CDPR did not lie about anything regarding the size of the map, the claim that it would be 4 times bigger than The Witcher 3 is only a rumor from unofficial sources. Actual quotes from the developers always avoided the topic of comparing the two games in terms of horizontal area, and emphasized the verticality of Night City, that would be in line with a "smaller" but more densely packed map. Knowing that TW3 is already one of the largest modern open worlds, it would not be realistic to expect a map with ~500 km2 area if it was not mostly a wasteland, or procedurally generated content, but both of those have been denied.
Yes it should be big because your are driving your vehicle and if takes you 15 minutes to go around the whole map that isn't fun.
The only element that would go counter to this logic is the fact we'll be covering ground much faster in cars, which one would think might necessitate stretching the map out, especially in the outskirts maybe.
I don't know it only took like 15 minutes to get from one end of Velen/Novigrad to the other if you went full tilt. Still felt really big.Yes it should be big because your are driving your vehicle and if takes you 15 minutes to go around the whole map that isn't fun.
I thought it was more like 30 minutes, but that could be Geralt running. Here's a map comparison video, which always must be taken with a grain of salt, but notice the jump in size when the maps involve modern open world driving games. TW3 still is one of the biggest in its genre though.I don't know it only took like 15 minutes to get from one end of Velen/Novigrad to the other if you went full tilt. Still felt really big.
Keep in mind CP2077 is not a driving game. Nor was W3 a horse riding one. Vehicles/horses exist in these games because they make sense not because they're a central focus of the game. You might as well say since Orbital Air exists in Night City CDPR has to include L.E.O., the Crystal Palace, and multiple destinations you can fly to via suborbital spaceplane (I actually expect there to be one or two, no actual space travel tho).<clip> but notice the jump in size when the maps involve modern open world driving games. TW3 still is one of the biggest in its genre though.
I thought it was more like 30 minutes, but that could be Geralt running.
The only element that would go counter to this logic is the fact we'll be covering ground much faster in cars, which one would think might necessitate stretching the map out, especially in the outskirts maybe.
What is beyond Night City? Will there be deserts and outskirts where factions reside?
Well you did see those Hillbillies in one of the divs so i think you might be able to go outside the city .
There have been two interviews that mention it.What is beyond Night City? Will there be deserts and outskirts where factions reside?
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-08-24-the-big-cyberpunk-2077-interviewThe city is a realistic, big place but you also have an area around Night City... I can't talk in detail about what we want to do there and what it might look like but there are definitely areas of Cyberpunk where there's not buildings everywhere, there's not crowds, where maybe we can show somewhere different.
So when you get to the city's walls, or boundary, you can go beyond that?
Weber: You can still go a little... well, not a little, you can go some way further. Of course there are natural limits to it at some point but it's not just the city.
https://www.vg247.com/2018/12/17/cyberpunk-2077-night-city-buildings-npcs-deserts-mountains/Just like in The Witcher 3 when you first get to Skellige and you realise there’s more to this game than the one massive landmass you start on, Cyberpunk 2077 will also feature areas beyond Night City and its many interior locations.
“It’s the city and there’s a certain degree of the outskirts of the city as well,” Borzymowski says. “We are not putting an invisible wall after the last building in the city because it would completely break immersion. The city is located on the West Coast in California, there is a desert, there might be something else, and we have the sea on the other side.”
Should they just remove the outskirt?
Pondsmith's vision of Cyberpunk is global. It extends beyond just Night City.How they can add sequels if the Night City as full is already shown?
One option is to add those invisible walls to a Night City, so the illusion of bigger Night City remains.
I would imagine that CDPR would be planning a more elegant solution than invisible walls. Those are highly immersion breaking, which runs counter to a core priority of the team.
What you're describing is GTA.Yes it should be big because your are driving your vehicle and if takes you 15 minutes to go around the whole map that isn't fun.
But it should also be dense with secrets, shops, ramps, places to do stunts, parking lots, police station, hospital all that but they places shouldn't just be plastered on the wall.
When I get hurt I should wake up in a hospital bed if I get caught for petty crime then I should go to jail.
If wanted entertainment I should be able to go to a club or cinema or arcade to have fun.
They should be bating cage, golf course, we've seen basketball court, maybe race track to race your vehicles for cash.
There should be places to go and things to see when you are not doings missions or side quests.