{"id":2162992,"date":"2026-09-25T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2162992"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:12:55","slug":"it-took-roughly-two-years-and-one-of-the-most-expensive-art-assets-ever-to-get-cyberpunk-2077-phantom-libertys-chimera-tank-fight-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2162992","title":{"rendered":"It took roughly two years and &#8220;one of the most expensive art assets ever&#8221; to get Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty&#8217;s Chimera tank fight right"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">It took roughly two years and &#8220;one of the most expensive art assets ever&#8221; to get Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty&#8217;s Chimera tank fight right<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Bullet Hell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/How-to-beat-Chimera-boss-in-Cyberpunk-2077-Phantom-Liberty-cover.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"the chimera boss in rubble with a red glow beneath it and president myers pointing a gun at it\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"How-to-beat-Chimera-boss-in-Cyberpunk-2077-Phantom-Liberty-cover.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/CD Projekt RED<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-09-25T12:12:55+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Sept. 25, 2026, 12:12 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-chimera-tank-two-years?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"343d3b8b-9ba3-4cdc-b5b3-c70092e7778e\" data-name=\"Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\" title=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\"><br \/>\n  Follow Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>CD Projekt Red has shared some insight into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty\">Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty<\/a>&#8216;s  fantastic Chimera tank boss fight, explaining it took two years to get the complicated sequence right.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of AnsweRED, the official CD Projekt Red podcast, game director Gabe Amatangelo and creative director Igor Sarzy\u0144ski discussed the Chimera tank in a section focused on production challenges the team faced when making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Official Live Action Trailer (feat. Idris Elba)\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMScxpJ3tnw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HMScxpJ3tnw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty &#8211; Official Live Action Trailer (feat. Idris Elba)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty live action trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMScxpJ3tnw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes we&#8217;re making content that&#8217;s a nexus point of different disciplines &#8211; the Chimera is a great example of that,&#8221; Amatangelo explained. &#8220;It was gameplay, narrative, art, worldbuilding. I remember [art director] Pawe\u0142 Mielniczuk and I were sending each other emails of various different military equipment of those guns, what are those called? they go &#8216;Brrrrrrrr&#8217; [imitating a big machine gun] We wanted it to terrify you when it came up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think when we were iterating, it was two years to make this boss fight work,&#8221; said Mieniczuk. &#8220;We were iterating over and over.&#8221; Amatangelo added that  there were &#8220;so many moving parts &#8230; Sometimes it was too gameplay, sometimes it was too narrative, sometimes too art demonstration. It was about striking a balance and I think the three of us got into it and went, &#8216;Okay beat by beat, let&#8217;s do this.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, said Mielniczuk a little later in the conversation, &#8220;We were doing the tank I think four times, changing equipment,the weapons.&#8221; Sarzy\u0144ski added: &#8220;One of the most expensive art assets I think ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That cost would prove to be worth it. The Chimera tank fight stands out as an exceptionally exciting moment in a DLC expansion packed full of them. Former Eurogamer managing editor Tom Senior described Phantom Liberty as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-liberty-is-a-remarkable-expansion-and-a-bittersweet-end-for-cyberpunk-2077\">remarkable expansion and bittersweet end<\/a>&#8221; for the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>CD Projekt Red has shared some insight into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty\">Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty<\/a>&#8216;s  fantastic Chimera tank boss fight, explaining it took two years to get the complicated sequence right.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of AnsweRED, the official CD Projekt Red podcast, game director Gabe Amatangelo and creative director Igor Sarzy\u0144ski discussed the Chimera tank in a section focused on production challenges the team faced when making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Official Live Action Trailer (feat. Idris Elba)\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMScxpJ3tnw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HMScxpJ3tnw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty &#8211; Official Live Action Trailer (feat. Idris Elba)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty live action trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMScxpJ3tnw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes we&#8217;re making content that&#8217;s a nexus point of different disciplines &#8211; the Chimera is a great example of that,&#8221; Amatangelo explained. &#8220;It was gameplay, narrative, art, worldbuilding. I remember [art director] Pawe\u0142 Mielniczuk and I were sending each other emails of various different military equipment of those guns, what are those called? they go &#8216;Brrrrrrrr&#8217; [imitating a big machine gun] We wanted it to terrify you when it came up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think when we were iterating, it was two years to make this boss fight work,&#8221; said Mieniczuk. &#8220;We were iterating over and over.&#8221; Amatangelo added that  there were &#8220;so many moving parts &#8230; Sometimes it was too gameplay, sometimes it was too narrative, sometimes too art demonstration. It was about striking a balance and I think the three of us got into it and went, &#8216;Okay beat by beat, let&#8217;s do this.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, said Mielniczuk a little later in the conversation, &#8220;We were doing the tank I think four times, changing equipment,the weapons.&#8221; Sarzy\u0144ski added: &#8220;One of the most expensive art assets I think ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That cost would prove to be worth it. The Chimera tank fight stands out as an exceptionally exciting moment in a DLC expansion packed full of them. Former Eurogamer managing editor Tom Senior described Phantom Liberty as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-liberty-is-a-remarkable-expansion-and-a-bittersweet-end-for-cyberpunk-2077\">remarkable expansion and bittersweet end<\/a>&#8221; for the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty It took roughly two years and &#8220;one of the most expensive art assets ever&#8221; to get Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty&#8217;s Chimera tank fight right Bullet Hell. 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