It seems like we’re getting more and more information about CD Projekt’s upcoming big release, Cyberpunk 2077 with each passing day. On the game’s official Twitter, Quest Director Mateusz Tomaszkievicz explained how Life Paths, the player-choosable origins of their character that impacts the way certain encounters and dialogues will be handled throughout the game.
These Life Patch function very similar to the Etiquettes in the recent Shadowrun RPGs. For example, if you pick the origins of a street kid, you will have an easier time talking to the gangs or exhibit B, if you were of a corporate background, you will have an easier time around people from corporate backgrounds. Of course, if you’re from a lowly origin and try to rub up to corporate people, well, you know what happens.
We’ll be looking forward to how these systems play out in the long run when Cyberpunk 2077 launches worldwide on April 16th, 2020.