Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Henry's coming to see us on February 4th

[Turisas]

Keep us updated then, I can't see it not having a measurable effect given how Cryengine is.

 

[Tyranicon]

Just found this released today:

No, I don't know if it's good or not. I don't generally play porn games.

 

[Turisas]

No, I don't know if it's good or not. I don't generally play porn games.

 

[Paul_cz]

The advantage of Warhorse delivering review codes so early is that I don't have to rush the main story for once.

So what machine are you running it on (specifics!), at what settings (post your menu options screen) and what framerate?

 

[Rieser]

The advantage of Warhorse delivering review codes so early is that I don't have to rush the main story for once.

So what machine are you running it on (specifics!), at what settings (post your menu options screen) and what framerate?

At work I'm using a 4090, 64 ram and... I forget what cpu it is. AMD, might be Ryzen 9 9900x? At home I've a 3090, 32 ram and a Ryzen 7 7700x.

Either way, game recommended Ultra settings which is what I've been using. Playing in 1440p. 140+ or whatever fps at work, less at home. Probably around 110 with a few dips in heavily forested areas. Haven't paid much attention to it since I've not had issues (yet). I did try it briefly on an older machine at work which has a 3070. Ran about 60 on Ultra, 100 on Medium. The game looks great on Medium too, anyway. At least in my eyes, but then I'm not a graphics whore either so others' mileage may vary.

 

[PlayerEmers]

 

[cvv]

The advantage of Warhorse delivering review codes so early is that I don't have to rush the main story for once.

So they gave you plenty of time to burn out, get absolutely sick of the game and slap it with 6/10. Cool strat.

 

[Paul_cz]

I did try it briefly on an older machine at work which has a 3070. Ran about 60 on Ultra, 100 on Medium.

Sounds good. Is that with DLSS enabled or disabled?

 

[Rieser]

I did try it briefly on an older machine at work which has a 3070. Ran about 60 on Ultra, 100 on Medium.

Sounds good. Is that with DLSS enabled or disabled?

DLSS on quality.

 

[Jermu]

no hardcore mode is huge decline

 

[cvv]

9th best selling game rn, three weeks from the launch.

Really surprised how huge Civ 7 is shaping to be btw, judging by wishlists and the 3rd place in the top sellers, a month from the launch.

 

[Jinn]

no hardcore mode is huge decline

I mean, I don't disagree, but the first didn't ship with it either as far as I remember, right? It'll likely come down the pipe, or quickly be implemented via mods.

 

[PlayerEmers]

https://en.gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-prevyu-test-gpu-cpu

Preview benchmarks and Low/High quality comparisons. Take with a grain of salt since those benchmarks are probably made on forrest areas and the initial areas of the game, not Kuttenberg.

 

[NecroLord]

no hardcore mode is huge decline

Game journalist mode

 

[Lyric Suite]

Just shy of 30 hours in now. I've yet to see a black person. Not saying they're not in, but they can't exactly be common.

Gypsies, on the other hand, are in. Which makes sense given the rural setting and the fact we're in Bohemia. Did a quest the other day where I tried to shack up a Cuman with a gypsy, but my Henry is an oaf with no speech so he talked shit about gypsies instead.

Supposedly that negro is in Sigismund's camp, go rush the main story already instead of screwing around so you can confirm for us.

The advantage of Warhorse delivering review codes so early is that I don't have to rush the main story for once.

Just shy of 30 hours in now. I've yet to see a black person. Not saying they're not in, but they can't exactly be common

You playing KCD2? You got a review code or what?

Yes.


No difficulty modes. I guess run around in underpants for hard mode.

Hard core was a little more than that.

The original didn't ship with hard core mode either. Won't consider the sequel unless they put something similar in there.

 

[Thalstarion]

I guess I might as well ask since there's a guy here who has played it.

What's the tone like? Especially when compared to the first game?

The first game opened up with some rather brutal events and though it didn't shy away from comic relief, a lot of the reviews seem to be implying that every other side quest is 'lol so randum xD' in terms of shenanigans.

Don't necessarily need exact spoilers but...are the main quests serious, tragic and gritty?

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

If the leak is real, though, the simplest explanation is he that he simply sold out.

He sold out in the most literal sense - by selling the studio to Deepsilver Koch Media. He's a "creative director" now, and as such, subservient to the money people.

I'm not trying to defend Vavra's real or imaginary transgressions, but people seem to think he's still in full control of Warhorse. That hasn't been the case since 2019.

a lot of the reviews seem to be implying that every other side quest is 'lol so randum xD' in terms of shenanigans.

I hope that's a function of the coverage coming from and being addressed towards a specific demographic. It's hard to convey meaningful narrative qualities when you can't exactly say anything specific about the plot or characters, but "lol ten thousand cheese wheels" will get you a click.

 

[Paul_cz]

I fucking love Vávra's facebook rants

My timeline is filled with the cries of hurt liberals and defenders of democracy, desperately crying and asking themselves the question: "How on earth can we continue to live if there is no censorship on Facebook! It's the end of the world!"
The answer is simple. Just like before 2016 when you scumbags started this. We will be able to share jokes again. Again, we will be able to pronounce the names of various people for whom a permanent ban was given. There will be no more raids by your snitch gangs on the opinionated opposition. You won't be able to cancel inconvenient politicians and public figures. In the mimi bazaar (czech mom forum), moms will not be banned for selling children's "jeans", because jeans are also called rifle in czech and you are afraid of rifles. You won't be able to reduce the reach of people who piss you off. In a pandemic, you won't be able to censor leading scientists and top experts for being right. The worthless zeroes who pretended to be "experts on disinformation" will not be able to censor anything they don't like and make money for it.
We will have a great time. We all still remember what it was like before you fucked it all up.
You are welcome!

