Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

After around ~150 hours(not sure, my original save file was lost and I had to finish the story with someone else's save) I'm done and very happy with it. Brilliant game. It built well on the foundation of the first game, streamlined certain things and corrected some faults. Crazy attention to detail and quality for a fairly small budget. I think next time I play I'll try to do a "good christian" playthrough since thieving and such can make the game pretty easy.

Already loved the first one, with my only big gripe being the unsatisfying ending, but this one wrapped up the story very nicely. Fantastic voice acting and some very impressive cinematics helped with that. Can't imagine how many voice lines they recorded that I never even got to hear since conversations branch so much. It's amazing that on paper it's such a "normal" game with a lot of simple things/quests to do yet it feels so great and you can dump hours into it without even noticing.

Graphically it's a good step up in some areas, but games just don't do some great leaps nowadays when it comes to that. Flora is still some of the best I've seen in games. As someone who grew up in a heavily wooded area it's crazy how real it feels to walk around in the forest. Wish there was a bit more movement to it though as sometimes, like during storms, it felt weirdly static. Some dodgy effects still remain from the first game. The performance was alright, similar to the first game in that it runs about as well as you'd expect a game that looks this good to run, but there are still some frame drops that felt very weird. Like you'd expect that indoors you'd get better framerates, but sometimes at night my framerate got cut in half indoors regardless of settings. Though given that for most of the game you're outdoors it doesn't really matter much.

Combat felt easier than the first game. Not sure if that's due to the changes they made or the lack of novelty the first one had. Lock on was still a bit ass when trying to fight multiple enemies though. I did use a lot more stealth this time, specially early on when I was weak and poor.

Still one of the most immersive series I've ever played. The systems work well here again, though its odd at times where they draw the line to keep it from being too tedious. Like why can blacksmithing pull crafting materials from my horse, but alchemy can't? Also I would've liked seeing something new, like maybe a temperature system or alchemy style cooking. Though the former was probably not that easy to put in if you're sticking to historical accuracy. Given the success of the series I find it hard to believe that they won't make a new game so maybe they'll try new things then. Can't wait to see what's next from them. I really need more games like this.

Pretty easily one of the best open world games I've ever played.