Ep 30: Cyberpunk's Director talks Phantom Liberty, redemption arcs and Cyberpunk 2

FPS Exclusive! Grab our NordVPN deal at nordvpn.com/friendspersecond and you get extra subscription time for free. Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring our show.--We're altogether in LA for the first time since Summer Games Fest in June! We talk through our impressions of Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and we're joined by Gabe Amantangelo, Game Director for both Cyberpunk 2077 and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, currently in development at CDPR's new studio in Boston. --Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:15 Interview with CyberPunk Phantom Liberty Game Director Gabe Amatangelo48:13 Nord VPN (ad)50:42 Lies of P 01:05:52 Unity Discussion01:15:35 Ascendant Studios Layoffs01:25:26 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth01:43:03 Spiderman 2 02:01:59 User Question02:10:08 This Week In the Wayback02:17:30 Wrap Up--Let's meet our hosts:- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter:  @JakeBaldino- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. --Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecondFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcastFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond-- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices