Saddle down

Put your mortar and pestle down, my herb-smooshing friend.

“Almost is not good enough though, so unfortunately we slipped to 2025.”

Never mind, it’s easy to slip in the medieval era.

Two men are trapped in the stocks in a town square while a crowd looks on.

There was mud everywhere.

It’ll be out on February 11th, they say.

There’s also talk of upcoming previews and a presence at Gamescom.

We’ll be at Gamescom!

Is Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 on your itinerary for Gamescom?

James:It is not, apologies.

How are we going to know what this sequel will be like?

Well, thelengthy reveal trailershown earlier this year gives us some clues.

It other words, the game will probably be shinier.

We can also consider the first game.

It wasalso delayed, just so you know.

And it turned out to be a mostly okay mix of interesting features and grounded questing.

Reading was a skill you had to learn.

You could store your game by getting mildly drunk.

And NPC guards would stop you to check your pockets if you were consistently misbehaving.

But he also pointed out some “tedious macho elements” and a loose bugginess that plagued the game.

This somewhat soured the game’s reception in many quarters.