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Out of synch There’s no way CD Projekt are going to get me to buy Cyberpunk 2077 DLC. That game has been nothing but a disappointment and I don’t need reminding of it, especially if I have to pay for the privilege. However, I can’t pretend that I wouldn’t be interested in The Witcher 4 when it comes around.
Of course, I’d have to see more of it and what they try and do but it’s so long since the first one that I have to admit I’d jump at the chance to return to the world. The TV show helps feed that, but it also seems a long time since we’ve had that kind of epic role-playing game.
Elden Ring was great, but the storytelling was completely different to The Witcher 3, which was one of its best features. Despite how many fantasy shows are around at the moment it seems a long time since we’ve had a great Tolkien-esque open world role-player and that’s strange to me.
Funny how games and movies/TV always seem so out of step with each other. The Witcher 4 clearly isn’t going to be out for years so it wouldn’t surprise me if it came out just as fantasy fell out of fashion on TV.Rosti
Unexpected expansion Keanu Reeves seems like a good dude so I really can’t imagine him wanting to come back to Cyberpunk 2077 for anything other than contractual reasons. I’m sure he’ll still give it 100%, he always does, but he can’t be happy about being associated with one of the most famous disasters of recent video game history.
Not to say that Cyberpunk 2077 hasn’t scrubbed up into something halfway decent now but its reputation is forever ruined and to be
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