NPCs play a major role in an open-world game. Having realistic NPCs that can interact with the player can make the game immersive and on the opposite end of the spectrum, getting this wrong can break the game as well. Quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz talked about Cyberpunk 2077 NPCs and he mentioned that they will be memorable.
He mentioned that the team has been focusing on different characters in the game and that NPCs in Cyberpunk 2077 will be memorable compared to Ciri and Geralt. The following is what he had to say in this regard:
The creation of characters was, of course, one of the most important features of the previous games. As you said before, there have been characters that have connected with the public and obviously, we wanted to achieve this in this new project. So there is a strong insistence on characterizing in a good way our NPCs of more importance in the plot. Then, we are definitely making a big effort in this. I can not go into details right now, but I think we have very good characters in this game, which the audience will remember.
There is a lot of hype around Cyberpunk 2077 and we have already seen the cycle that NPCs follow in the open world. It is like they are actual people going about their business in Night City. Tomaszkiewicz was also asked to describe the game and he did so as follows:
I would say that Cyberpunk 2077 is an open world game with a strong narrative component set in a dark future. It is an RPG with decisions and consequences where everything you do matters. Well, I do not know how much more I can put in the box, it depends on the source we use. I would say that there are many ways to play in terms of gameplay and it offers a wide variety of options depending on how you want to play the title and allows you to enjoy the way you want to play.
He also mentioned that there are different gameplay mechanics that have yet to be shown off. CDPR has already confirmed that it has a strong presentation prepared for E3 2019, so you can expect to learn more at the event. Furthermore, we know that the game is going to have a lot of sex, cars, car customization and special weapons such as Katanas and Mantis Blades.
Let us know what you think about Cyberpunk 2077 NPCs and whether or not you are interested in playing the game when it comes out.
