Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be a Thorn in The New Witcher's Saga for a Long Time
On the surface, it may seem like the ambitious sci-fi title Cyberpunk 2077 and the beloved Witcher fantasy franchise couldn't be further apart from each other. But they're more intertwined than players might think, and not merely because they share the same developer. CD Projekt Red, the Polish video game developer and publisher, made a name for itself by bringing the popular Witcher novel series by author Andrzej Sapkowski to gamers everywhere, and it generated a lot of goodwill in the process.
The last mainline installment that was released, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, was a particular favorite among players. It achieved critical and commercial success while also cementing CD Projekt Red's reputation as a respected developer. However, the studio's move away from the familiar Witcher series proved to be not quite so fruitful, and Cyberpunk 2077's infamous launch and subsequent issues became a cautionary tale for all developers. It may be a separate IP, but Cyberpunk 2077's fortunes may be inextricably linked and could even prove detrimental to The Witcher games for a while yet.
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By this point, Cyberpunk 2077's woes have been well documented. A long development cycle, high fan expectations, delays, and a buggy launch ensured that the game definitely didn't get off to the best of starts. Once games launch in a broken or unfinished state, it can be hard to get fans back onboard. They've already shelled out a lot of money with the expectation that a title will at least be finished and playable, and when that's not the case, things can turn sour pretty quickly.
The problem wasn't just an incomplete or buggy game at launch, though. Despite the fact that the majority of CD
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