As a role-playing game, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 aims to provide all RPG fans with a relatively realistic playground designed to make them feel like they are truly traveling through 15th-century Bohemia. This has clearly left an impression on some fans.
What distinguishes the role-playing game? You can find the long answer to this question in our review of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The short answer: The developers do an excellent job of throwing players into their role as Heinrich in a game world where freedom, immersion, and a realistic touch are all prioritized.
- All inhabitants have a plausible daily routine. They even pack their clothes into a box before sleeping, then wake up, have breakfast, work, and visit the tavern in the evening, swaying home tipsy. This is supported by the day-night cycle of the game world.
- All inhabitants react (usually) reasonably to Heinrich’s presence and actions.
- As Heinrich, you need to eat, wash, sleep, take care of your armor, and improve your learned skills through constant practice.
- Activities like alchemy and blacksmithing are credibly represented in the game, with individual steps involved.
- Many locations from Kingdom Come 2, such as the town of Kuttenberg or Trosky Castle, have been designed based on their real-life counterparts. Those familiar with the corresponding locations in the Czech Republic will recognize much in the game.
- There are hardly any other games where you can traverse such realistically designed forests.
It is precisely the details that set Kingdom Come 2 apart from other role-playing games:
Stories of Thieves and Dung
How do fans express their role-playing? The game world of Kingdom Come 2 radiates an atmosphere with its vast meadows and dense forests that both excites and evokes a sense of wanderlust. Accordingly, many fans are currently setting off to visit some of the well-known places from the game and immerse themselves in the old Bohemia.
When you have sneaked through Trosky Castle in the game, only to find yourself suddenly standing in the real fortress courtyard, it is both fascinating and amusing. So amusing that numerous visitors to the Czech Republic write their online reviews as if they were actually one of the characters from Kingdom Come 2.
The result is winkingly humorous accounts filled with allusions to the events of the role-playing game that could easily confuse someone unfamiliar with Kingdom Come 2.
- Theodor Heinke writes on Google: “After I had squandered my last coins in the barracks, I found myself in front of the castle gate. We were just announcing our arrival when my traveling companion Hans was soiled with dung by a rogue on the watchtower. I have never seen such foolish nonsense before. I will not set foot in this cursed castle again for the time being.”
- Laetitia Junker jokes on Google: “Went with my friend Hans Capon. The dungeon is large and the individual cells are sufficient for 2 people! This place is always worth a visit! Don’t jump into the well; while you may end up in a cave system, you’ll probably break at least one bone.”
- Mar schel (MrOMWTF) summarizes on Google: “After my buddy Hans was covered with dung by the guards, I almost left. However, a good Czech beer convinced me to stay. Sure, a guy named Ulrich wanted to send Hans to the gallows later, but we still had a fun outing.”
- Mehmet C. summarizes his visit to the Welscher Hof on Google: “Couldn’t visit it, apparently a group of people raided the place and stole all the silver!”
The good news for everyone who doesn’t know Kingdom Come 2 and is wondering about the often medieval reviews:
Many of the fun reviews can be recognized by notes such as in-game screenshots or a corresponding remark in the text. And despite the mention of rogues, dung, and similar subjects, most fans still give a high star rating. Another amusing story from Bohemia: An actor from Kingdom Come: Deliverance proudly showcases the role-playing game on Twitch – but he plays the completely wrong version
