What I can't wrap my mind around is the massive plot hole in this (very genius comedic) cutscene. Rancek tried to skip town by pretending to go to the outhouse. Ended up trying to flee AND drowned in the village's via the raw sewage highway system. That literally flowed from the back of the town outhouse. Yet when Henry goes to retrieve the body, he's literally standing in sewage at KNEE HEIGHT at the DEEPEST PART where he finds Rancek's body? WTH did I just miss in realism here??
It's the most KCD thing ever to draw your sword during a fistfight, kill some peasants, and then run away covered in pig shit before anybody realizes it was you.
@@caligero3000bro you are literally throwing shit at a newly white painted hut within the first 10 minutes of starting the 1st game… what are you even on about
"The life of a true medieval adventurer isn't always about winning epic battles, saving damsels in distress and forging your own destiny. Sometimes it's about fumbling for corpses in a pile of shit behind the Bylany tavern at 7 AM." Truer words have never been said
I love how missions are building up in KCD. Even back in the day in tech demo, where the women poisoned her hiusband with rotten meat. Just grade A developers
To think how all this started back in 2012 (?) ... a Kickstarter campaign with lofty promises and little to show for, but they pulled it off. Now they have basically carved out their own genre and millions of people waiting for the next product. It commands respect.
@@kaizen464 lol wow people will forget bro red dead 2 released the same year and kcd still sold over two million copies in the first year. Also this medieval game won’t be released for at least four plus years. The last video rockstar released was red2 in terms of new games and not ports and remaster. So gta6 probably won’t release until late next year if not 2026. So that game probably won’t see it until 2028/2030.
@Johnappbeees22 fr rdr2 is a masterpiece in its category, and kcd is the king of its one. Like comparing sunshine to water, both amazing but because of different things
Guess thats their way to give you something to spend money on in the first game you had so much but nothing to do with it. Hope they put some permanent stat increase potions in this game like in the gothic games they can be very expensive aswell and good money sink/progression system. Maybe even have to craft them manual without failures with very expensive ingridients. Loved the alchemy system in KCD1 but except for poisons/night vision potions you generally found enough through out the game that you didnt really gained much from it.
I love that they literally pick up where Part 1 left off, no big changes, no fancy new gameplay, just good ol' Henry and his misadventures. fine times to be alive.
@@lorddiethorn wow! I really like that actually! they didn't risk creating new character/new backstory, so they can spend more time refining rather than redoing things. I love that
@@DreamApostle128 the game was originally going to be broken down into acts aka games but they scrapped that idea when they got bigger and got more resources. So what they basically did is combine the first two acts into one
Why do they pretend they don't understand him? They are Czechs citizens and the polish language is so similar that they should understand him. Like I'm Czech and I understand everything he said.
@@pavelkostorek999 i feel like is a spanish and portuguese case scenario, if both talk slowly and dont use slang, then they can understand each other but the moment they speed up its literal gibberish
The fact they made one of his battle cries him screaming that he’s hungry is amazing, you can tell they know their community (edit: for all those pointing out my spelling mistake, it was 3 am and I was half asleep don’t take it so deep lmao)
@@IvelLeCogYea, it's getting old at this point. Under every new trailer, one of the top comments in "I'm feeling quite hungry" and Henry says the exact thing in a kinda meme sense twice in this gameplay alone.
it looks like there are saveable "loadouts" for lack of a better word? where you can equip a set of armor and weapons and change to them with one button instead of switching around all your armor one by one for different encounters, this is such a great addition
I just wonder what will they do with skills and perks, since how game ends Henry got quite an experience, it would be silly if all your skills start from 0 again while it was reasonable in KCD 1 since he was 18 and almost never left Skalitz to fight etc, he just started to learn. Maybe they will give at start some sum of points that you can put in skills you desire. At least 50% of possible skill points you would get thru mid of gameplay and rest you need to train for.
@@Dominik40301In the witcher the stats reset after every game...just go with it, but prolly theyre gonna make henry be injured or something so he has to "learn" again
That would be so nice, having to manage 3 sets of armor for sneaking, day to day life and then heavy combat can get super annoying making multiple trips to your storage in one day sometimes
Yes I laughed and thought of what your choices were back in KCD1 when you go on walks with Theresa and she asks what's on your mind. FOOD woman, DUH! 🤣
23:22 Battle cry: "I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY!!!" with raging intonation. That's what happens when developers understand memes within community. Nice reference.
@@cityhunter6969 it's from the first game, that every time henry is hungry he said "I feel quetie hungry now" or something like "i could use something to eat". its become a meme that when he hungry he became unstopable lol
@@rowanhollen726 "Oh fuck... oh fucking hell that was close... Shit, that was cutting it way too close, whoever you are, you've got the brawn. I couldn't have kicked the asses of those shit-bathing dickheads better myself." "Heniek! (dimiunitive/endearing way of saying Henry) Why are you talking to me like to a fool?" (If it was Czech version of KcD that would make more sense, Czech and Polish are much closer linguistically so he could understand Henry pretty well) "Holy shit! Devil is alive? They didn't hang him!? Fortune favours the fools as you can see." "Oh sweetheart! Come with me, we gotta drink it over in the devil's den." "Fine we'll meet you there, shit I can't wait for some fucking." Pretty direct translation here but in general you'll get the vibe. He's using a lot of flowery swearwords and considers Henry a cool dude.
@@KaptifLaDistillerie In KCD1 the NPCs also don't seem to care about you killing the chickens, as long as you use your fist. I would punch them all, grab up the meat, cook it, and feed it to Mutt. Since it was always widely available and wouldn't cost me anything.
@@didacromero3892I’d love to see a more in depth tourney system where it tracks your wins and losses. Would also love to see different venues where Henry goes from smaller venues to larger venues with more money involved and harder enemies.
My favorite in-game moment, was Peshek saying this while literally walking between Henry & his sweetheart during a dramatic romance dialogue climax. I nearly died laughing.
@@MommyMilkyz Persistent opponent characters could be really cool; allows for grudge-matches and so on. If you beat up a Milk Sop in the starter village badly enough, you encounter him months later across the map near the end game, where he's been training for the sole purpose of kicking your butt. If it was a close fight, he only relocates to the next village and isn't much different than before. If you lost the original fight, you can be the avenging loser at a later date, but have to deal with a hostile crowd if you beat up their champ & ruin their bets.
Honestly I appreciate how funny the narrator for this was. Lots of narrated gameplay showcases are very formal and matter-of-fact-ly. This guy really felt like he was having fun with his script.
@@emeryturpin165I recognized his voice right away, but I love the fact that he’s just as much of a fan as we all are. You can tell that he’s happy with his work and that he’s also happy about all the fans of the games.
In the first game, the quest in the church was one of the most thrilling and immersive gaming quests I have done in my life, I had played videogames since 1994 when I was 5 years old, in my sega master system. Gaming is escapism, a hobby, a passion. I appreciate and will always support devs and studios that keep respecting gamers by trying to create a quality game. If we are being honest, it's very rare these days, in the West, unfortunately. So, thank you, Warhorse Studios.
@@Apophis371 are you ment... nevermind. You don't need to be religious to enjoy the quest... the quest is not about religion, is about stealth... i mean... lol
Only thing I can suggest if it's possible is have the NPCs react to others in combat. I can't imagine IRL if you chopped a guy through the skull his two companions wouldn't react with some sort of horror and anger. Would be amazing to have some sort of combat de-escalation too; fist fight, pull your sword, guy wants to go back to talking instead of taking out his own sword :L
They do? Sometimes. I agree it's not realistic enough for a couple of dice throwers in a tavern to stake their lives for a bow, but just about every game out there is much worse -- typically every fight is to the death in an RPG. The alchemist surrendered almost as soon as his thugs weren't coming to help. This was also in the first game.
@@crowns9269 I think they surrender with sertain amount of health. And if you cause bleeding, they may keep fighting until reaching the amount of health that triggers surrendering
@@polalak2On pc I got the hang of it pretty decently quick, just a simple button tap of any ASD key at the right time. With a controller or on console? Basically impossible, when I played on PS4 I probably only did it twice after the tutorial to dodge lol
@@polalak2 same dodging is basically impossible on console, which sucks since it defeats the purpose of lighter armor, which I’d try to use every once in a while
I think the Pole at the beginning of the video is a perfect non-cliche Polish character. Hope to see more of him. It's a beautiful surprise for fans from Poland. It's great to hear real Polish in a game that is a simulation of the late Middle Ages. Thank you. The question is: will we hear Czech? It would immerse us in full. We love Czech language! Czech and Polish people friends everlasting (despite some minor misunderstandings in the past)!
We needed a bigger city like Kuttenberg. Glad that the devs listened to the community on a lot of parts of the new game :) So many quality of life updates as well
Je to dobry, ale moc to nedava smysl, protože jako čech by se s tim polakem mel aspon domluvit, takhle to vypada, ze se v cechach mluvi anglicky a polakovi nikdo nerozumi :D
@@c14rk29You can see that he understood what Henryk was saying to him, only he answered in Polish, probably if you choose Czech dubbing it will seem more authentic.
@@c14rk29 S tím člověk nic nenadělá. Navíc ve středověku, kdy zvlášť venkovští lidi nebyli vystavení cizím jazykům obecně, tak by mu rozuměli mnohem méně než my, protože prostě nebyli zvyklí na jakýkoli cizí jazyk.
