By Jim Rossignol on May 30th, 2012 at 6:00 pm.
EXCITING UPDATE: It’s a AAA RPG of Cyberpunk, the pen and paper RPG. It is being made by Witcher and Witcher 2 veterans. They’re saying stuff like “Advanced RPG mechanics” and “mature content”. Customisable characters, different classes. Lots of weapons. Non-linear. “Cutting edge looking game”. And also “not a game for everybody, for mature audiences.”
Cyberpunk RPG’s creator Mike Pondsmith is there, talking about it: “I love Bladerunner, I love that kind of future.” Yeah. That’s the stuff.
ORIGINAL STORY: The mystery sci-fi game from The Witcher devs CD Projekt Red is about to be announced over here. I’ll get more details up here as they arrive. All we have so far is the teaser image of a punk with techno-glasses and a gun (above) and the knowledge that it will be some kind of cyberpunkian thing.
30/05/2012 at 18:02 Inglourious Badger says:
CD Projekt does cyberpunk!??? This has GOT to be good. Excited!
30/05/2012 at 18:33 alabastersteel says:
Lol broadcast went to hell literally as soon as Pondsmith took the stage.
30/05/2012 at 21:39 Morte66 says:
Pondsmith is a definite worry, he’s been a waste of space since the millenium. Still feeling pretty eager here, though.
30/05/2012 at 18:41 catmorbid says:
This is fucking beyond amazing and has to be the best fucking news this year holy shit i’m too psyched to even bother with punctuation and shit holy fucking fuck this is beyond fucking beyond amazing fuck me!
Sorry bout the language (not really), but I love both Witcher games and the whole cyberpunk genre and pnp, so fuck me this is batshit crazy awesome and sounds really awesome! They better not screw it up though. But I doubt they will, based on the two excellent games they’ve already made.
30/05/2012 at 19:09 Vorphalack says:
,!,!!
Found those on the floor. Yours?
30/05/2012 at 19:14 Wreckdum says:
When I fist saw that drawing I immediately thought of Shadowrun. I got a partial boner.
30/05/2012 at 19:45 Aedrill says:
Shadowrun is taken. CP is awesome anyway, so you can keep your boner.
30/05/2012 at 19:52 lurkalisk says:
I’ve never been so ashamed to laugh…
30/05/2012 at 20:21 westyfield says:
Hmm, so it turns out that CP means something other than ‘cyberpunk’ to me…
30/05/2012 at 20:25 Aedrill says:
Oh shit. That was… unexpected.
30/05/2012 at 21:43 Valvarexart says:
Sir, you have been browsing the wrong type of internet forums. I know you have, don’t argue about it.
30/05/2012 at 23:14 Jackablade says:
Exactly how much am I going to regret Googling this?
31/05/2012 at 00:20 westyfield says:
@ Jackablade
Depends. How much do you like your door/windows/lack of police in your home?
31/05/2012 at 07:25 lurkalisk says:
@Valvarexart
Yep, as I said, ashamed… Granted, it’s strictly lurking*, no participation.
*In regard to the forum in general. I don’t even lurk in most areas therein, let alone -those- kinds…
31/05/2012 at 09:10 roryok says:
oh god. I don’t even want to know.
31/05/2012 at 16:52 theleif says:
Oh, no no, it’s cool, he’s taking it back.
30/05/2012 at 22:01 Quarex says:
You do know that a Shadowrun game from the original creator is already being made after a successful Kickstarter, right?
Anyway, count me in as excited. I preferred Cyberpunk to Shadowrun, so I am glad I got to back the latter before I knew about the former.
30/05/2012 at 19:51 lurkalisk says:
I was hoping, no matter how unlikely, it was based on the Sprawl universe… Oh well, this is still excellent news.
30/05/2012 at 21:01 Jesse L says:
You might like this – streamlined tabletop PnP Shadowrun hack posted online yesterday. Not mine but I love it so much. If you love regular Shadowrun but find it too complicated (like me), you may find this useful. Still in development: http://www.networkpipeline.com/_sgi/Shadowhack.pdf
30/05/2012 at 22:21 stiffkittin says:
Cyberpunk 2020 is just about the best interactive interpretation of Gibson’s work ever published though. It lifts everything from Neuromancer et al. FNFF was an interesting and brutal combat system too even if it had it’s problems. Should help the designers a lot having an existing framework.
31/05/2012 at 09:22 lurkalisk says:
Hmm… I am further encouraged.
