The Witcher 3 took place in a Slavic setting inspired by Slavic mythology and CDPR being based in Poland was able to capture the feeling of the world, mythology, music, and politics very well because of polish scriptwriters and being based in Poland.
But Cyberpunk 2077 is an undeniably a very American story in comparison and tackles many American topics like gun violence, healthcare, statehood, drug epidemic, laissez-faire capitalism, presidents, the constitution, ethnic-diversity, US-ASIA relations, Military culture, etc. So I was wondering how is the Dev team able to make this world feel realistic and American if the script is written in polish and most of the development team is based in Poland? Essentially the script would have to be written by people who have had an outsiders perspective on the American environment.
I started to worry about this cultural disconnect when I saw the character of Jacky and him being a super stereotype of the average Cholo and his dialogue being so full of slang that it came across as super cringy.
Cultural disconnect in art sometimes creates some hilarious moments like in Japnese videos games showing Americans as cowboys or Americans showing Europeans as being either snobs or hillside villagers tending to sheep. I was really hoping to enter a believable world but I fear that the cultural disconnect of the writers will make the world feel like a European perspective of America rather than an introspective look at the American dark future.
But Cyberpunk 2077 is an undeniably a very American story in comparison and tackles many American topics like gun violence, healthcare, statehood, drug epidemic, laissez-faire capitalism, presidents, the constitution, ethnic-diversity, US-ASIA relations, Military culture, etc. So I was wondering how is the Dev team able to make this world feel realistic and American if the script is written in polish and most of the development team is based in Poland? Essentially the script would have to be written by people who have had an outsiders perspective on the American environment.
I started to worry about this cultural disconnect when I saw the character of Jacky and him being a super stereotype of the average Cholo and his dialogue being so full of slang that it came across as super cringy.
Cultural disconnect in art sometimes creates some hilarious moments like in Japnese videos games showing Americans as cowboys or Americans showing Europeans as being either snobs or hillside villagers tending to sheep. I was really hoping to enter a believable world but I fear that the cultural disconnect of the writers will make the world feel like a European perspective of America rather than an introspective look at the American dark future.
