{"id":150632,"date":"2025-02-03T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamersheroes.com\/?p=150632"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:04:25","slug":"kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamersheroes.com\/honest-game-reviews\/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t
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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has quickly become one of my favorite open-world RPGs of all time. Warhorse sits atop RPG Mount Rushmore with the best this industry has to offer.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

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The original Kingdom Come Deliverance was a game filled with passion and promise, colorful characters, and a beautiful world to explore – it’s just a shame it never really delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At launch, it was a buggy, broken mess – so much so that I wasn’t even able to complete the game before writing our official review<\/a> (something I’ve done maybe five to six times in 15 years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some seven years later, and having developed an impressive following, the franchise is ready for Henry’s latest adventures in Bohemia with Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, but was I? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a word, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Every aspect of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has blown me away. At the time of writing, I have about 90 hours in. I’ve finished the main story, chased down more treasure maps than I ever thought possible, and completed every side quest I could find – yet I still want more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 captured me in every way imaginable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s such a contrast to the typical tropes of AAA open-world titles of today. Everything, from simple streams and woodlands, to complex quest chains, everything has a purpose; it feels believable and routed in a realistic world with as much comedy as debauchery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I laughed, I cringed, I cheered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the serious nature of the overarching narrative, it never felt as though the world existed to simply serve my character and entertainment. I felt like I belonged to something greater; I wasn’t the main character, and the world would get by with or without me. I could wake up, grab a wash, share some food with the blacksmith’s wife, and then get to work making some swords for some gold. Finish up work, head to the tavern for a couple of games of dice, then head home for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Or, I could rob an entire town’s worth of guard supplies, poison the food chain, and return the next day to see half the town dead on the floor – and the rest clueless as to what happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 features a mechanically-driven sandbox environment that rivals the fun of exploration and impact of decision with the very best the genre has to offer – and that’s not even the best part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s greatest asset is the characters. The relationship between Henry and Hans is one of the most realistic bromances I’ve seen in a video-game, that one ride-or-die that always has your back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even if his idiot antics get you both thrown in the stocks as the townsfolk throw shit at you. Maybe now you can understand my genocidal instincts to “add a little” to their food pots. There are so many funny lines or ridiculous situations that had me grinning and laughing. Anyone who’s ever had a best mate will relate to the dynamic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This same attention to detail with the characters and voiceover work spreads throughout the cast. There are characters I loved, and characters I couldn’t wait to see hanging from a noose, but all are equally memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s rare in these open-world style games for the story and characters to grip me more than areas I typically find more entertaining, but that’s not to say Warhorse dropped the ball in many other areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combat in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is fantastic. It’s brutal at the start as you find your footing, but before long you’ll be hacking through multiple enemies without taking a strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s simple in design, a directional system where you choose Henry’s offensive approach, while trying to avoid enemy attacks with parries or dodges, the former being far more reliable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it lacks traditional combat abilities, pushing a button for some immediate effect, its combo system is equally, if not more, rewarding. Surrounded on all sides, launching attacks, planning parries, unleashing combos – it’s just pure fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even after all my time in the game, I don’t avoid a fight, and that’s a rarity in any game today after that length of time. On the contrary, I actively seek one out anytime an NPC insults me or looks at me the wrong way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s the real magic of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: player-driven choice. Proper choice, not the illusion of choice we’re so often shoveled today. Decisions Henry makes can have a long-lasting impact on the main story, it can be the difference between someone living or dying, or it can even result in Henry heading to the gallows himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s delivered at such a digestible pace. Not every situation is morally complex, not every choice matters, but the right choices at the right time make all the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That same philosophy is true throughout Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. It’s just the right serving of just the right pieces, at just the right time. I never felt one POI to be repetitive, every side quest was delivered with purpose and intent, it’s a game I look forward to diving right back into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has quickly become one of my favorite open-world RPGs of all time. Warhorse sits atop RPG Mount Rushmore with the best this industry has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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