30/05/2012 at 20:13 apa says:
THIS is what I’ve been waiting from the computer rpgs since the 90′s!
30/05/2012 at 20:26 skoll says:
This is probaly the best studio for the best possible IP. I have dreamed of this.. I’ll go sit in a corner and drool for a while now.
30/05/2012 at 21:54 Casimir's Blake says:
If they don’t make it first-person, it won’t be the immersive experience it deserves to be. I don’t expect this to happen, since this wasn’t an issue CDP seemed to care about in The Witcher.
31/05/2012 at 00:02 Werthead says:
Something that’s interesting about this is that THE WITCHER had a fixed protagonist with a distinctive look, so it made sense to have him on screen at all times (plus it was based on the NEVERWINTER NIGHTS engine, which required it). CYBERPUNK, presumably, should allow you to create your own characters and it won’t be necessary to adopt a 3rd-person viewpoint. It would be better if they gave you a choice, a la SKYRIM/FALLOUT though.
31/05/2012 at 11:07 DestructibleEnvironments says:
No no, ala VTMB. Pick a good RPG instead of those casual games! Gaaarrgh I’m a forum troll feed me your earth chow!
30/05/2012 at 18:04 Drake Sigar says:
Tintin?
30/05/2012 at 18:07 Nick says:
yay cyberpunk RPG!
30/05/2012 at 18:41 Cooper says:
Yay indeed.
30/05/2012 at 18:07 Chaz says:
It’s a little bit late 80′s early 90′s style.
30/05/2012 at 18:07 felisc says:
i predict this game will be called “the twisted tales of billy idol”.
30/05/2012 at 18:19 Alexander Norris says:
if it’s cyberpunk and not postcyberpunk, it can’t be anything else. :P
30/05/2012 at 20:49 LionsPhil says:
I am two-thousand-percent in favour of 80s-vision-of-the-future cyberpunk.
More wires, less wireless.
30/05/2012 at 21:04 Jesse L says:
Hell yes.
30/05/2012 at 18:08 Emeraude says:
Color me interested. Preferably with subdued colors though.
30/05/2012 at 18:09 Mistabashi says:
This game might be good or bad. Perhaps average.
30/05/2012 at 18:11 Reefpirate says:
I would put money on middling, but perhaps slightly better than that.
30/05/2012 at 18:25 bear912 says:
It will be game of the year. Day one buy.
30/05/2012 at 18:10 MistyMike says:
It will be called Hard Deus Syndicate.
30/05/2012 at 18:13 abandonhope says:
I syndicated a hard deuce this morning.
31/05/2012 at 09:12 roryok says:
I had a curry so mine was a blade runner
30/05/2012 at 18:12 Hoaxfish says:
The conference is up on ustream right now:
http://www.ustream.tv/CDProjekt
thewitcher.com appears to be overwhelmed for me atm
30/05/2012 at 19:35 catmorbid says:
The full video is now available for playback, though the streaming rate is beyond horrible.
30/05/2012 at 18:12 Smashbox says:
Their servers seem to have melted.
30/05/2012 at 18:14 Rattlepiece says:
Servers went boom!
30/05/2012 at 18:18 subshell001 says:
The Switcher
30/05/2012 at 18:52 Zenicetus says:
Sounds good, although I worry about adding “different classes.” One reason The Witcher was such a great game was that you could inhabit a pre-defined character who could be strongly written.
That could succeed again in a cyberpunk world with a character like Case from Neuromancer, written with a compelling back story and defined personality and skills. If they go open-ended on player creation, they could be entering the Bioware RPG zone here, and I’m not sure that’s their strong suit.
30/05/2012 at 19:29 FunkyBadger3 says:
Case isn’t a great example, as he has very little agency*.
But yeah, go ‘punk. Who doesn’t want to kill Johnny Silverhand, right in the face.
*Hmmm, just forget the last 10 years worth of AAA games there…
30/05/2012 at 21:17 neems says:
Best comment ever. A footnote worthy of early Terry Pratchett, possibly even Douglas Adams.
31/05/2012 at 05:39 Sardukar says:
So very much. Although Johnny was okay by the time Firestorm rolled around. I’d kinda like to meet Edger though, or dodge Alt in the Net…
30/05/2012 at 18:21 MythArcana says:
Retina scan, DNA test, Social Security #, and home address required for purchase! lol
30/05/2012 at 18:22 Trent Hawkins says:
yay cyber boobs!
