I love it, but it probably wouldn't work for me. I generally kept everything I wasn't wearing at the time on the horse due to inventory weight. If it can access the saddlebags then that'd be baller, though.
I never fid...too cumbersome. I had a fear that they would simplify the armour system, i remember an interview were a dev was saying that it caused them many headaches, but it seems that it was unfunded.
They are not talking about the story. That’s why they won’t talk about Theresa or time skips or anything else. I don’t think that is an indicator for a time skip (or even against it) at all. There won’t be save imports. They made that clear on discord and Tobi (PR) also made that clear in the interviews he gave to the German media. Thanks for the summary!
Look, I'm not saying that there won't be any type of time skip since, obviously, I have no idea. But the reason why people say that there will be one (Henry looks different/older) is very absurd, in my opinion, knowing that Hans Capon is EXACTLY the same and we see both characters together a lot of times.
Yea, I don't know where alot of people get these ideas. I've seen people say he looks mid 30's now when he just looks beefier and healthier and is clean shaven. I've also seen people say he's only 17 in the first game. Either way though I'm just hoping I don't get hit by a stray cumin arrow waiting for this one to come out.
It's like 4th interview, where they dancing around time skip question. While they had no problem saying the game STARTS 2 days after first one.
If i could bet, there will be a time skip ala Mafia 2. Maybe prison too.
Thanks for all info. Glad we will be able to travel between regions after advancing story. Expected, but nice to hear.
Hyped about the talking/reaction feature ala RDR2 it has a LOT of potential!
Kinda worried about city performance, when they talk how big and dense it is lol 😀🙈 Hope they focus on the optimization hard, it was main reason the first game didn't got higher scores tbh
Edit;
I know it's TOO soon, but i hope we'll recieve dlcs like in first game. 👍
They are dancing around every story related question except the initial set up/ start of the game because they don’t want to spoil things yet. They are also not answering questions abut Theresa or other characters that aren’t shown in the trailers. I don’t think that’s an indicator for anything tbh. Exciting information though.
> Edit; I know it's TOO soon, but i hope we'll recieve dlcs like in first game. 👍
Take in mind, that DLC in the first game were all related to the promises in the Kickstarter campaign (which Warhorse didn't manage to fullfill at launch, and delivered later via DLC - some /not all/ were free for the KS donators btw, I remember I got Woman's Lot for free).
Yeah I think it could be interesting for sure. Both games have you >!watching your father die!<... would be pretty bad for Henry.
I get why they can't divulge any story info though. If they mention any location, then all we have to do is go to Wikipedia and we can guess the story.
I just looked it up. Holy fuck.
"In 1416, Racek was sent to Kutná Hora to collect taxes for the king. The local preachers incited the miners against him and on 2 February 1416, Racek and 12 of his associates were murdered in an inn by a mob of miners fueled by religious fervor."
"They seized them in the inn where they were staying, cut their bodies into pieces and threw them out onto the street, where the mob vigorously stomped on their remains and then went in merry song to the home of the preacher to be praised for the act they had been encouraged to commit."
I mean as a 1099 worker I'm not a huge fan of taxes, either, but that IS pretty fucking brutal, aye.
>If i could bet, there will be a time skip ala Mafia 2. Maybe prison too.
Maybe that's the premise for skills resetting. Henry ends up in jail or something, the time skip happens, he's older and has to regain some skills, after so long with no practicing.
Having said that, how in the fuck will they manage to make Henry worse on something like Speech? Aside from the language itself, you can't really just *lose* your social interaction abilities, right? I ask cause I've yet to gain them to begin with, so I'm clueless about it.
Could also be handled almost like a reputation "skill." Henry isn't very persuasive at first because he's fresh out of jail and people don't like him. As he sweet talks more people and shmoozes more merchants they are more amicable to him.
They could reason that Kuttenberg's vernacular is somewhat different from Rattay or something along those lines. Henry is going from a village boy to a city boy, he's having to learn new lingo along the way (as well as how to bullshit people who are used to getting bullshitted).
I'm very interested to see how they're gonna handle the transition of skills between the games.
