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Boys will once again be boys in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, revealed today for 2024 releaseWarhorse’s next open worlder will be twice original’s size, and yes, there are dick jokes
Warhorse’s next open worlder will be twice original’s size, and yes, there are dick jokes
Image credit:Deep Silver / PLAION
Image credit:Deep Silver / PLAION
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Official Game RevealWatch on YouTube
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Official Game Reveal
Set in 1403, Deliverance 2 continues the story of former blacksmith Henry, whose quest for revenge saw him breaking into the world of knights and dynasties. The new plot centres on the doings of monarchs rather than the first game’s relatively minor quarrelling nobles, and takes place in and around the grand and affluent city of Kuttenberg. While this is more of an urban tale, there’s still countryside aplenty in the shape of a “Bohemian Paradise” area where you can shoot/admire the CryEngine wildlife. The world is overall twice as large as that of the original Deliverance, and the story features around five hours of cutscenes.
As for what you do as Henry, it all seems broadly in keeping with the first game’s open world survival simulation. You can use violence to get your way or sweet talk people or sneak into their dwellings after dark. You can steal things at the cost of gaining a bad reputation with townsfolk, who might then withhold opportunities from you. There’s an avowedly true-to-life melee combat system in which you can bong fools upside the noggin with a swordhilt, swat their shields aside with repeated blows, and you know, just generally kill them in physically plausible ways. New weapons include crossbows and some early firearms but this absolutely isn’t an FPS, though there’s probably a diary series in trying to play it like one.
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I don’t see much evidence that Deliverance 2 will turn out differently. Of the approximately two female characters shown in the presentation, one is there to illustrate that you can seduce people, which is very much of a piece with the original game’s handing you an “Alpha Male” perk when you went to the brothel. Still, given the new RPG’s expanded budget, perhaps it’ll grant me leeway to reinvent Henry as a mild-mannered travelling brewer who faints at the sight of skin. Deliverance 2 is down for release later this year.
