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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
With GTA 6 delayed to 2026, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star celebrates: "We're in with a shot" to win Game of the Year 2025
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Amid the aftershock of Rockstar delaying GTA 6 to May 2026, some folks find themselves in the unique position of celebrating the waylaid release date, as it means they may now have a better chance of taking home a Game of the Year award this year. It's been something of a foregone conclusion that, if GTA 6 was to release in 2025, it would be poised to sweep all of the big awards shows this year, perhaps including our own Golden Joysticks. Even in a year already jam-packed with acclaimed releases like Split Fiction, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Monster Hunter Wilds, and more, GTA 6 was all but destined to be a frontrunner. But not anymore! With GTA 6 out of the way, the best games of 2025 can all compete with each other for the top spot on a more even-looking playing field, and one Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star, Hans Capon actor Luke Dale, is feeling optimistic. "WE'RE IN WITH A SHOT! GOTY!," he wrote on Twitter with a KCD2 hashtag, later doubling down with his fingers crossed for "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 GOTY 2025." Although I've yet to see any widespread sentiment spreading across game dev world, I'd be surprised if this wasn't the third or fourth thing a lot of devs thought after hearing the news of GTA 6's delay. Dale is just saying the quiet part out loud. I mean, it's not like it's some great tragedy that a game got delayed, but considering so many people are probably reeling with disappointment right now, it might not be a terribly popular opinion to share on main today, even as other developers and publishers hungrily eye the vacuum created in the second half of 2025. "I don't think anyone benefits in 2025 from this": GTA 6 delay is bad news for the games industry, analyst says, adding to "nightmare scenario territory" following Xbox price hike.
The Guardian
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review – it's a hard-knock life in medieval Bohemia
Life was tough in 16th-century Bohemia, and so it is here, in its virtual counterpart. The first 10 hours of this game were thoroughly miserable. Stepping into the mud-soaked boots of Henry, a humble blacksmith-turned-knight, I am sent to deliver a message across a war-ravaged region. Yet before Henry can fulfil his duty, he falls victim to a deadly ambush, leaving himself and his Lord, Hans Capon, stranded without a penny or sword to their name. As a stranger arriving in tattered rags, bloodsoaked and desperate, no one believes that you are a nobleman, or has the time to listen to your increasingly urgent pleas. Townsfolk comment on your odour and refuse to let you into various establishments. It's a truly humbling gaming experience, creating a soberingly bleak recreation of what it's like to be among medieval society's downtrodden. The main story eventually whisks you away on increasingly impressive exploits, but in the early game, merely surviving the day is an adventure in itself. In this harsh feudal fantasy, you can save your progress only two ways: sleeping in your own bed, or drinking a bottle of saviour schnapps. When you can't afford a night at an inn – and Henry doesn't even have a horse – each new map-spanning journey is risky. Some of those early deaths cost me hours of progress. Once you manage to work – and thieve – your way into a few Groschen, your fortunes begin to change. Keeping up appearances is imperative in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, with your clothes and hygiene influencing your charisma stat, feeding into your wider reputation. Townsfolk notice your wounds and blood-splattered clothes. Innkeepers are less likely to take you for a thieving vagabond if you've bathed. The wealthier you become, the easier life becomes; dressing well even helps to convince guards of your innocence when you're caught red-handed. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is filled with the kind of friction that most modern games actively avoid. I became utterly immersed in this brutally believable simulation – even when it was kicking my arse. This is a role-playing game where even the simple act of making a potion is a struggle, where food can rot and poison you, and not even fast travel is safe. Word to the wise – don't accidentally clamber into the wrong bed. It'll end in a night spent being pelted in the stocks. Like in Bethesda's Skyrim, you learn by doing. Want to get better at running? Sprint while wearing the heaviest armour you can find. Fancy commanding conversations? Devote half an in-game day to reading a book. The original game's first-person duelling makes a welcome return, locking players into a lethal game of bluffing, blocking and reading your opponent's stance. It's a deadly dance that feels like nothing else in games, but if swordplay isn't for you, you can hone your marksmanship, double down on stealth or even opt to make your tongue your sharpest weapon. In conversations, you can roleplay Henry as you see fit, leaning into intimidation, intellect, charm or outright violence. However you play, the writing is consistently compelling, the characters as unyieldingly consistent as the gameplay. Despite the misery baked into it, Kingdom Come 2 has a comedic spirit. From a demented miller who has you collecting sediment from corpses, to settling your differences with soldiers via raucous drinking games, there's humour in even the most inane of interactions. Developer Warhorse Studios is wise to keep players smiling, even while they're cursing the game under their breath. Watching Henry slowly transform from an inept nobody into a fearsome presence feels immensely rewarding, and once you've pulled yourself up by your bootstraps, this country-spanning jaunt sees you infiltrate noble weddings, plan a prison break and even defend a besieged castle. While Kingdom Come 2's world inevitably features the kind of bugs you'd expect from a sprawling RPG, it helps that it is a very handsome game. The grass sways in the wind and villages and towns teem with life. Sign up to Pushing Buttons Keza MacDonald's weekly look at the world of gaming after newsletter promotion If there was ever a game that adopted the 'tough love' approach, it's this. The early hours feel like the playable equivalent of being sent to military school, and demand saintly patience – but it's an investment that pays off. Much like in Red Dead Redemption 2 before it, I happily lose hours wandering around this vast simulation, curious to see what wonder and depravity I might stumble on. It's telling that despite spending more than 115 hours in Bohemia, I have yet to roll credits on the main quest line. If you're uninspired by the prospect of roaming yet another frictionless open world where everything comes easy, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a breath of fresh air – scented with just a hint of dung. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is out now; £49.99
