Yesterday, CD Projekt RED released the 48-minute-long demo of cyberpunk that blew us all away at E3. It’s been a few months since that demo created a stir amongst those who were fortunate enough to attend E3, and now – shortly after a rejiggered version was shown at Gamescom – it’s available for your own eyeballs.
As CDPR notes, it’s a work-in-progress, and the company wants to stress that the game may not be like this when it’s finally released. As we saw with The Witcher 3, comparisons between early footage and the final product were bandied about with disparaging terms like “downgrade.” Things are still being tweaked and changed – and though the game is now playable from start to finish – there’s still a lot of work to be done.
“What we’re releasing today was recorded from a game deep in development,” game director Adam Badowski said in a message accompanying the release. “Since many of the assets and mechanics in the current version of Cyberpunk 2077 are most likely to be modified, we initially decided to show this gameplay only to media. Elements like gunplay (both in terms of visuals and how RPG stats influence it), netrunning, car physics, or the game’s UI–everything’s pretty much still in the playtest phase and we felt uneasy about publicly committing to any particular design. Animation glitches, work-in-progress character facial expressions, early versions of locations–all this made us hesitant to release what you’re about to see.
“However, we are also well aware that many of you want to see what the media saw. Although this is probably not the same game you’ll see on your screen when we launch, we still decided to share this 48-minute video with you. This is how Cyberpunk 2077 looks today. Let us know what you think!”
If you’ve not yet seen it, grab a cup of coffee and give it a look.
Last Updated: August 28, 2018
Darren Peach
August 28, 2018 at 09:30
You know you’re getting old when you fall asleep during a much anticipated reveal….. And that I did. Not that It was boring, I was just tired.
Ghost In The Rift
August 28, 2018 at 07:17
Now i cant wait for release, that demo is so worth the wait and so will the game be,
more hyped for this than any title I’ve seen to date.
PestControl
August 28, 2018 at 08:09
Wow… can’t wait! Generally I don’t believe in pre-ordering games… but hot damn… I’m gonna pre-order this as soon as it becomes available (in SA)
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
August 28, 2018 at 14:17
Why? There’ll be enough supply.
Pariah
August 28, 2018 at 09:14
Saying that however, this game is hype AF. Wow. Gotta start saving the cash for this
Tbone187
August 28, 2018 at 10:36
No $hit! CP gameplay? Never thought I’d see it in this decade.Looks the deal. Hitman / GTA/ 5th Element. Can’t be bad can it?
Pariah
August 28, 2018 at 11:07
Well the modding community will have nude mods out before the first official patch, based on that character creation screen… -_- urgh
Mark Treloar
August 28, 2018 at 11:57
They don’t have to. CDPR already puts enough of their own in.
Pariah
August 28, 2018 at 12:02
This is the modding community. If there are clothes, they’ll find some way to remove them. Bethesda knows all about that.
Matthew Holliday
August 28, 2018 at 12:22
After TW3, this feels so much more…. American.
Not entirely convinced 100% First person view is the greatest idea, it looked very cramped with that single view, especially in the car, very cool, but cramped.
Otherwise that looked promising, depends how smooth the open world feels and how the missions are handled, but the mechanic side of it looked great.
Looks like what Watchdogs and Remember Me, should have been.
Marcus Adonis
September 4, 2018 at 18:41
I am totally rendering this game. Because CDPR and it looks amazing. I don’t care if it’s buggy or anything else. i want to play it.
https://software.informer.com/Stories/check-out-the-first-public-gameplay-demo-of-cyberpunk-2077.html
Everyioone seems to be of the same mind. Monority of hipsters excluded.