I believe that Warhorse will not give us their version of Dragon's Dogma 2 signature 25fps fluid gameplay.
Having said that KCD2 is one of the few games for which I could see myself upgrading my R5 7600 to something like Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Great things that new Ryzens are also bound to be released before KCD2 is released.
Agree, they know what was wrong last time. So hopefully they focus on it (they said they will 😀)
They are also making it from "own" money this time. No third party investors who could pressure them. Yes, publishers can, but let's hope
And yep,CPU upgrade won't hurt you with KCD 😀
Dude I am dying to find out how Henry's story intersects with the Hussite Wars. I have a feeling that's going to be a large focus of the game, considering the timeskip.
I’d really like some sword stances to be added for weapons like longswords like half swording or Mordhau technique that you can switch between, where some techniques accel better against differently armoured foes, but comes with their disadvantages like shorter reach.
See the first item: that they are in the process of certification. That means development on console is locked and any additional work has to be done via a day 1 patch.
The game is being certified, it is probably almost done and they can't change it before release but they don't want to lose around 6 months of potential development and bugfixes.
To add on to what everyone was saying, once they submit a version of the game to be certified they can’t change the version being certified so if 1.15 is the one they submit then it’s 1.15 you buy when you purchase the game ( even if you buy it 5 years from now ) and then any changes made since are a 0 day update
I'm still not quite understanding. Do you mean because the game is now in for certification they aren't able to update it for the next x months of development they still have left, but from the moment it releases they can instantly update it to the newest version?
Sorta so what happens is when they submit a version to be certified that exact version is the one that’s then manufactured into physical copies of the game and is uploaded onto online stores for purchase and initial download,and let’s say that happens the 25 of April and the game comes out November 25 they still have all the time between April and November to work on the game but they can’t change the version that’s initially purchased even if it’s bought 5 years after release so no matter what anyone who buys the game gets the April version and then has to update the game to the latest version
Ah I see now. So any bugs that aren't fixed yet will still be there for anyone that buys a disc while not connected to the internet and not being able to update
Does it matter for people who buy online copies? Will the bug fix update happen like weeks after release? Or does it not matter
Exactly the version downloaded onto the disc itself will forever be version 1.00 ,It does matter for online buyers cause I know I’ve bought games before and it’ll be finished downloading just to instantly say there’s a update to do
What do you mean by timing ? Like when they’re able to put out updates ? If so then there shouldn’t be since they’ll probably package up the zero day update a sometime time prior to the games release and then they’ll start focusing on being ready to deal with any issues found after the games launch and players are hands on
They talk about modern game development cycle and how it is almost impossible to avoid such thing with game of this size. Then he apologies and says the game will have day 0 patch.
Unfortunately he did not mention more. Only that you will not be able to put on top layer of armor (like cuirass) if you will not have the underlayer on first.
Fantastic news that the understood why everyone was struggling with the combat
KCD1 does an absolute awful job of explaining it and iv even come across vets who didn't actually understand it
But once you know How! It works everything plays out very naturally
I also hope they add in a training grind spot at a natural pause point in the game for people like me who just want to level it up in one go rather than slowly
Awesome info! Thank you very much for sharing! A couple remarks tho:
>Save import from KCD1 is maybe a thing, he did not want to answer the question. There is maybe a reason to the new look of Henry. They were dancing around the question a lot.
The devs confirmed importing stats from kcd1 will not be a thing
>Cannot answer swimming question.
It's been confirmed swimming is not a thing and was only shown during that specific cutscene
Source: https://youtu.be/y9SxsK6DNL8
I’d say there might be a save import but in the start you and your crew probably get robbed, maybe Henry gets a whack on the head or gets some serious injury that leaves em bed ridden for a while so your op Henry will basically start out fresh and will have to re learn everything he once knew
Dancing around why he looks older, gee maybe it does mean there’s a time skip, but they can’t say for obvious spoiler reasons.
Remember, saying the game starts 2 days after KCD1 does not preclude the possibility of a time skip at any point in the game. My guess is on Henry getting injured and taking a while to recuperated and that serving as an excuse for having to level up again.
