bassoferrol on 8/3/2025 at 17:14
Nothing like a movie with a white one performing as Martin Luther King or Muhammad Ali.
We´d see how blacks behave.
Sulphur on 9/3/2025 at 02:42
What a well-constructed argument.
EvaUnit02 on 10/3/2025 at 11:01
The controversies over KCD2 are big nothing burgers, IMO. Having more branching options in a CRPG sold on player choice and consequences is fine. It isn't like Dragon Age: Veilguard where they've removed a lot of player choice and/or set out to give partisan political sermons. The reported black, muslim NPC seems to be an organic part of the story, not shoehorned in to check a box - I see no issue.
Daniel Vavra should stay the fuck off social media though. Doing a Randy Pitchford by running his mouth unfiltered isn't helping any matters.
Malf on 31/3/2025 at 08:02
I finished off KCD2 last night, and overall, I had a fantastic time with the game. While it did sag a bit in the middle, it was otherwise a very competent and constantly surprising game. It rarely if ever felt like it was falling into formulaic, rote play, and there was a surprising amount of choice and consequence.
However, I think the thing that honestly surprised me the most was how little combat there was in the game.
I'm not saying it was non-existent; but given that the game evokes other games in the genre such as Witcher 3 and Oblivion / Skyrim, actual combat encounters were relatively few and far between. Which in turn was very refreshing, and allowed other systems, including speech and stealth, to shine.
I got maybe a third of the way through the original game before losing interest, and recent attempts to revisit it before the release of the second game were plagued by frequent crashes.
But this game kept me engaged all the way through, and frequently surprised me with its inventiveness.
In particular, I really enjoyed the interludes where you got to play as Godwin instead of Henry, especially the late-game party, which had me laughing out loud at the chaos I could cause.
And while not quite as polished as other recent games in this respect, the voice acting was very good throughout; so much so that I was genuinely surprised at how attached I became to Henry's companions, and how much I grew to detest the antagonists. Personal favourites were Kubyanka, Janosh and Adder.
The last few hours of the game do become very much on-rails, but I actually quite welcomed the focus at this point of the story; and it also serves as a great illustration of siege starvation, even if no-one actually dies of hunger; the frantic search for anything to eat really helps hammer home how hopeless such situations can end up feeling.
As ever, I'm aware that I am currently in the post-completion glow phase, where I am still in thrall to the game, and I am sure that over the next week or two, the flaws will become more apparent than the overall journey.
But for the time being, I would highly recommend this game to anyone.
Tomi on 31/3/2025 at 09:26
Nice! I only just started KCD 2 yesterday, and I'm so looking forward to the adventure ahead of me. :) I'm done with the prologue and I'm all alone in the big and cruel world of KCD now. Right now it all feels a bit overwhelming and I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing, but in a way I love that feeling. The game is also feeling a lot like good old KCD already. I'm doing mundane things just to be able to buy some food and get some decent clothes, and traveling alone honestly feels a bit scary because an angry squirrel could probably beat me at this point. :D
The game looks absolutely fantastic on XBox Series X even in performance mode and more importantly seems to run perfectly smoothly. The forests and the nature look even better than before and the towns actually feel like real places now instead of ordinary NPC nests. I haven't seen much combat yet, but it seems to be a bit more simple than in KCD 1, but it also feels quite a bit faster which may be a good thing. Well, just about everything seems to be a bit more fast in the sequel, which is a welcome change and makes many of the mundane tasks more fun as well.
Anyway, I'm very happy to report that so far I'm loving KCD 2.
