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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 vs Fallout: New Vegas
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
85 positive (84%) · 8 mixed (8%) · 8 negative (8%)
Trust + time weighted: +77%
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is widely regarded by players as a significant improvement over its predecessor, with many calling it a masterpiece and one of the best RPGs in years. While it retains the series' signature focus on slow-burn immersion and historical detail, it features better optimization, improved production values, and a more accessible tutorial system. However, its extremely slow pace and heavy reliance on cutscenes during the opening hours can be a barrier for players with limited time.
Pros
- Significant improvements in graphics, motion capture, and music over the first game
- Deep RPG systems with high quest freedom and meaningful consequences
- Strong optimization and smooth performance reported on both PC and PS5 Pro
- Engaging story and dialogue that maintains a unique sense of humor
Cons
- Extremely slow-paced introduction that can take hours to complete
- Heavy density of cutscenes in the early game (e.g., 70 minutes of mostly cinematics)
- Combat mechanics remain polarizing and can appear frustrating to newcomers
- Occasional immersion-breaking bugs and visual pop-in reported at launch
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Meanwhile Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is at 154k and rising...
I absolutely loved playing KCD2 but if I hadn't had a free week and 0 plans there is no way in hell I would've even reached the end of the intro
It’s a beautiful game with an impressive open world and story, but if you have little time to game and don’t appreciate slow immersion it probably isn’t for you.
I went straight into the sequel and although the prequel is referenced, everything important that happened before is thoroughly explained in the sequel. I never felt I missed something, and the sequel is my game if the year above clair obscur.
After Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 completely shattered expectations with over four million copies sold
Fallout: New Vegas
26 positive (90%) · 2 mixed (7%) · 1 negative (3%)
Trust + time weighted: +86%
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Fallout: New Vegas is widely celebrated as a premier RPG experience, frequently cited for its superior writing, character depth, and the significant impact of player choices on the game world. While it is hampered by technical 'jank,' including bugs and crashes, its 'apocalyptic western' atmosphere and complex faction interplay have allowed it to stand the test of time as a franchise favorite.
Pros
- Exceptional storytelling and character writing that many users find superior to other first-person Fallout titles.
- Meaningful RPG choices and consequences that allow players to significantly alter the narrative and endings.
- Strong world-building and atmospheric environmental storytelling, such as the 'creepy' Vault 22.
- Highly regarded DLCs that effectively tie together standalone stories into a larger narrative.
Cons
- Significant technical instability, including frequent bugs, glitches, and crashes.
- Dated visual presentation, with some users describing the graphics as 'fuggly'.
- Restrictive map design in certain directions where high-level enemies act as 'death walls' for new players.
- A crafting system that some players find unnecessary or easy to ignore entirely.
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overall, it is now one of the best RPG experiences that I've had since playing Fallout New Vegas in 2010
In that sense, it embodies the same design DNA that made Fallout: New Vegas enduring
I replayed Fallout New Vegas, GTA 4, Dark Souls 3, and Elden Ring, though I have not been very patient this year honestly lol
I finally got around to playing New Vegas this year, and I think I finally get it (after installing a bunch of mods). To put it succinctly, the reason people love this game is it takes the framework of Fallout 3 and adds so much sauce. The story is much more interesting, the quests are quirkier, the factions and their interplay has more depth.
There is a reason this game has stood the test of time. In-spite the jank, the fuggly graphics, the bugs, the crashes, the glitches. This game dares to tell a story. ... Like every Bethesda game ever made, this is a loot goblin game. The most optimal way to play is by hoarding whatever you can find inside a building that isn't nailed down.