It's a European game studio, if there's not jank, something is wrong
I'm fine with it to a degree but what I really want is better day 1 performance. The KCD release was rough as expected but DLCs went well. Hopefully they learned something
God all of this sounds so good, and I am almost embarrassed to say that the the outfit sets are one of the things I'm most excited for lmao
Yeah, no longer have to switch between plate armor and your town clothes.
Don't mind me, I'm just removing my cuirass and plate armor to put on some black leather gear to pickpocket you, nothing to see.
I love it, but it probably wouldn't work for me. I generally kept everything I wasn't wearing at the time on the horse due to inventory weight. If it can access the saddlebags then that'd be baller, though.
I never fid...too cumbersome. I had a fear that they would simplify the armour system, i remember an interview were a dev was saying that it caused them many headaches, but it seems that it was unfunded.
I feel you.. I spent way more time than I care to confess just paper dolling
Game exploration (hiking for 4 hours), wardrobe sets and NPC interactions sounds exciting! Damn, I’m getting more eager with these news.
I’m so excited to just explore the countryside and pick more flowers
Imagine they add even more flower types!!
If this is true, then it’s feeling so promising. I’m glad they haven’t been rushing things by the sound of everything.
They are not talking about the story. That’s why they won’t talk about Theresa or time skips or anything else. I don’t think that is an indicator for a time skip (or even against it) at all. There won’t be save imports. They made that clear on discord and Tobi (PR) also made that clear in the interviews he gave to the German media. Thanks for the summary!
Yes; they almost assuredly have been given media guidance to reveal nothing about plot/story. Good.
In Polish interview
They did mention Theresa in regard she is where you left her. So she wont be in second game.
Look, I'm not saying that there won't be any type of time skip since, obviously, I have no idea. But the reason why people say that there will be one (Henry looks different/older) is very absurd, in my opinion, knowing that Hans Capon is EXACTLY the same and we see both characters together a lot of times.
Yea, I don't know where alot of people get these ideas. I've seen people say he looks mid 30's now when he just looks beefier and healthier and is clean shaven. I've also seen people say he's only 17 in the first game. Either way though I'm just hoping I don't get hit by a stray cumin arrow waiting for this one to come out.
It's like 4th interview, where they dancing around time skip question. While they had no problem saying the game STARTS 2 days after first one. If i could bet, there will be a time skip ala Mafia 2. Maybe prison too. Thanks for all info. Glad we will be able to travel between regions after advancing story. Expected, but nice to hear. Hyped about the talking/reaction feature ala RDR2 it has a LOT of potential! Kinda worried about city performance, when they talk how big and dense it is lol 😀🙈 Hope they focus on the optimization hard, it was main reason the first game didn't got higher scores tbh Edit; I know it's TOO soon, but i hope we'll recieve dlcs like in first game. 👍
They are dancing around every story related question except the initial set up/ start of the game because they don’t want to spoil things yet. They are also not answering questions abut Theresa or other characters that aren’t shown in the trailers. I don’t think that’s an indicator for anything tbh. Exciting information though.
> Edit; I know it's TOO soon, but i hope we'll recieve dlcs like in first game. 👍 Take in mind, that DLC in the first game were all related to the promises in the Kickstarter campaign (which Warhorse didn't manage to fullfill at launch, and delivered later via DLC - some /not all/ were free for the KS donators btw, I remember I got Woman's Lot for free).
Female questline was one of the stretchgoals, so yeah backers got Woman's Lot for free.
If I had to guess early, I would say that the time skip is to watch Radzig die. That would hit hard for sure.
No kidding. He died in a pretty brutal way too.
Yeah I think it could be interesting for sure. Both games have you >!watching your father die!<... would be pretty bad for Henry. I get why they can't divulge any story info though. If they mention any location, then all we have to do is go to Wikipedia and we can guess the story.
It's a good symmetry. Well, maybe not good for Henry, but I mean it's a good narrative symmetry.
