You not only sound rude but also ignorant. CDPR associated with Pondsmith for this game. They could use the name and background Pondsmith brings to life since 1990's. The last edition of Cyberpunk is not called RED for nothing. Both CDPR and Talsorian (Pondsmith's company) benefit from that video game.
What most of player know or not is not the point. The point is that CDPR betray the very stuff they built the game on, and they did advertise that the video game would be under the P&P game influence, baiting players like me in buying it.
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Of course.
But since the person I'm replying to seems to believe Arasaka is your best friend for life and V. must believe and trust them...
There is no point in destroying something.
The final in FO3 was originally closed and rewritten. In Cyberpunk, ending is open. If V finds the cure behind the next corner in the trash can, it will be strange, but it will not break the original game in any way. You just need to correctly arrange and justify it.
Happy New Year!
At least, CDPR is better than Bioware : only one game to crash the whole story
What would V dream of? When V returns to his/her apartment to sleep what types of dreams would you like to see? Would unlocking certain types of dreams depending on your actions interest you?
You did not understand. For most players, it doesn't matter who this person is Pondsmith, at all.
For most, it's just a 3D action game. And the players know only those rules and conventions that are in the game itself. What are the third-party conventions to them "to the lantern".
Best wishes for 2021, all.
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I perfectly understood what you 're pointing at. You do not understand what I'm saying : CDPR sold that game using Pondsmith's game and reputation. They lied. And that's also why that story is disappointing to me : they respect neither the background nor the genre.
That is quite obvious.
But considering the huge amount of positive reviews, I would say they rightly do so...
Witcher was a game based on an already existing IP that CDPR brought to life in a new medium and with a licence. It probably brough a LOT of people into the witcher mythos and increased book sales by I don't even know how much. If the relationship with the original author had been better, CDPR would have probably marketed the original IP a lot more. The netflix adaptation would have never happened without CDPR.
Pondsmith did not make the same mistake: he most likely saw this as an opportunity to market his own product and Talsorian Games (owner of cyberpunk IP) has been really careful not to add the 2020 corebook into any online platforms before, even though the hype has been incredible. Once the dust settles and CDPR hopefully fix the game enough, it should also affect positively to the cyberpunk2020 and cyperbunk RED sales.
If Pondsmith does not himself say anything against the endings, I have no idea how CP77 "does not respect the background nor the genre"?
Regarding respect.
If the background and cyberpunk lore is respected or not it up to mike pondsmith
The cyberpunk Genre is partially respected and partially driven beyond the extreme. The genre always values the protagonists though.
The player is not respected in many cases. We ALL are V and we get a game over at the end (as of today).
If the background and cyberpunk lore is respected or not it up to mike pondsmith
The cyberpunk Genre is partially respected and partially driven beyond the extreme. The genre always values the protagonists though.
The player is not respected in many cases. We ALL are V and we get a game over at the end (as of today).
Except we don't know that for sure (other deaths). You CANNOT concretely prove or deny it.
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Cyberpunk RED is available since November.
Of course there is a partnership between Talsorian or CDPR. I do not deny that. Each is taking profit of the other. I have no problem with that.
Pondsmith will say nothing against the video game because it is not in his interest (and there may be also legal worries). His goal is to sell the 4th edition of the game. CDPR makes his marketing campaign indirectly for his P&P game. And the game IS a very good visual adaptation. So, it's all the best for him.
It does not respect the background. For instance, Alt is not the cold bitch CDPR shows us. Arasaka would never care the slightest about a dying edgerunner...
It does not respect the genre : denying the immortality in the matrix is an heresy. Cyberpunk is about escaping the flesh and how technology changes the world and the relation to humanity (we instead got some fortune telling tricks -sooo technological). Cyberpunk is not about bad endings or poorly written tricks.
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