Lead quest designer for Cyberpunk 2077, Pawel Sasko, gave a small interview to PC Gamer, revealing his favorite game in which he has spent the most time. As it turns out, it's Baldur's Gate — but not the third part, the second one.
The developer is so in love with BioWare's role-playing game that he has completed it 5-6 times. Each run lasted about 300 hours, so Sasko believes that the final timer stopped somewhere around 1500 hours.
I love Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. It was the game that really made me want to get into game dev, and really make my own games.
Currently, Sasko holds the position of junior game director for the next part of Cyberpunk. Not long ago, the studio mentioned that they want to make the game more authentic in terms of American culture.
Let's recall that CD Projekt RED is also working on The Witcher 4, which, according to analysts, will be released in 2-3 years.