Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "DOES KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II DESERVE GOTY?"

Episode Date: February 19, 2025

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment, Analytic Dreamz explores "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II," a sequel set in the rich tapestry of 15th-century Bohemia. This open-world RPG follows Henry's continued journey, featuring a combat system that demands precision in swordplay, archery, and now, firearms, challenging players with its steep learning curve. Analytic Dreamz discusses the game's unique skill progression, where abilities are honed through practice, affecting everything from combat to stealth.The segment delves into the game's commitment to historical accuracy, showcasing an expanded map twice the size of the original, improved NPC interactions, and over five hours of cinematic storytelling. Analytic Dreamz outlines the game's duration, noting a 40-50 hour main story and over 100 hours for full completionists.Following its February 4, 2025 release, the game has seen remarkable sales, exceeding 1 million copies on day one and hitting 2 million within two weeks, with peak concurrent players on Steam placing it among the platform's top games. Reviews have been largely positive, with IGN, PC Gamer, and GameSpot highlighting its narrative depth and historical authenticity, though some performance issues and the learning curve have been noted.Analytic Dreamz also addresses controversies like historical representation and remaining technical glitches, while discussing Warhorse Studios' vision for the game across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The podcast covers upcoming updates, including a free spring update and the "Brushes With Death" DLC, alongside the game's market impact amidst fierce competition.Concluding, Analytic Dreamz reflects on "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's" trajectory towards surpassing its predecessor's sales, driven by strong critical acclaim and community support, positioning it as a leading RPG for 2025.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Getting into Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, it is making a phenomenal impact on the masses as currently it is the 12th most play game on Steam. Not only that, it's the second most play game on Xbox. And of course, for PlayStation users, it is the 10th most popular game on that platform. So out the gate, we already know that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has, pun intended, delivered on. making a very impressive impact on the masses as far as engaging the audience as when this game first came out it sold over one million copies in just 24 hours after its launch when it initially came out February 4th 2025 now of course within two weeks of this game's release the sales doubled surpassing two million in copies sold and this was announced by of course the developing studio for this video game Warhouse a war horse studios and publisher deep silver who of course celebrated this mouse on on social media calling it a triumph because you know currently speaking there's not a lot of ball and gun games that's not in the top 10 so whenever you're making a game that's not in that

realm if it's not a sports game if it doesn't involve a gun well now you come to the point where you're essentially rolling the dice now i know this is a sequel and of course I don't know too much about the original kingdom come but as far as the sequel is making a crazy impact on the masses without having the casual appeal of either a ball or a gun in the game now of course when it comes to this game is basically an open world RPG set in the 15th century in bohemia hopefully i'm saying that right where players control henry continuing his journey from the first game now a lot of of the combat in the game of course is sword play archery crossbows and firearms with a steep

learning curve when it says firearms so i guess technically it does have a gun in the game well maybe all ball and gun games uh are excluded from my argument because i think with it i mean technically if it's set in the 15th century and essentially the guns are really not call the duty like but technically it still has a gun in it so maybe that discredit's my argument but the main thing about deliverance is the setting of course and when it comes to players coming into the game especially if they play the original they know that the main thing about RPGs is being able to alter the story and this has that immensely as player decisions alter story outcomes and mpc relationships now of course as a massive fake fan i ain't going to want to you that is music to my ears whenever i hear that

because i don't think people realize how much goes into development whenever you're making multiple multiple storylines based on the player's decisions. You're basically making three to four games at once because of, well, if you do it right, you're making three to four games at once because of the drastic outcomes that could happen based on your decisions at any point in the game. So that is why for me, RPGs and platforms have always been my favorite because I like being able to dive into the story and feel like I'm having a unique take on this particular story based on my actions and based on my reactions and decisions going into

certain missions and things of that nature. So of course, there's a lot of stealth and strategy in this game as players can avoid combat using the environment and with the time of day and NPC routines. So, you know, essentially every stealth game or every stealth element in these games have those type of mechanics. So I don't know how pivotal it is as far as, you know, setting it aside from the pack but it has it in the game as far as a lot of stealth and strategy now the main thing about this as far as the unique aspect is that it's set in the 15th century of course but from watching the game it seems like the recreation of the whole 15th century medieval bohemia and the culture and language is highlighted a lot in this game because that's what makes

to stand out. It's not too many games set in the 15th century that's top 10 on every single platform. Right. So and actually if we actually look at the charts as far as if there's any other game set in the past like that that's very popular. On PlayStation, there's not any game like that. Oh, there's a VALD, the premium edition. I don't know. It just shows some type of guy with a skeleton for a head. Maybe that's said in the past. I don't know what type of game that is. But of course, on Steam, is path of exile said in the past? I think that's said in the past as well. So it's not many of them.