I love how they kept everything at the base game and just improved everything slightly. From graphics and facial movements to an improved combat system. I am sure both veterans and new players will enjoy it equally.
@@30-06LoverI remember getting excited as a kid about stone cold Steve Austin blinking on the PS2 version of WWE Smackdown. Crazy to think how far we've come and people will still complain about a game being "immersion breaking" because of the graphics.
@@timsyoutube6051 if you watch a realistic WW2 show or movie and then play a PS2 it is not the same as playing a modern game. Technology improves, and we are lucky to have immersive games now. Also there is a bar set as tech improves, we can't compare new games to 80s games and say we're ungrateful, that's just silly
@@30-06Lover the PS2 isn't from the 80s and I would argue people still to this day feel some of the best games ever made were on the PS2. In fact I would argue modern games very rarely get close to being as good as a lot of games back in the PS2, Xbox, GameCube era. Maybe that's because too much time is spent tweaking graphics for the benefit of immersion rather than making a compelling story with fun gameplay.
@@timsyoutube6051 it's not improving graphics that are destroying games, it's greedy & lazy companies, and the people hired are definitely not passionate anymore and many of them shouldn't be there. I agree games are getting lazier and worse for the technology available, but that definitely isn't from just solely focusing on graphics, which they don't even make to modern potential
Ive got 250 hours in KCD, and id say 75% of that was just spent wandering the world in amazement, judging by the scenes we got to see in this video, and knowing the world will be even larger, and have all these extra NPC interactions i think my play time is gonna be several times that. I am so very much looking forward to this new release.
I understand exactly what you mean. I played KCD for the first time last March when I built a new PC and the first time I walked into a forest, I just stood there in awe. The only other games that have made me feel so immersed in a world are Morrowind, Oblivion, The Witcher series and the old Gothic games. In both KCD and TW3 I literally walked everywhere, I didn’t sprint or gallop, cause the game world was gorgeous
@@panamike6178 Id highly recommend it. Its a fun rough diamond. Its not perfect but a very fun game and take it for what it is. It was made by a tiny team and has bugs but you can really tell its a passion project. Go on and play!
23:16 I love how guy is like hanging and Henry is literally fighting for his life and the music in the background is like "tun tutun medieval lifeee, tun tun ttutun".
that is peak KCD. I'd be disappointed if they changed that into the typical "music matches the mood" type of thing. I want my peaceful medieval music while breaking into some npc's house, stealing their belongings and stealth killing guards in the way.
Funny thing is, Henry would have no problem understanding that Polish dude at the beginning of the 15th century - Polish and Czech were much more similar to each other than they are now.
Yeah I've heard others say if Henry was speaking Czech in that conversation it would make more sense. I like the English Henry but I might have to play in Czech for that reason!
@@borysd6339 Eh, It's the same as people in the U.S watching the Dub/Sub of Pokemon while people in Japan do the same thing with The Simpsons. It's all up to preference.
@@ManimalMoose Yes, it sure is important that people get to partake according to their own preference. But it's sad that so many peoples' preference is to miss out on the authentic experiences and (at least very small amounts) learning a secondary language when it's so readily available. Dubbed dialogue can very easily miss the mark. Remakes in different languages often lose the soul, just compare the American movie "The Upside (2017)" to the original French "The Intouchables (2011)".
@@ManimalMoose Well, the thing is KCD is a heavily historical inspired game, almost simulation game, so i think there's a much bigger case for playing it on the original language. In any case it's obviously up to each.
Omg, the opening in Polish - the hangmans monologue was really jawdropping. Such attention to detail. Great job, WarHorse! I really loved KCD, but after seeing this... I REALY CAN'T WAIT for the premiere of KCD2. Greetings from Poland and from your Polish fans!
Dear WH Studios, thanks for not re-inventing the whole game but keeping it as it was & polish some gameplay elements. Good to see stealth gamelpay is renewed compared to the KCD1. Hardly wait to continue kurwa Henry's adventure.
@@Krytern One new gameplay mechanic was shown: Durability. Shields and swords will now break in combat. Two expanded mechanics: When someone surrenders you have more options including the bad reputation option of robbing them and Haggling can have negative consequences. One possibly expanded mechanic: you can choose to be flogged for a crime but that could have been a quest.
@XxDotApRoxX69 Just one then. More options when someone surrenders isn't new mechanics. Being flogged isn't a new mechanic either, that's called a cutscene... cutscenes aren't gameplay mechanics
i don't have to individually take off and replace all of my like 10 pieces of armour every time i want to go stealth anymore?? i'm sold on this game already :]
I just noticed that, a little wheel spins below Henry with different sets of armor looks like. I think it should take time to put on a whole new set of armor though, shouldn't be instant.
Exactly, it has completely different vibe if you know how similar Czech and Polish are, especially in how they sound. I bet they were even more similar a few hundred years ago. The sentence from a Polish guy "why do you speak to me as if I'm an idiot" (loose translation) is very weird since he keeps talking in his own language, foreign for Henry. But if you know that in a crowded situation you could easily mistake one for the other after hearing only few words of it, then it makes more sense.
@@Qwert0mietek some say that even in the 14th or 15th century the 2 languages were fairly similar, to a point when a Polish king was in Prague he did not need a translator to comprehend the Czechs, basically they were slowly forming into their own respective languages from a dialectal level.
@@daneevans7590 Hmm how to say it, there are similar words that we use but sometimes they have different meaning but i would say we can understand each other easly
@@daneevans7590I can understand Czech text somewhat, but holding up a conversation is very difficult. I found it easier to communicate with Slovaks. I would also add that I am from the south of Poland and have visited both Czechia and Slovakia many times.
> you cannot kill any friendly NPC Where'd you get that from? You can't kill "essential" NPCs, but you can kill plenty of friendly NPCs even in Starfield (including all of the people just walking around town). I doubt you'll just be able to murder Hans Capon in KCD2, which would be comparable to an "essential NPC". Sure do miss the days of being able to kill literally every NPC though, a la Morrowind.
@@link99912 I was just making a generic statement, I know you can kill essential NPCs in Morrowind, but yes it is rarely showcased in a gameplay trailer. I'm talking more about fallout 4 and starfield.
I have to say this is a true gameplay video without lies and stupid ornaments. This is how the game looks and will look. No lies no fake graphics. This is one or the best companies right now out there making games. True honest people that love their jobs and not a bunch of wall street sharks trying to get money. Of course they will get money but trhow the joy of their clients i love it. Dont get corrupted please this is the old gaming we want and we deserve.
I played the game at Gamescom this week and I have to say that it was the best booth there, it was so beautiful and it was also one of the rare booths to offer shirts and a lot of quality merch to everyone! The devs are so generous, I can't wait to play KCD2 ♥
@@reposter6434 That's because vavra dropped the grounded realistic feel the first game had and went for the casual arcadey marvel slop feel this time around.
They know gamers. Too much realism can ruin some fun game design, so they wanna make the game a pseudo Oblivion style open world. Instead of magic, being able to use tools as secondary weapons would be nice, like throwing a knife from a pocket/holster mind swing.
@@caligero3000not a all. You were already able to do that in the first game. You probably would be surprised by how colorful the late medieval period was. The bunnies for example are so medieval and a nod to the many bunnies in medieval manuscripts. Game will have more depth in many respects.
Being overly religious, constantly swearing, speaking Polish only and understanding Czech without any translation, talking nonsense about "polish sausage" and most of all being utterly stupid - I wouldn't expect any other way a Czech studio would portray typical Polak... and I am loving it! 🤣As a Pole, this convinces me to buy the game
@@manwithballsonarm6775 you may think what you want, but the way devs portrayed Adder shows their understanding in polish culture, but also semi archaic stereotypes about Poland so its a detail worth appreciating. Bot don't worry; it's not that I expect this level of understanding and perceptivity from someone so underdeveloped who calls everything he doesn't like "gay" in some embarassing attempt to underline his superiority on the Internet 🙂
Banger sound track? Check, Amazing set design and maps? Check, Better animation and dialogue? Check, More interactive environment? Check, Hilarious random encounters check.
@@Harry-pe7dw sounds like a hardware issue your side ngl. Even on the first game which was badly optimised on release i was getting oer 80 frames average on max graphics.
@Lolien medieval manuscripts are, in fact, full of weird armed bunnies. It's the rest of the UI that seems somewhat more cartoonish when compared to KCD1- it's probably more about colors than anything else, as the design seems pretty much the same as in the first game...
I’m no game dev, but there are two things you could do to make conversations feel VASTLY more realistic. Have the characters make eye contact, and have NPCs frown slightly. Just slightly. At the moment, their eyes seem too wide like they’re staring into a void. Set the frown animation to like.. 5-10% and I bet they’d look way more human. That way, they won’t look angry, they’ll just look focused.
There's a lot of subtle things that can be done. But a lot of not so subtle things too that absolutely may be in the pipeline for the devs. I hope it is. Things like leaning in when angry or leaning back when scared. I think they may have automated some of the work by analyzing audio cues, to get sample data until they get to it, or something of the sort. With the slight increase in visual fidelity they are heading into uncanny valley territory with their cinematics/animation system. I hope they plan to address it! But I can tell the overall art direction is better!
