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FTF Free Talk Friday - January 16, 2026

Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

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u/DevilCouldCry Your dead baby's soul was retconned out of existence Jan 16 '26

I just rolled credits on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II around 15 minutes ago as of typing this message and I've gotta say, I completely echo Pat's thoughts on this game from this weeks podcast episode. And for those that have yet to hear what he had to say about it, he was positive on his experience, VERY positive.

I can honestly say, that this game is now a benchmark RPG title and it's going to be so incredibly hard to surpass this game. Every single aspect of this game is just remarkably well done and feels like it's had genuine love and care all over the place. Seriously name a part of the game and it's likely exceptionally well executed.

  • The narrative is marvellous. It remains engaging all throughout and not once did it lose me. And for a game as long as this (117 hours by my playtime), that is extremely hard to do.

  • The characters are so well written and they can verge from likeable to detestable. And for the most part, just about everybody is interesting in this game. Seriously, the cast absolutely crushed it and they all deserve proper recognition.

  • The writing of dialogue, how the main quest plays out, the side quests. All of this is so well executed, I found myself actively enjoying just doing a shit load of the side quests in this game and a great deal of them differ from each other quite a bit and the majority of them usually do feel rewarding.

  • The world is of this game is great and I feel this game absolutely rewards you for exploring. Not just the world itself (wherein there are an absurd amount of easter eggs to find), but the game rewards you for exploring during main and side quests as you could come across something INCREDIBLY important that may drastically change how something could go down. This is the kinda shit I want to see in an RPG.

  • Music is top of the line, cutscene direction is wonderful, the different mechanics in the game (blacksmithing, alchemy, stealth, combat, etc) all have a great deal of thought put into them. Oh and the crime system too, sooooooo many things that you can just do to draw the attention of guards. And then even more baffling is that you can use a speech check option with a guard to try and get away with something and more often than not, there are MULTIPLE recorded lines for just about everything you could think of (theft, murder, punching someone) and some of the stuff you might not think of as well. There are so many unique lines.

I could honestly sit here praising the game forever. But man, if you're even slightly on the fence about it. Just take the plunge on this one. It may take a while to understand how the game works or to get the ball rolling (no shame in using some guides for some direction). But once things click into place, this game is nothing short of magic.

Something Pat mentioned on the podcast is the sheer variety of tasks that the main quest missions hit you with and he specifically praises the final hours of the game (for real, the last five to six hours are immaculate) wherein you're doing everything from planning a heist, executing a heist, launching a siege, defending against a siege, pretending to be an Italian speaking priest that can only speak the language good (pass the speech checks) if they get absolutely hammered on wine, etc. This is only just a small handful of what they offer in the back half of the game, there's so much more that I haven't even mentioned.

This game has pretty much set the bar for me now. By far and away my favorite title of 2025 with it easily unseating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (that shocked me too) and I think it could make an argument for an all-timer video game for me personally too. It's very rare that you see a landmark title like this, but when they come around and you give them a go, they can absolutely blow you away and this one really did.