Those are the only two along with Kingdom Come that's in the top 10 on every platform. Well, not every platform, but you know most platforms as far as being set in the past. Now, of course, you already know when it comes to RPGs, you want to know how many hours am I going to have to invest in this video game to, to beat it because with people having a life a.k.a. a. a. A.k.a.a. a. a.a. little kids or a. little humans that they have to take care of, we don't have all the time in the world to play these video games. So, of course, when it comes to Kingdom Come Deliverance, too, the game duration is 40 to 50 hours. And that's on the lighter side. Now, if you want to complete side quests, you know, and explore like you do in every RPG, it will probably take. you 80 to 100 plus hours yes ladies and gentlemen the certified stereotype of an RPG

is back you got to invest your life into this game to beat it now of course the main story is 40 to 50 hours so if you wanted to just just disregard all side quests you could technically beat this in the midst of 40 to 50 but if you're going to play RPG I would honestly recommend you to play the side missions because ultimately that's what makes you fall in with great RPGs because of the way that you can build relationships with different NPCs and it ultimately gives you more of a gratifying feeling whenever you're at the end and all of your work in the side quest paid off so anyways when this game came out February 4th 2025 already went over the sales and things of that nature steam specifically

has kingdom come deliverance to rank the 13th most play game on that platform but of course i say 12 because wallpaper engine i don't really count that as a game so uh kingdom come has 97 000 players currently playing the game and then it has a 24 hour peak of 150 000 so very impressive for an RPG game and not only an RPG game but a single player RPG game as most single player games find a lot of hesitancy as far as getting funding simply do to the fact that a lot of games that have a ball and a gun in it and also have multiplayer are usually a hit and of course you have your live services as far as your fortnight's your apex legends and counterstrike two games like that that just take a life of its own so now when people are looking to fund different

projects and upcoming projects they're basically looking for ball and gun games and live service games those are the only things they're looking at so whenever you do something like this as far as having it in a unique setting and giving it to the masses, I could assume, I could only assume, that they found some type of pushback as far as a Warhorse Studios. But, you know, of course, when they ended up selling immensely as far as, you know, the over 2 million

within the first two weeks, of course, them and then the publisher Deep Silver had to celebrate that because we have to let these people who fund projects and gaming and new IP and things that nature that whenever you take a chance on the RPG and maybe I'm a little biased because of course with buyerware is going through right now as far as having like five people working for them right now. They're going through a lot of consolidation which is very unfortunate for people losing their job. But these type of Ws as far as kingdom come makes it look like if you put the effort

and quality into a game it could it could and most times sales as far as on a grand scheme of things because sometimes people who fund these type of games they never have hope in the first place because it's not a live service or it doesn't have a ball in the gun so with that being said there's upcoming dlc for this game uh for spring 2025 which is going to be is going to be a free update and they're bringing a barber function okay they're bringing out the uh the clippers and the update and then of course horse racing is upcoming in this game and a hardcore mode and with that being said there is announcement there was an announcement um for summer 2025 dc titled brushes with death which is a new mystery-driven story featuring henry and a mod support coming via steamworks so

that's pretty significant especially for people who aren't enjoying the game right now which you know according to the analytics is definitely a lot so as far as impacting the masses of course they're going to have a lot of competition to go alongside it which uh civilization which is about to get into next um avowed monster hunter wilds uh like like a dragon pirate yakuza in hawaii those type of games would definitely give this game uh more competition from a number standpoint because now the masses have a lot of newer games to choose from as far as what they want to play and spend their hours into because of course like i said this game main story 40 to 50 hours and then of course the full completion is 80 to 100 with side quests and exploration so with that

being said you got the you got to you know put a significant portion of your life into this game let's just put it like that so uh overall this game the score phenomenal with IG and gave it a 9 out of 10 a PC gamer given and a 9 out of 10 all of these are 9 and 10s like this is actually may end up being a contender for game of the year the way that all the uh gaming conglomerates have a perfect score or near perfect score. I mean, I think the lowest score was from Metacritic technically, no, no, no, the shortcut where it says 87 out of 100, which most of, if not all the other,

oh, Metacritic did give it 87 out of 100. But for the most part, it's either 9 out of 10 or 10 at 10. So what does I tell you? Obviously, a lot of people across the board are enjoying this game. And with these perfect or near perfect scores, they're basically letting the public know that this game could end up being a contender for game of the year. And despite it being a top selling RPG analytically on a quality level is still top tier as well. So those are two attributes that could definitely lead to you

be lead to you being a contender for game of the year. So with that being said, click my link to my bio. Let me know one of my social media is what do you think about kingdom come delinference to? And if you're looking for an RPG game to get into, will you be trying this game? out.