I agree, but I wonder if this is feasible in their game engine. The world and overall fidelity absolutely seem miles better than KCD1 (which was not that bad to begin with). But then again, I am a layman when it comes to developing games, so I don't know. I don't think it's horrible, and I would get used to it - my hype remains sky high! But improvements here and there, even just minor improvements, would be much appreciated
I didn't know this was revealed, UA-cam just randomly suggested this video . I got goosebumps all over just by reading the title. This game made me not give up on life, helped me a lot to keep myself sane in bad times. Life is much better now and I really can't wait to play this . Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making a sequel ❤
I have a tiny suggestion that will improve the immersion: 9:22 12:19 When Henry whistles people react literally instantly while Henry is still whistling and it breaks the immersion. So, to fix that people should react after ~1-2 seconds.
Another thing with the whistle, I hope there’s more than two lines for when someone is searching. Would be really cool to take out all but one guy in a bandit camp, and then while he’s looking for you, he hears a whistle.. “is that you Dave?? Stop messing around come out” Or other immersion building voice lines like that. Hearing “what was that” a million times during stealth gets old.
First sequel in a long time that doesn't look like a crazy redesign that changed everything from the first game that made it good. It looks like all they did was just build upon what was already there, and truly made a sequel instead of entirely different game. Also crazy that it got delayed and it looks this good already, so that has to say something.
Im a bit glad they delayed it. You can still see a lot of quirks with how the characters move that is a bit un natural. Theres also some pretty noticeable stuttering. I think if they released it like this it would be in a state similar to the first. Which is to say a bit buggy but story and world good enough to keep you hooked.
What are you talking about.. 99% of sequels are like that - new location and story with mostly same gameplay, with some additional weapons and gameplay options.
That's a good point. I complained about the graphics, but the 1st one was so immersive, the graphics didn't matter. More of the same actually sounds great to me
This is basically the finished product, you wont see any major changes from now until release. Majority is just polishing up on bug fixes/performance maybe even slight UI changes. Im also pretty sure they delayed to possibly get a chance at GOTY as the game doesnt stand a chance to get it this year.
This is what most companies should do show actual gameplay of their game instead of CGI trailers or flashy gameplay moments. I'm definitely going to buy this.
That’s not the point, they can make good looking trailers but at least they are cinemáticas running in the actual game engine. Most companies use CGI outside of the game and don’t even bother showing some gameplay before release.
@@theonlyD The gameplay was not scripted, you can see that miles away, he was missing the crossbow shot and doing some mistakes. And that is actually the game engine so even if it is not rendered in real time like some cinematics from kcd 1 is still the game engine.
I bought KCD and it's DLC three times across XBOX/Playstation/and PC over the years. I was already happy with my purchases, but I'm glad to see my small investment in Warhorse just keeps on giving!
I love how warhorse studios portray nature. It feels like real European forests. Even though Unreal Engine can look good, I've never seen it match this natural world of Kingdom Come.
@@sreckom92 terrible. Just terrible. The first one was so good and look at how they massacred my boy. Filled with marvel quips and random pop culture references and ultra-violence that makes no sense but is just there just because...
@caligero3000 What are you talking about, you do realise that's just narration for the trailer and not actual ingame narration, and ultra violence? did you even play KCD 1 the violence is the same and an optional choice for the player
1. Who made a script for this showcase is fucking genius with heart in the right place 2. Game looks absolutely amazing - faces and interiors are huge leap. Not sure about that UI and HUD tho. Icons in the inventory are looking like some Minecraft resource pack, health bar is also too much "cartoony" for me. But that is small detail, I already preordered.
@@Chadius_ThundercockSupporting this company with preorders so they can deliver better product. First game was already good and got lot of fixes, people still trust this company. This isnt made by Ea kind of shit. You can still refund it in steam after release, if it turns out garbage.
How crazy is it that less then a week ago I finally decided to give the game a true try. I’ve been scared thinking it would be too hard or complex even though I’ve had it in my library for years. And it’s been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Now I’m hearing all this KCD2 talk and I’m even more excited
Same. Played it a few years ago now, I was also hesitant because of the supposed realism. Now it's one of my favorite games of all time and I can't wait for part 2.
I played the first game this year and instantly fell in love. I was so sad when I finished it, couldn't get enough of it. And then lo and behold, we're getting a sequel. I can't wait, especially after this video.
I was hoping they had fully modern and fluid freecombat. The 1st one it was horrible. This is almost as bad lock on target combat i dont think even mods will save.
@@nicechock Agreed. The first game was an amazing experience, except for the combat, which was awful. There was a 'pull move' that enemies often performed on the player, pulling you towards them from range, making the camera spin, while the enemies can land free hits on you. Hopefully, KCD2 is more polished than that.
Massive thank you for giving me a free copy since i had bought the Baron support Tier(I think) when you guys were crowdfunding the original game! You guys will have my support for as long as you stay this amazing.
@@JefErickson there's a lot of jokes going around about Henry in kcd 1 having his hunger voice line sync up with murdering people which was hilarious and now they have it as an actual battlecry in kcd2
The only thing I ask you guys is to be careful with optimization. We had serious problems in KCD1, even with high end pcs, some areas couldn't keep stable FPS.
I just started KCD the other day, im about 15 to 20 hours in and im overwhelmed at that immersion its such a breath of fresh air compared to the state of the gaming industry right now. I cannot believe I slept on this game for so long I absolutely love it ❤ well done WarHorse 👏
My favorite gaming moment ever was after getting involved in a melee on the road to Ledetchko during a rainstorm, finally hitting the pub and sitting outside playing farkle and getting drunk whilst watching the flashes of lighting across the river over Rattay. In my headphones I could hear all the hilarious conversations coming from the bathhouse next door. Total 100% immersion. Visit the batthouse for a slap and a tickle, getting dark, back to fleece more peons at farkle by the light of the fire, then off to bed. And KCD2 is going to be even better ? Not sure I can handle all the awesomeness.
So many little moments like that across all of my playthroughs set this game in stone as my favorite of all time. I’ve played oblivion, Skyrim, Witchers 2 and 3, and countless others, and none of them came as close to dropping me in a world that I wanted to stay in more than KCD. Other than when I was achievement hunting, I never fast traveled in that game because it’s so beautiful to just ride along the roads and witness the beauty of the Czech countryside, and the score, my God the soundtrack really goes a long way of immersing you and making you feel like you’re in a dream, even though it’s more based in reality than most other rpg titles. I don’t care if I’m the last fan on earth, I will always be a fan of this beautiful saga. ❤️
@@dziarskilisek Henry is Czech, and we ARE Henry. Since Czech is familiar to Henry, whenever someone speaks Czech, it also must be familiar to the player (since we ARE Henry), and thus is a language that we the player can understand. I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but essentially, the language Henry is familiar with is dubbed as the language the player is familiar with (that way we can assume the role of Henry without speaking Czech). This was quite difficult to explain lol. I hope I managed to get what I mean across.
5:05 One thing I hope they fix that was also an issue in the first game; NPCs giving you dialogue either way too early or too late. The first guy's telling you to fish his body out when you already have it, and the second guy speaks as if you're running away when you're only taking two steps to put the body down. It's a bit immersion breaking.
@@happybunnywabbit yeah! The thing is that... it's sad because graphically it seems quite nice but then you look at the faces and some aspects of gameplay and it looks like an old game
If you have not played kcd 1 I can confirm that because the game has too many simulations working in tandem and best immersion possible, the stiff animations will just fade away. To be fair, No one can explain the game and do it justice. You need to experience it to understand. Thank you Warhorse.
I must say the houses and and the color of houses really, really impressed me how real it looks like i live in Austria in a very small town and we have old houses here that look exactly like the ones in the game wow.
Another delightful mechanic, would be to have Henry wear a rucksack if he's carrying more than like 10lbs of extraneous stuff besides his closing, and have it get larger & larger the more stuff he carries beyond that. So Pack Mule III Henry will actually look like Atlas carrying the Earth on his shoulders when he comes back into town laden with looted armor to sell. Not to slow him down or anything, just to remind you in dialogue scenes that you look ridiculous carrying 100lbs of junk.
14:55 - You can now have loadouts! 👍 Also the items in the inventory are now categorized where as in the first it didn't, you could accidentally sell valuable items if you're not paying attention, I'm happy they changed it. ❤Warhorse!
Im only at 8:00 but i have to describe this game... and ONLY one word fits; "BRILLIANT" (Im 67 years old, been playing PC Games since the Commodore Era, which is pre-windows 3.1) I truly hope this is a SMASHING SUCCESS and you all reap the rewards at Warhorse Studios for such well done work!
that animation needs some work imo. instead of that small awkward moment, sword should be straight through the neck quickly I think. that would be much better
a game written by actual people with life experience and no mental problems instead of npc ideologues. a game developed by people with actual skill. count me in!
Avarage day in the life of henry.
> fails to communicate with some villagers
> kills five people in armed combat.
Gets quite hungry
@@gabem3251 Refuses to elaborate further
casually kills 5 villager ~reputation gained~
What I can't wrap my mind around is the massive plot hole in this (very genius comedic) cutscene. Rancek tried to skip town by pretending to go to the outhouse. Ended up trying to flee AND drowned in the village's via the raw sewage highway system. That literally flowed from the back of the town outhouse. Yet when Henry goes to retrieve the body, he's literally standing in sewage at KNEE HEIGHT at the DEEPEST PART where he finds Rancek's body? WTH did I just miss in realism here??
@@simsdiver5201 happens all the time even to a coach at my highschool the current is always shifting and so is the fill
It's the most KCD thing ever to draw your sword during a fistfight, kill some peasants, and then run away covered in pig shit before anybody realizes it was you.