31/05/2012 at 09:13 roryok says:
You make me wish I had three hands!
31/05/2012 at 09:44 Bweahns says:
You’re doin’ just fine with two.
Who said radiation leaks were all bad eh?
30/05/2012 at 18:23 Jackablade says:
It’s Cyberpunk. Capital letter Cyberpunk. Eeee.
30/05/2012 at 18:24 Lobotomist says:
Its based on Cyberpunk PnP RPG !!!!
Amazing !!!!
30/05/2012 at 18:25 Hoaxfish says:
Yea, I was just like “HOLY SHIT”. This along with Shadowrun’s rebirth, I hope it’s gonna be amazing.
30/05/2012 at 18:25 Emeraude says:
Nice. Very, very nice.
30/05/2012 at 18:25 Shortwave says:
I’m VERY into cyber punk.. Sort of consider myself one, heh.
Witcher is probably the most I’ve enjoyed RPG, ever..
So this is awesome news and I seriously don’t look forward to a year of updates as I eagerly wait for what will likely be this kick ass game changing title.
They’ve already put DA in it’s place if you ask me.
NEXT UP. Show MA what scifi really is? : P Boo-yea.
30/05/2012 at 18:26 Iskariot says:
I have watched part of the conference.
They make hard promises.
And they promise everything I always wanted in a Cyberpunk shooter,
I will build an altar to CDProject in my living room now.
30/05/2012 at 19:08 Belsameth says:
I’ll send over some sacrificial virgins and arrange for a full moon! \o/
Amazing news!
30/05/2012 at 18:27 Alexander Norris says:
Holy shit, Cyberpunk 2020 CRPG made by RED.
In other words, yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
30/05/2012 at 18:27 muskieratboi says:
HOLY SH.. CP2020?!?!?
*Cybergasm*
Must.. have.. Rockerboy.. class…
30/05/2012 at 18:27 ran93r says:
Having played the pen and paper for years, I wee’d, and not just a little bit.
Colour me excited.
30/05/2012 at 19:06 AmateurScience says:
And fetch me clean underwear!
30/05/2012 at 20:17 Nick says:
so, the colour of excitement is yellow.
30/05/2012 at 18:29 jakonovski says:
There better be Johnny Silverhand.
30/05/2012 at 19:35 FunkyBadger3 says:
Adam Smasher, come on down.
30/05/2012 at 18:30 Yehat says:
80s aesthetics and remembering the “punk” in “cyberpunk” would be a welcome approach, although it remains to be seen if CDProjekt has the sense of style and understanding of the genre to pull it off. Still, this looks genuinely good.
30/05/2012 at 18:38 rustybroomhandle says:
Maybe the genre could use a little Polish.
30/05/2012 at 18:57 Reefpirate says:
I hope they stick with the pre-CD aesthetics in this Projekt.
30/05/2012 at 19:59 Grargh says:
Will it be cyberpuns in this thread, then?
30/05/2012 at 18:31 Tyrone Slothrop. says:
As a massive fan of William Gibson, Deus Ex, Human Revolution, Blade Runner and System Shock… I’m fucking tumescent right now.
30/05/2012 at 21:02 Lagwolf says:
What he said man… Cyberpunk 2020 was a great game both as a player & a GM.
30/05/2012 at 18:32 NotSoSmilingJack says:
And here I hoped that CDP Red will come up with it’s own IP…
30/05/2012 at 19:03 Paul says:
They could have, but when the CEO has a dream of working on a license…
I am god damn glad for this.
30/05/2012 at 18:33 fitzroy_doll says:
Such good news. Really looking forward to this.
30/05/2012 at 18:34 gunny1993 says:
Ughhh bladerunner …. grey on black on brown dystopian future
30/05/2012 at 18:44 WoundedBum says:
As is evident by the art released, this is not the case.
30/05/2012 at 19:43 Jackablade says:
You may wish to meet Mr Hideous Blue Leopard-print Jacket Guy.
http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2012/150/Cyberpunks_60409_screen.jpg
31/05/2012 at 03:13 Hidden_7 says:
Cyberpunk always struck me as more blues and greens and yellows. Florescents and building sized ad-displays and LEDs everywhere; Times Square or Tokyo turned up to 11 and gone dirty.
It’s grimy, but it’s also gaudy, which isn’t exactly your dull browns ‘n greys of your post-apocalyptic colour pallet for example.
