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I have been playing this game non-stop, if you enjoyed the first one this one is much better imo.

I havne't played the first one at all. But I'm interested in the second. Heard great things but I'm lazy.

Originally posted by BackFire
I havne't played the first one at all. But I'm interested in the second. Heard great things but I'm lazy. I put over 300 hours into the first one, it was a great game imo but extremely rough, the lock picking was frustrating, the ways to save the game were annoying (hasn't been changed in 2 but the stuff to save costs less.)

Honestly the improvements to literally every single aspect of KCD are apparent only 2 hours in, it's not gonna hit you with a crazy slow burn like in the original where you can't fight properly for 7-10 hours. The story, dialogue, quests, optimization, combat, overall role-playing, world, moment-to-moment gameplay, etc. Everything is extremely improved and good.

The game is a true RPG, every single thing you do matters, every single choice matters, there's skill dialogue checks everywhere that can change based on: when you've last been in combat, if you've committed a crime recently, if you're dirty or have blood all over you, if you've eaten, your attire in general, your actual skill levels. All skill exp has to be attained through actions or usage of that skill. If you wanna get good at drinking, or horseback riding, you have to do actually take the time to do those.

Survival elements can annoy people especially if you don't have a bed, and the negative effects can get REALLY annoying.

It's insane tho, you can play this game 40 different times and experience it in 40 different ways. You can be a bad-ass knight who defends the weak, a serial killer, a village drunk, a scholar, a farmer, a healer, a thief, a blacksmith, a pacifist, or all these at once.

Also dw about playing the first game, I enjoyed it but it's not fully needed here as there's a recap at the beginning and a lot of the important stuff is rehashed.

Sorry to overwhelm you with all this at once but just letting you know what you're getting into.