CD Projekt Red has started referring to Cyberpunk 2077 as an RPG again following its most recent update.
Although Cyberpunk 2077 was hit with many complaints when it launched, one of the strongest ones was that it lacked many of the RPG elements that were promised or hinted at during its development. Disappointing gameplay features like lifepaths combined with the lack of customisation options causing many players to claim that Cyberpunk was more of a first-person shooter than an RPG.
CD Projekt Red seemed to agree with this claim, slowly scrubbing out the word "RPG" from the game's marketing. Instead, it started to use the words "open-world adventure", including on the game's Steam page. The page previously read, "Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification."
It seems that CD Projekt Red feels like it has done enough to go back to calling Cyberpunk 2077 an RPG again as, following the current-gen update, it's changed the descriptors for the game on Steam to focus in its roleplaying features. As spotted by VRickenYT on the Cyberpunk subreddit, the Cyberpunk Steam page now reads, "Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification."
Although it's technically just a genre being added back into the game's description, it does show how CDPR wants Cyberpunk to be perceived and gives a hint as to how it plans to support and change the game in the future. The change has seen some mixed reception, with the highest comment underneath the Reddit post saying, "Bold of them to suddenly call it an RPG again after simply rebalancing a few perks."
It's worth pointing out that CD Projekt Red hasn't stopped calling Cyberpunk 2077 an RPG entirely, as some storefronts have included the descriptor as a tag, but it seems to be embracing it more now that you can finally change your hair.
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