The eagerly anticipated Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is expected in February and, like the first game, is laser-focused on the life and times of one Henry of Skallitz, 13th-century Bohemia's biggest badass. It's also shaping up to be the all-consuming, open-world WRPG to beat, a subgenre still largely overshadowed by 2015's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, also the work of an Eastern European dev (coincidence?). Whereas the original Kingdom Come clocked Henry's ascent from peasant blacksmith to noble knight, the sequel will track his journey from a "man to a warrior", with multiple endings to reflect your morally grey decisions.
In an extensive dev livestream hosted by IGN, Warhorse Studios showed off the game, and it looks like incredible stuff—provided you are down for a hardcore survival RPG so granular that it tracks how stinky you are. The devs mention that the game will feature multiple endings, as opposed to the single canon ending of the first game, which as one Reddit wit put it, likely means: "Henry will kill innocent peasants. Got it."
Are you looking forward to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Warhorse claims that the second game will be more forgiving, but with all the hype behind the sequel, do you think we will see a wave of players on day one bouncing off of the series' surprisingly involved, agonisingly realistic mechanics? Make sure you wash the blood off your hands before venturing into the civilised comments section below.
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Combat and mechanics take some getting used to so curious how people will get on, but I gave the first one a chance and once I locked in I absolutely loved it. Nothing quite like it in terms of immersion. Looking forward to this because the first ends in a really annoying way.
@ShadowofSparta
I liked the combat a lot. You got better in fighting by fighting and training. A litlle bit hard to get into but when it clicked for me, it was the best wrpg I played. I must say I still didnt play BG3.
I know one person on the playstation access team who's gonna enjoy killing all the peasants 😆
I guess the thing I’m most looking forward to in sequel is not having to wait 3 to 4 minutes for the game to load.
The first game was close to greatness and with experience and a bigger budget the sequel can be a GOTY game. The combat was the worst part but they are improving it. No more fighting the camera or high RNG chance of ripostes/master strikes.
By the way there is an error in the article. Skalitz is misspelled.
I have high hopes for this one, keeping my fingers crossed they stick the landing. Loved the first one, so it'll be interesting to see what they can do with a larger budget.
Always hard to gauge how well it will resonate with the general gaming community. But BG3 did the impossible and made a turn-based d'n'd RPG a huge hit, so there could be room for other niche games to blow up if the quality and craftsmanship is there.
Now - if only they could release at least a PS5 patch for the first one, that would be VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
I have played a little bit of the first game, and it is one of those games that puts you in the world in a serious sort of way. Due to my backlog, I never made it far, but this is a series that I want to play and take the time to learn.
In this game Henry meets one black person and his world is shattered.
I bought the game when it first came out and it was terrible. The audio was especially bad. I made it to the first town and did some things but couldn't get over the poor voice acting and overall jankiness. Was definitely bit by the hype on it.
@JohntheRaptor personally, I loved the combat. The bugs at launch… that’s another story. Luckily I didn’t run into too many, but had a friend that ran into literally every game breaking bug possible. The best one was he’d get launched in the air and fall to his death when attempting alchemy haha.
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare how about a psvr2 remaster? Yeah? Yeah?
Super immersive, but I don't see it being mainstream big unless they improved the combat/skill/leveling system.
@MasterEMFG I'd be happy with 60FPS to be honest, but who am I to begrudge anyone a PSVR2 remaster (and to be honest, it might be quite a good fit to the game style). A little more effort than unlocking framerate (though I wonder how much of this is GPU bottle-neck?)
Wasn't tempted by the first one as it seemed a bit too gruelling to play but for some reason this one is tempting me.
@JohntheRaptor "By the way there is an error in the article. Skalitz is misspelled."
He also says Poland and the Czech Republic are in Eastern Europe when they're in Central Europe. Though he's still right that both devs are from the same part of Europe.
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