While Cyberpunk 2077 is still several months away, with a huge hype machine behind it, extremely favorable impressions and CDPR's track record, it's hard to imagine it falling completely flat on it's face and not being an another massive success. The studio itself seems to strongly believe in this project by already sharing their plans for turning it into a video game franchise that can be considered "eternal", one that will grow into an integral part of popculture, which will definitely translate into a new games for us to (hopefully) enjoy in the future. Because of that, I was doing some speculations in my head and I started really wonder about the direction the series could potentially take with it's expansions and full fledged games. Not regarding the potential plots or anything of that sort, mind you, but a very basic things, like the setting, protagonist and the major features. I am interested in what you think about it, so in order to properly initiate the discussion about the future potential direction for the franchise, I will start with a three simple questions I want to ask you about your preferences on that subject:
1) Would you prefer for the expansions and sequels to take place in the same place as Cyberpunk 2077 (Night City) with some modifications, kinda like in the original tabletop the game is based on, and maybe expanded territory or a completely new location?
2) Would you prefer for the expansions and sequels to feature V as a recurring protagonist that we import from game to game with all our experiences so far or a completely new protagonist for every story?
3) What kind of major feature would you like for CDPR to add to their formula? By that I mean that, for example, The Witcher 3 added open world to the formula, Cyberpunk 2077 is adding an open gameplay, so the question is in what regard you wish for them to make another big step forward on top of those previous elements?
Of course, the expansions and sequels can be treated separately, so from expansion you may want X for the setting, while wanting Y for the sequel.
So let's discuss!
1) Would you prefer for the expansions and sequels to take place in the same place as Cyberpunk 2077 (Night City) with some modifications, kinda like in the original tabletop the game is based on, and maybe expanded territory or a completely new location?
2) Would you prefer for the expansions and sequels to feature V as a recurring protagonist that we import from game to game with all our experiences so far or a completely new protagonist for every story?
3) What kind of major feature would you like for CDPR to add to their formula? By that I mean that, for example, The Witcher 3 added open world to the formula, Cyberpunk 2077 is adding an open gameplay, so the question is in what regard you wish for them to make another big step forward on top of those previous elements?
Of course, the expansions and sequels can be treated separately, so from expansion you may want X for the setting, while wanting Y for the sequel.
So let's discuss!