Yup, the early previews looked just like I'd imagine medieval Slavic folklore culture, the gritty and immersive atmosphere was through the roof. It's one of my favorite games of all time, incredibly beautiful and immersive still, but the atmosphere would have been so much better had they kept it the way it was previewed.
Similar thing happened to Diablo 3. Went from a gritty and dark diabolical ARPG in early previews to a colorful wonderland with happy colors and brightness ^^
Yes! I agree haha – and they did upgrade TW3 ‘afterwards’ and I love that game’s story-writing and art – as much as I love the controversial Cyperpunk! IMO, they are gifted – Cyperpunk had some extremely good story telling. I loved it personally!
Art was amazing as well. I know people love to hate on it, but I think they poured their hearts out into it – and it was really, really good, if you could look past the ‘rough edges’.
They just over-stretched. But man, they have good writers. TW3 Faustus DLC was simply ingenious – and everything they’ve done since, I love it. Gunter Grimm versus our very obvious whats-his-name in BG3.
Cyberpunk was brazen af. Very much anti-Marvel, anti-PC. But beautiful. The characters were written with heart – all of them, basically. Especially Judy. We won’t get this with BG3 – but sure, not the end of the world.
D4, btw, is absolutely beautiful… I’ve never seen a game look so good. From Blizzard? Amazing, honestly. They are really putting the effort in.