 

[Quillon]

@6:02
very impressive warhorse

compared to all the others this preview covers a lot

 

[Gerrard]

https://en.gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-prevyu-test-gpu-cpu

Preview benchmarks and Low/High quality comparisons. Take with a grain of salt since those benchmarks are probably made on forrest areas and the initial areas of the game, not Kuttenberg.

>Another game with GTX 1060 6GB as minimum
They don't list what the target resolution is. In case of Stalker 2 it was complete bullshit 1080p 30FPS, where that card literally cannot do 30FPS at native 1080, and even at 50% resolution you're looking at 95%+ GPU utilization most of the time.
There's also a worryingly small difference in amount of detail in those min/max comparisons.

 

[Konjad]

https://en.gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-prevyu-test-gpu-cpu

Preview benchmarks and Low/High quality comparisons. Take with a grain of salt since those benchmarks are probably made on forrest areas and the initial areas of the game, not Kuttenberg.

>Another game with GTX 1060 6GB as minimum
They don't list what the target resolution is. In case of Stalker 2 it was complete bullshit 1080p 30FPS, where that card literally cannot do 30FPS at native 1080, and even at 50% resolution you're looking at 95%+ GPU utilization most of the time.
There's also a worryingly small difference in amount of detail in those min/max comparisons.

noooo, a game aiming at high-end graphics doesn't run on muh low-end 8 years old GPU!!!!!!1111 what a garbage unoptimized game! I want it to run on Core2Duo 2GB 7300 GT in 60 FPS 4K!!!!

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

https://en.gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-prevyu-test-gpu-cpu

Preview benchmarks and Low/High quality comparisons. Take with a grain of salt since those benchmarks are probably made on forrest areas and the initial areas of the game, not Kuttenberg.

>Another game with GTX 1060 6GB as minimum
They don't list what the target resolution is. In case of Stalker 2 it was complete bullshit 1080p 30FPS, where that card literally cannot do 30FPS at native 1080, and even at 50% resolution you're looking at 95%+ GPU utilization most of the time.
There's also a worryingly small difference in amount of detail in those min/max comparisons.

They did. And the first game doesn't look hugely different on low too, despite running a 3-4 times higher frame rate than ultra (most notable differences were shadows, draw distances, and some shader effects). The CPU benchmarks above are clearly off though. You can tell they weren't in Kuttenberg yet. Highly unlikely that a Ryzen 3 is going to keep a 60fps -- they had the Ryzen 3 shown to keep 60fps recent with Indiana Jones already. A Ryzen 3 doesn't do that later on, at least in busy social areas with tons of NPCs (Vatican courtyard, Gizeh village).


Kuttenberg is going to be the real test either way. See Rattay in the first game... except bigger.

 

[herpenis]

https://en.gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-prevyu-test-gpu-cpu

Preview benchmarks and Low/High quality comparisons. Take with a grain of salt since those benchmarks are probably made on forrest areas and the initial areas of the game, not Kuttenberg.

>Another game with GTX 1060 6GB as minimum
They don't list what the target resolution is. In case of Stalker 2 it was complete bullshit 1080p 30FPS, where that card literally cannot do 30FPS at native 1080, and even at 50% resolution you're looking at 95%+ GPU utilization most of the time.
There's also a worryingly small difference in amount of detail in those min/max comparisons.

They did. And the first game doesn't look hugely different on low too, despite running a 3-4 times higher frame rate than ultra (most notable differences were shadows, draw distances, and some shader effects). The CPU benchmarks above are clearly off though. You can tell they weren't in Kuttenberg yet. Highly unlikely that a Ryzen 3 is going to keep a 60fps -- they had the Ryzen 3 shown to keep 60fps recent with Indiana Jones already. A Ryzen 3 doesn't do that later on, at least in busy social areas with tons of NPCs (Vatican courtyard, Gizeh village).


Kuttenberg is going to be the real test either way. See Rattay in the first game... except bigger.

playing on ultra (or experimental) is a pointless waste of resources - if the settings are like in kcd1, there will be a "very high" setting between "high" and "ultra", which produces visuals not far from "ultra", but generally ends up using like 30% less gpu power
then you turn off stupid bullshit like DOF, motion blur, etc., and you add maybe 10% on top
it's going to be perfectly possible to play this game at good framerates on mid-range hardware as long as you turn down useless performance hogging settings - the "high" and "ultra" presets are very naive
shame they don't allow us to turn off screen space reflections - i hate that shit and they seem to have some kind of probe/cubemap reflection system in place now, and i would gladly accept 20% more fps by turning off SSR since that looks like dogshit in every game it's in, will have to play around with console/config file settings

CPU-wise, if they moved most of their resource-intensive code from Lua to C++ it should perform better than KCD1
if not, well... shit

 

[Tyranicon]

Run time according to Vavra.

Context is that someone was comparing Alan Wake 2 script length to KCD2:

 

[kangaxx]

Run time according to Vavra.

Context is that someone was comparing Alan Wake 2 script length to KCD2:

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6h of cutscenes?! Crikey.