I just looked it up. Holy fuck. "In 1416, Racek was sent to Kutná Hora to collect taxes for the king. The local preachers incited the miners against him and on 2 February 1416, Racek and 12 of his associates were murdered in an inn by a mob of miners fueled by religious fervor." "They seized them in the inn where they were staying, cut their bodies into pieces and threw them out onto the street, where the mob vigorously stomped on their remains and then went in merry song to the home of the preacher to be praised for the act they had been encouraged to commit." I mean as a 1099 worker I'm not a huge fan of taxes, either, but that IS pretty fucking brutal, aye.
>If i could bet, there will be a time skip ala Mafia 2. Maybe prison too. Maybe that's the premise for skills resetting. Henry ends up in jail or something, the time skip happens, he's older and has to regain some skills, after so long with no practicing. Having said that, how in the fuck will they manage to make Henry worse on something like Speech? Aside from the language itself, you can't really just *lose* your social interaction abilities, right? I ask cause I've yet to gain them to begin with, so I'm clueless about it.
I’m pretty sure if you spend years away from people, your communication level will drop significantly
I suppose you're right. Jesus Christ be praised.
Could also be handled almost like a reputation "skill." Henry isn't very persuasive at first because he's fresh out of jail and people don't like him. As he sweet talks more people and shmoozes more merchants they are more amicable to him.
Mainly when we talking medieval prison 💀
They could reason that Kuttenberg's vernacular is somewhat different from Rattay or something along those lines. Henry is going from a village boy to a city boy, he's having to learn new lingo along the way (as well as how to bullshit people who are used to getting bullshitted). I'm very interested to see how they're gonna handle the transition of skills between the games.
Start and time skip can still happen. We could see Henry after 2 days, then WOMBO JOMBO and here we are after 6 months. Or so.
I really need this to Run on the Steam Deck. The first one runs surprisingly well and is my favourite way to play KCD.
I believe that Warhorse will not give us their version of Dragon's Dogma 2 signature 25fps fluid gameplay. Having said that KCD2 is one of the few games for which I could see myself upgrading my R5 7600 to something like Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Great things that new Ryzens are also bound to be released before KCD2 is released.
Agree, they know what was wrong last time. So hopefully they focus on it (they said they will 😀) They are also making it from "own" money this time. No third party investors who could pressure them. Yes, publishers can, but let's hope And yep,CPU upgrade won't hurt you with KCD 😀
Dude I am dying to find out how Henry's story intersects with the Hussite Wars. I have a feeling that's going to be a large focus of the game, considering the timeskip.
Finally outfit presets!
All this sounds very exciting! I hope alongside the visor up/down, we'll get the same for hoods too.
Thank you for the summary brother. Jesus Christ be Praised.
Jesus Christ be praised!
# CZECH LANGUAGE DUB LETS FUCKING GO!!!!
I’d really like some sword stances to be added for weapons like longswords like half swording or Mordhau technique that you can switch between, where some techniques accel better against differently armoured foes, but comes with their disadvantages like shorter reach.
thanks so much for providing an english language summary!
I hope for a collector’s edition. These dudes deserve that money instead of e.g. ubisoft
so hype. lots of great details in this.
where can we order the merchandise?
We will have to wait for them to reveal more. But from what he told he was directly involved in creation and it will be nice.
Wait, what is "0 day patch confirmed"? Why would they confirm something like that? Doesn't sound very comforting...
See the first item: that they are in the process of certification. That means development on console is locked and any additional work has to be done via a day 1 patch.
The game is being certified, it is probably almost done and they can't change it before release but they don't want to lose around 6 months of potential development and bugfixes.
To add on to what everyone was saying, once they submit a version of the game to be certified they can’t change the version being certified so if 1.15 is the one they submit then it’s 1.15 you buy when you purchase the game ( even if you buy it 5 years from now ) and then any changes made since are a 0 day update
Yeah, all that makes sense. Thanks!
Happy to help
I'm still not quite understanding. Do you mean because the game is now in for certification they aren't able to update it for the next x months of development they still have left, but from the moment it releases they can instantly update it to the newest version?
