Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is almost upon us, and the highly ambitious WRPG, a subgenre in which freedom of choice is essential, is shaping up to be the immersive, unabashedly single-player experience to beat in 2025. Likely because of that, a pernicous rumour has arisen online, one which the developers at Warhorse Studios have opted to officially skewer, refuting that KC: DII was denied classification in Saudia Arabia over an allegedly unskippable, same-sex romantic scene.
It's not true that the game has been refused classification in any region, nor are any cutscenes therein unskippable (thanks, IGN). However, as was the case in the criminally underplayed original game, players can explore same-sex encounters, provided they choose to do so. Warhorse co-founder Daniel Vávra was forced to explain this and other fundamental realities, which are presented in-game, if nothing else, in a historically accurate fashion:
"If you want Henry to try a same-sex adventure, feel free. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to. All affairs are (and were in KC: D) purely optional. The characters are perfectly aware that it was a forbidden sin."
Do people truly have nothing better to do with their limited time than spread baseless rumours online? Are you getting armoured up for Warhorses' hardcore knight-simulator, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, on PS5? Let us know how you go in the comments section below.
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Surprised the Saudi's allowed it considering Disney will remove any LGBTQ+ themes from their films if they release them over there.
I will say its been fun watching the "anti-woke" crowd go from championing the game for apparently being "anti-woke" to doing a 180 on it once they found out it has shock horror a black character and an optional gay romance (please be with Hans 🙏).
"Do people truly have nothing better to do with their limited time than spread baseless rumours online?" But isn't reporting on these rumours helping to spread them a little bit further by bringing more attention to them? (Please note this is a question and is not meant to be construed as unconstructive feedback.)
@DennisReynolds you're not wrong.
Well a lot of people do like Shaheen from Tekken 8😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m sure Saudi Arabia is understanding and knows that it’s just a game 🙃
In honour of Saudi Arabia this straight homie is going to be having all the medieval gay sex🫡
@Fartingale Yes! Hope on some poo on penis, gotta love modern times!
This shows that they are not even prepared for a game that recreates the Middle Ages.
This all came about because of grifters on Twitter. Gaming discourse is dead, this should have never been a thing in the first place. Just play and enjoy games, and don’t play ones you don’t want to. Stop being miserable and forcing devs to defend their creative decisions. We are so cooked as a community.
@Northern_munkey genuinely, there might not seem like much of a distinction to the casual reader. But in good faith, for a reputable outlet and under my own name, what I’m really doing is reporting on the Warhorse director’s response to what are (my opinion) probably intentional lies, which have real financial consequences for the actual studio.
That’s considered different, if done well or at least professionally. There’s further nuance, too; you’ll note I’ve thoroughly sourced the story, without giving air to the accounts responsible for the rumour in the first place. The real story here is the dev’s response, considered newsworthy under Push Square’s purview haha. I appreciate the interest and curiosity! 🫡
I'll wait and see once the game is released what all the fuss is about, I very rarely buy games day one now anyway. There's absolutely no denying that many developers are using the gaming space as a platform to push their progressive mantra from but I don't believe this is one of those studios.
There were a couple gay characters in the first game. One in the monestary Henry could be supportive and do a little side quest to stop the senior monks being hard on him, or tell him he had the devil in him and act disgusted. I imagine it'll be the same here with a step further for those so inclined. All about the choices.
People have been gay for thousands of years. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Like he said it’s optional. Also good to see you left the comment section open on this unlike those cowards over at IGN.
This is the biggest witch hunt of 2025 so far...
Probably spread by the same people who tried to petition the first game.
It’s a shame they never bothered doing a “next gen” patch for the first game. I played about 2 hours but stopped because it was horrible at 30fps on the PS4.
Looks fine. Needs robots, or ninjas, or something.
@DennisReynolds Don't forget the previous outrage from the "woke" crowd that this game was racist.
Like most things on the internet, both sides are generally very loud minorities that want to force their ideals onto other people.
I preordered the game on the back of this video https://youtu.be/LYQZINYvxv0?si=WlXrQlQUdPoP1rQN
This is the type of thing all rpgs should offer , it had me wondering could I actually frame someone for murder , here's hoping 😂
@lazarus11
Yes the same thing for me. I saw this video and had to order the game. Fantastic stuff....
@Svark I presume you can use the dodgy dice 😂 i wish he would have hid in her room to see her reaction ,and whether she went and told a guard.
@lazarus11
My understanding from the video was that he WAS using her dice.
I think that is amazing!
There she is, in her underwear, playing for "beggars" as everything she had is gone.
Serves her right for cheating Henry and thinking she would get away with it.
No other game that I know of would do this. Fantastic stuff!
I sent this video to 4 friends and 3 of them turned around and ordered the game.
Feb 4 can't come quickly enough for me.
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