Kingdom Come: Deliverance II [XBSX|S, PC, PS5]

[Seanspeed]

I'm thinking of Todd's "live" E3 demo of Oblivion where he's showing the NPC interact with her dog. Or moments in Starfield's showcases where they show the sandwich hoarding. That tells me what the game is like, what makes them unique, and they're memorable. Cinematics are rarely memorable, and studios like BGS and Warhorse will never appear favorably when juxtaposed with AAA studios who are nothing but technical artistry in scripted cinematics and cutscenes.

I have no memory of KCD1's trailers or launch. Looking on Youtube at KCD1's trailer now gives me a clue why that is, because it's exactly the same kind of trailer that KCD2 is using. Dated looking mocapped cutscenes and rapid cuts of action. That's the sort of trailer that I normally don't even bother to finish watching, never mind buy the game. There's nothing there that highlights the technical strengths of the game's graphics or systems simulation, or communicates what the actual gameplay is like. The only reason I discovered KCD1 in the first place was because it was free on EGS, and the only reason I persevered through the lengthy tutorial and UI/controls learning curve is because I watched a streamer playing it for a couple hours. What I feel KCD2 has going for it is word-of-mouth by fans of KCD1. That and maybe the luck of having an unusually thin field of competition at the end of this year.

We'll get a proper gameplay demonstration man. One trailer was not the entirety of the marketing for this game. Relax.

Not like Oblivion didn't have a similar sort of trailer itself:

 

[hughJ]

I never said that Oblivion didn't have cinematic trailers. What I said is that those trailers were and are terrible. The counter example you should be posting are the KCD1 gameplay demonstrations to indicate they will probably do similarly for KCD2.

 

[Seanspeed]

I never said that Oblivion didn't have cinematic trailers. What I said is that those trailers were and are terrible. The counter example you should be posting are the KCD1 gameplay demonstrations to indicate they will probably do similarly for KCD2.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820474921069261186

 

[SlmDnk]

This aforementioned over 20-minute gameplay video goes live on the 21st:

 

[IQandHDR]

This might be a new favourite of mine:

 

[Bludd]

it defaulted for me at 1440p to everything at ultra and dlss something, but i changed it to dlss native aa which i think is dlaa? im over 100 fps with my 4090 and 13900k

 

[homerdog]

it defaulted for me at 1440p to everything at ultra and dlss something, but i changed it to dlss native aa which i think is dlaa? im over 100 fps with my 4090 and 13900k

Does it look good?

 

[Bludd]

Does it look good?

yeah looks fine, some stretching textures on the models so its not really next gen

 

[Scott_Arm]

Sounds like the game is a big hit. Peak players reached 160,000 on Steam.

 

[Bludd]

afaik there is a graphic preset above ultra thats called "experimental", i should test it on my 4090

 

[Bludd]

just walking around in troskowitz with experimental settings i get 62 fps up to over 100 fps with dlaa (i assume, dlss native aa) at 1440p with my 13900k and 4090
but it may be bugged

that part of the shadow thats not filled in is flickering as all hell and when i move the camera there is a weird shadow that goes out to the sides, but it doesnt show up in screenshots. going back to ultra fixes it

 

[Bludd]

this is on ultra

 

[Bludd]

wonder if anyone can see any difference between ultra and experimental here

 

[digitalwanderer]

Should I play the first game before playing this one or is it better to just jump into this one? Barely heard of the game so was gonna try and play it without spoilers and would like to know which would be better.

 

[Bludd]

Should I play the first game before playing this one or is it better to just jump into this one? Barely heard of the game so was gonna try and play it without spoilers and would like to know which would be better.

its a direct continuation basically so either play the first one or watch a recap or something?

 

[homerdog]

Should I play the first game before playing this one or is it better to just jump into this one? Barely heard of the game so was gonna try and play it without spoilers and would like to know which would be better.

In the first one you start as an illiterate invalid who couldn't defeat a child in combat. I bounced right off it but given enough time it probably could've been good.

 

[homerdog]

wonder if anyone can see any difference between ultra and experimental here

They both look great. Experimental is clearly better with the shadows in the distant and not so distant grass. Also there is more grass out on the horizon. Basically better grass.

 

[Bludd]

They both look great. Experimental is clearly better with the shadows in the distant and not so distant grass. Also there is more grass out on the horizon. Basically better grass.

its possible to set individual stuff to experimental if you want to. the aa setting cant be changed, probably because i have it set to dlss native aa

 

[trinibwoy]

its a direct continuation basically so either play the first one or watch a recap or something?

First one is collecting dust in my Steam backlog. I’ll get to it one day. Maybe.

 

[trinibwoy]

They both look great. Experimental is clearly better with the shadows in the distant and not so distant grass. Also there is more grass out on the horizon. Basically better grass.

Kingdom Come Deliverance II Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested

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