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Friday Fun Thread for February 7, 2025

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I've played a few hours of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (apropos favorite weapons). It's much better optimized than the original was, and looks better. Putting my new GPU to use. The intro/prologue drags on a bit, but overall I'm impressed and looking forward to spending a lot of time in this world. The historical accuracy is a plus.

I thought the first one was merely OK and given that my pc is a bit old, I think I'll wait a few years and play this when it's patched and complete.

I sitll haven't finished the first one because I just plain tired of the RPG game structure and the moment-to-moment gameplay did nothing for me while the plot seemed...oddly paced and meandering. Given all that, is there any point in my spending 60€ (!) on KCD2?

My brother-in law made a wish for KCD2 as a birthday present. Maybe he'll get one and I'll get one too while I'm at it. But not sure about that yet.

If you don't like KCD1, you won't like KCD2.

KCD1 after patching is still a pretty good game and KCD2 90% pattern matches to it.

I'm about 15 hours in. Somethings are much better than the first, but there are small annoying bugs in some places. While the story is good, its meant to be an immersive sim and I hate being railroaded through a prologue that lasts several hours. Same as the first game I guess.

As soon as the prologue finished I cracked my knuckles and began my crime spree. Books, Weapons, Money, Horses, I've pilfered everything I can get my dirty little hands on. I can see why they separated the game into two open world areas. They don't want people like me robbing the game's best merchant for the best equipment asap, making loot progression meaningless.

Despite the above, the game is great and a game of the year contender, only being held back by its limited appeal. Story is amazing. I really appreciate the writing and colourful language.

The controversy around KCD 2's DEI insertion could use its own top level comment in the culture war thread, but I don't have time to do it justice right now. The game's fine.

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