I really enjoyed the first one. Of course /pol/ seems to tear it a new asshole, but the critics rated it high. Did you enjoy it? Does it live up to its predecessor?
I don't play FP melee slop, never even tried the first one.
>>3889779Serious answer:Pure mechanics and total content wises, it is mostly an improvement.Some things have been simplified/streamlined or changed(attack options , masterstrike just for swords, easier to use bows but they hurt less. the game tells you how you fuck up in alchemy etc) but if you enjoyed KCD1, you will enjoy this.It's still a matter of action +actual number stats of you and your equipment for combat, so you need to watch for both or cheese it with poisons or simply running.Writing and tone for side content is roughly the same. Biggest change are:a) Main quest is more cinematic/movie like, with references and setups that Vavra wanted to include even if it feels to railroady or ignoring player input. Sometimes it works , usually it does notb) Feels less like a personal struggle/journey of Henry. Some might say it was inevitable by raising the stakes/scope, but if Henry worked more as the guy behind the scenes instead of assembling the qyuky squad, it would feel better. Some of the NPCs that the game forces you to associate with constantly and how Henry reacts by default will stand outc)The feel or wondering the Rattay and its surroundings and the utter helplesness as you try to survive and progress which made KCD1 stand out is not theer anymore, even with the early Trotsky area. D)Tthe game is too easy to break/outpace scaling wise, just by trying to do most of the content. You either have to place restrictions or take the hardcore mode modifier to keep a semblance of pacing.challenge. Which kinda sucks.It's still a better open world experience in the last dozen years compared to anything that is not Archolos, but even if it is technically a better game, I am not as fond of it as I was with KCD1
>>3889779its been consolized, the devs sold out.if you're looking for a hardcore peasant simulator this isnt it
>>3889779your poster. why is there a woman on the battlefield? and holding a CROSSBOW no less?Is she carrying it for Henry?
>>3889835Possibly.She never does it in-game, another woman takes a potshot twice from her window.
>>3889835>>on the battlefield>battlefield?
>>3889779>look everybody! Henry has come to rape us!
>>3889843they are in a field, and having a battle.ESL moment?
>>3889845It's a promotional poster. Or is Henry 20 feet high in the second game?
>>3889852he has the high ground
>>3889884IS
>>3889842>She never does it in-gameShe exists in game
>>3890175Are you jeets/bots not capable of parsing the whole post?
>>3890175Saar...
>>3889791cool, wanna fuck?
>>3890178It's a woke game, far beyond any artwork.
>>3890197>immediately moves on to the next post in his scriptHow many rupiah do you get by the hour, Rajesh?
>>3890197Who disputed that?How the fuck does your script function?
It's a step up in every department from the first game, still an 8/10 I'd say. Nothing that groundbreaking about it and most people I've discussed it with admitted burnout.
>>3890194It's not cool. It is what it is.FP melee is the worst form of melee combat in a video game, people like it purely because of immurshun, aka feefees, and third person is objectively superior and more realistic.
as a 4chan user Im obviously depressed from the environment Im in where I cant discuss video games on /v/ - video games without polshit spamthen when I look even at a review of kcd2 I have to think about the polshit spam and be sad and not want to think about the game
>>3890240It's cool. So anyway, wanna fuck? I love narcissistic pussy.
>>3890240>people like things that feel better to themWhat are you going to do with this profound revelation?
>>3890258You seem really upset that a style of game you like is being denigrated. I'm sorry you feel that way, but I don't want to engage in passive aggressive ERP. Thanks.>>3890267Continue enjoying engaging with game mechanics critically.
>>3890277Think about it for a little longer, you'll get it eventually.
>>3890277How about you take your meds and we just cuddle then? You can tell me all about your day.
>>3890277>continue enjoying engaging with game mechanics critically>unable to understand why people enjoy the things they enioyWell, good luck.
>>3890281>>3890282So I take it you don't want to talk about FP melee combat?
>>3890283>dude, that's just like your opinion, man>i r smartererNo luck needed.
>>3890284Honey, that was never on the table. Now take your damn clothes off.
>>3890286I accept your concession.
>>3889793Not OP, but thanks for your spoiler-free insight. KCD1 is one of my all-time favorite games, but my main rig broke and I've been putting off getting KCD2 until I can get it fixed.Did they fix how demanding the engine was on the hardware?
>>3890198>>3890217samefag, your comment doesn't even make sense
>>3890175Crossbows were made for women.
>>3890421lol
>>3889791Cool, wanna make out?
I loved kcd1 but am hard no on kcd2. Vavras Jewish blood just couldn’t help itself. As soon as I saw the game had you defend a synagogue from le antisemite Christians, it was over.
>>3890281>faggot calls out faggot
it's wokeslopthe disingenuous, pseudo-objective fags of /vrpg/ will pretend it isn't because it's "roleplaying" but the parameters of what you are and aren't allowed to roleplay have been deliberately set in a specific way
>>3890451>the parameters of what you are and aren't allowed to roleplay have been deliberately set in a specific wayMany such cases
>>3890175It's not even the same woman, blind retard. This is Rose, she doesn't fire in this scene. She does shoot some hobo out of the window much later, then hides in her room scared.The woman on the cover is Katherine. She kills several people, but does it from behind, using sex appeal as a weapon. At no point in the game she's on a battlefield, and neither does she wear a cloak that covers her boobs. The game is still woke garbage, just not because of women. See the pic, Musa literally was kangz.
