Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Brancaleone]

By the way, another gem: "Medieval-era swords". The famous one-size-fits-all sword everybody used for about a millennium

The effects on padded armor wouldn't differ no matter the precise year, make, material, or whether the blacksmith had a cup of tea in the morning he forged it.

But yeah, overall, you have no point to make whatsoever, so that's the kind of straws you will clutch at.

Oh, I see, you just found out that swords have a really hard time bursting or breaking the rings of a ringmail, or that clothing provides varying degrees of resistence to cutting ("OMG, British cavalry sabres couldn't cut through Russian wintercoats in the Crimean War!"), it blew your little mind, and that's all you are able to sperg about. Have fun with it, I guess.

Just to clear your mind of this 'clothing makes you invulnerable to swords!', check the function of silk lining of Centre-Asia lamellar armours, especially in relation to arrows.

 

[GrainWetski]

Do you write your reviews in greek and then translate it manually to english? How does your website work? Just curious.
And what hardware did you play on, how did it run, what settings etc?
And I assume Kuttenberg is more impressive than Novigrad.

Also, I love that shade being thrown at Bioware by Avellone. His post-accusation arc is satisfying. He should move to Prague and join Warhorse.

KCD2 has the faggot romance and a Sub-Saharan African in medieval Bohemia, how is that any different from Veilguard?

It's different because it's not a medieval fantasy game where people go around calling themselves non-binary and doing pushups for misgendering someone, ffs

Ackshually, this game is far, far more insidious than Veilguard and AC Shadows. Veilguard is pure fantasy and they hid nothing. Shadows has the scifi crap as an excuse. This garbage pretends it's historical while being full of subversive woke revisionist trash.

 

[AwesomeButton]

By the way, another gem: "Medieval-era swords". The famous one-size-fits-all sword everybody used for about a millennium

The effects on padded armor wouldn't differ no matter the precise year, make, material, or whether the blacksmith had a cup of tea in the morning he forged it.

But yeah, overall, you have no point to make whatsoever, so that's the kind of straws you will clutch at.

Oh, I see, you just found out that swords have a really hard time bursting or breaking the rings of a ringmail, or that clothing provides varying degrees of resistence to cutting ("OMG, British cavalry sabres couldn't cut through Russian wintercoats in the Crimean War!"), it blew your little mind, and that's all you are able to sperg about. Have fun with it, I guess.

Just to clear your mind of this 'clothing makes you invulnerable to swords!', check the function of silk lining of Centre-Asia lamellar armours, especially in relation to arrows.

Provide sources or stfu.

 

[Quillon]

> Henry is fighting half naked guys -- er, no

um, yes this is an unusual sceneario but I've seen NPCs run up to henry to fight probably just out of bed a few times by now. And you can catch them at night, fail stealth which results in fight or whatever.

Here, just as a hint on the effectiveness of the sword vs chainmail. You can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons: https://youtu.be/QgbVl3AjK6k?si=TSCsOXoDFk8ti-71

Have I been claiming swords can cut through chainmail & whatever else?

> Most opponents' necks are exposed -- yes, which doesn't make it all that likely that you should be able to behead them with a sword swing. But yeah, could have been done as a finishing move of some masterstrike.

loss of limb means end of combat anyway.

 

[baba is you]

So.. I heard there's a romance route with Hans and some fucking gay sex.

I was hoping this rumor was just a rumor, but it seems to be true. I'm not really interested in romance in RPGs, but I really hate gay romance. The character's personality changes completely.

There's also a high possibility that Hans from the first game will be confirmed to be gay.

 

[moleman]

...
But to be clear: an European longsword is not, repeat not, designed for hacking. It's point of balance is much too closer to the hilt, it's point of percussion is about two thirds of the blade, and the blade geometry is the wrong one for such a job. ...

Interesting. That made me think of that scene in the beginning of KCD 1. Radzig tests his new sword and cuts clean through the practice target several times while Henry is just knocking the thing over.

 

[Brancaleone]

By the way, another gem: "Medieval-era swords". The famous one-size-fits-all sword everybody used for about a millennium

The effects on padded armor wouldn't differ no matter the precise year, make, material, or whether the blacksmith had a cup of tea in the morning he forged it.

But yeah, overall, you have no point to make whatsoever, so that's the kind of straws you will clutch at.

Oh, I see, you just found out that swords have a really hard time bursting or breaking the rings of a ringmail, or that clothing provides varying degrees of resistence to cutting ("OMG, British cavalry sabres couldn't cut through Russian wintercoats in the Crimean War!"), it blew your little mind, and that's all you are able to sperg about. Have fun with it, I guess.

Just to clear your mind of this 'clothing makes you invulnerable to swords!', check the function of silk lining of Centre-Asia lamellar armours, especially in relation to arrows.

Provide sources or stfu.

I have a better idea: you go and educate yourself at least a little bit, and you'll see that you'll come across all the sources you need.

In the meantime, stop lecturing out of your ass.

 

[AwesomeButton]

> Henry is fighting half naked guys -- er, no

um, yes this is an unusual sceneario but I've seen NPCs run up to henry to fight probably just out of bed a few times by now. And you can catch them at night, fail stealth which results in fight or whatever.