31/05/2012 at 12:36 Malibu Stacey says:
You evidently haven’t seen Blade Runner (or played the excellent PC game based on it).
EDIT: that’s a reply to the original comment not any of the subsequent replies just so we’re clear.
30/05/2012 at 18:34 foda500 says:
I need this straight into my veins.
30/05/2012 at 18:36 Muzman says:
Cool your heels folks! There was a translation error. The game isn’t actually based on the Pen n Paper Cyberpunk game, but the Billy Idol album ‘Cyberpunk’.
You can still expect bad eighties hair at least.
30/05/2012 at 18:37 Skabooga says:
Exciting! There is always room for more cyberpunk, especially done by a studio with such a good reputation.
30/05/2012 at 18:38 Emeraude says:
Damn, Mike Pondsmith is on board ?
30/05/2012 at 19:36 FunkyBadger3 says:
Hmmmm, not necessarily a good thing. I say that as someone who played Cyberpunk 3 (or was it called 3.0?)
30/05/2012 at 19:52 Emeraude says:
Agreed, but still I have huge respect for the man, if anything.
30/05/2012 at 21:30 FunkyBadger3 says:
Absolutely. Aaah, Rough Guide to the uK, now there ws a sourcebook. Umm, one that Pondsmith wasn’t involved in at all I believe, but anyway…
Hope its set during the Stormfront campaign.
30/05/2012 at 19:58 Hoaxfish says:
Hopefully there’s some balance between faith to “book rules”, computer game “playability”, with everything laced through with cyberpunk atmosphere and intelligent story.
30/05/2012 at 20:08 Gasmask Hero says:
Since nobody has mentioned prying it from his cold, dead fingers then yes.
If I remember, he has the reputation of being…stubborn. Difficult, if you like.
30/05/2012 at 18:38 foda500 says:
Mike Pondsmith’s voice is amazing.
30/05/2012 at 19:04 Paul says:
It so is. Also, he reminded me of Bunk from the wire :-)
30/05/2012 at 18:43 AlwaysRight says:
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!
30/05/2012 at 18:43 suibhne says:
Fantastic.
30/05/2012 at 18:49 Xardas Kane says:
I adore Blade Runner. I adore CD Project and have been following them closely for more than six years now. In other words, I’m in video-game heaven right now.
30/05/2012 at 18:50 serioussgtstu says:
They mentioned that there are two teams at CDP working on triple A RPG titles. That could be confirmation that the Witcher 3 is already in development along with Cyberpunk.
30/05/2012 at 18:56 Hoaxfish says:
I’m not sure if the Dark souls inspired thing they announced a while back is factored into that statement
30/05/2012 at 19:05 Paul says:
This is developed by City interactive, another company. Tom Gop is its director, he left CDP. Probably wanted change after spending 10 years on Witcher.
30/05/2012 at 19:10 Hoaxfish says:
Ah, I could never quite work out why they were talking about it, and other companies, in that article..
30/05/2012 at 19:07 serioussgtstu says:
Yeah that fits alright, great call. I didn’t know about that title, so naturally I’m delighted that CDP are making up for the inevitable disappointment that will be Bandi’s Dark souls PC port!
30/05/2012 at 18:54 Hug_dealer says:
Its CDPR. They already proved they can hang with the big dogs, and even outdue them at their own game.
If there is any dev out there that can pull off a great story, interesting characters, some of the best visuals out there(graphics quality wise, and atmosphere wise), along with non-linear story telling, well only 1 dev can pull that off, its CDPR. No one else has delivered a game like The witcher 2.
Seriously the witcher 2 took every other RPG ever made, and made them it’s bitch. The sheer quality, the magnitude of the world, and the stories, with more consequences for your actions than any game ever made, and graphics whether Xbox 360 or PC pushed the genre forward. From an pretty much unknown dev with a small budget compared to AAA studios. The game just pretty much puts all genres to shame when it comes to what they accomplished. Look at the budget of COD and compare what that game actually delivers. Or compare the Mass effects, or Dragon ages.
TBH the bar might be set to high for CDPR now, but i feel like they can deliver. It is plainly obvious they love what they do, and when developers love what they do, it shows in their games. DA2 was made with no love, just money, and it shows.
30/05/2012 at 18:55 Makariel says:
Cyberpunk 2020 by CDProje*brain explodes because of awesome*
30/05/2012 at 18:56 Vayl says:
The best news of gaming in 2012!
