A Cyberpunk 2077 expansion set after the main story was never on the table, says CD Projekt Red
V’s story is considered complete
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It turns out that post-game expansions forCyberpunk 2077were never on the cards, developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed.
Cyberpunk 2077’snarrative director, Igor Sarzyński, toldPC Gamerthat the endings currently featured in the game should be considered final, with protagonist V’s story having reached its conclusion.
“We did consider a couple of other scenarios,” Sarzyński says in regards to the development of thePhantom Libertyexpansion. “But none of them were a continuation of the main game story. The endings are too diverse to have a single post-main story thread make sense for them all—and you don’t want to pick one and invalidate other people’s choices.”
It’s true thatCyberpunk 2077’sendings - including the one added in thePhantom Libertyexpansion, offer vastly different conclusions to V’s story. It’d be a near-impossible task to tie all those possible threads together into a single outcome.
Sarzyński added that the game’s endings were designed to give players “an uneasy feeling, forcing them to think, not providing straight answers. They stick with you. No need to water them down. Sometimes less is more.”
He certainly isn’t wrong about that. Without delving into spoiler territory, all ofCyberpunk 2077’sendings are incredibly costly when it comes to V’s future and the fates of those around them. At worst, they’re soul-crushing; painfully bittersweet at best. I feel that tying them all up into a singlecanongood or bad outcome would definitely cheapen the impact they had.
Plus, I like to imagine there’s room for players to draw their own conclusions, considering V’s future is sort of left open to interpretation in many of the game’s endings. This is especially true for the additional conclusion made available after completing thePhantom Libertyexpansion, should you make certain choices during its climax mission.
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