Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Item: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Rating: 79
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-22

Summary

Improved over first game, visually stunning open world
Meaningful choices, dynamic and reactive world
Well-developed characters, great acting performances
Excellent optimization, scalable performance across hardware
Clunky combat, frustrating experience overall
Numerous bugs, glitches, and inconsistent hit detection

Categories

RPGOpen-World ExplorationReal-time CombatSingle-player StoryChoice-based NarrativeSurvivalStealth GameplayCharacter Progression

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 70%
Unhelpful reviews: 28%
Protest reviews: 3%

79%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
21%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4794
Negative points: 3634
Gameplay points: 802
Perf. points: 476
Rec. points: 1454
Misc points: 280

Point	Description	Importance
Improved over first game Description The sequel significantly improves upon the first game, refining mechanics, graphics, and optimization. Reviewers consistently note smoother gameplay, better performance, and enhanced features compared to its predecessor. This point reflects a strong consensus that the developers addressed past issues and elevated the overall quality. Importance 96%	The sequel significantly improves upon the first game, refining mechanics, graphics, and optimization. Reviewers consistently note smoother gameplay, better performance, and enhanced features compared to its predecessor. This point reflects a strong consensus that the developers addressed past issues and elevated the overall quality.	96%
Visually stunning, immersive open world Description The game boasts stunning graphics, optimized performance, and immersive sound design, creating a believable and engaging world. Details like dynamic weather, realistic animations, and historically accurate visuals enhance the overall experience. This point is consistently praised and demonstrates the game's technical and artistic achievements. Importance 81%	The game boasts stunning graphics, optimized performance, and immersive sound design, creating a believable and engaging world. Details like dynamic weather, realistic animations, and historically accurate visuals enhance the overall experience. This point is consistently praised and demonstrates the game's technical and artistic achievements.	81%
Meaningful choices, dynamic world Description Player choices have meaningful consequences, shaping the narrative and world. Quests offer multiple solutions, and NPCs react to player actions, creating a dynamic and immersive experience. This point highlights the game's focus on player agency and its impact on the overall story. Importance 39%	Player choices have meaningful consequences, shaping the narrative and world. Quests offer multiple solutions, and NPCs react to player actions, creating a dynamic and immersive experience. This point highlights the game's focus on player agency and its impact on the overall story.	39%
Historically accurate, immersive experience Description The game prioritizes historical accuracy, creating an authentic and immersive medieval experience. Details like architecture, clothing, and NPC behaviors reflect the 15th-century Bohemian setting. This point emphasizes the game's commitment to realism and its ability to transport players to a historically accurate world. Importance 26%	The game prioritizes historical accuracy, creating an authentic and immersive medieval experience. Details like architecture, clothing, and NPC behaviors reflect the 15th-century Bohemian setting. This point emphasizes the game's commitment to realism and its ability to transport players to a historically accurate world.	26%
Combat system is improved Description The combat system is more fluid, intuitive, and balanced compared to the first game. Improved animations, simplified controls, and new mechanics make combat more engaging and less clunky. This point addresses a common criticism of the first game and highlights the developers' efforts to create a more satisfying combat experience. Importance 25%	The combat system is more fluid, intuitive, and balanced compared to the first game. Improved animations, simplified controls, and new mechanics make combat more engaging and less clunky. This point addresses a common criticism of the first game and highlights the developers' efforts to create a more satisfying combat experience.	25%
Well-developed characters, great acting Description The game features well-developed characters, excellent voice acting, and engaging dialogue. Characters feel believable and relatable, enhancing the storytelling and creating a strong connection with the player. This point highlights the game's strengths in character development and narrative presentation. Importance 23%	The game features well-developed characters, excellent voice acting, and engaging dialogue. Characters feel believable and relatable, enhancing the storytelling and creating a strong connection with the player. This point highlights the game's strengths in character development and narrative presentation.	23%
Varied, engaging quest design Description The game offers a wide variety of engaging and well-designed quests, with interconnected stories and meaningful consequences. Side quests are particularly praised for their depth and originality, avoiding repetitive tasks and offering unique experiences. This point emphasizes the game's rich content and its ability to keep players engaged beyond the main storyline. Importance 11%	The game offers a wide variety of engaging and well-designed quests, with interconnected stories and meaningful consequences. Side quests are particularly praised for their depth and originality, avoiding repetitive tasks and offering unique experiences. This point emphasizes the game's rich content and its ability to keep players engaged beyond the main storyline.	11%
Fun, immersive mini-games Description The game features enjoyable and well-integrated minigames, such as blacksmithing and alchemy, that add depth and immersion. These activities provide tangible benefits and enhance the overall gameplay experience. This point highlights the game's attention to detail and its ability to make even mundane tasks engaging. Importance 11%	The game features enjoyable and well-integrated minigames, such as blacksmithing and alchemy, that add depth and immersion. These activities provide tangible benefits and enhance the overall gameplay experience. This point highlights the game's attention to detail and its ability to make even mundane tasks engaging.	11%
Incredible, well-fitting soundtrack Description The game features an incredible and well-fitting soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional impact. The music is praised for its quality and its ability to complement the game's events. This point highlights the game's audio design and its contribution to the overall immersive experience. Importance 5%	The game features an incredible and well-fitting soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional impact. The music is praised for its quality and its ability to complement the game's events. This point highlights the game's audio design and its contribution to the overall immersive experience.	5%
New weapon types add variety Description The game introduces new weapon types, such as polearms, crossbows, and firearms, adding variety to combat without disrupting balance. These additions enhance the gameplay experience and provide players with more tactical options. This point highlights the game's efforts to expand its combat system and offer a wider range of choices. Importance 5%	The game introduces new weapon types, such as polearms, crossbows, and firearms, adding variety to combat without disrupting balance. These additions enhance the gameplay experience and provide players with more tactical options. This point highlights the game's efforts to expand its combat system and offer a wider range of choices.	5%
Well-optimized, stable performance Description The game is well-optimized and runs smoothly, with few bugs or crashes reported. This technical stability contributes to a positive player experience. This point highlights the developers' efforts to ensure a polished and functional product at launch. Importance 4%	The game is well-optimized and runs smoothly, with few bugs or crashes reported. This technical stability contributes to a positive player experience. This point highlights the developers' efforts to ensure a polished and functional product at launch.	4%