The open, medieval world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was constructed with even higher authenticity in thoughts than its historically-grounded predecessor was able to. Whether or not you performed the primary one or not, there are many doubtlessly missed particulars you will need to take note of. Generally as a result of it would enable you to succeed in your journey, and different instances as a result of it is only a neat contact of realism. As a part of this month’s IGN First, we’ll be having a look at eight little stuff you will not need to miss in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
1. Discover An Previous Buddy(*8*)
Henry, the hero of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance saga, will get the possibility to reunite with plenty of outdated associates from the primary recreation if you understand the place to search out them. And one among them is a four-legged companion who’s been given a little bit of a particular buff for the sequel.
Your very first horse, Pebbles, has someway managed to outlive the turmoil of struggle brewing in Bohemia. And what’s extra, he is even realized some new tips. In KCD1, his stats have been… lower than spectacular, given you bought him fairly early on. However in KCD2, he has a secret perk that may enable him to develop together with Henry. The extra you trip him, the higher his stats will get, so you do not have to say goodbye without end in favor of a extra spectacular steed.
2. Verify the Freshness Date(*8*)
Whereas in a recreation like Skyrim you could possibly pack your coat pockets with recent fruit and set off into the wilderness for days with out fear, KCD2 is a little more unforgiving in the way it simulates perishable meals. But it surely additionally offers you with historically-accurate methods to unravel this downside.
The longer one thing like bread or a cabbage has been in your stock, the extra it should degrade. And a few meals preserve longer than others. If you’d like issues to maintain longer, effectively, you are not precisely going to have the ability to haul an ice chest round in your again. However you are able to do what individuals within the precise center ages did. Services can be found round many settlements for smoking and drying meals, extending their shelf lives. This course of additionally reduces their weight, so you may carry extra meals – or make room for an additional dagger.
(*2*)Smoking and drying meals extends their shelf lives.
This even works with the herbs you will use for alchemy. Freshly-picked herbs will at all times make the strongest potions, however dried ones preserve for a very long time and can do in a pinch.
3. Liquid Braveness(*8*)
People in medieval Bohemia cherished their drink. In any case, we did not know a lot about water security on the time, so alcohol tended to be safer. And there weren’t any open-world RPGs round both, so choices for leisure have been extra restricted. In KCD2, booze could be each a blessing and a curse.
“Mainly any alcohol provides you with some positives if you find yourself solely barely drunk and there is a number of perks that may even enhance this,” lead designer Prokop Jirsa defined. “However be very cautious as a result of should you overdo this and should you get actually drunk, it’s going to offer you a number of unfavourable stats.”
There’s additionally a threat of habit should you imbibe too usually in KCD2, with rising levels of severity. And, after all, you may drink a lot you move out. In most video games, this would not be an excessive amount of of a difficulty. However in KCD2, NPCs who do not such as you may take that chance to steal the garments proper off of your again.
“A state of affairs can occur once you simply fall unconscious since you’re drunk and once you get up you see any individual carrying your sneakers or your hat,” Jirsa mentioned. “So yeah, watch out about it.”
4. Do Your Homework(*8*)
One in every of Henry’s largest character moments within the first KCD was studying methods to learn, which was so uncommon it was virtually a superpower within the Center Ages. And he can proceed his erudite journey in KCD 2. However the Studying talent has been changed with Scholarship, which isn’t a lot about studying what the letters imply, however what they… effectively, imply, on a deeper stage.
(*2*)Gaining ranks in Scholarship will unlock issues like new dialogue choices and even the flexibility to achieve extra expertise in different abilities.