30/05/2012 at 18:56 MuscleHorse says:
‘mature content’ from these guys translates into tits top trumps.
30/05/2012 at 19:03 Hug_dealer says:
obviously you havent played the witcher 2.
If you had, you would know what they meant by mature content.
30/05/2012 at 20:00 Aedrill says:
No, he obviously hasn’t. It’s this mature content I’m looking forward to the most, in fact. All those dilemmas, choices, brutality… When’s the release day and why not tomorrow?
30/05/2012 at 19:37 FunkyBadger3 says:
And how is that a problem?
30/05/2012 at 21:12 Bilateralrope says:
They are just jealous that Mass Effect gets all the sex controversy.
30/05/2012 at 18:57 Enzo says:
Holy fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
30/05/2012 at 18:58 Archonsod says:
Dammit, there goes my money and social life.
30/05/2012 at 18:58 Walter Heisenberg says:
It’s time a studio to name themselves “AAA Games” to hopefully kill this very overused marketing buzzword that the press are all too happy to parrot.
30/05/2012 at 18:59 Iskariot says:
Finally, Finally we will get a true cyberpunk RPG/shooter.
This is a wonderful day.
30/05/2012 at 19:01 Reefpirate says:
I’m troubled by the AAA moniker… because as we ALL know, triple A games will from now on be online-only DRM ridden pieces of shit thanks to the uber-success of Diablo. Our cyberpunk dystopia has already arrived.
30/05/2012 at 21:17 Iskariot says:
No… CDproject has very strong opinions about ridiculous DRM schemes.
So do not worry.
31/05/2012 at 07:23 MSJ says:
And as we all know, Muslim and Middle Easterners make up 90% of the population of both the USA and the UK. It’s true, I read it on the internet.
31/05/2012 at 11:12 roryok says:
I read you on the internet
30/05/2012 at 19:04 Dances to Podcasts says:
They should get Rutger Hauer to do some voice work for this. Just because.
30/05/2012 at 21:32 FunkyBadger3 says:
All gemini units look like Rutger Hauer. Factoid.
31/05/2012 at 11:13 roryok says:
oh hell yes. And since the last thing he did was Hobo with a Shotgun I’m sure he’d be happy to get the work.
Edward James Olmos would also be good
30/05/2012 at 19:06 Seafort says:
Is this PC exclusive? Xbox exclusive? or a bit of both :P
Damn excited about it though. Hope it has all the hallmarks of a great CDP game :)
30/05/2012 at 19:07 Hug_dealer says:
It will likely be PC and xbox, ps3 is iffy though.
30/05/2012 at 19:13 Hoaxfish says:
I’d imagine Windows first as it’s their home platform, then others when they’re further along (e.g. stuff like the Enhanced Edition saved them patching it in via MS’ horrible live patching bureaucracy)
30/05/2012 at 19:16 Paul says:
I will bet my hat the game will come out on PC and both next gen platform all at the same time.
30/05/2012 at 19:06 sonofsanta says:
Oh. Fuck. Yes.
30/05/2012 at 19:11 kael13 says:
Was just thinking i had a giant Deus Ex-shaped hole in my heart the other day.
I am going to play the shit out of this. Super pumped!
30/05/2012 at 19:12 StiLt3D says:
I put my credit card in the disc drive but nothing is downloading… sonofabitch..
they should change it’s working title to Blue Balls -.-
30/05/2012 at 19:13 seniorgato says:
Oh hell yes!
30/05/2012 at 19:19 Continuity says:
Best news I’ve had in a while.
31/05/2012 at 11:14 roryok says:
is your avatar a green robot doing a poo?
30/05/2012 at 19:18 SirKicksalot says:
I’m monitoring for Wizardry’s input on this.
30/05/2012 at 19:55 Aedrill says:
Good one. He’ll probably write about some old, boring game with no story but with turn-based combat and say that he wonders if they could beat this masterpiece.
30/05/2012 at 20:15 AlwaysRight says:
He’s too busy playing Diablo 3.
30/05/2012 at 20:25 caddyB says:
Haha that made me spill my coffee all on the keyboard, good sir!
30/05/2012 at 20:52 LionsPhil says:
Comment of the week.
30/05/2012 at 19:19 wodin says:
At last a RPG to look forward to.
30/05/2012 at 19:25 Shagy says:
TRIPLE SHWING!!!!!!!!
