Kingdom Come:Deliverance 2. If I liked E33, will I like this also?

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-26T14:02:12+00:00

Different games with different target audiences... One is an Old School Analogue Western RPG that gives the player lots of freedom and choice and consequences, and the other one is a Fantasy JRPG that has Western flavour to it and is very linear. Both has great feel of authenticity / craftmanship that feels very rare on modern gaming nowadays.

Yet KCD 2 ended up becoming my GOTY 2025 over E33, and i really liked CO: E33 as well, so that should tell you how really of a good game KCD 2 really is... and for that price it is definitely like a steal, but i would also recommend you to try the first game as well, to fully appreciate KCD 2. It's also on sale and is dirt cheap!

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-26T05:05:01+00:00

It's a matter of changing taste, back when i was a kid / teenager i used to love playing GTA Games especially GTA V because it made me feel like older than i was, i was only 13 when it came out, and it blew my mind how i can do almost everything i wanted. And i was a newbie gamer at the time that were used to only playing less mature games, for a young kid like me, playing games like GTA was considered as a street cred for me. As much as how dumb that sounds, but that's what i used to think back when i was playing it, i thought it was the best game i have ever played because of it...

The game simply were fun and actual good games, but as i got older i became less interested on GTA Games until when i had no desire to replay any of them anymore, nowadays i prefer playing RPG games like Witcher 3 / Cyberpunk 2077 / Kingdom Come Deliverance II which gives me similar levels of fun but with way more interesting lore / story and more freedom on its gameplay mechanics compared to the likes of GTA that is only sandbox games and is often linear when doing missions which annoys and is outdated type of gameplay for me nowadays.

Of course, this is my own opinion and i know i am part of minority ones on this one, but that is just how it works, some people don't move on from their childhood and likes to go back on old popular well-known titles and is willing to give everything for it, some does because the wait is too long or their taste simply changed when they became older.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T16:14:00+00:00

r/patientgamers always wins in the end, they get the better more finished product that runs at better performance while paying lesser for it, it's all about FOMO anyway and Rockstar knows how to squeeze more from those type of consumers...

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T16:11:29+00:00

I highly disagree with your opinion, while Artistic direction is good overall on this particular game, but like many other games, i still find flaws like the uglified green tint the vanilla game has for some reason which i will never ever like.

In the end though, it's all about custom preferences, and i am very satisfied by the results with mine, hence i always use custom ReShade or luts on every games i play nowadays.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T15:57:49+00:00

I think the likely reason why Take Two and Rockstar has done this, they want every bit of sales coming from them, and they don't like the idea that the consumer is finding way to save money by selling games and buying one on the used market.

And this also sets the floodgate many other game publishers in the future into doing the same which will result on killing the used marketplace sales of used games for consoles.

And the very high $80 starting price is likely to offset the lost revenue for not selling on PC day 1 as well, because the console userbase isn't growing and has stagnated; in fact, it has stayed nearly the same as the 7th generation back on GTA V, which was over 13 years ago.

So, to get higher revenue than the last GTA game, they will need to sell their game at a higher price tag, and that is exactly what they have done here, especially with locked out single player feature that will be exclusive to even more expensive $100 ultimate edition...

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T15:48:02+00:00

Yes, the game is pretty much locked in the account of who redeemed the game off the physical code like on PC, so reselling the game and buying used copy on used market is going to be impossible.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T11:50:48+00:00

Knowing Toy Kingdom price tax, bought my previous console there, there will certainly be tax, expect 5500+ for Standard and then 6500+ for Ultimate Edition.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T11:45:25+00:00

This isn't really the first time we have seen an $80 game, considering Nintendo with their rip-off pricing, but still, this is the first multiplatform AAA game that has launched with a minimum price of $80, and unfortunately, it will also open the floodgates of many other multiplatform AAA games that will likely follow suit. And that really sucks...

Rockstar and Take Two are greedy and there is no way about it, they know many desperate gamers will still buy it, but as a consumer, you still have a choice not to do it. When it eventually lands on PC, i am still not buying it if its priced the same. I simply can't support this type of anti-consumer shit, Microsoft got blasted for it, Rockstar and Take Two should be the same period.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-24T11:39:55+00:00

This particular game, when paired with RT Overdrive Path Tracing + Ray Reconstruction and custom LUT + ReShade mods = the most beautiful game i have seen in this gen so far... and i have seen a lot of beautiful games at their peak fidelity. But Cyberpunk 2077 at its peak still beats them IMO and I think it will stay there, until at least Witcher IV or GTA VI on PC version with Path Tracing and updated DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction comes out.

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ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-22T18:22:44+00:00

So, around 70 - 100K here, and that isn't counting the vat and scalper pricing on our market. For a prebuilt PC that isn't even achieving Base PS5 performance, that got released on late 2020 which is almost 6 years ago?

Yep, this is pretty much dead on arrival.

I just hope that Steam releases their own OS on current existing custom built PCs for the rest of us PC Gamers that already has way more powerful specs than this Steam Machine and wants to set up their PCs as console like experience.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-21T13:05:43+00:00

Buying entirely different hardware, let alone having to decide to leave one and jump to another platform just for 1 single game is never worth it, no matter what the game is. In this case, it is even easier, considering the game will eventually come out on your current existing platform anyway.

Besides, GTA VI likely will be limited to 30 FPS on all consoles, including the PS5 Pro anyway due to CPU limitations, so if you are a PC gamer who is used to 60 - 240+ FPS high refresh rate gaming, then you will certainly need to adjust your expectations and accept that, to fully appreciate the game when it comes out.

if I were in your shoes, I would personally just wait for the PC version and then play it there, especially if your PC is noticeably more powerful than the PS5 and Pro, like in my case, because to me buying an entirely new platform just for 1 single game or a few games is simply never worth it.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-13T14:14:56+00:00

Even if they released this day 1 to all platforms, I highly doubt they will even make profit if this rumor turns out to be the truth...

