Re: Kingdom Come Deliverance II Wins Big

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 10:12:02 -0700, "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net>
wrote:

KDC2's development budget was ~$40 million

>
  One steam comment mentioned they're basically using the same engine as
before, that would certainly help, and probably lower system requirements as
well.  Sounds like both these game require large time commitments, which
puts me off of looking into them more.

An amusing comment I read was that both KCD1 and KCD2 use the same
engine as "Star Citizen", and the devs have some sort of
technology-sharing agreement with Cloud Imperium (Chris Robert's
company).* But while "Star Citizen" so far has amassed $800 million in
development costs and hasn't yet come out of alpha, Warhorse Studios
(the KDC devs) have published both of their games, and it cost them
1/8 the price.

   [and frankly, from what I've seen of both games, I think KDC
    looks a lot nicer but then, I'm more partial to trees and
    castles than barren planets]

Makes you wonder what Chris Roberts is doing with all that money...







* I don't know if it's actually true, but it makes for an amusing
story ;-)