We all love kcd stop making us hard.
Medieval Mafia
@@caligero3000 what are you talking about? You could do the same in the first game.
@@caligero3000bro you are literally throwing shit at a newly white painted hut within the first 10 minutes of starting the 1st game… what are you even on about
@@abnormalitiesinreality6649 it's fucking shit, I don't need to see the rest of the game.
"The life of a true medieval adventurer isn't always about winning epic battles, saving damsels in distress and forging your own destiny. Sometimes it's about fumbling for corpses in a pile of shit behind the Bylany tavern at 7 AM."
Truer words have never been said
Could have tried fleeing the battle back into the shit hole. They really didn't seem to be willing to go there.
Youre goddamn right
I love how missions are building up in KCD. Even back in the day in tech demo, where the women poisoned her hiusband with rotten meat. Just grade A developers
It was a lot of fun narrating that! 🤣
@@ThePhysicalReactionDamn, that'd be very interesting.
To think how all this started back in 2012 (?) ... a Kickstarter campaign with lofty promises and little to show for, but they pulled it off. Now they have basically carved out their own genre and millions of people waiting for the next product. It commands respect.
The kickstarter campaign was from 2014 the company was founded 13 years ago in 2011 just to let you know
People will prob forget all about this game cause there are rumors that rockstar is making a medieval themed game
@@kaizen464 lol wow people will forget bro red dead 2 released the same year and kcd still sold over two million copies in the first year. Also this medieval game won’t be released for at least four plus years. The last video rockstar released was red2 in terms of new games and not ports and remaster. So gta6 probably won’t release until late next year if not 2026. So that game probably won’t see it until 2028/2030.
@Johnappbeees22 fr rdr2 is a masterpiece in its category, and kcd is the king of its one. Like comparing sunshine to water, both amazing but because of different things
i still remember watching some combat display from the first game while it was still in development lol, can't believe this game has gone so far
“I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY!!”
Immediate 11/10 medieval rpg experience
@@alliesotherness9456 I love that they leaned into the meme.
I could use a bite to eat.. I was playing this before when I was on a diet. I downloaded a mod for that hunger bar real fast!
I'll take two chickens
Damn, seems like bathhouse price inflation in the middle ages was no joke.
From 30 to 75 i guess i jump into river to wash 😂.
Henry is paying big city prices for his haircut these days.
@@Dominian1 that too my lord but i hope i dont see Henry die in this journey.
I was thinking the same thing, but hey its first class bath house in the city. I hope other baths would be cheaper thou..
Guess thats their way to give you something to spend money on in the first game you had so much but nothing to do with it. Hope they put some permanent stat increase potions in this game like in the gothic games they can be very expensive aswell and good money sink/progression system. Maybe even have to craft them manual without failures with very expensive ingridients. Loved the alchemy system in KCD1 but except for poisons/night vision potions you generally found enough through out the game that you didnt really gained much from it.
22:36 "jesus christ be praised"
it's subtle but it brings me back to the first game where NPCs always did this in the middle of a conversation lol
Amd it was nice. Glad they kept it, in this way medieval Bohemia feels more realistic.
I'm very excited to get my hands on the game dialog looks like it will be a treat 👌
@riseup3150 only thing making me hesitant is the combat
Henry: You beat your wife
Random guy in the background: Hallelujah.
We should be able to make a cross sign whenever we want
I love that they literally pick up where Part 1 left off, no big changes, no fancy new gameplay, just good ol' Henry and his misadventures. fine times to be alive.
The game starts two days after the first one
@@lorddiethorn wow!
I really like that actually! they didn't risk creating new character/new backstory, so they can spend more time refining rather than redoing things.
I love that
@@DreamApostle128 the game was originally going to be broken down into acts aka games but they scrapped that idea when they got bigger and got more resources. So what they basically did is combine the first two acts into one
@@lorddiethorn is that bad? like do you mean it's too much?
@@DreamApostle128 what no I was just give you some back story of the original kickstarter plan
40% realism. 40% light hearted fun. 20% O kurwa. The perfect game indeed
This is not a polish game. Kindly keep your kurwa we don't want it.
aiiii bodi bodi bodi ahhhhAUGGH o kurva o kurva me meesco o kuva mat
100% I feel quite hungry
Well actually it's quite realistic
More than 40% realism
Polish person in game:
- Sales in Poland: +999%
čech slyšícího poláka nadávat ooo kurw... plus100% prodeju v Cz :D :D
Heniek musi odpowiadać po czesku.
Polish game fails economy in poland crumbles
Why do they pretend they don't understand him? They are Czechs citizens and the polish language is so similar that they should understand him.
Like I'm Czech and I understand everything he said.
@@pavelkostorek999 i feel like is a spanish and portuguese case scenario, if both talk slowly and dont use slang, then they can understand each other but the moment they speed up its literal gibberish
The fact they made one of his battle cries him screaming that he’s hungry is amazing, you can tell they know their community (edit: for all those pointing out my spelling mistake, it was 3 am and I was half asleep don’t take it so deep lmao)
It's leaning into it a bit too much for my liking
*their
@@IvelLeCogYeah agreed, takes you out of the immersion.
@@IvelLeCog if it was in a dialogue or something it would be cool but mid combat it's definetly too much i agree
@@IvelLeCogYea, it's getting old at this point. Under every new trailer, one of the top comments in "I'm feeling quite hungry" and Henry says the exact thing in a kinda meme sense twice in this gameplay alone.
it looks like there are saveable "loadouts" for lack of a better word? where you can equip a set of armor and weapons and change to them with one button instead of switching around all your armor one by one for different encounters, this is such a great addition
I just wonder what will they do with skills and perks, since how game ends Henry got quite an experience, it would be silly if all your skills start from 0 again while it was reasonable in KCD 1 since he was 18 and almost never left Skalitz to fight etc, he just started to learn. Maybe they will give at start some sum of points that you can put in skills you desire. At least 50% of possible skill points you would get thru mid of gameplay and rest you need to train for.
@@Dominik40301In the witcher the stats reset after every game...just go with it, but prolly theyre gonna make henry be injured or something so he has to "learn" again
As a guy who’s horse is currently struggling more than radahns great steed- I agree
That would be so nice, having to manage 3 sets of armor for sneaking, day to day life and then heavy combat can get super annoying making multiple trips to your storage in one day sometimes
23:21 Battle Cry: I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY!
Never change, Henry, Never change.
Yes I laughed and thought of what your choices were back in KCD1 when you go on walks with Theresa and she asks what's on your mind. FOOD woman, DUH! 🤣
23:22 I FEEEEEEL QUITEE HUUUNGRYY
No way my homie used that as a battle cry 😭😭😭
Lmao oh this game is going to be a treat
Warhorse has a sense of humour.
That warcry is even more powerful than Theoden's ''Deaaaath!''
On one hand I love it, but in my opinion, this is just a joke inserted for this demo :D
I hope so. It seems a bit out of place. @@kampover
6:00
Combat : 😡⚔️😈🩸
Combat music : 🪈☺️💃🕺👯♀️🎶🪈
My thoughts exactly 😂😂
It's because it was supposed to be a fist fight at first.
Has anyone uploaded that fluet solo yet?
🐰⚔️🐇
That´s just Hal´s mind
21:00 It will be more natural to have this scene in czech and polish
23:22
Battle cry: "I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY!!!" with raging intonation.
That's what happens when developers understand memes within community.
Nice reference.
I laughed, so good
These pretzels are making me thirsty!
Henry is a hungry boi!!! 😂
@@cityhunter6969 it's from the first game, that every time henry is hungry he said "I feel quetie hungry now" or something like "i could use something to eat". its become a meme that when he hungry he became unstopable lol
It's not funny. We does every joke has to be ridden into the ground
10:40 No way Henry just made a your mom joke 😭
Henry has grown up 😭😭😭😭
@@sun_ada His belly and our moms.
The oldest “yo momma” joke was recorded on a Babylonian tablet in 3500 BCE. They’re as old as human language itself, lol.
He’s all grown up now
That's how a boy becomes a man 😂
8:17 Can't wait to see Henry's greet-greet-antagonize compilations on youtube
Hey there Mister!
@@lordreiman8352 You have a kind face!
You the local hard-man, huh?
@@csabagalambos1461 we got a tough guys everyone
@@csabagalambos1461 The one i would to like to punch!
Polish dude, protagonist named Henry, starting off with a hanged mans tree, the tavern at 1:55
Welcome back, Witcher 4.
to my joy 😃
Better than the actual witcher 4
As a pole I couldnt be more surprised to hear a polish guy in the first scene haha. I thought i clicked a polish trailer version or something
same
I like rubbing up against poles
Could you give a summary of what he was telling Henry after he cut him lose ?
@@rowanhollen726 Turn on subtitles
@@rowanhollen726 "Oh fuck... oh fucking hell that was close...
Shit, that was cutting it way too close, whoever you are, you've got the brawn. I couldn't have kicked the asses of those shit-bathing dickheads better myself."
"Heniek! (dimiunitive/endearing way of saying Henry) Why are you talking to me like to a fool?" (If it was Czech version of KcD that would make more sense, Czech and Polish are much closer linguistically so he could understand Henry pretty well)
"Holy shit! Devil is alive? They didn't hang him!? Fortune favours the fools as you can see."
"Oh sweetheart! Come with me, we gotta drink it over in the devil's den."
