cyberpunk 2077s quest director pawel sasko has addressed fans disappointment over the lack of branching storylines in night citywhile the array of technical issues plaguing cyberpunk 2077 dominated discussion when the game launched in 2020 there were many who found its narrative underwhelming due to its linearity and lack of playerdriven decisions in a recent livestream via twinfinite sasko addressed the criticism the game received for being too linear saying players expected more he points out that the way quests are managed in cyberpunk 2077 means that no two playthroughs will be the same theres so much randomization inside that system that its not possible to have identical playthroughs he says but while dialogue and story elements can differ depending on your choices its mainly on a smaller scale and according to sasko players were expecting more based on how big and branching cd projekt reds previous title the witcher 3 is cyberpunk has an insane amount of nonlinearity but i think the expectations were higherthe below video and text contains spoilers for cyberpunk 2077 so avert your eyes now if youve not yet taken a trip to night cityquestdirectorpawelsaskoonchoicesand from rcyberpunkgamealso part of the problem as sasko sees it is that when it comes to some of cyberpunk 2077s bigger branching paths players generally tend to stick to the same route for instance one event that has a significant impact on how the story plays out is whether or not takemura dies according to sasko when players learned how to keep the character alive everyone started doing that and in players minds it became linearsasko ends by saying that in a way he feels the situation is slightly overblown but also acknowledges that it could have been betterif youve not yet had your fill of night city cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty the games first and only expansion is set to launch sometime this year a sequel codenamed project orion is also in the works which cdpr says will prove the full power and potential of the cyberpunk universesee whats launching in the year ahead with our guide to new games 2023