31/05/2012 at 11:14 roryok says:
She’d give a dog a bone
30/05/2012 at 19:36 Lowfyr says:
First Shadowrun Returns under development by the Shadowrun inventor and now CD Project RED with Cyberpunk 2020? Did I die and go to heaven?
30/05/2012 at 19:38 Guhndahb says:
Oh yeah! I’m super excited about this!
30/05/2012 at 19:38 ShootyFace says:
Best news I’ve read all day!
30/05/2012 at 20:25 Tom OBedlam says:
Holy shit storm. It’s not just a cyperpunk game, it’s a game based on Cyberpunk 2020 AND Pondsmith is helping with writing! Oh my fuck, I’ve wanted this game since I was 13. Seriously, that was the first pnp rpg I ever played. Fuck, this is the best news possible. If you’d asked me who I’d want to do Cyberpunk 2020, I’d have said CPR. Fucking yes!
30/05/2012 at 20:33 Wizlah says:
This news can only be considered great. Worth it for the nostalgia hit in my brain – the minute I saw Cyberpunk RPG I totally flashed back to some black and White rpg box art from the late 80s.
Glad to see they’re going to try out different classes. Hope the system doesn’t lean too heavily on combat and has skill checks and the like. Presume it might if they’re working with an rpg as their source material.
30/05/2012 at 20:44 Stevostin says:
Somehow I always failed to keep interest in any CDProjekt RPG (I bought both, but…) which is pretty rare – I finish most of the thing I buy. That being said I admit they have some serious potential. I hope this one will be the one for me. Getting out of the commitment to books may help. I also pray for first person view, especially if there’s shooting. TPV for shooting is nearly allways a “no go” for me.
30/05/2012 at 20:46 Emeraude says:
Same for me. Their games are always promising, they do so many things right… yet in the end I find they miss the mark and end up unsatisfying overall.
So here’s to hoping this game will be their masterpiece.
30/05/2012 at 23:42 Hug_dealer says:
I’m curious what you guys dislike about their previous games?
They have created some of the best stories and characters out there, and have weaved a deep involved plot that evolves based on your actions, and lacks the plotholes of other stories. The witcher 2 requires atleast 2 playthroughs in order to get the full story. Things that were left unanswered in one playthrough, are answered if you go down the other route. Honestly there is no other game out there that rivals the depth of story of the witcher 2, and the NPCs you meet, and the actions you take. I challenge anyone to find a game that does as much.
Graphics wise, the game is a masterpiece also. From the high resolution of them, to the small details used to build a convincing world for you to explore. It is all done with a level of quality not seen in most games.
Combat. That is the low point of the game, but at the same time, it is also better than most other action games available. The sheer amount of combat animations that are all beautifully animated and keep in a realistic fashion help to achieve a symphony of death as you lash out at your foes. I prefer turn based and things like that, but the beauty of the animations of characters swordplay was amazing. They didnt need big special effects or over the top animations to hide anything. All attacks blend smoothly with each other, the amazing smooth animation of when you target an enemy behind you and he does a stab backward rather than turning and doing the usual swing is a step beyond.
Just watch some of the excellent animations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy1fH1axTy0
I truly am curious of the complaints against W2. Just because i love it doesnt mean everyone does. My only dislike is the combat, but the animations more than make up for it for me, along with everything else.
30/05/2012 at 23:46 LionsPhil says:
Same old same old fantasy blah, for my part. Yes, I know, based on a book, not actually 100% Tolkien rip-off, but that doesn’t really change that I don’t find the setting interesting.
So doing something with cyberpunk is quite promising.
(Also that whole woo-ing and trading card thing was pure social pariah awfulness, but hopefully won’t be reappearing. And from what I remember the combat was a bit uninteresting but we can presumably expect a shake-up there wth the addition of GUNS.)
31/05/2012 at 01:14 Hug_dealer says:
Actually the world is totally not the typical fantasy world. It is much more brutal and dark. More Conan than Lotro.
The other things you mentioned are from The witcher 1, part 2 is entirely different. Everything about 2 is different.
31/05/2012 at 02:05 wodin says:
Hmmm..if you think the books The Witcher is base don are anywhere near Tolkien then it’s bloody obvious you haven’t read them. Dark, grim, Polish folk tales more like. As close to Tolkien as Moorcock books.
31/05/2012 at 07:50 LionsPhil says:
I said “not”, guys. Not Tolkien rip-off.
