Yes, creatively CyberPunk broke a new field for CDPR, which was perfectly understandably bold of them. Certainly not in the same vain as W3. Still fun though even though the city still feels empty (or was, as I haven't tried anything past 1.6).
I think people forget how few of the talented free-minded and creative people who worked on W3 still are there any longer. W3 set the bar so high that it would almost be impossible to top it, and seeing how games now are more and more being aggressively made by investors for investors, including too many safe rules, they're bound to fail one after the other.
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/cd-projekt-red-reveals-why-ciri-is-the-witcher-4s-protagonist-its/z276ad
She's actually about to become the Witcher. She's about to actually form her own codex, but on her own terms. The way she actually deals with the monsters, the way she deals with quests, the adventures, it's her own unique way. And also I think that she gives more room to be able to tell different stories here and there. Of course, we want to give the opportunity for the player to explore more nuance because this is what we do. But she deserves that.
They really had to point it out. Somehow, I'm getting flashbacks from Captain Marvel and ReyRey, perfect examples of terrible written characters.
From what I read from people who are much more into the lore it's actually very puzzling on how they're going to make this work and fit into the established lore.
I just don't want to see CDPR fall further down the "evil" path of less fun and less mature games also since they abandoned DRM-free some time ago and seeing how many games fails these days. And considering the hiring practices in many companies these days it's only logical to be skeptical.
Timboli actually had a comment to ponder on possible foreseen consequences... Time will tell, as they say.