"Fine we'll meet you there, shit I can't wait for some fucking."
Pretty direct translation here but in general you'll get the vibe. He's using a lot of flowery swearwords and considers Henry a cool dude.
10:34 I'm glad they kept the exploding chickens in the game
I think it's a reference to the Chicken Invaders game where you kill chickens and they explode and get instantly roasted
@@KaptifLaDistillerie In KCD1 the NPCs also don't seem to care about you killing the chickens, as long as you use your fist. I would punch them all, grab up the meat, cook it, and feed it to Mutt. Since it was always widely available and wouldn't cost me anything.
>Subject to Final Polish
>Opening monologue lines are Polish
How many more Poles are there??
The Final one is yet to be seen
Kurwa to you my friend
Dialogue seems to have 1% Polish but is improving. Starting with the basics-kurwa
Lets take a Poll and find out ;-)
There’s two more on the compass
@ 9:00 poor, poor Baelin. Stuck for eternity in the same loop..... "Mornin'! Nice day for fishing, ain't it!"
The muggers annoying Greg too
Miller Peshek comes in: Hey lad!! don't you want a little wager on the Kuttenberg tourney
Imagine a bigger tournament in kuttenberg, with team fights or something like that
@@didacromero3892I’d love to see a more in depth tourney system where it tracks your wins and losses. Would also love to see different venues where Henry goes from smaller venues to larger venues with more money involved and harder enemies.
jousting tourney will alot of fun
My favorite in-game moment, was Peshek saying this while literally walking between Henry & his sweetheart during a dramatic romance dialogue climax. I nearly died laughing.
@@MommyMilkyz Persistent opponent characters could be really cool; allows for grudge-matches and so on. If you beat up a Milk Sop in the starter village badly enough, you encounter him months later across the map near the end game, where he's been training for the sole purpose of kicking your butt. If it was a close fight, he only relocates to the next village and isn't much different than before. If you lost the original fight, you can be the avenging loser at a later date, but have to deal with a hostile crowd if you beat up their champ & ruin their bets.
19:40 I have noticed 1 bug... Henry told a woman to calm down and it was a succes
🤣🤣🤣
Some bits of fantasy in the game are ok
😂
Men writing women 😂😂
He told medieval woman, not today woman...
Honestly I appreciate how funny the narrator for this was. Lots of narrated gameplay showcases are very formal and matter-of-fact-ly. This guy really felt like he was having fun with his script.
Well it’s Luke Dale (Hans) so I’d hope it would be funny
@@emeryturpin165 Oh wow can't believe I didn't clock on to that
@@emeryturpin165I recognized his voice right away, but I love the fact that he’s just as much of a fan as we all are. You can tell that he’s happy with his work and that he’s also happy about all the fans of the games.
In the first game, the quest in the church was one of the most thrilling and immersive gaming quests I have done in my life, I had played videogames since 1994 when I was 5 years old, in my sega master system. Gaming is escapism, a hobby, a passion. I appreciate and will always support devs and studios that keep respecting gamers by trying to create a quality game. If we are being honest, it's very rare these days, in the West, unfortunately. So, thank you, Warhorse Studios.
to each their own i guess. For me that was the most boring quest i've ever done in any game. But i hate religion so..
@@Apophis371 are you ment... nevermind. You don't need to be religious to enjoy the quest... the quest is not about religion, is about stealth... i mean... lol
Henry's come to see us again!
Why does everyone say "again" they just say "Henry has come to see us"
@@emptyfueltank because it is the second game thus "again"
@@emptyfueltank because henry come to see us again!
Jesus Christ be praised!
Come to see us Henry
Us Henry see to us come
Us come to see Henry
Squidward: “What kind of moron watches a game trailer at 3 am?”
Me: “Oh boy 3 am!”
Nice callback.
Just live in a better time zone, Squidward.
Serious , it’s normal European time for an European game which is also shown on the European games convention. So get outta here.
9am for me!
European morons like me 😂 but we actually don't watch it at 03.00 because of the universe and time magic and stuff.
Only thing I can suggest if it's possible is have the NPCs react to others in combat. I can't imagine IRL if you chopped a guy through the skull his two companions wouldn't react with some sort of horror and anger.
Would be amazing to have some sort of combat de-escalation too; fist fight, pull your sword, guy wants to go back to talking instead of taking out his own sword :L
Yeah I think the same
I bet sometimes they will get scared and run away like in the first game
@@jonlannister345 the combat is fucking shit. Arcadey fucking slop. The npc's just randomly stand there and patiently wait to die.
I'm pretty sure if you showed up in full set of Knight armor and all intimidating, they'll back off.
They do? Sometimes. I agree it's not realistic enough for a couple of dice throwers in a tavern to stake their lives for a bow, but just about every game out there is much worse -- typically every fight is to the death in an RPG. The alchemist surrendered almost as soon as his thugs weren't coming to help. This was also in the first game.
Luke Dale, Hans Capon’s voice actor, is the narrator for this trailer by the way.
17:15 Bro surrendered after seeing the footwork...
bro got his ankles broken after getting crossed up by the Scourge of Skalitz
that happened in the old game too, they would get scared if you showed too much skill
Get yo ankles broke!
holy shit lmao 💀💀💀
@@crowns9269 I think they surrender with sertain amount of health. And if you cause bleeding, they may keep fighting until reaching the amount of health that triggers surrendering
"Let's try to dodge", instantly gets hit.
it really do be like that lmao
I got the hang of the master strikes, but can never dodge properly. I can only do it accidentally.
@@polalak2On pc I got the hang of it pretty decently quick, just a simple button tap of any ASD key at the right time. With a controller or on console? Basically impossible, when I played on PS4 I probably only did it twice after the tutorial to dodge lol
@@polalak2 same dodging is basically impossible on console, which sucks since it defeats the purpose of lighter armor, which I’d try to use every once in a while
I think the Pole at the beginning of the video is a perfect non-cliche Polish character. Hope to see more of him. It's a beautiful surprise for fans from Poland. It's great to hear real Polish in a game that is a simulation of the late Middle Ages. Thank you.
The question is: will we hear Czech? It would immerse us in full. We love Czech language!
Czech and Polish people friends everlasting (despite some minor misunderstandings in the past)!
Yes, Czech dub is confirmed by the devs.
You mean dubbing or the times where the NPCS in KCD started singing in Czech for example, regardless of your selected dubbing?
That Polish knight at the beginning gives me hope that we might one day see a Grunwald battle in game as it was promoted all those years ago.
@@numerotres2279 It will be full professionaly dubbed in czech.
Nigdy im nie zapomnimy blokowania dostaw podczas wojny polsko-bolszewickiej
We needed a bigger city like Kuttenberg.
Glad that the devs listened to the community on a lot of parts of the new game :)
So many quality of life updates as well
For me as a Czech, the bilingual bonus in the adventure with the Polish Adder is priceless :D
Je to dobry, ale moc to nedava smysl, protože jako čech by se s tim polakem mel aspon domluvit, takhle to vypada, ze se v cechach mluvi anglicky a polakovi nikdo nerozumi :D
@@c14rk29You can see that he understood what Henryk was saying to him, only he answered in Polish, probably if you choose Czech dubbing it will seem more authentic.
@@c14rk29 S tím člověk nic nenadělá. Navíc ve středověku, kdy zvlášť venkovští lidi nebyli vystavení cizím jazykům obecně, tak by mu rozuměli mnohem méně než my, protože prostě nebyli zvyklí na jakýkoli cizí jazyk.
@@CzechMirco а разве в Средние Века славянские языки не были ещё более взаимопонятны? Я думаю, чех и поляки смогли бы разуметь друг друга
@@Denis-oz2vo Tak si myslim, ze ty jazyky si byly blizsi, nez dnes
I love how they kept everything at the base game and just improved everything slightly. From graphics and facial movements to an improved combat system. I am sure both veterans and new players will enjoy it equally.
Dialogue cutscenes still look way too stiff and off. Completely breaks the immersion, especially in the first game
@@30-06LoverI remember getting excited as a kid about stone cold Steve Austin blinking on the PS2 version of WWE Smackdown.
Crazy to think how far we've come and people will still complain about a game being "immersion breaking" because of the graphics.
@@timsyoutube6051 if you watch a realistic WW2 show or movie and then play a PS2 it is not the same as playing a modern game. Technology improves, and we are lucky to have immersive games now. Also there is a bar set as tech improves, we can't compare new games to 80s games and say we're ungrateful, that's just silly
@@30-06Lover the PS2 isn't from the 80s and I would argue people still to this day feel some of the best games ever made were on the PS2.
In fact I would argue modern games very rarely get close to being as good as a lot of games back in the PS2, Xbox, GameCube era. Maybe that's because too much time is spent tweaking graphics for the benefit of immersion rather than making a compelling story with fun gameplay.
@@timsyoutube6051 it's not improving graphics that are destroying games, it's greedy & lazy companies, and the people hired are definitely not passionate anymore and many of them shouldn't be there. I agree games are getting lazier and worse for the technology available, but that definitely isn't from just solely focusing on graphics, which they don't even make to modern potential
Ive got 250 hours in KCD, and id say 75% of that was just spent wandering the world in amazement, judging by the scenes we got to see in this video, and knowing the world will be even larger, and have all these extra NPC interactions i think my play time is gonna be several times that. I am so very much looking forward to this new release.
