Today we are going over 5 BIG reasons the Open World of Cyberpunk 2077 Is going to push the boundaries on believably, design, visual design and density of activities and why the World of Night City and Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be the most realistic RPG game city.
When it launches in September of 2020, the world if finally going to see Night City for the first time, and really soak in, to what degree CD PROJEKT RED has improved upon their open world design prowess that was first shown in The Witcher 3. With such a bombastic change in not only the narrative in an augmented future, but also the infrastructural open world design of a bustling city surrounding it viewed from the first-person perspectives, this is new territory for CD PROJEKT.
The first reason that the open world of Cyberpunk 2077 pushes the boundaries, is in the team filling the open world with meaningful content. There is a ton of emphasis on the term meaningful, and you could spend hours in the Witcher 3 simply eavesdropping on interesting and expansive conversations expressed as ambient noise in the background between NPCs. At the precipice of The Witcher 3’s production, The Open World team was established and going into full production with this hand-picked team is going to make Street stories, side activities, vagrant mini-games and even aforementioned ambient conversations beaming with diversity, color, life and disguised as opportunity situational nuiances. This is a big reason we as a player will be getting side-tracked into the depths of Night City, forgetting all together the progressions of the main plotline. The Witcher 3 is arguably more memorable with all the marbling of a thick cute of kobe, and I think the Open World Team is a progressive move in never wanting to trim the fat of a true open world.
With this known and with the violent exposure of toxic tailored advertisements, product imagery and marketing slapped across every knock and cranny of night city, the In Games Ads team plays a pivotal role in making Night City as much of an antagonist as a Corporate big wig or ‘dorphed out booster ganger.
The in-games ad department is a separate entity, and is responsible for designing realist in game ads for the world of Cyberpunk, and their dedication to believe-ability, and their technical skill and creativity in combination with the rich lore makes the ads in Cyberpunk as visually provoking as it is thought provoking. If you’d like to know more about all the Ads seen in the almost hour long demo of Cyberpunk check the pinned comment for that video.
Next we have the hiring of actual city planners in building Night City from the ground up. From everything to realistic layouts for easiest flow of traffic, to positioning of buildings and points of interest that would make the most sense to even priming it properly for organic growth just like the ongoing construction efforts in real cities, CD PROJEKT RED has thought about everything here. This even begs the question of if consistent growth or pivotal changes in the city can lead to infrastructural changes as the franchise develops in future iterations of Night City, whether that’s in expansions, sequels or multiplayer. This is dedication once again to the believability of this world.
Next we have the sheer vertical scale of Night City, which will set a new precedent for open-world verticality. Night City features 6 Districts across a map teeming with Skyscrapers that reach for the heavens. While The Witcher 3 was known for its expansive Horizontal scale, Night City will feature vertical exploration through these megabuilding sans towering structures which will be teeming with life, quests and things to do. With the Badlands , the romping grounds of the Nomads highlighting the fringes of the playable map, there has yet to be an open world environment featuring this cyberpunk staple of mile high verticality. CD PROJEKT REDs John Mamais has even mentioned that The Witcher feels almost like a 2D game in comparison, to highlight just how different our traversal will be. CD PROJEKT RED has continually mentioned high quality exploration, and is looking to stay with their rule of encountering something eye catching, every 30 seconds within this vertical exploration.
Finally we have No loading screens, which is the holy grail of an Open World Game. Being able to seamlessly transition from skyscraper to ground to various districts, locales and regions without a momentum killing loading screen however quick it may be may very well be the cherry on top of the already heavily decorated sundae that is Cyberpunk 2077. Now whilst this is not necessarily revolutionary and has been done before, this in combination with the ambitious scale of the entire project is only natural!
