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Comment by santoshalper | Hacker News Reader

CDPR is probably the flagship studio in Europe. Interestingly, they are probably the modern studio that most resembles Bioware in the 2000's.

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Unfortunately CDPR is showing some signs of Bioware-ing. As much as I liked Cyberpunk 2077, it was visibly "less than" Witcher 3 in too many ways. This is a sign of decline.

Cyperpunk 2077's 2.x updates (free, of course) saved the botched release turning it in to another masterpiece.

The Witcher 3 just got a free remastering >10y after release and a third DLC is on its way.

That is so much more than anybody can reasonably expect and gives me hope for The Witcher 4 as Ciri.

I am not talking about graphics or bugs, but about story and immersion. I don't care at all about the Witcher 3 remastering, but I loved the land, story and feeling of Toussaint. Cyberpunk does not reach that level, even if it is quite good.

Not really sure if they're comparable to a Bioware since CD Projekt Red the studio is basically the one and the same as CD Projekt the publisher. They also own GOG.com. They're probably more comparable to a Valve, with game development, game publishing and game distribution under a single roof.

CDPR has looong been separated from the publisher arm, and recently from the GOG one. Probably for the best for CDPR.

Warhorse studios as well. Rebel Wolves. Machine Games. IO interactive.

The list is rather long.

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