CD Projekt Red Promises No BS With Cyberpunk 2077, Just “Honest Gaming”

Several video game developers and publishers have been taking a lot of heat recently due to their use of slimy business practices. EA’s pay-to-win model for Star Wars Battlefront II has been particularly galling to gamers, which makes them afraid for Cyberpunk 2077 that Polish company CD Projekt Red is developing. The firm has since responded, saying that the game will be much like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

The statement from CD Projekt Red came via a response Tweet to a speculation made by the gaming content firm Pretty Good Gaming. Basically, the group wondered if Cyberpunk 2077 would follow the same “games as a service” model that a lot of developers seem intent on implementing. In response, CD Projekt Red’s Twitter account assured gamers that this would not be the case.

“Worry not. When thinking CP2077, think nothing less than TW3 — huge single player, open world, story-driven RPG. No hidden catch, you get what you pay for — no [bulls**t], just honest gaming like with Wild Hunt. We leave greed to others,” the Tweet reads.

The statement prompted a flurry of commendations and praises from the video game community, which has been feeling taken advantage of and wrung dry by companies of late. As to what sparked the query in the first place, Pretty Good Gaming was basing it on a comment that a CD Projekt Red executive made during an interview, which involved potential online elements to Cyberpunk 2077.

The company basically wants their next game to be even more commercially successful than The Witcher 3, which was their most lucrative project yet, Gamespot reports. Allowing players to interact with each other might appeal to those who like having a social element to their games. However, it also sparked anxieties over the possible existence of loot boxes and microtransaction.