Swords and mud-farmers just isn’t my preference of setting, no matter the colour of your orcs.
31/05/2012 at 15:48 Hug_dealer says:
thats not what you had written first.
Also. No such things as orcs in the witcher world.
30/05/2012 at 20:52 Sparkasaurusmex says:
I was ready to be upset that it wasn’t Witcher 3, but honestly I’d rather have this.
30/05/2012 at 22:49 Shooop says:
Witcher 3′s already been confirmed as in progress.
30/05/2012 at 20:53 Maldomel says:
Holy cyberdoozles! This is good news!
30/05/2012 at 21:02 Petethegoat says:
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
30/05/2012 at 21:05 Mungrul says:
Oh wow, the Cyberpunk RPG was one of the mainstays in my group of friends. We started with original Redbox D&D, tried a little GURPS, mixed the universes of Runequest and the similarly ruled Stormbringer, played a shedload of Living Steel and Warhammer FRP and graduated to Shadowrun and Cyberpunk. While I have a hard time remembering my Shadowrun characters, I have loving memories of my full-on psychotic clown from Cyberpunk, Brian The Fractured. Our GM would attempt to make ever more complicated Brian-proof adventures, only for him to do something completely unexpected and completely break the thread of the adventure every time, and we had such fun with it.
Hell, Chris, our Cyberpunk GM, was probably my favourite GM I ever had.
He even experimented with P&P RPG PvP in a very inventive way, where one of our players became the leader of a corporation, and without the knowledge of another friend, implanted him with a cortex bomb and forced him to do loads of shit :D
That ended as I recall with the guy with the cortex bomb getting close enough to the other guy and killing them both at the same time.
Don’t get the wrong impression mind you, I absolutely adored Shadowrun, and being a massive Queensryche fan, reading the original rulebook gave me a big kick, as a lot of their artists would decorate graffiti’d walls with the Queensryche logo.
But yeah, Cyberpunk holds a very special place in my heart.
30/05/2012 at 21:10 JohnnyMaverik says:
Cyberpunk <3 ^_^
30/05/2012 at 21:15 Apolloin says:
Oh wow! Surely this is too good for them not to fuck it up egregiously in some way or another.
Don’t care, though, 0 Day purchase.
30/05/2012 at 21:26 Evil Star says:
BEST NEWS EVER…YEAAAHHH!!!
30/05/2012 at 21:32 Dawngreeter says:
Have you ever seen the sunlight
Screaming fast and mean and low
Get yourself illuminated
Get yourself that cyber glow
Made of steel and hard emotions
Give my love and face the day
In your face and here to party
Never gonna fade away
30/05/2012 at 21:41 Contrafibularity says:
I’ll just leave this here then..
PLEASE HAVE DEUS EX 1 TYPE HYBRID-TWITCH&SKILL-AIMING OR AN OPTION TO THAT EFFECT
PLEASE HAVE DEUS EX 1 TYPE HYBRID-TWITCH&SKILL-AIMING OR AN OPTION TO THAT EFFECT
PLEASE HAVE DEUS EX 1 TYPE HYBRID-TWITCH&SKILL-AIMING OR AN OPTION TO THAT EFFECT
PLEASE HAVE DEUS EX 1 TYPE HYBRID-TWITCH&SKILL-AIMING OR AN OPTION TO THAT EFFECT
PLEASE HAVE DEUS EX 1 TYPE HYBRID-TWITCH&SKILL-AIMING OR AN OPTION TO THAT EFFECT
30/05/2012 at 22:07 Solidstate89 says:
OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY
30/05/2012 at 22:15 Nameless1 says:
TAKE MY MONEY!
30/05/2012 at 22:26 PopeJamal says:
I’m actually pretty excited to see this. Between the general awesomeness that is CD Projekt and GOG.com, I think someone is trying to woo me away from Valve as being my favorite Developer/Digital Distributor combo.
30/05/2012 at 22:54 Gasmask Hero says:
Now someone needs to come up with an effective Paranoia CRPG. Not even that, just make it a ‘shooter with benefits’, which may suit Paranoia way more, and my teenaged dreams will be complete.
31/05/2012 at 00:15 LionsPhil says:
Much as I love Paranoia, I’m not sure how well a game that’s largely about getting away with weasely bastardry while everyone tries to do the same to you would translate to having the GM (and other troubleshooters?) replaced with an actual boring old real-world computer.
