CD Projekt Red compare Cyberpunk 2077 to The Witcher 3

We already knew that CD Projekt Red were "excited to switch to guns" and that their next project, Cyberpunk 2077, will be "bigger than The Witcher 3." Delving deeper into comparisons between the futuristic setting of their next RPG and the traditional fantasy world of their last, the studio is further defining the similarities and differences between their games.

During a panel that was livestreamed from PAX Australia (and via DualShockers), designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz (not to be mistaken with his brother, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Wild Hunt's director and who's apparently not involved in this project) assured fans that they're keeping "the things that were good about [The Witcher 3]", while of course adapting other mechanics to the new, gadget-filled game world set in the future.

Sticking "to the guidelines that were working" for this years' acclaimed RPG, the studio is keeping things such as the compelling quest system. However, in Tomaszkiewicz's words, "there are things that we could have done better, so we will adjust it to Cyberpunk's requirements."

Despite this game being totally different from the Witcher series, most notably because of the new science-fiction setting, "it's obviously an RPG as well, but it has totally different systems. We need to focus on making the gameplay fun in different ways than sword fighting is."