Some players felt that the already challenging medieval role-playing game wasn’t hard enough. Now the new difficulty level is generating a lot of excitement.
Heinrich bends down to pick a dandelion and ends up twisting his back. He then limps through Bohemia with sore feet, his soles already worn through. He has no idea where he is, and in the next village, people run away cursing because he smells so bad.
So Heinrich is having a perfectly normal Monday.
Joking aside, the scenes from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 are, of course, taken from the new hardcore mode that was introduced in patch 1.2.4. This is currently bringing a lot of joy to fans of the harder difficulty levels – or rather,joyful suffering
What’s praised about Hardcore
As in Kingdom Come 1, this setting makes Bohemian life more difficult – you can choose how difficult at the beginning by selecting negative perks. These are voluntary debuffs that make you sneak worse, need more food, sleepwalk, and so on.
However, this is not simply intended as cruel self-flagellation; the hardcore mode is also designed to make the game more immersive. The perks are optional, but other changes make the world more believable. There is no fast travel, nor is there a marker showing where Henry is currently running around on the map. Instead, you have to orient yourself using the landscape or ask someone for directions – just like in real life.
And of course, Kingdom Come 2 is also just a damn funny game, especially when Henry is really in the shit. A Reddit user sums it up perfectly in a post:
To those wondering how HC with all bad perks is [KCD2]
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My feet are bleeding, I’m still hungry, I wasn’t sure if I was being hunted, I almost got attacked by wolves and bandits because of this video, and I had to sleep in a strange bed because I was so tired. To add to that: I’m overworked, ugly, and have no idea WHERE THE HELL I AM.
Others share their experiences in the comments. Juggernautlemmein writes, for example:
Yep, I’m brewing so many cock-a-doodle potions that they’ll last me until Kingdom Come 3.
This alchemical miracle stuff keeps Heinrich going even when he’s tired enough to drop dead. It’s basically a Bohemian energy drink, 1403 edition.
And of course, hardcore mode fits perfectly with the cynical zeitgeist humor of social media. EMcX87, for example, writes about Henry’s broken back:
Just when I thought I could escape my back pain, it follows me into games.
Along with Hardcore Mode, two new achievements have been added: one for successfully completing the game on the highest difficulty setting, and one for doing so with all ten negative perks – respect, you madmen. Anyone up for the challenge?