I understand exactly what you mean. I played KCD for the first time last March when I built a new PC and the first time I walked into a forest, I just stood there in awe. The only other games that have made me feel so immersed in a world are Morrowind, Oblivion, The Witcher series and the old Gothic games. In both KCD and TW3 I literally walked everywhere, I didn’t sprint or gallop, cause the game world was gorgeous
Hearing Henry battles cry of feeling quite hungry is the best thing you added.
Should I check out the first game? It's always on sale on Steam. Is it pretty fun? I enjoyed the Witcher 3 a lot.
@@panamike6178 Id highly recommend it. Its a fun rough diamond. Its not perfect but a very fun game and take it for what it is. It was made by a tiny team and has bugs but you can really tell its a passion project. Go on and play!
23:16
I love how guy is like hanging and Henry is literally fighting for his life and the music in the background is like "tun tutun medieval lifeee, tun tun ttutun".
Yes we all watched the video.
@@FormOverFlair We watched it indeed, Lord Edge.
that is peak KCD. I'd be disappointed if they changed that into the typical "music matches the mood" type of thing. I want my peaceful medieval music while breaking into some npc's house, stealing their belongings and stealth killing guards in the way.
@@doggolad2341 Agreed :).
Yeah, it sells the idea that brutality was commonplace.@@doggolad2341
Funny thing is, Henry would have no problem understanding that Polish dude at the beginning of the 15th century - Polish and Czech were much more similar to each other than they are now.
Yeah I've heard others say if Henry was speaking Czech in that conversation it would make more sense. I like the English Henry but I might have to play in Czech for that reason!
@@HolyCodzta indeed. It's a crime to play a game set in the Medieval Czech with English voice acting. I can always use subtitles
@@borysd6339 Eh, It's the same as people in the U.S watching the Dub/Sub of Pokemon while people in Japan do the same thing with The Simpsons. It's all up to preference.
@@ManimalMoose Yes, it sure is important that people get to partake according to their own preference. But it's sad that so many peoples' preference is to miss out on the authentic experiences and (at least very small amounts) learning a secondary language when it's so readily available.
Dubbed dialogue can very easily miss the mark. Remakes in different languages often lose the soul, just compare the American movie "The Upside (2017)" to the original French "The Intouchables (2011)".
@@ManimalMoose Well, the thing is KCD is a heavily historical inspired game, almost simulation game, so i think there's a much bigger case for playing it on the original language. In any case it's obviously up to each.
Henry looks so much more mature, but still familiar, especially with the voice. Warhorse did a fantastic job with this!
The voice actor and Henry's likeness are the same person. It's pretty cool
@@NormanTiner Yes. He also plays a side character in this one series from a few years back called The White Queen and it was amazing to see him in it.
He went through a lot in the first game
Omg, the opening in Polish - the hangmans monologue was really jawdropping. Such attention to detail. Great job, WarHorse! I really loved KCD, but after seeing this... I REALY CAN'T WAIT for the premiere of KCD2. Greetings from Poland and from your Polish fans!
Dear WH Studios, thanks for not re-inventing the whole game but keeping it as it was & polish some gameplay elements. Good to see stealth gamelpay is renewed compared to the KCD1.
Hardly wait to continue kurwa Henry's adventure.
Yeah, literally "Polish" some elements hahahah
Just one new gameplay mechanic would have been nice.
Little nitpick. Its Kurva Henry's adventure. 👍
@@Krytern One new gameplay mechanic was shown: Durability. Shields and swords will now break in combat. Two expanded mechanics: When someone surrenders you have more options including the bad reputation option of robbing them and Haggling can have negative consequences. One possibly expanded mechanic: you can choose to be flogged for a crime but that could have been a quest.
@XxDotApRoxX69 Just one then. More options when someone surrenders isn't new mechanics. Being flogged isn't a new mechanic either, that's called a cutscene... cutscenes aren't gameplay mechanics
14:50 I love how you can have multiple sets of armour you can just switch
i don't have to individually take off and replace all of my like 10 pieces of armour every time i want to go stealth anymore?? i'm sold on this game already :]
This was a complaint with KCD from day one. Finally we can have a charisma outfit saved when visiting the city vendors.
it looks like it'll be a mount and blade system where you have your knightly armor and roaming armor. very cool
I just noticed that, a little wheel spins below Henry with different sets of armor looks like. I think it should take time to put on a whole new set of armor though, shouldn't be instant.
Some armours were even more charismatic than the clothes , still you are right simply for RPGs sake ; and speed when walking
@@Dominian1
From bottom of my Polish heart, Thank You Warhose Studio and all Czech people :D
Yep they are now our CDPR we once had.
And we thank you for the Witcher 🇨🇿🤝🇵🇱
Poland is an awesome country with a very interesting history.
No sice to nevypadá tak krásně jako Cp2077 kterou miluju ale jakožto čecha mě nadchlo co dokáže takové malé studio s panem Vávrou včele :-)
@@SkyCapitanCZgame will be more impressive in many other respects.
That shield bash a little after 10:50 is more much needed and Uber slept on enhancements that’ll win kcd2 game of the year
Glad they did Czech dubbing in the sequel. With English sounds funny how Henry try to comunicate with Polish guy 😅
Exactly, it has completely different vibe if you know how similar Czech and Polish are, especially in how they sound. I bet they were even more similar a few hundred years ago. The sentence from a Polish guy "why do you speak to me as if I'm an idiot" (loose translation) is very weird since he keeps talking in his own language, foreign for Henry. But if you know that in a crowded situation you could easily mistake one for the other after hearing only few words of it, then it makes more sense.
@@Qwert0mietek some say that even in the 14th or 15th century the 2 languages were fairly similar, to a point when a Polish king was in Prague he did not need a translator to comprehend the Czechs, basically they were slowly forming into their own respective languages from a dialectal level.
In modern day, how much cam Czechs and poles undersrand each other? As well as ukrainian-russians, spanish-portugese, Scandinavians? Or not at all?
@@daneevans7590 Hmm how to say it, there are similar words that we use but sometimes they have different meaning but i would say we can understand each other easly
@@daneevans7590I can understand Czech text somewhat, but holding up a conversation is very difficult. I found it easier to communicate with Slovaks. I would also add that I am from the south of Poland and have visited both Czechia and Slovakia many times.
Bethesda: you cannot kill any friendly NPC
Warhorse: This is just a demo, but look at the carnage you can create in a peaceful city
Being a murder hobo is my favourite style of playing Kingdom Come
> you cannot kill any friendly NPC
Where'd you get that from? You can't kill "essential" NPCs, but you can kill plenty of friendly NPCs even in Starfield (including all of the people just walking around town). I doubt you'll just be able to murder Hans Capon in KCD2, which would be comparable to an "essential NPC". Sure do miss the days of being able to kill literally every NPC though, a la Morrowind.
@@link99912 It's the internet, people try to change the truth and idiots believe it sadly.
@@link99912he’s speaking to the fact that in Bethesda trailers shenanigans like that are avoided but they openly embrace it in this game
@@link99912 I was just making a generic statement, I know you can kill essential NPCs in Morrowind, but yes it is rarely showcased in a gameplay trailer. I'm talking more about fallout 4 and starfield.
I have to say this is a true gameplay video without lies and stupid ornaments. This is how the game looks and will look. No lies no fake graphics. This is one or the best companies right now out there making games. True honest people that love their jobs and not a bunch of wall street sharks trying to get money. Of course they will get money but trhow the joy of their clients i love it. Dont get corrupted please this is the old gaming we want and we deserve.
I played the game at Gamescom this week and I have to say that it was the best booth there, it was so beautiful and it was also one of the rare booths to offer shirts and a lot of quality merch to everyone!
The devs are so generous, I can't wait to play KCD2 ♥
@@Nakso13 They look like a really good company and i love KCD 1 so im so excited to play the second part
Stop riding so hard. That's the problem with gamers.
Exactly
no hunting, need to know if they added crosshair or not, i didn't finish the first one because my arrows kept dodging the rabbit
As a Polish speaker, I can't stress how accurate and hilarious the writing and performance of Adder was, looking forward to this game even more!
When they said "henry can cause a little mischief in town" i wasnt expecting them to show him mass slaughtering all the towns folk xD
@@reposter6434 That's because vavra dropped the grounded realistic feel the first game had and went for the casual arcadey marvel slop feel this time around.
@@caligero3000No, there is choices that you can make. It's pretty obvious
They know gamers.
Too much realism can ruin some fun game design, so they wanna make the game a pseudo Oblivion style open world.
Instead of magic, being able to use tools as secondary weapons would be nice, like throwing a knife from a pocket/holster mind swing.
@@caligero3000not a all. You were already able to do that in the first game. You probably would be surprised by how colorful the late medieval period was. The bunnies for example are so medieval and a nod to the many bunnies in medieval manuscripts. Game will have more depth in many respects.
@@dra6o0n they clearly don't
Being overly religious, constantly swearing, speaking Polish only and understanding Czech without any translation, talking nonsense about "polish sausage" and most of all being utterly stupid - I wouldn't expect any other way a Czech studio would portray typical Polak... and I am loving it! 🤣As a Pole, this convinces me to buy the game
Poláci are our favourite peoples, along with Slovaks. Dan is very partial to you guys.
Derp de derp this game has my people in it so I'm gonna obsess over it and make gay comments
@manwithballsonarm6775wtf is that pfp 😂
@@manwithballsonarm6775 you may think what you want, but the way devs portrayed Adder shows their understanding in polish culture, but also semi archaic stereotypes about Poland so its a detail worth appreciating.
