The Pawel Sasko Interview: Redemption Arcs, Deconstructing Cyberpunk, & CDPR’s Future!

I got the chance to ask Pawel Sasko some of my biggest questions about his work on Cyberpunk and CDPR alongside his life, upbringing, work, aspirations, influences, and passion!

I hope you guys enjoy.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
4:28 – Pawel’s younger years, upbringing, & video games
9:02 – How Pawel started writing
11:50 – What are Pawel’s movie, book, game inspirations?
23:42 – Pawel’s biggest Cyberpunk influences
32:05 – Career path & CD PROJEKT being the only option
46:17 – With Pondsmith’s expansive universe, how did CDPR know what to pull and what to leave behind?
58:15 – What did Cyberpunk 2077’s base game creation look like?
1:05:58 – How does your Master’s Degree in Psychology influence your game design decisions?
1:09:53 – How did Phantom Liberty’s story change based on feedback from the base game’s story?
1:17:50 – How will Unreal Engine & The NA talent pool influence Cyberpunk Orion?
1:23:15 – Pawel’s message to the CDPR and Cyberpunk community

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10 Things Cyberpunk “2” Needs! (My BRUTALLY Honest Opinion!)

Cyberpunk Orion has been officially announced now and with Phantom Liberty sadly being the only expansion planned for CD PROJEKT RED for Cyberpunk 2077, we will be waiting quite some time for another Cyberpunk game. I’ve voiced my own disappointment about how Phantom Liberty is the one and only expansion, mostly because I believe that the very valid criticisms of the game took the wind out of the sails of future expansion plans, but taking the good with the bad and learning that CDPR are going to be releasing this only on next-gen and the fact that 350 people have been working on it for a while now (confirm when) I’m going to hope that we get enough content here and maybe even some multiplayer functionality to keep coming back for years to come. I know mods are going to add to the longevity of the game and with the 2077 building some momentum on Nexus and CDPR releasing REDMOD I think the game is in the very capable hands of the community for right now. In fact I think CDPR knows that the community can output so much more content than they ever could, for the obvious reason of sheer manpower, but I can’t say that I’m not disappointed that that will be a wrap from an official standpoint post expansion.

There is, however, a lot of good for the future of the Cyberpunk Universe with CDPR setting up[ shop in Boston and Vancouver for a fully fleshed out Cyberpunk sequel, led by everyones favorite choom Pawel Sasko, and I think that despite 3 Witcher projects being on the go for CDPR, Orion is looking to be a concentrated effort and fully-realized in its scope helping it stand toe to toe with all the content it seems Witcher fans will be getting soon. Don;t get me wrong, I love The Witcher and I’ll be playing everything that comes out from that universe, but a dual franchise model kind of indicates that the franchises will be balanced which in my early opinion, is to be determined.

Nevertheless, Cyberpunk 2 or 2078 or Orion or whatever you want to call it, being developed on Unreal Engine 5 and being the last project slated in the pipeline with a new studio, filled with veterans heading it is a very exciting prospect, so today I wanted to go over my top 10 wishlist for Orion based on learnings from Cyberpunk 2077. These are in order all the way up to my most wanted features, and I’m curious to hear from you guys on if you agree, and if this is some of the content you want to see in a sequel.

The Secret Behind Cyberpunk ORION? #shorts

Did we just find a super-explicit hint at what Cyberpunk Orion can entail? What does Cyberpunk ORION’s name have that the other projects in CDPR’s lineup doesn’t. Today, we find out!

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Top 3 CRAZY Cyberware Options From Cyberpunk Lore #shorts

Cyberpunk 2077 has some crazy, insane Cyberware options to pick from the lore, and today we are countding down the top 3 most interesting cyberware options we didn’t get in the game.

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This Is BIG! – New Expansion Content & Updates! (Cyberpunk 2077 News)

New Phantom Liberty content teased, a way to implement Cyberpsychosis, a new novel from acclaimed writer, what Cyberpunk 2077 looks like on an RTX 4090 with DLSS 3, some fixes for Nvidia’s map glitch as well as porting your Stadia saves & more in today’s Cyberpunk 2077 news!

RTX 4090 Cyberpunk Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlyP098ct1w

The Complete Cyberpunk 2077 History & Lore – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkXfPBIaZow

Is This Silverhand’s WORST Nightmare? (Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty) #shorts

Songbird. Who is she and why does she carry one of the main traits of Johnny Silverhand, and engram in V’s mind.

With Phantom Liberty around the corner we explore Songbird, one of Cyberpunk’s many secret characters.

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Cyberpunk Sequel Announced, A Brand NEW IP & 3 Witcher Games – My Thoughts!

Holy SMOKES! Cyberpunk ORION just got announced, we have 3 very different Witcher games in development, and CD PROJEKT RED is tackling a new IP that DOES NOT have a source material. This is bananas!

Today we are talking about the future of all 3 IPs with a focus on Cyberpunk Orion as it is being handled by CD PROJEKT RED North America in Vancouver and Boston.