CD Projekt Red, makers of the amazing The Witcher 3, made a surprise appearance at Microsoft’s E3 keynote to show off their upcoming role-playing game, Cyberpunk 2077. It’s been years since we saw a small teaser of this game, and while there wasn’t any gameplay on display, the new world they’re building looks fantastic.
Cyberpunk’s name gives you an idea of what to expect here, but the twist is that in this world, people with implants can on their alterations. When this happens, the body mods start to rebel against organic material, whether it’s the host or the people around them. And so, society develops a special defense force called the Psycho Squad to fight against the augmented threat.
It doesn’t help that this is a world of have and have-nots. While the city featured in the trailer isn’t named, we are told that many of its denizens are very poor, and no strangers to violence, while the 1% lives it up with all sorts of tech and fancy gadgets.
Here’s the YouTube description with some more details about what you can expect:
Cyberpunk 2077 is a narrative-driven, open world RPG set in the most vibrant and dangerous metropolis of the future — Night City. You play as V, a hired gun on the rise, who just got their first serious contract. In a world of cyberenhanced street warriors, tech-savvy netrunners and corporate life-hackers, today is your first step to becoming an urban legend.
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It’s been like five fucking years since the first inconsequential Cyberpunk 2077 trailer. And, what are we given for its follow-up? A delicious morsel, but, fuck, still a morsel!