Gamespot iconGamespotSep 19, 2026 ~1 min source read

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is At A Royally Great Discount, So What Art Thou Waiting For?

I hadn't played the first game (I know, I know, put down the pitchforks!), and, as someone who prefers fantasy over medieval settings, it wasn't my usual cup of tea. You play as Henry of Skalitz, a man-at-arms who suffers major injuries during a trip to Trosky Castle thanks to a bunch of no-good bandits.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is At A Royally Great Discount, So What Art Thou Waiting For?
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I hadn't played the first game (I know, I know, put down the pitchforks!), and, as someone who prefers fantasy over medieval settings, it wasn't my usual cup of tea.

You play as Henry of Skalitz, a man-at-arms who suffers major injuries during a trip to Trosky Castle thanks to a bunch of no-good bandits.

That puts you, playing as Henry, back to square one, needing to work your way back up in the world.

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I hadn't played the first game (I know, I know, put down the pitchforks!), and, as someone who prefers fantasy over medieval settings, it wasn't my usual cup of tea. You play as Henry of Skalitz, a man-at-arms who suffers major injuries during a trip to Trosky Castle thanks to a bunch of no-good bandits. That puts you, playing as Henry, back to square one, needing to work your way back up in the world.

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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j9m5hPaWsI 15th-century Bohemia is, unsurprisingly, not the safest place.
  • To be honest, it's a pretty clever way to reset your stats to zero after the first game (which I played afterward, thankfully).
  • A civil war is brewing, and in a world where we don't have buses and trains to take us where we need to go, travel is lengthy.
  • You can't just pull out a sword and, like an anime protagonist, defeat every enemy you come across.

What to take from it

Henry, especially at the start, is weak, vulnerable, and on a path to revenge. In our <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review-whats-old-is-new-...

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Deliverance 2, I wasn't too sure what to expect. Now, you can grab it at its lowest price ever.

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