GameCenter - Issue 67 - 47

IS THERE
MULTIPLAYER?
Cyberpunk 2077
weathered sweeping
design changes,
actual cyber-theft,
and no shortage
of controversy to
become one of the
most anticipated
games of all time.

that sends them (players create V, unlike The
Witcher's Geralt) on the hunt for an implant
that's said to somehow give the owner
immortality. Somewhere along the way, V
starts seeing visions of Johnny Silverhand, a
legendary rockerboy played by Keanu Reeves
who wants to start a revolution in Night City.
Yes, the story sounds absolutely off-the-walls,
somehow managing to create high stakes in a
world that's not as epic or as fantastical as, say,
The Witcher's Redania.
That's not to say that Night City isn't as impressive as The Witcher 3's open world. In fact,
from what we've seen so far, Night City is just
as expansive and immersive, just in different
ways. We know that the game world will consist of six or seven distinct regions that players
can explore-ranging from pristine corporateowned city blocks and luxury suburbs to gangrun ghettos and industrial parks. One way that

You just had to ask about multiplayer,
didn't you? CD Projekt Red is creating
one of the most immersive and detailed
game worlds ever with a twisting, turning
story and deep character progression and
customization, and all you can think of is
multiplayer.
Well, from what we know, CD Projekt
Red has stated that multiplayer will
come to the game at some point after its
launch-think months, maybe even years
down the line. Previous rumors indicated
that there would be different gathering
hubs where players could meet up and set
out on missions together, but that doesn't
seem to be the case anymore, at least for
now.
We also know that CD Projekt Red is
committed to keeping the game alive long
after its release by adding side missions
and more story content, similar to what it
did with The Witcher 3. That should keep
you busy until multiplayer launches.

Night City really stands out is in its verticality,
as players can enter some buildings and see
the city from a new perspective. One of the
reasons that CD Projekt Red decided to make
the game entirely first-person is because it's
the best way to immerse players in Night City's
detail-rich worlds.
When it comes to the "role-playing" aspects
of this action RPG, players won't pick a class
for V. Rather, they'll build their own class out
of skills that focus on different areas, such as
hacking, strength, weapon handling, and even
coolness. You can punch and blast your way
through different enemy encounters, or you
can hack around the problem and find less
physically taxing ways to solve problems.
The fantasy of Cyberpunk 2077 is running
around a fully immersive world as a self-sufficient mercenary. The future is almost here-
and it's looking intense.

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