31/05/2012 at 17:01 theleif says:
I was just about to post this. I would be a very happy puppy if, let’s say Double Fine decided to make a game based on it. It does not even have to be an RPG.
I think Shiny Entertainment of old (Giants, Sacrifice) should have done it. Why didn’t they? Look, now you made me all upset.
You cyberpunks.
30/05/2012 at 23:04 Noodlefighter says:
Shit just got real :DDDDD
31/05/2012 at 00:08 E_FD says:
Those are sure some silly-looking glasses we’ll be wearing eight years from now.
31/05/2012 at 00:27 kud13 says:
Well, daymn
This has been a fantastic year.
Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter, and a Cyberpunk RPG by CDPRed.
the awesome…. it’s just way too much.,
31/05/2012 at 01:14 Supahewok says:
Looking over the comments, the love and enthusiasm people are showing for CD Projeckt seems remarkably similar to what people had for Bioware pre-2009.
Alas, how times change…
Hopefully this is not indicative of the future.
31/05/2012 at 02:43 pilouuuu says:
That’s really sad… Bioware is a company that I want to love so much, but they’ve been constantly letting us down lately…
31/05/2012 at 01:16 brkl says:
Jesus that sounds good. Even the original RPG system is really good.
31/05/2012 at 02:08 wodin says:
I would prefer it Isometric with turn based combat though…
31/05/2012 at 11:44 roryok says:
imagine if there was an isometric mode you could just switch on – kind of like going old-school in Monkey Island enhanced edition
31/05/2012 at 05:25 LostViking says:
YES!!! Cyberpunk and CD Project Red is a match made in heaven!
This is an insta-preorder if ever there was one :)
31/05/2012 at 05:32 orient says:
CD Projekt Red + Neuromancer = my dream game. And it’s going to happen. Wow.
31/05/2012 at 05:46 Sardukar says:
Bring me my smart-chipped Sternmeyer. And low-imp Interface plugs. And skinweave. Pain Editors! Skullplate, tech-hair, Mr. Studd and Big-Rip equipped cyber-arm with built-in micro-missile launcher!
31/05/2012 at 08:28 Dr I am a Doctor says:
I first read “Big Rig equipped”, man that would be a terrible arm
31/05/2012 at 07:30 Kadayi says:
Interested, but I’d like to see some working footage soon. Also I’m hoping in the looks department the game will be innovative rather than derivative. The whole mirrorshades/mohawk look got real tired a long time back. A cyberpunk future where everyone doesn’t look like Sigue Sigue Sputnik rejects would be nice.
31/05/2012 at 08:12 reishid says:
From sorceress,elven,succubus,and tavern wench sex to sexbot 9000 loving.
31/05/2012 at 09:43 Bweahns says:
The dude in the picture looks like the violinist from Eurovisoin a couple of years ago. The dude who performed alongside Epic Sax Guy.
31/05/2012 at 10:16 rustybroomhandle says:
CD Projekt are like the HBO of gaming. They put out good stuff, but think that boobies is mature content.
31/05/2012 at 11:43 roryok says:
I prefer the swearing. Can’t watch non-swearing cop shows after The Wire. They just seem so fake.
01/06/2012 at 04:15 Urfin says:
TBH, pretty much every show seems fake after The Wire :)
31/05/2012 at 18:56 Hug_dealer says:
Really, cause the boobies arent what made the witcher 2 so interesting. It was the involved plot. The death and deceit coming from every corner. Racism, rape, and other subjects that arent for the family.
I honestly think that alot of people have never even played the witcher 2, don’t know what mature content means, and simply heard that it had boobies and immediately think hurdurrrr thats really mature.
31/05/2012 at 11:50 MadTinkerer says:
Man, between the kajillion D&D spinoffs, the kajillion Warhammer & WH40k spinoffs, Magic: The Gathering on Steam, Shadowrun, Champions, Traveler, the White Wolf MMO that might eventually be completed, and now Cyberpunk, it’s a crying shame that Deadlands hasn’t got a proper video game spinoff yet.
No GURPS game I understand, because GURPS isn’t a setting in itself. But Deadlands is!
01/06/2012 at 04:14 Urfin says:
Yeah baby, more wires in ze skull! Genuine good news.
05/06/2012 at 14:01 Atrak says:
brilliant, of course multiple classes might be difficult to implement depending on which ones they allow.. i’d be interested to see if they let you play as a media, or rockerboy etc. Still hopes are high and staying there for now.