’s entirety before we got shut-down by NetWatch. Link in the description for all the developer goodness.

Moving on we have some new details on the district of Pacifica, the Combat Zone of Night City.

“Pacifica was supposed to be Nigh City’s money making vacation resort – a true paradise catering to corporate employees and tourists alike with it’s golden sandy beaches, luxurious hotels and unmatched entertainment. Until it all went to hell that is.

The dream came to a painfully abrupt end after uncertainty struck the global economy and corporate investors pulled their funding for the project. Construction work stopped, leaving most buildings unfinished, forever to remain the hulking concrete and steel shells they were at the time. Instead of teeming with tourists, the district is now overrun by poverty, violence and gangs.

It’s here that Voodooboys, a techno-mystical group of netrunners, chose to set up their base of operations. Originating from the Haitian community that settled in Night City after their homeland was ravaged by climate disaster, they took it upon themselves to protect the local community, forsaken and left to fend for themselves by the NCPD.”

Moving on I wanted to feature a new community website called Netrunner2077. This is a community cyberpunk 2077 hub that I think you guys are going to really enjoy. I’ve been following this project behind the scenes for a while now, and Ani HVX who has created this site has put in a ton of work featuring lore, news, fan content and everything you could want within the realm of Cyberpunk 2077. Me and the rest of the community podcast guys also play a role in the Black Wall section where you can find our creator pages in an official capacity in collaboration with Netrunner2077.

Podcast w/Miles Tost! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsSAMCCrV0&list=PL4oIv9QY_YAQcsz4r3qWWNRCEd-qXO1Ix

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