>>3890446lol, vavra was always a liar, he used gamergate to market the first buggy ass shit game and present a "man's man, proud anti-commie white" front. you're a tard.
>>3890551Are you done samefagging yet?
>>3890569My first post in the thread. Are you done being a blind retard, or do you need your retardation pointed out by a fifth anon?
>>3890579Sure it is, samefag.
>>3890604It is, retarded filth. Kill yourself.
>>3890409>>3890569>starts seething about samefagging out of nowhereThat's called "not having an argument".
>>3889779be VERY careful with your dialog choices. a few wrong selections and henry is sucking the dicks of the entire village and becomes a total buttslut
>>3889779>Of course /pol/ seems to tear it a new asshole,Is this about the black dude, gay romance and such? Idk why people lose their minds over the game having an OPTION to be a fag. It's not like you're forced to buttram a dude. I dont see nobody compaining about Fallout having the option to make same sex marriage. Maybe because it's not as graphic as in KCD, which has actual cutscene (pretty well made honestly).>Did you enjoy it? Well, yeah. It's an improvement over the OG in almost any way possible, everything that was there in the first game that made me enjoy it less (ie. frustrating shit like manually switching outfits) was remade better (ie. you still manually choose your wear, but you have 3 presets that you can change anytime outside of battle). On the other hand, this very same remaking of the game mechanics made it in my opinion more casual. The combat system has 4 attack zones instead of 6, but now you have polearms, crossbows and this fucking blackpowder shit that cannot hit a damn thing.There are way more perks, and it shows that devs played their own fucking game OR listened to feedback because useless shit is gone now. Everything is done with this proinciple in mind: more of the same, the same made better. Which seems like a good idea to make a sequel.>Does it live up to its predecessor?I'd say it surpasses it. PS: I've seen the seeting bots and shitposters and it's just sad. This game deserves better.
>>3891979How is combat compared to the first?
>>3890408NTA but it's a significantly better optimised game than 1. Doesn't have the huge amount of bugs 1 still has also. Hell on launch it was less broken than KCD1.
100% worth it, ugly women and gay men were the backbone of medieval Europe, so realistic
>>3890421This is true, this is why England won so many great victories during the Hundred Years war. They used the Longbow which is a man's weapon as opposed to effeminate crossbows.
>>3892056Slightly better, as in there are more ways to achieve a kill and there are less obviously most correct choices (ie. Long sword master strike in OG).We have:>swordsFinesse and elegant, they have the most combos (like 9 compared to 5-7 of other weapon types) and are ONLY weapon to use master strike making them BEST at duels.>heavy weaponsCover both maces, axes and hammers. Best at dealing with armoured enemies whom are hard to kill using other weapon types, they have tremendous damage which simply cannot be stoped even by a plate.>PolearmsMy personal favourite early game. They excel at fighting groups of enemies, whom are kept at bay due to long range. >unarmedMostly just for fist fighting or if you want to clap a mofo in a city (there’s significantly less punishment for beating someone up than shanking them). If properly levels up and you got some neat combos, special strikes and perks, you can reliably go toe to toe with even plate armoured enemies with swords and shields, which is fucking hilarious.>rangedYou’ve got bows, crossbows and primitive black powder pipes. In that order they have generally longer reload time and damage per hit. To spice it up, there are short bows, reflexive bows, longbows, light crossbows, field crossbows and siege crossbows. Gunpowder pipes are one shot kill mostly (but not always) and have only two tiers which I don’t know the name of in English
>>3892184Hell, KCd2 at launch was more stable than it was for months 2-6
>>3889779It's not the worst game on the planet, but the writing is pretty terrible in a lot of ways. I get that people pick on Musa because it's low hanging fruit that a random black guy is integral to the game's plot, beating the greatest swordsman in the game in single combat the first time he picks up a sword, saving the protagonist life.It's all very silly, and the game very heavily tries to inverse everything that happened in the previous game by multiple dream sequences, and forced "I don't want to kill a Cardinal" "NO THE SCRIPT SAYS YOU'RE A VERY BAD BOY HENRY YOU'RE GOING TO KILL A CARDINAL, AND LAUGH ABOUT IT THEN NEVER BRING IT UP AGAIN!" writing. The critics rated it high because they me the DEI quotas. They only marginally improved the combat, and added some new weapons/armor, and UI improvements. Having a new minigame is all well, and good, and it still has the bones of the previous game which does duels really well, but it also has all of it's problems. It's a solid 7/10 holding an esteemed position besides Mario party 9843 as yet another forgettable cash grab sequal.
