Cyberpunk 2077 - Interview @Gamingbolt
 

Gamingbolt interviewed level designer Miles Tost about Cyberpunk 2077 and asked about the setting, freedom of choice, side quests, and more.

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Must be slacking off that I missed reading this interview.

So thanks for posting it Sliver.:thumbsup:

Update: I'll add this to the forum thread.

Thanks for posting. This game looks incredible. I suspect I'll lose a good chunk of my life to it when it does launch … though I suppose my wife and kids might have other ideas.

Slacker!

If this game is 1/2 as good as witcher 3 (and i'll suspect it will be a lot better) it is going to be wickedly good. I wonder how this company is able to make games of this quality when we get shovelcrap from most major publishers. I think it is more than cheap labor in Poland - I mean their overall designs are really good (imho).

The average IQ in Poland is quite high. After their history of struggle, due to nazism and communism, its natural that they are motivated and committed to success for themselves and their country.

Well I wonder if that means we should allow more struggling southern neighbors to immigrate. They are certainly motivated to work and we would definite benefit from the example.

I think this is actually an interview from a while back, could've sworn I've read this back then ( or perhaps I have psy abilities?).

I've asked one of their leads on world interaction: I'm not sure they'll have ( as much) handplaced objects interaction a la Deus Ex, but you'll be able to interact/manipulate tech in different ways.

According to internet it shares 8th place with a few countries on some IQ top list:
https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html

Off-topic.. but..

Wow, South Korea beats Japan (and China) lol!

So top 5 are basically all Asian countries… then why can't they make decent games :(

Because in Asian countries games are considered for kids and teens. Once you become an adult it's all about becoming a salary man, and working you way up the ladder.

What Couchpotato said and I guess cultural differences. What we in the West prefer is vastly different from what they like in the East and vice versa. At least if you view it as a baseline. There is the odd exception like Dark Souls or Final Fantasy. Some people even like (MMO) Korea Grinders…

It's funny you say that because I was wondering if this was actually from an older interview. If not, then it doesn't sound like Cyberpunk is as close to being finished as some of us hoped.

Weeeell, their latest economist babbling conference hinted at release around Q4 2019. I think that's a pretty good estimate, with a few months to prop up real marketing after E3.

Would be good if people stopped to distract them with questions and whatnot so they can finish the game faster.

Yep all the leaks and board meeting documents point to a late 2019 release.:nod:

Heck it already reached an alpha state were you can play from beginning to end, and with such a large development team it doesn't take that long to finish from that point.

That would be just so awesome .. the only part I dislike is the bit about "late" in your "late 2019".

My best guess is next X-Mas to maximize sales of the game. It's a smart decision. I also have no doubt we will see remastered versions for the new consoles in 2020.

Awww man, you shouldn't have used such words here… damn you, you just summoned him. Now face the consequences alone. I'm out!

Where did you find this information? From what I managed to find, statistics suggest that wast majority of Asia video games consumers are adults.

Based on my living in Japan for five years and past research with JRPGs.

Link - https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/gen…pg-cha-444139/

Sure adults play games in Japan but they are not the target. They even have various derogatory names for adults who love anime and play games.

Also there was a paper about this in Mechademia.
For China a new study was done by Tencent.

Link - https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech…ames-publisher

Damn. I haven't been to Japan, but I've seen a few videos on it…work, work, work.
Seriously depressing.

Interesting. Anyway, any relevant sources I managed to google (addmitedly only gave it like 15 min) show not only that "sure adults plays games at JP" but that gamers below 20 years age represent hardly 20% of the ttl market. We can ponder on reasons why JP production settings and characters are what they are, but I can hardly imagine that the reason is simply that adults are not target. Those developers know well who is their audience and if they decide to make game with childish setting, the reason for that is elsewhere, IMHO.

By the way I really like to switch from western production to JRPGs now and then. And for me personally the playful setting of these games represent freedom and ability to admit its just a game. In contrast to western production which often seems to struggle hard pretending how its all adult, serious business.

Because IQ has nothing to do with imagination? :biggrin:

I think it's because they take the time to really polish their games.
Haha.

Mass markets (their absence in fact) and the measure for crap.

Stardew Vallew was copied from japanese product designs. It only received praise because it was marketed through the US mass market.

Better products (that are actually games) were made before and after. Despite that, well, they do not appear as decent as SV that was a massive hit on the US market.

Players can not accept the demographics behind the vid product industry. Same song is sung about products made in the west.

Players who can not take that a mass consumption item is not meant for them come up with denial.