Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Warhorse Studios and published by Deep Silver. The sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018), the game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S by the end of 2024.

The game is, according to its publisher's description, an "authentic rendition of 15th-century Bohemia." According to Warhorse Studios, KCD II will finish the story from the previous game.

Gameplay
Like its predecessor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is an open-world action role-playing game in which the protagonist is controlled from a first-person perspective. Once again, tasks and missions can be handled in different ways. Depending on this, the reaction of the NPCs and the world to the type of playing is different.

In contrast to the first part, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II features crossbows and early forms of firearms. The former can also be fired while riding.

Synopsis
As in the predecessor, the protagonist is the blacksmith Henry from Skalitz, who lives in Central Bohemia during the Middle Ages, in the early 15th century.

According to the game description, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, takes place in the "turmoil of a civil war" and Henry will fight against Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and his allies.

Setting
The game world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is twice as large as that of the first part. However, it is not one large, connected world, but rather two larger, freely exploreable areas. One area is the Bohemian Paradise, a cultural landscape with lots of nature, while the other is the city of Kutná Hora (called Kuttenberg in the game) and its surroundings. In the late Middle Ages, Kutná Hora was the second largest city in Bohemia after Prague and one of the richest economic centers in the country due to silver mining and coinage.

According to Warhorse Studios, the game will be interspersed with a total of five hours of cutscenes and will also be accessible to those who have not played the first part.

Development and release
Development on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II began in July 2019, following the release of its predecessor and its downloadable content. While Warhorse Studios had 131 employees in 2019, it had grown to around 250 people by spring 2024 at the latest. According to its own information, Warhorse Studios wants to create Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, the game that Kingdom Come: Deliverance was supposed to be, but Warhorse Studios couldn't due to a lack of resources and experience. The game uses a heavily customized version of the CryEngine, with music composed by Czech composers Jan Valta and Adam Sporka. The protagonist, Henry, is again portrayed by the British actor Tom McKay. In addition, the expertise of various historians, universities and museums was once again drawn on to represent, according to Warhorse Studios, a “realistic, immersive and believable medieval world”. Unlike the development of the first part, the motion capture is supplemented by facial capture. Stunt riders also took part in the development of the game.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was announced and revealed in April 2024. The game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S by the end of 2024.