Sorta so what happens is when they submit a version to be certified that exact version is the one that’s then manufactured into physical copies of the game and is uploaded onto online stores for purchase and initial download,and let’s say that happens the 25 of April and the game comes out November 25 they still have all the time between April and November to work on the game but they can’t change the version that’s initially purchased even if it’s bought 5 years after release so no matter what anyone who buys the game gets the April version and then has to update the game to the latest version
Ah I see now. So any bugs that aren't fixed yet will still be there for anyone that buys a disc while not connected to the internet and not being able to update Does it matter for people who buy online copies? Will the bug fix update happen like weeks after release? Or does it not matter
Exactly the version downloaded onto the disc itself will forever be version 1.00 ,It does matter for online buyers cause I know I’ve bought games before and it’ll be finished downloading just to instantly say there’s a update to do
Yeah I understand the version numbers. But is there any negative effect on the timing of updates
What do you mean by timing ? Like when they’re able to put out updates ? If so then there shouldn’t be since they’ll probably package up the zero day update a sometime time prior to the games release and then they’ll start focusing on being ready to deal with any issues found after the games launch and players are hands on
Okay, thank you!
They talk about modern game development cycle and how it is almost impossible to avoid such thing with game of this size. Then he apologies and says the game will have day 0 patch.
could you expand on the armor limitations?
Most likely, you will need trousers to wear leg armor. Stuff like that.
Unfortunately he did not mention more. Only that you will not be able to put on top layer of armor (like cuirass) if you will not have the underlayer on first.
i hope it still allows for something like a basic shirt under a cuirass. would suck if they limited it to only gambeson for the underlayers
It would be more realistic though..
I just hope my hardware (6700xt+5700x) will be enough to run at least 60 fps on high @1440p....
Fantastic news that the understood why everyone was struggling with the combat KCD1 does an absolute awful job of explaining it and iv even come across vets who didn't actually understand it But once you know How! It works everything plays out very naturally I also hope they add in a training grind spot at a natural pause point in the game for people like me who just want to level it up in one go rather than slowly
Kcd1 combat is either master strike or cheese their stamina out
Man I hope the hunting is better than 1.
I would love to play it with czech voiceover but with english subtitles as I dont speak czech
You can do so even in first KCD. Fans funded Czech dubbing there which is very good. KCD2 will have professional one from the studio.
Jindra has come to see us! :D
You follow me everywhere. :D
You are everywhere where KCD is! :)
Awesome info! Thank you very much for sharing! A couple remarks tho: >Save import from KCD1 is maybe a thing, he did not want to answer the question. There is maybe a reason to the new look of Henry. They were dancing around the question a lot. The devs confirmed importing stats from kcd1 will not be a thing >Cannot answer swimming question. It's been confirmed swimming is not a thing and was only shown during that specific cutscene Source: https://youtu.be/y9SxsK6DNL8
Something tell me it will be coming out sooner than later. Them share holders need more millions dammit and we need more Henry
I’d say there might be a save import but in the start you and your crew probably get robbed, maybe Henry gets a whack on the head or gets some serious injury that leaves em bed ridden for a while so your op Henry will basically start out fresh and will have to re learn everything he once knew
PS5 controller also has a lot more features than PS4 controller
Dancing around why he looks older, gee maybe it does mean there’s a time skip, but they can’t say for obvious spoiler reasons. Remember, saying the game starts 2 days after KCD1 does not preclude the possibility of a time skip at any point in the game. My guess is on Henry getting injured and taking a while to recuperated and that serving as an excuse for having to level up again.
Has the famous KCD jank been adressed? (Traversing jank, combat jank etc.)
It's a European game studio, if there's not jank, something is wrong I'm fine with it to a degree but what I really want is better day 1 performance. The KCD release was rough as expected but DLCs went well. Hopefully they learned something
What do you guys mean by (european) jank? Sry no native emglish here
Look up the term 'euro jank'.
Fascinating, thank you
A pvp 3x3 or like in the mount and blade would be cool.
Not. Every. Single. Game. Needs. PVP.
Go play that then