Daniel Vavra, the game designer of the medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, took to his X page to answer numerous fan questions and dispel some of the rumors surrounding the game. He noted that the text might contain spoilers.
- The studio's games do not feature unskippable cutscenes;
- The studio's games are not banned in any country. "At least not that we know of," said Daniel Vavra;
- "As much as I don’t like "forced diversity", nobody was forcing us to do anything, and we are not forcing anyone to do certain things";
- "Gay characters were already in KCD1";
- "KCD is an RPG, you are responsible for your decisions. If you want Henry to try a same-sex adventure, feel free. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to. All affairs are (and were in KCD1) purely optional. The characters are perfectly aware, that it was a forbidden sin";
- "The game takes place in one of the richest cities in Europe which was besieged by a massive foreign army. That´s the reason why the life in such a city is more diverse than the life in villages which were featured in the first game";
- "Musa came to Bohemia with an invading army as a member of the royal court of King Sigismund, whom he met thanks to his engagement at the court of Sultan Bayezid. He's an educated noble and renaissance man from the Kingdom of Mali";
- "At the same time, Musa is a very unusual figure for the local Bohemian folk, and many of the situations around him in the game stem from this. So his presence makes sense and creates lots of interesting situations in the game. The way he talks and behaves has a reason";
- "Everything displayed corresponds to the morals and social norms of 1403 Bohemia and is only there to make an interesting story, and not at all to appeal to a 'modern audience'";
- "We don't want KCD to be used as clickbait by people who didn't even play it yet. Some of them sadly turned into exactly the same narrative they pretend to be fighting against. The amount of hateful behavior is really sad and it will damage any cause associated with it".
As a reminder, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is being developed for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. The release is scheduled for February 4th this year. According to blogger ESO Danny, the project boasts the largest script in gaming history.