Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Developer(s)Warhorse Studios
Publisher(s)Deep Silver
Director(s)Daniel Vávra
Composer(s)Jan Valta
Adam Sporka
EngineCryEngine
Platform(s)
Release2024
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Warhorse Studios and published by Deep Silver. The sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018), the game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S by the end of 2024.

The game is, according to its publisher's description, an "authentic rendition of 15th-century Bohemia."[1] According to Warhouse Studios, there will not be a successor to KCD II.[2]

Gameplay[edit]

Like its predecessor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is an open-world action role-playing game in which the protagonist is controlled from a first-person perspective. Once again, tasks and missions can be handled in different ways. Depending on this, the reaction of the NPCs and the world to the type of playing is different.[3][4]

In contrast to the first part, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II features crossbows and early forms of firearms.[3] The former can also be fired while riding.[4]

Synopsis[edit]

As in the predecessor, the protagonist is the blacksmith Henry of Skalitz, who lives in Central Bohemia during the Middle Ages, in the early 15th century.[3]

According to the game description, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, takes place in the "turmoil of a civil war" and Henry von Skalitz will fight in it against "Sigismund the Red Fox" and his allies.[1]

Setting[edit]

The game world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is twice as large as that of the first part. However, it is not one large, connected world, but rather two larger, freely exploreable areas. One area is the Bohemian Paradise, a cultural landscape with lots of nature, while the other is the city of Kuttenberg and its surroundings.[3] In the late Middle Ages, Kuttenberg was the second largest city in Bohemia after Prague and one of the richest economic centers in the country due to silver mining and coinage.[4]

According to Warhorse Studios, the game will be interspersed with a total of five hours of cutscenes and will also be accessible to those who have not played the first part.[3][4]

Development and release[edit]

Development on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II began in July of 2019, following the release of its predecessor and its downloadable content.[5] While Warhorse Studios had 131 employees in 2019,[6] it had grown to around 250 people by spring 2024 at the latest.[4][7] According to its own information, Warhorse Studios wants to create Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, the game that Kingdom Come: Deliverance was supposed to be, but Warhorse Studios couldn't due to a lack of resources and experience.[5] The game uses heavily customized version of the CryEngine,[7][2] with music composed by Czech composers Jan Valta[4] and Adam Sporka.[8][9] The protagonist, Henry, is again portrayed by the British actor Tom McKay.[10] In addition, the expertise of various historians, universities and museums was once again drawn on to represent, according to Warhorse Studios, a “realistic, immersive and believable medieval world”.[11] Unlike the development of the first part, the motion capture is supplemented by facial capture.[10] Stunt riders also took part in the development of the game.[10]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was announced and revealed in April 2024. The game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S by the end of 2024.[5][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on Steam". Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  2. ^ a b Géraldine Hohmann (2024-04-30), "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 | Warhorse verrät alles, worüber wir nicht sprechen durften!", GameStar, retrieved 2024-05-02
  3. ^ a b c d e Tobias Veltin (2024-04-18), "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 offiziell angekündigt - Die ersten Infos im Überblick", GamePro, retrieved 2024-04-18
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Jetzt ist es Gewissheit: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 angekündigt". pcgames.de (in German). 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. ^ a b c "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Official Game Reveal". Warhorse Studios on youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 2019-09-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  7. ^ a b "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Cryengine-Nachfolger mit ungefährem Release ist offiziell" (in German). 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  8. ^ Kratiuk, Anton. "Yes! The new Warhorse Studios game will be Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - the developers presented a colourful debut trailer". gagadget.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  9. ^ "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, tutto quello che sappiamo dell'atteso GdR di Warhorse Studios". Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  10. ^ a b c "»Das macht etwas anderes mit deinem Gehirn« - Heinrich-Darsteller Tom McKay über Kingdom Come 2" (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  11. ^ "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2: Nachfolger wird größer und mehr Charaktere aus verschiedenen Ethnien darstellen". 4Players (in German). 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  12. ^ Dimitry Halley (2024-04-18), "Ich habe Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 gesehen - und es ist genau die Fortsetzung, die ich will", GameStar, retrieved 2024-04-18

External links[edit]

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