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1y ago

CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

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CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

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1y ago

CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

www.rockpapershotgun.com /cd-project-devs-want-to-call-out-big-problems-like-homelessness-and-the-wealth-gap-in-cyberpunk-2077-sequel

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TLDR:
The dystopian hellscape set in the future isn't as dystopian as current reality...
- The video game is fairly tame when it comes to themes like this, when compared to the source material and genre as a whole.
  "Cyberpunk was a warning, not an aspiration." -- Mike Pondsmith
  
  Honestly its aspirational at this point, there's no way we'd get cybernetics IRL without them being directly remote controlable by police, companies or just rich people who pay a small fee to watch poor people hit themselves.
Kind of a given for the entire genre, isn't it?
- You'd be surprised how many people's heads that goes over
  
  Somehow also CDPR
Isn't that... like... almost the entirety of the purpose of the genre?
- Ya I always figured cyberpunk got big in the 80's because it was a commentary of the hyper capitalist neoliberal policies of the era, which have only gotten stronger since then.
  I've never double-checked or researched this but I always thought it made sense.
- Sorta. The whole point is more capitalism gone to the extreme, homelessness and poverty are just a consequence of that.
They should focus on making a functioning playable game within 3 years of launching it before they focus on preaching at its players

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