Here, just as a hint on the effectiveness of the sword vs chainmail. You can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons: https://youtu.be/QgbVl3AjK6k?si=TSCsOXoDFk8ti-71

Have I been claiming swords can cut through chainmail & whatever else?

Ok, so you mean a scenario where Henry is fighting a guy in linen clothing, makes a two handed swing and, for example, chops his arm off at the forearm. See two handed swings at porc. How much of a cut will a sword make?

I gave you the chainmail video as an example of how attentive such videos generally are to reproducing the conditions that we want to see the effects of. In my post it says "you can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons".

What I've been claiming from the beginning is that a reasonably prepared person will not be dismembered as easily this happens in Gamebryo games. By reasonably prepared I feature at least wearing a couple of layers of clothing. Not even a naked person would, except in very favorable conditions for the one doing the hacking.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I have a better idea: you go and educate yourself at least a little bit, and you'll see that you'll come across all the sources you need.

In the meantime, stop lecturing out of your ass.

Yes, master, educate me, post at least some source, some book you read, or some documentary you watched. That's exactly the thing that I'm asking you for. Or was it all revealed to you in a dream?

 

[NecroLord]

You can bang a chick with the greatest tits seen in the history of gaming, game cannot possibly be gay.

booba

Not bad, but I could do better.

 

[Jenkem]

Friendly reminder to make sure to buy a lambskin sheathe from the gyppos before hiring a male prostitute at your local tavern, lads! Jesus Christ be praised!

 

[Multidirectional]

Combat still looks like trash.

That's how we know it's a real RPG.

 

[Brancaleone]

...
But to be clear: an European longsword is not, repeat not, designed for hacking. It's point of balance is much too closer to the hilt, it's point of percussion is about two thirds of the blade, and the blade geometry is the wrong one for such a job. ...

Interesting. That made me think of that scene in the beginning of KCD 1. Radzig tests his new sword and cuts clean through the practice target several times while Henry is just knocking the thing over.

(I didn't remember the details, so I had to go and check the scene)

That's a pretty good scene: both the blacksmith and the customer are hitting with what would be (insofar it can be judged without having a real sword in hand) the centre of percussion of the blade, and doing a bit of 'sliding' with the impact of the edge. Henry is using it almost like a baseball bat, and hitting with the wrong portion of the blade (and wrong form to boot).

 

[Stavrophore]

If KCD2 had dismembering it would be great, right now the combat is serviceable from gameplay standpoint but not very enjoyable from action rpg/graphical standpoint. You don't get much feedback on your hits, whether a good hitstop, sound, blood, dismemberment or armor holes if you use warhammers/picks. Hopefully other areas of the game make up for it, especially story and immersion.

 

[Quillon]

a reasonably prepared person will not be dismembered as easily this happens in Gamebryo games

My point from the start is bethesda with gamebyro engine has been capable of adding dismemberment feature unlike Warhorse. You disagreed saying it isn't easy to dismember etc. which I haven't claimed.

 

[NecroLord]

Combat still looks like trash.

That's how we know it's a real RPG.

Turn Based is king.

That aside, KCD 2 still has the stupid Lock On during combat preventing you from engaging multiple opponents simultaneously.
Also wonky.

 

[Brancaleone]

I have a better idea: you go and educate yourself at least a little bit, and you'll see that you'll come across all the sources you need.

In the meantime, stop lecturing out of your ass.

Yes, master, educate me, post at least some source, some book you read, or some documentary you watched. That's exactly the thing that I'm asking you for. Or was it all revealed to you in a dream?

Oh no, you go educate yourself, it's not my duty to get rid of the Dunning–Kruger's of the world.

Judging from your actitude, are you a new-generation academic? Some special DEI quota possibly?

 

[Ibn Sina]

Brokeback Kingdom

 

[Modron]

Do you think Vavra made them mo-cap that?

 

[Ibn Sina]

Do you think Vavra made them mo-cap that?

For sure. He did the Mo-cap himself.

 

[NecroLord]

Do you think Vavra made them mo-cap that?

"Give me that money shot, Henry!"

 

[AwesomeButton]

I have a better idea: you go and educate yourself at least a little bit, and you'll see that you'll come across all the sources you need.

In the meantime, stop lecturing out of your ass.

Yes, master, educate me, post at least some source, some book you read, or some documentary you watched. That's exactly the thing that I'm asking you for. Or was it all revealed to you in a dream?

Oh no, you go educate yourself, it's not my duty to get rid of the Dunning–Kruger's of the world.

Judging from your actitude, are you a new-generation academic? Some special DEI quota possibly?

Just as I thought, "trust me bro" is the source of anything you've said here.

 

[Quillon]

Brokeback Kingdom

spoiler that shit, fuck I can't unsee now

 

[Beowulf]

Brokeback Kingdom

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In KCD 2 Henry finds a new teacher to practice his masterstrokes

 

[Bakir]

Brokeback Kingdom

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Is that who I think? "Hans is gay" confirmed?

I thought the gay love interest was a new character...

Smh. The over the top womanizer is actually a closeted gay. Bravo Vavra!