Deliverance II is shaping up to get a packed 2025 off to a great start with an excellent open world and compelling characters.

Playing in the world of Kingdom Come is treat, and the improvements in the sequel make it much harder to pull away.

It’s bewildering to consider that it’s already been seven years since the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance launched. When it hit, it was a challenging but rewarding RPG that stood its ground as an authentic and realistic depiction of fifteenth-century Bohemia.

Swording people out by smacking them with sharp bits of metal never gets old in video games. That being said, 2018’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance taught me there’s an extra layer of satisfaction to be had if you’ve also spent ten minutes hammering your NPC-sticker into life via an anvil minigame.

Deliverance "more than deserves to be heralded and praised...as one of the best, worthwhile and more so unique RPGs to release in recent times", I meant it. It's been nearly seven years since Czech developer Warhorse Studios took a gamble at an RPG premise that,

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 sees Warhorse Studios hit their stride right out of the gate, promising a fascinating adventure right from the jump in a charming but grumpy world