It is official: with the launch of its closing DLC, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2‘s story has come to an finish, and with it, the overarching narrative of your complete Kingdom Come: Deliverance saga. When the primary recreation within the sequence was launched in 2018, it introduced a stage of realism to the RPG area that few video games had ever dared to discover, to the purpose that it was largely misunderstood. It boasted unforgiving, clunky gameplay mechanics in its dedication to that realism, inevitably making it extra of a cult basic than a worldwide phenomenon. Then Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 took up the mantle in early 2025, and perceptions of the sequence started to shift.
With extra accessible gameplay, massively upgraded visuals, and a a lot larger and improved world to explore, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has solidified itself, not simply as top-of-the-line video games of 2025, however a top-tier RPG within the trade at massive. Whereas its dedication to authenticity nonetheless works towards its common enchantment, what it has carried out to make the long-lasting world and programs of Warhorse Studios’ Kingdom Come: Deliverance extra pleasant to newcomers and casuals has broadened its attain excess of its predecessor managed.
Sadly, simply as all issues should ultimately come to an finish, so too does the saga of Kingdom Come: Deliverance with the discharge of the second recreation’s Mysteria Ecclesiae DLC. As confirmed by each Warhorse and the voice of Henry of Skalitz himself, Tom McKay, Henry’s story that started with the primary Kingdom Come: Deliverance is now a closed ebook that will by no means be opened once more. Nevertheless, whereas it’s a unhappy day for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Warhorse stays excited in regards to the future and the chances it presents on the subject of the following step. The one query is what that subsequent step can be, although the developer’s greatest path ahead already appears clear.
The Kingdom Come Franchise Would not Should Die With KCD2
Throughout a preview occasion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2‘s closing DLC, Warhorse communications director Tobi Stolz-Zwilling mentioned, “We, at Warhorse Studios, completely really feel at residence within the RPG style. We wish to set up ourselves as the brand new kings of RPG. We consider that now we have our personal system right here, and that we outline them in a selected method, and our subsequent venture will go the identical course. It should positively be immersive RPGs.” So, with that, Warhorse’s subsequent foot ahead will most definitely be in the identical “immersive RPG” area as Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been.
However what which means for KCD, specifically, is considerably up within the air — or so it appears. Warhorse’s acclaimed franchise does not must die with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and the reasoning for that’s within the recreation’s title, in addition to its predecessor’s. Particularly, “Kingdom Come” within the title happens earlier than a colon in each of the sequence’ video games, with “Deliverance” following that colon. Typically, video games do that to sign that the principle IP is supposed to survive any single protagonist or storyline. In different phrases, the subtitle identifies the particular chapter, whereas the half earlier than the colon identifies the franchise itself.
Loads of studios have carried out this and been profitable with it. Techland saved “Dying Mild” because the franchise banner after the primary recreation although Dying Mild 2: Keep Human did not revolve round Kyle Crane’s story. BioWare shifted between protagonists in Dragon Age whereas preserving the overarching identification of the world. Even Bethesda has used subtitles to let particular person entries stand alone whereas contributing to a bigger legacy. Warhorse adopting that very same construction with “Kingdom Come” strongly suggests it may possibly operate because the umbrella title for no matter comes subsequent, even when it strikes on from Henry fully.
Themes future Kingdom Come video games can nonetheless discover:
- Life below medieval authority and shifting political energy
- The stress between religion, superstition, and day by day survival
- Cultural and regional variety throughout historic Europe
- Tales of abnormal individuals like Henry caught up in main occasions
That is particularly related due to what “Kingdom Come” implies. In medieval contexts, it signifies sovereignty, divine order, and a interval formed by the cultural weight of Christianity. Utilizing “Kingdom Come” as the first model offers Warhorse extra flexibility to shift to a brand new protagonist or a brand new area whereas sustaining related themes as these current in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. With that, the developer can go away Henry’s story closed whereas preserving the identification gamers affiliate with them. In brief, it is extremely possible followers will ultimately be handled to another Kingdom Come game, although it would presumably function an unfamiliar protagonist and story.
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February 4, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Use of Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Sexual Content material, Sturdy Language, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity
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Warhorse Studios
