So, we'll start with minuses, there are a lot of them...
Horrible work is done with characters' dialogues system. For example, you are given by a several options of answers, you can choose something neutral, but right after the text in the option Henry can go mad and starts trash talking with character and outcome of this is only a loss of reputation, which you don't wished. One other thing is endless pointless conversations with random people in side quests, I suppose it was made especially to make them longer and irking.
Reputation system. Well, I had a moment, where I captured a man wanted for murder, but I still got a loss of reputation. Where is the logic, Warhorse??)
It is terrible that this game is constantly forcing you to fight some bandits from the start of the game. It's just you don't have enough of armour, weapons, potions, food, money. In comparison with the first KCD, the amount of bandits is increased and with a cheap horse, you can't gallop near them. You will enter the combat and your four-legged friend will take you down. Just in case, I spent five thousand Groschen just to have a horse which will not take me down. In the first part, you won't face such troubles.
Combat system is h()rs3-$h1t. It has been reworked since the first KCD, but it has got a lot worse. I mean, it's awful in both parts, but in KCD2 you can have, for example unbelievable deaths, when an animation of your attack could be stopped instantly after its beginning and enemy will kill ya.. grh..
When you are fighting with your fists, you can drop your enemy down in clinch and if you will try to kick him afterwards, he will get up without any animation like he is the FLASH.
One more negative moment had occurred to me, when I was in Nebakov, trying to defend a gate with stones. I picked up one stone, managed to position myself and drop it, but unfortunately the stone has teleported and fell on me, I lost like 60-70% of my HP. After that moment, it was so hard for me not to hate this f*ck1ng game.
Lockpick system is broken. Only difference between KCD and KCD2 at this sight is mouse sensitivity. At the first part, you didn't had to change your sens, because it was the same at lockpicking mini-game. And now they broke it, so I was forced to change my sens every time before lockpicking. I find it as a HARD inconvenience.
Also, I can't not to illuminate the optimization. I have a decent PC, but the optimization still sucks. For example, in RDR2 where graphics is certainly better, they have an incredible optimization even for bad PC's.
Finally, we can continue with positive sides of this game)
The most thick and trivial feature is the PLOT. Of course, it was the same way at the first part, but Warhorse did a really exciting work here. It has become more dramatic and unique. Ultimately nice script!
Graphics part. Clearly, in comparison with both parts, we surely know the winner. Great job with landscape, it isn't feel unrealistic anymore. Decent improve at texture's quality and voices' quality. User Interface most-likely from the previous part, which I didn't like that much, but that's okay. As the part of the visual element, I can't not to notice new icons. They are dreadful, which is not the same with KCD, where they looked so originally and cool. They have been spoiled, unfortunately.
Interaction with outer world. It's increased. They tried to lick off the idea from RDR2. It turned out curved, but I will count it as a positive feature, I suppose.
Nevertheless, the game was carried by the plot, so my verdict is 6/10.
The pair of affairs, where I succeeded:
- Klara
- Widow Johanka of Zhernov
- Dozens of bathmaids
