Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has been showered with praise as it continues to see success. Following its latest milestone of reaching 2 million sales, the game’s PC port has been tested by experts and dubbed a major success.
Analysts highlight how the game is a cut above other AAA releases on the platform, showing a rare moment of victory for PC gaming.
Why it matters: PC gaming has seen too many poor ports in recent years, making it challenging for users to fully enjoy the latest titles. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is a huge departure from this trend.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has been tested by Digital Foundry, and from the beginning, the analysts have nothing but good things to say about the PC port.
For starters, the title breaks free from the trend of the infamous stutter struggle, typically seen in Unreal Engine 5 releases, showing practically flawless frame-time graphs on hardware as old as the Ryzen 5 3600. General performance is also solid, leaving recently released titles like Avowed in the dust.
In fact, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 shows smoother CPU performance than its predecessor despite being a more ambitious title. This alone makes the PC version incredible, but the good news does not end here.
As per the testing, the visuals are consistently impressive, with elements like software-based ray tracing adding an extra flair to the environments. All in all, Digital Foundry dubs this PC release a major win for everyone.
Warhorse Studios previously explained why it chose to skip Unreal Engine 5 in favor of CryEngine for its latest AAA title. Based on this analysis, the studio made the right choice and did not sacrifice much in terms of visuals either.
