Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Says There's Still "Lots To Be Done" To Win Back Trust

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Cyberpunk 2077 developers have had a lot to celebrate recently, with public opinion taking a huge positive turn ever since summer 2022. However, quest director Paweł Sasko is eager not to get complacent, saying that there's still "still lots to be done" to win back player trust.

This comes in response to an update on Cyberpunk 2077's Steam reviews, showing that 80 percent of all scores are positive. That's out of over half a million user reviews on the platform, and covers all scores since launch, not just the recent, more positive ratings. This is still well below CD Projekt Red's other major releases, but it's certainly a turnaround since launch when players everywhere were furious with the game's performance.

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"Not taking any of it for granted," says Sasko, replying to the wave of positive Cyberpunk reviews that have come in since various patches made huge improvements to the game. "Still lots to be done to get back your trust."

This phrasing from Sasko is a little surprising, given that it seems that Cyberpunk 2077 is coming towards the end of its lifecycle. We're just a couple of months away from its one and only expansion, Phantom Liberty, and it definitely doesn't seem that CDPR has anything else major in the pipeline for its once-controversial RPG. In fact, when I prodded the devs for more info recently, specifically asking if we'll see V and Johnny again, a dev simply responded that there are no more expansions planned. So take from that what you will.

It could be that Sasko is speaking about CDPR as a whole, as the studio's once flawless reputation definitely took a hit after Cyberpunk 2077 launched. During The Witcher 3's heyday, it seemed like the team