Bot don't worry; it's not that I expect this level of understanding and perceptivity from someone so underdeveloped who calls everything he doesn't like "gay" in some embarassing attempt to underline his superiority on the Internet 🙂
@@manwithballsonarm6775sad the game isn't about your people, eh? 😂
Banger sound track? Check,
Amazing set design and maps? Check,
Better animation and dialogue? Check,
More interactive environment? Check,
Hilarious random encounters check.
Kurwa: check
Game origin? Czech
30fps Check ❤
@@Harry-pe7dw sounds like a hardware issue your side ngl. Even on the first game which was badly optimised on release i was getting oer 80 frames average on max graphics.
@@reposter6434it's still badly optimized the first game
Never change henry's What? Actually iconic.
15:10 Oh my god the bunny indicator ontop is hilarious
It’s so cute!
Yeah, hope it won’t be switched out! It’s perfect xD
Lovevitttt
It's cute indeed and helpful and all, just don't find the design of it very old Czech accurate..it feels a tad too cartoonish for me
@Lolien medieval manuscripts are, in fact, full of weird armed bunnies. It's the rest of the UI that seems somewhat more cartoonish when compared to KCD1- it's probably more about colors than anything else, as the design seems pretty much the same as in the first game...
KCD2 coming out on my birthday,it will be the best gift, thanks Warhorse
Wishing you a happy birthday with KCD2 in advance!
@@dejanjakobovic9803 thank you
Same here, cheers:]
Happy birthday in advance!
It'll be my birthday a week later, so maybe I'll get it beforehand as a pre-birthday gift for myself 😬
@@Joostvb1989 thanks,and i also want to congratulate you on your upcoming birthday
I’m no game dev, but there are two things you could do to make conversations feel VASTLY more realistic. Have the characters make eye contact, and have NPCs frown slightly. Just slightly. At the moment, their eyes seem too wide like they’re staring into a void. Set the frown animation to like.. 5-10% and I bet they’d look way more human. That way, they won’t look angry, they’ll just look focused.
There's a lot of subtle things that can be done. But a lot of not so subtle things too that absolutely may be in the pipeline for the devs. I hope it is. Things like leaning in when angry or leaning back when scared.
I think they may have automated some of the work by analyzing audio cues, to get sample data until they get to it, or something of the sort.
With the slight increase in visual fidelity they are heading into uncanny valley territory with their cinematics/animation system.
I hope they plan to address it!
But I can tell the overall art direction is better!
you mean like an improved version of Oblivion's radiant AI?
Yeah there’s definitely a little something that could be done with the eyes. Everything else looks good enough to be not distracting
I agree, but I wonder if this is feasible in their game engine. The world and overall fidelity absolutely seem miles better than KCD1 (which was not that bad to begin with). But then again, I am a layman when it comes to developing games, so I don't know.
I don't think it's horrible, and I would get used to it - my hype remains sky high! But improvements here and there, even just minor improvements, would be much appreciated
Yeah, they sort of remind me of Thunderbird puppets.
I didn't know this was revealed, UA-cam just randomly suggested this video . I got goosebumps all over just by reading the title. This game made me not give up on life, helped me a lot to keep myself sane in bad times. Life is much better now and I really can't wait to play this . Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making a sequel ❤
As a polish guy, hearing the lad at the beginning was a blast :D
I don't speak Polish but I think we can all relate to a good old KUUUURRRRWAAAA 😁
I have a tiny suggestion that will improve the immersion:
9:22
12:19
When Henry whistles people react literally instantly while Henry is still whistling and it breaks the immersion. So, to fix that people should react after ~1-2 seconds.
They just need to slow down the reaction time of the NPCs slightly and its perfect
Oh wow you are right. Such a minor detail but actually not so minor
Another thing with the whistle, I hope there’s more than two lines for when someone is searching. Would be really cool to take out all but one guy in a bandit camp, and then while he’s looking for you, he hears a whistle.. “is that you Dave?? Stop messing around come out”
Or other immersion building voice lines like that. Hearing “what was that” a million times during stealth gets old.
I just hope they fix their eyes being closed before they get their finishing blow.
NPCs should learn comedic timing
First sequel in a long time that doesn't look like a crazy redesign that changed everything from the first game that made it good. It looks like all they did was just build upon what was already there, and truly made a sequel instead of entirely different game. Also crazy that it got delayed and it looks this good already, so that has to say something.
It bodes really well, they didn’t overhaul which means all the time has when into refining and hopefully bug fixing too
Im a bit glad they delayed it. You can still see a lot of quirks with how the characters move that is a bit un natural. Theres also some pretty noticeable stuttering. I think if they released it like this it would be in a state similar to the first. Which is to say a bit buggy but story and world good enough to keep you hooked.
What are you talking about.. 99% of sequels are like that - new location and story with mostly same gameplay, with some additional weapons and gameplay options.
That's a good point. I complained about the graphics, but the 1st one was so immersive, the graphics didn't matter. More of the same actually sounds great to me
This is basically the finished product, you wont see any major changes from now until release. Majority is just polishing up on bug fixes/performance maybe even slight UI changes. Im also pretty sure they delayed to possibly get a chance at GOTY as the game doesnt stand a chance to get it this year.
Bought the collector's edition. I can NOT wait for this game!
Having a Pol saying o kurva every 2 sentences just increased sales by a few thousand for sure lol.
It's pretty accurate to. My parents are Polish immigrants. I remember them saying Kurva a lot with their Polish friends.
This is what most companies should do show actual gameplay of their game instead of CGI trailers or flashy gameplay moments. I'm definitely going to buy this.
2 and 4 months ago they did "flashy gameplay moments". all companies did that. lol
@@knmaherijayatp8181thanostrai must’ve forgotten about that trailer because he’s so excited for the game.
That’s not the point, they can make good looking trailers but at least they are cinemáticas running in the actual game engine. Most companies use CGI outside of the game and don’t even bother showing some gameplay before release.
Do you realize the gameplay was scripted and probably not rendered in real time?
@@theonlyD The gameplay was not scripted, you can see that miles away, he was missing the crossbow shot and doing some mistakes. And that is actually the game engine so even if it is not rendered in real time like some cinematics from kcd 1 is still the game engine.
23:10
The gameplay: Heads and limbs being cut open
The music: Flute solo
10/10
These are the same Oblivion vibes that were present in the first game and I love it.
🗣🗣"I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY"
And a Pole hanging by the head next to him 🥰🥰🤣🤣
Has someone already uploaded the OST of that beautiful piece?
@@Renan_PS-zt8lm Yes indeed. i didnt know with what game to compare it,but you are right. it felt like Oblivion !
23:21
HE SAID THE THING!!! HE SAID THE THING!!!
13:10 i really love the lighting how falls on the inventory, so cozy and good looking, well done, It's beautiful
Agreed. That really caught my eye as well.
@@beergnomedc it's really pleasant
yup , Just want to take your time in this inventory , just comparate item and sh!t , can't wait to play
@@geraudbiga3176 fr
This looks amazing. My only criticism is that I preferred KCD1's more painterly looking icons and "reputation faces" than the new 3D ones
Nothing that mods can't fix.
Dan Vávra said that some icons like Henry's 3D figure on map is already changed. Maybe they change others too.
@@FordzyS I for one prefer no icon on the map :)
To me they look like engravings or wax stamps, still fitting for a medieval game in my opinion
I bought KCD and it's DLC three times across XBOX/Playstation/and PC over the years. I was already happy with my purchases, but I'm glad to see my small investment in Warhorse just keeps on giving!
I love how warhorse studios portray nature. It feels like real European forests. Even though Unreal Engine can look good, I've never seen it match this natural world of Kingdom Come.
What the hell is a European forest lol? There are numerous geographically distinct forests in Europe.
I get what you mean. It felt familiar to walk through those woods. I got similar feelings in The Witcher 3.
@@loadishstone he means a forest from earth, incase you are from outside the western spiral arm of the milky way
The game uses cryengine, cryenginr priority always was desse good looking forests.
Even on thr first game they are pretty epic
16:10 "An alchemy lab. Of course. Oy! Pinkman."
Didn't expect a Breaking Bad reference in this kind of game. lol
@@sreckom92 terrible. Just terrible. The first one was so good and look at how they massacred my boy. Filled with marvel quips and random pop culture references and ultra-violence that makes no sense but is just there just because...
@caligero3000 What are you talking about, you do realise that's just narration for the trailer and not actual ingame narration, and ultra violence? did you even play KCD 1 the violence is the same and an optional choice for the player
What an odd judgement on an intial first look. @caligero3000
@@gaelan2k9 it's going to be casualized fucking crap, wait and see. You'll be apologizing to me in a couple of months.
@@thejoshinator5302 you'll also be apologizing in a couple of months
1. Who made a script for this showcase is fucking genius with heart in the right place
2. Game looks absolutely amazing - faces and interiors are huge leap. Not sure about that UI and HUD tho. Icons in the inventory are looking like some Minecraft resource pack, health bar is also too much "cartoony" for me. But that is small detail, I already preordered.
did you get the gold edition? I don't really like to pre-order but I do love kcd1 enough to want to pre-order kcd2 haha.
