Kingdom Come 2’s Biggest Contrivance Breaks Its Own Rule
5Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is built on an obsessive devotion to realism—except when it isn’t. While the game painstakingly recreates medieval life, its justification for Henry’s skill reset is baffling. In this video essay, we break down how KCD2’s biggest contrivance undermines its own design philosophy and discuss whether its hyper-realism is starting to work against it.
🔹 Why does Henry lose all his skills after a single fall?
🔹 Does KCD2’s devotion to realism limit its storytelling?
🔹 Could there have been a better way to reset Henry’s progress?
Join us as we analyze how Warhorse Studios has backed itself into a creative corner, forcing a plot contrivance that feels out of place in an otherwise brutally realistic RPG. #kingdomcomedeliverance2