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.
>
rms

It is extraordinarily rare that I buy an SP game on release day, but I
did in this case based on early reviews and honestly I kind of wanted
to support a non-woke game.

I ended up refunding it after a little under 2 hours of play, because
cutscene after cutscene just puts me off.  I want to play, not watch
movies.  So I started skipping them, but began feeling like I was
missing important elements.

For those who don't mind sinking dozens of hours a week into watching
cutscenes and who are as much into the story as the gameplay itself, I
guess I can see how its a great game.  It felt really polished and
impressive, fun and immersive.  When I was playing it was fun... I
just don't like being held back from playing and forced to spectate.

It could be that the first few hours are a tutorial of sorts.. I got
that impression the first time at the alchemy table (my god what a
chore.... fun the first time you do it maybe but I was concerned I
have to do all that shit every time I craft a recipe?).  But I wasn't
going to take a chance on finding out the entire game is hundreds of
hours full of cutscenes I'm not interested in, not at the $60 price
point.

It's weird because since I refunded it, something about me wants to
give it another chance, but at the moment with all of the other ways
I'd like to spend my time I think I'd like to do that at the $30 price
point or so.

I also have KCD1 already (I think I got it free or extremely cheap)
and never loaded it up.  Lol.

I do think that for someone who doesn't have a lot of other hobbies
and a shortage of time already, honestly it did strike me as a special
game, so I kind of do see what all the fuss is about.