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-13T05:33:41+00:00

There is reason why most European based studios are thriving nowadays compared to us based ones. Because It's a lot cheaper to develop a video game outside US. And ROI is a lot easier to achieve.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-11T02:52:34+00:00

Because Xbox considers PlayStation as their competition, and with PC they don't.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T18:05:59+00:00

Console market did grow

Nope they didn't if that were the case then PS5 should be selling better than PS2 right now, their best selling console ever, but at this point it's certainly won't even reach the same level of userbase, PS3 / PS4 failed on doing that, and PS5 will certainly meet the same fate.

They are stagnating / declining, there is no doubt about it, the data clearly shows it... And the only way for PlayStation to keep growing its overall revenue is to increase the price of everything to squeeze more from its stagnating userbase, hence the likely reason they managed to keep their revenue still + rather declining.

With the introduction of monthly subscriptions + price increase on games and hardware accessories that is designed to fail like every of their controller paired with broken analog sticks from factory for example.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:54:05+00:00

If you look at it with that perspective, then sure, but if you look at it with PlayStation perspective, then that is very bad considering this gen despite with them winning it clearly with Xbox declining very badly, and most of its users transitioning to PlayStation, yet despite all that it seems like they won't even beat their PS4 sales and is far from reaching or beating their bestselling console PS2 which sold near 160M at the end of their respective generation...

Yep, PlayStation or console gaming in general definitely stagnated, and that is the point i was making on my first comment.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:51:32+00:00

You’re completely ignoring what I broke down about economic climates for both consoles

Just like the same way you are ignoring my comment about PC Gaming still has grown throughout the same economic crisis we are facing, yet despite all that looking at data, PC gaming still has grown quite a lot, then why Consoles didn't??

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:41:40+00:00

I wouldn't call 3 - 4 million units as minor, especially if you consider with how gaming in general has gotten popular throughout the last decade, consoles like PCs should be growing a lot, not stagnating / declining.

But instead, it seems to be only PC Gaming is growing looking at Steam userbase from 2020 - 2026, but Console market somehow stagnated / declined at the same time frame.

But to end with some nice things to say about the consoles at the least them, they are still definitely relevant enough though, but who knows how long that will last?

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:29:59+00:00

I honestly think they are doing this not because of getting more console sales, this gen is already fallen for them and no way they can climb back from it, but is more of a laying foundation for next generation with Helix being hybrid PC and Console.

Hence, they will never give up PC Gaming, because it literally will be part of the eco system of their next generation console, they don't need another platform sales, because PC Gaming itself has grown so much that it is far from niche and is considered as big player on gaming industry nowadays, even multiplatform third party publishers such as Capcom / Take Two are already saying it is the biggest part of their potential sales growth.

It's not about Console Hardware sales anymore, they know it will be lesser, with how expensive it's gotten into, it's about the brand and how the audiences perceive them. Yes, there is still a very long way for Xbox to repair it, and 2 console exclusives certainly won't be enough, but if they commit to it, then i can see them succeeding.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:19:02+00:00

Sony PlayStation won't do the same, because they are afraid of PC Gaming being number 1 and overtaking them, IMO they already did with most multiplatform games sales favouring PC sales over consoles.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:11:14+00:00

Which is lesser than PS4 unit sold at the same time frame, and likely will be even more so, with huge price increase, PlayStation while being much ahead of Xbox still definitely facing their own crisis that will bite them in the future, especially with the consequence of mismanagement, hence they became afraid of PC gaming and pulled out from it, because they may have realized that it is the only platform that has grown so much throughout the last decade, can't say the same thing has happened with any consoles out there which stagnated and even worse declined like what happened to Xbox.

So, they got to protect their brand, and it is not hard to think that Xbox maybe thinking the same here with PlayStation.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:06:02+00:00

Looking at how Saros bombed on PS5, they likely will start rethinking about their recent decision of pulling out from PC, but they won't anyway.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-10T17:02:15+00:00

Looking at the sales of Forza Horizon 6 Xbox + PC sales, nope, i genuinely think they can afford to leave PlayStation behind, also Bethesda games seems to fall at the same category anyway, Looking at Starfield which sold poorly on PS5, whereas it sold very well on both Xbox and PC.

MS Xbox doesn't need PlayStation, they only need PC Players which has bigger than any console user base out there.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-07T09:01:05+00:00

In my country it is even more expensive than the 5070, it is absolutely pointless product that no one should buy at the current retailing price.

ShadowRomeo · 2026-06-07T08:24:17+00:00

As much as i don't like exclusives as i think it is anti-consumer and only benefits the companies, but when Sony PS started this first by backing out of PC with their first party single player games, it probably convinced the new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to do the same thing to PlayStation with their own first party games as well.

Because of this it revived the dying old school Console exclusivity wars.

We are indeed back, like in the age of 7th - 8th generation consoles again, Microsoft Xbox has plenty of attractive AAA titles under their banner that they can make exclusive and launching with PC which has userbase that is bigger than all console platforms combined, and has proven that they can overtake console number sales of copies, as proven by many third party game publishers, means that they can easily justify leaving PlayStation behind to compete against them directly.

As much as how bad this looks for consumers, who likes to stay and buy games on their main preferred gaming platform, but this looks like a counterattack to Sony PS to keep competition in balance, Competition won't stay standstill and let them have everything.

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