Guess all the people calling it woke still bought it.
For what it’s worth, Eurogamer itself called the first game bigoted and refused to rate it. It’s really a strange case.
My roommate said that Dragon Age was going to be the most woke game and that he would never spend his money on a game published by EA. He bought it day 1 and beat it 3 times. He fucking loves that game.
This series is the opposite of woke if you ask me.
Jesus christ be praised.
It runs so much better than the first KC:D. Good job, Warhorse Studios.
By the by, someone playing the game for an additional 19 hours after giving it a thumbs down on Steam for woke DEI speaks to its quality.
I’m asexual, not aromantic, but thinking about this from an aromantic perspective I completely get wanting more close platonic relationships that don’t turn romantic. That would actually be inclusive, a lot of people try to put romance everywhere, and I get it! It’s fun to do! But aromantic people like to have representation too, and options to be friends but not romantic helps them feel represented.
Too bad this guy’s “checkbox insert” means it’s probably (I might be wrong) an “omg gay people exist in my game, gross” complaint and not a “hey platonic relationships are important too, don’t make every significant relationship romantic” for all the aros (or even non-aromantic people who think friendship is important as well as romance) out there.
I’m like, borderline aro(?) and yeah having the option to proceed down a meaningful friendship path with my favorite characters/have them move in (shoutout to Krobus in SDV) is awesome when provided.
I can also see the “empty tokenism” as in, players deserve more fleshed out queer relationships instead of rainbow stickers being half-heartedly slapped on existing characters but yeah unfortunately the reviewer is probably a pearl clutching “woke DEI other-buzzword bad” type.
For sure i get that. I really liked how BG3 handled it in that regard, had very deep connections to characters, whilst keeping it aromantically.
In this case though, do people have the option or is it a quest line you have to follow through in this regard? Haven’t played it yet
Absolutely. Portraying a relationship as less meaningful unless there are romantic underpinnings somewhere is weird. It’s just the “checkbox insert” thing cynically insinuates that they like had a gayness quota to fill. Whatever, my point is that it’s undeniably a good game. Check it out if you’re into medieval Europe stuff. You don’t have to play the first one, although you’d be missing out.
Every time I see a sequel I get curious about the first. KCD1 seems like something I have a 50/50 shot at either loving (roleplay!) or hating (QOL stuff, probably the combat), not sure which side I’ll come out on.
Suffice to say, you have a rough start of it. You’re born into the peasantry. You’re fragile. You can’t fight your way out of a wet cardboard box. I don’t know why this stuck with me in particular, but you’re illiterate. As you progress, life gets easier. Point being, the roleplay necessitates hard as hell combat and lack of QOL stuff.
IDK I’m into swords and horsies. Give it a shot, I’d say.
Definitely deserved. I’ve played it for 10+ hours so far and it’s such an improvement on the already excellent first game. It even runs much better on the same hardware.
It even runs much better on the same hardware.
That’s great news, I was worried about performance.
That actually sounds wrong. Do they use the same level of graphics or was the first game optimized THAT badly?
That badly. Updates made it better, though.
Pretty sure the first game was just not optimized very well. I can run KCD2 at a very stable 60+ FPS on my RTX 3060 on high/ultra settings. The first one had about 20 FPS less in comparable environments. Not too surprising, considering that it was the dev team’s first CryEngine project. It’s notoriously hard to work with.
We know someone working at Warhorse and he arranged us to get a tour at the company after hours by the HR person which was great. I recall one of the devs saying “You know why they call it the CryEngine right? It’s cuz you cry everytime you have to use it”
Wow, lucky you! That’s pretty funny.
Just waiting for gog… Hold the line…
Absolutely this and wait a year for the DLCs to release with it
Very happy for the success of this game, even if it’s not my style. It seems like a breath of fresh air among soulless cash grabs
I tried the first and just couldn’t get into it. But the game industry needs titles that aren’t full of loot boxes and requiring online connectivity
Did you try any mods that remove some of the limiter features? For example I played with encumbrance set to zero and all vendors with gold to sell you. Both were huge QoL improvements.
I couldn’t get into the combat. I’m too used to Skyrim and simple fighting systems. Maybe I’ll try it again
I would maybe suggest modding your defence to a high level, unlocking defence perks, and spamming block. The combat certainly becomes more manageable as you level up, unless you’re simply fighting a group of people by yourself. Then it never gets easier.
Yes, not every game needs to appeal to everyone - the problem is that big publishers are always aiming for the lowest common denominator, that’s why we end up with many bland and similar games
I’ll purchase this in around a year or more with dlc still playing the first to completion almost done with it on my last hardcore playthrough getting virgin + merciful + hardcore achievements… Really good one of my favorite 100%s so far
This one is really testing my patient gamer ethos…
I’ve been burned with pre-orders and day-one buys so many times. And now the time I managed to hold of, it had a good and stable release.
Not me! I got Kingdom Come for either under $5 or free last year.
So I expect to get the sequel at the same price in about six years.
Also the whole Gamersgate backlash that the lead was actively encouraging, and now the dev arguing against the anti-woke crowd… Yeah I’m not in a rush to give them money.
Gamergaters praised the game for being anti woke because of the beard of one developer, then they found out theres a gay character.
Has nothing to do with the game or the people behind it. Its gamer gaters shooting their own foot and now blaming it on them.
hopefully the combat system is improved so you actually have a chance of at least escaping when fighting more than one enemy
You can fight 1v10 later on, but in the beginning of the first game you were literally a peasant. It makes sense even a 1v2 would represent a mortally dangerous situation until you get better skills and gear.
Really it’s what made the game so good in my opinion, I’ve never felt a character grow like that before.
what I’m talking about is more that running away isn’t actually an option unless you can win the fight already because if you try to run they can just instantly knock you down.
I know literally nothing about this game and I mostly play FPS or racing games. What even is this game and what does the actual gameplay look like? I don’t give a crap about stories as I always skip them. I just want to know what the actual gameplay loop consists of.
It’s a fairly realistic medieval adventure rpg, sword fighting is stance based and very hard, you also suck at everything to begin with because you start off as an illiterate blacksmiths son. The sequel is a continuation of his story. It’s pretty story focused but you can definitely have a ton of fun just wandering around stealing shit and fighting people if you want to, once you get good at stealing and fighting
Hmmmm… Sounds potentially interesting. I’m guessing I don’t have to have played the first one before I play the second one?
I’ll probably throw it on the ol wishlist and wait for a sale.
The second one gives you the necessary flashbacks to catch up if you should intend to follow the story. It also explains all the basics of the game mechanics as part of the quests.
Sounds intriguing. I’ll definitely check it out.