Most of the UI is probably a placeholder for this early build
I don’t understand how people rationalize pre ordering over waiting like one day for reviews. Setting yourself up for disaster if the game is bad tbh
@@Chadius_ThundercockSupporting this company with preorders so they can deliver better product. First game was already good and got lot of fixes, people still trust this company.
This isnt made by Ea kind of shit.
You can still refund it in steam after release, if it turns out garbage.
This cartoony look is czech "classic" cartoon look like from painter Josef Lada...
From a kickstarter to having this awesome sequel, I'm so happy for this studio.
How crazy is it that less then a week ago I finally decided to give the game a true try. I’ve been scared thinking it would be too hard or complex even though I’ve had it in my library for years. And it’s been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Now I’m hearing all this KCD2 talk and I’m even more excited
Same. Played it a few years ago now, I was also hesitant because of the supposed realism. Now it's one of my favorite games of all time and I can't wait for part 2.
I played the first game this year and instantly fell in love. I was so sad when I finished it, couldn't get enough of it. And then lo and behold, we're getting a sequel. I can't wait, especially after this video.
I was hoping they had fully modern and fluid freecombat. The 1st one it was horrible. This is almost as bad lock on target combat i dont think even mods will save.
@@nicechock Agreed. The first game was an amazing experience, except for the combat, which was awful. There was a 'pull move' that enemies often performed on the player, pulling you towards them from range, making the camera spin, while the enemies can land free hits on you. Hopefully, KCD2 is more polished than that.
Massive thank you for giving me a free copy since i had bought the Baron support Tier(I think) when you guys were crowdfunding the original game! You guys will have my support for as long as you stay this amazing.
23:22 HE SAID THE THING!!!
OMG 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Huh? I don't get it?
@@JefErickson there's a lot of jokes going around about Henry in kcd 1 having his hunger voice line sync up with murdering people which was hilarious and now they have it as an actual battlecry in kcd2
I am SO EXCITED. Please make it so F5 or some other hotkey will quickly disable the HUD or Crosshair so we get full immersion easily!
11:55 Banger medieval music ✅️
The soundtracks seem incredible this time around
Can't wait for the soundtrack to release, that little bit sounds like a medieval rave and I love it haha
Medieval euro techno
The low frame rate and T posed NPC's are worrying so yeah
I can't wait half a year to listen to this track!!! :D
The only thing I ask you guys is to be careful with optimization. We had serious problems in KCD1, even with high end pcs, some areas couldn't keep stable FPS.
KCD1 now even runs on Switch.
@@cube2foxyeah "runs"
@@cube2fox on PS5 it doesnt even run in 30 FPS most of the time, so...
@@zsebokdavidkdc is not optimised for ps5. But even then, yes it does. Hell, it runs at 30 for most of the time on the ps4 pro too
optimization is a funny thing. i had no problems with an i7 2600 and a 1060. yet, buddies with top tier rigs said they struggled.
23:21 THAT'S THE FAN SERVICE I NEED
I just started KCD the other day, im about 15 to 20 hours in and im overwhelmed at that immersion its such a breath of fresh air compared to the state of the gaming industry right now. I cannot believe I slept on this game for so long I absolutely love it ❤ well done WarHorse 👏
Soon. I can almost taste the Saviour Schnapps.
i hope they dont make that a feature again, id rather just have a save when ever i want.
@@Honed-weeaaak 🫵
@@Honed-i mean, is not that hard to have schnapps, when i didn't want to brew more i just buyed some to merchants or Inn maidens.
@@Honed- get better
@@Honed- I agree, but we definitely have some try-hards amongst us.
My favorite gaming moment ever was after getting involved in a melee on the road to Ledetchko during a rainstorm, finally hitting the pub and sitting outside playing farkle and getting drunk whilst watching the flashes of lighting across the river over Rattay. In my headphones I could hear all the hilarious conversations coming from the bathhouse next door. Total 100% immersion. Visit the batthouse for a slap and a tickle, getting dark, back to fleece more peons at farkle by the light of the fire, then off to bed. And KCD2 is going to be even better ? Not sure I can handle all the awesomeness.
So many little moments like that across all of my playthroughs set this game in stone as my favorite of all time. I’ve played oblivion, Skyrim, Witchers 2 and 3, and countless others, and none of them came as close to dropping me in a world that I wanted to stay in more than KCD. Other than when I was achievement hunting, I never fast traveled in that game because it’s so beautiful to just ride along the roads and witness the beauty of the Czech countryside, and the score, my God the soundtrack really goes a long way of immersing you and making you feel like you’re in a dream, even though it’s more based in reality than most other rpg titles. I don’t care if I’m the last fan on earth, I will always be a fan of this beautiful saga. ❤️
Haha the dude talking in Polish was hilarious
But where is the Czech language? Without this language the game loses 1000 coolness points.
@@dziarskilisek I agree
O kurwa.
I heard that some of the shopkeepers spoke german. So 500 points for that 😊@@dziarskilisek
@@dziarskilisek Henry is Czech, and we ARE Henry. Since Czech is familiar to Henry, whenever someone speaks Czech, it also must be familiar to the player (since we ARE Henry), and thus is a language that we the player can understand. I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but essentially, the language Henry is familiar with is dubbed as the language the player is familiar with (that way we can assume the role of Henry without speaking Czech).
This was quite difficult to explain lol. I hope I managed to get what I mean across.
Warhorse Actually shows
How Medieval RPG Games Should Be
Poland mentioned, Polish character literally at the start of video. Based based based
No DEI detected.
@@AQS521 cry about it
"Subject to Final Polish"
So, can we considered this video as Polished? :D
@@aquaer97 i think everybody are rather happy about it
KCD is one of those games that's didn't make me lose faith in the gaming industry
eastern european game dev been fire for a while
5:05
One thing I hope they fix that was also an issue in the first game; NPCs giving you dialogue either way too early or too late. The first guy's telling you to fish his body out when you already have it, and the second guy speaks as if you're running away when you're only taking two steps to put the body down. It's a bit immersion breaking.
Also... the corporal movement and Face animations are quite horrible tbh... they should improve that side of the game, it looks like a 2012 rpg
@@Gorben I mean the game engine they are using is not exactly the state of the art sadly which shows in some aspects of the game
@@happybunnywabbit yeah! The thing is that... it's sad because graphically it seems quite nice but then you look at the faces and some aspects of gameplay and it looks like an old game
If you have not played kcd 1 I can confirm that because the game has too many simulations working in tandem and best immersion possible, the stiff animations will just fade away. To be fair, No one can explain the game and do it justice. You need to experience it to understand. Thank you Warhorse.
@@Gorben kinda because it is. That's about the time they created this engine.
I must say the houses and and the color of houses really, really impressed me how real it looks like i live in Austria in a very small town and we have old houses here that look exactly like the ones in the game wow.
Another delightful mechanic, would be to have Henry wear a rucksack if he's carrying more than like 10lbs of extraneous stuff besides his closing, and have it get larger & larger the more stuff he carries beyond that. So Pack Mule III Henry will actually look like Atlas carrying the Earth on his shoulders when he comes back into town laden with looted armor to sell. Not to slow him down or anything, just to remind you in dialogue scenes that you look ridiculous carrying 100lbs of junk.
That looks their goal maybe with sacks on the hip
Согласен🔥🔥🔥
14:55 - You can now have loadouts! 👍
Also the items in the inventory are now categorized where as in the first it didn't, you could accidentally sell valuable items if you're not paying attention, I'm happy they changed it. ❤Warhorse!
You could do that in the first game by sell based on valuable weight what you were wearing and others
does a traffic cone help with sneaking?
It is quite nice that we can change loadouts on the fly, no more searching around the inventory for the stealthy armor.
@@hokahoka420 Sure, especially when it's orange with bright reflective sticker on it.
3am? I'll be there.
4:00 am to me. I'll be there too
Fortunately 12:30 PM for me.
Will the time for a lunch break.
9 am for me 🤓
Being paid for watching Henry gameplay at work time. What a world to live in
@@KrannkheitHaha 😂 me too... "Ladies and gentlemen, this train has come to a halt due to some... Eh... Thing."
23:00 for me, one of the few things at will keep me awake that long!
Im only at 8:00 but i have to describe this game... and ONLY one word fits; "BRILLIANT" (Im 67 years old, been playing PC Games since the Commodore Era, which is pre-windows 3.1) I truly hope this is a SMASHING SUCCESS and you all reap the rewards at Warhorse Studios for such well done work!
I read this at 8:03
Weird
@@user-vl8iw1666oddly weirder, same
Normal knights - “ For honor and glory!! “
Henry - “ *I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY.* “
Any polish person in the game: KURWA
FOR FEEL AND HUNGRY I QUETLY ROAR!!!
6:27 bro accepted his fate
I loved the second finisher I used to try to do that all the time in sparing in hema practice
“It’s so over”
that animation needs some work imo. instead of that small awkward moment, sword should be straight through the neck quickly I think. that would be much better
@@tugrulserhat it’s probably really hard because of the clothing system
@@ThePsychoAnon
Bohemia has fallen.
Billions must die.
0:04 There'll be Polish people in this one?
Final Polish
Yes
@@jasonhemphill8525 The ultimate Polish person. I see.
Zajebiście
At least they didn’t say solution in there too
a game written by actual people with life experience and no mental problems instead of npc ideologues.
a game developed by people with actual skill.
count me in!
Bad guys : "Henry's come to killed us all, run!!!"
Henry : "I feel quite hungry." **AGGRESSIVE PHONK INTENSIFIES**