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When Warhorse started work on the first game, it was an 11-person studio, making it an impressive—if buggy—feat. “Now it’s 250 people working very hard for years,” says Vávra. “What we are making now is what it was supposed to be in the beginning, but we were not able to do it because we didn’t have enough resources and experience and all that stuff. We’ve proven that the concept works and now we can take it to another level.”
The game world is around twice as large as the original’s, split across two areas, including the city of Kuttenberg—which looks significantly more elaborate than any of the first game’s settlements. The scope of the story has been bumped up, too, with five hours of cutscenes fleshing out a tale of kings and civil war. Henry’s going to be butting heads with Sigismund the Red Fox, the King of Hungary, so he’s becoming a bit of a major player.
I do hope, though, that the more epic scope doesn’t undermine what made the first game such a delight. Dealing with small, local issues as a slightly bumbling hero is what made the original stand out compared to a lot of the more overt power fantasy RPGs. We get a quick look at a scene where Henry and Hans are about to go for a swim, winding each other up and cracking jokes, evocative of the first game’s playful moments, so I’m hopeful all that good stuff will still be plentiful even amid all the larger stakes.
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Like The Witcher’s Geralt, Henry is not a blank slate, but there’s still room to make your own version. “Henry is a young guy, so he’s not really so deeply entrenched in his already set character traits,” says lead designer Prokop Jirsa. “So you can build your Henry in different ways.” This flexibility includes customising his appearance—to a degree—and picking your skills and equipment, as well as how he reacts to events, allowing you to flesh out his morality.
“That all means that it’s actually on you, who you want to be,” adds Bocan. “You can save the world, or you can help punish it for its sins.” Despite the impetus for Henry’s journey being a grim one—the slaughter of his village—he’s such a nice lad that I would feel awful taking him down a dark path.
It’s also going to be interesting how the sequel handles quests. There wasn’t much hand-holding last time, where you were largely just pointed in a general direction and left to find your own way to your objectives, and while it could occasionally be frustrating, the manageable size of the map meant it worked quite well. With a much bigger space to play around in, I do hope I’m not going to spend hours and hours completely lost. That said, there are worse places to get lost in—Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s sun-dappled forests do look perfect for some aimless rambling.
We’ve not got a specific release date yet, but Warhorse says it will be out before the end of the year, which is a lot sooner than I expected. Hopefully it will be able to stick to that timeline, because I’m very keen to catch up with Henry and Hans.
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