>>3892550Sounds good.>you can reliably go toe to toe with even plate armoured enemies with swords and shields, which is fucking hilarious.In KCD1 I maxed out all fighting skills including unarmed. At some point in the game I got caught naked by an armed guy in full armor. Managed to knock him out with that grapple+knee in the face while taking no damage.
>>3892569If you have additional questions, ask away, I have some time to burn today anayway.>Managed to knock him out with that grapple+knee in the face while taking no damage.Yeah, in KCD 2 there's a perk unlocked combo that lets you grapple a dude, possibly making a takedown if your strenght is high enough. It's non lethal as all fistfighting is.Also while on the topic of combat, do note that combos are taught now, not learned by perks.As for ranged combat you have...>bowsShort bows, like the name suggests, are short, hence dont pack as much punch as a longbow. Middle ground are reflexive bows which fire the fastest, still having more power than short bows. All bows can be used on a horse.>crossbowsSimilar to bows, there are light, field (medium) and siege (heavy) crossbows. All crossbows hit harder than respective bows, but always reload longer. It's pretty common to be able to use just a single bolt per fight with a field crossbow, and I would not even count on landing two bolts with a siege crossbow, unless you're a masterfull stealth bro.>BlackpowderTwo types, and both seem to function just alike, you load your gun for ungodly amount of time, then begin firing. When you fire it always takes a second + random amount of time up to like half a second to shoot. Then BANG, you deal a tremendous amounts of damage, not insta kill though, I had a knight survive such blasts point blank with 10-20% of their HP. Even so, the enemy drops dead 90% times, and even if they survive they are crippled.I didnt find any interesting difference between two types of metal pipes used to shoot, but they have different pricing, and are named differently. The difference is probably damage.>AmmunitionMuch like all weapon types have tiers (1-3) to their quality, ammo does too. For some reason ammo tiers arent displayed by bronze/siver/gold token, but better arrow will be another item type called improved arrow or something.I've also found slugs and buckshot for guns.
>>3891979>This game deserves betterNot really. Vavra is a lying bitch and his stuff deserves to be shit on for that.
>>3889779I think the first game was a good foundation, with some issues.Unfortunately they didn't further improve what was good and instead doubled down on what was bad and I'm not even talking about the woke pandering.It's just another lame movie game, when it could have been a cool medieval immersive sim.
>>3891979>Idk why people lose their minds over the game having an OPTION to be a fag. It's not like you're forced to buttram a dude.Pretty disingenuous take. It has no place in a game like this and the studio literally ruled it out when they were asked during development of the first game.It's just modern sociopolitical pandering.I would actually say that gayfag stuff has no place in any game, unless it's specifically a gayfag game.
>>3892852Yeah, I had more fun doing every sidequest and forging than Vavra reenacting the movies he likes on the main quest
>>3892812Niga, this bohemian dude met DEI standards with a single non mandatory gay romance that requires you to do a few sidequests, and ultimately choose marked ROMANCE dialogue options throughout the game, and a singular black doctor, who was documented to be in the region around the events of the game taking place. This isnt even 0,5% of game content.>>3892856>It's just modern sociopolitical pandering.Hmm, cant deny that. Not trying to be apologetic, but harsh reality is you gotta have to be some sort of certified for THE MESSAGE standards if you want to hit the big market.
>>3893125Adding bi options for two characters who were not attracted to men or alluded to in the previous game is jarring, no matter how much 'in the closet' you try to justify it with.And the black guy is actually an amalgam of two black people. And the one african presence in Bohemia tending a random war camp is also fucking jarring
>Bursts into tavern>IMMIDIATELY runs towards the storage>doesnt even care, just straight up pick lock while everyone is watching>instantly move to the chest, steal all without even reading the description>as guardsmen close in, open inventory and chug two dozen wine, schnapps, beer and whatever contains any alcohol>surrender immidiately as guards run in>choose state penalty>get searched lose all random shit he just stolen>long prison sentence clears the alcohol craving>Never branded because nobody ever gets hurtThat's how you level up drinking
>>3893125>met DEI standardsHe didn’t need to do that for the first game, but Vavra got scared of some leftoid journos and decided to bend the knee and bring in DEI consultants which he then proceeded to lie about doing. So yeah, dude is a lying bitch, fuck him.
>>3889779i bought the first one on sale for a dollar. it didn't appeal to me originally, the idea of a realistic rpg sounded boring. i played the shit out of it. and i played the shit out of the second one. its a good game imo, got robbed at whatever game awards. a few cringe elements in the second one, but not too bad. way better combat than the first. top game imo
So why is cryengine so shit at display clouds?Is it just that it hasnt gotten meaningful updates since the launch of ps4
>>3889779Bought it, the first game is better.2nd game does nothing new or interesting, its just the same game but with more story and with better graphics.Pretty lame sequel desu, its alright if you like the first game.
>>3893530I’ve been playing games since they used text and ASCII characters and lived through the evolution, stagnation, and regression of graphics. Those clouds look great. First world problems.
>>3893582Pretty clouds are actually important. Witcher 3 had an update that specifically added new gorgeous weather conditions 7 years post launch.In kcd2 you dont want to ever look at the sky because it does it worse than ps3 games.
