Summary
A senior Warhorse Studios official has revealed some key performance details aboutKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, including the game’s resolution and frame rate. The move saw the studio confirm that the Xbox Series S version ofKingdom Come: Deliverance 2will offer somewhat downgraded visuals compared to its other console counterparts.
Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver have officiallyannouncedKingdom Come: Deliverance 2in mid-April 2024, just a couple of months following the first game’s sixth anniversary. The upcoming sequel is slated to reach the current-generation consoles and PC by year’s end.
And while the RPG is still waiting for a concrete release date, its developer has now revealed some new details concerning its performance targets. During a lecture at the recently concluded Game Access Conference ‘24 in Brno, Warhorse Studios Executive Producer Martin Klíma said thatKingdom Come: Deliverance 2will be targeting30 frames per secondacross all consoles. The Xbox Series S version will run at 1440p, while the Xbox Series X and PS5 will offer a 4K experience. Klíma did not clarify whether the game will render in a native resolution or upscale its image output, Czech outlet Zingreports.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Won’t Offer Multiple Graphics Modes on Consoles
What he did say is thatKingdom Come: Deliverance 2won’t feature multiple graphics modes. The practice, which started gaining traction around the time the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X hit the market, saw manyconsole games offer users a choice between performance and quality modes. Warhorse Studios is resisting that trend in favor of focusing all of its resources on optimizing a single mode. Those optimization efforts are said to be progressing well, with Klíma revealing thatKingdom Come: Deliverance 2is already running above 30fps in Warhorse’s tests. Nevertheless, the developer intends to lock the game’s frame rate on consoles.
PlayStation 5
30fps
1440p
User-configurable
TBA, likely unlocked
The studio official did not clarify whether this cap is also planned to apply to the PC version of the game. But if the RPG’s predecessor is any indication, that won’t be the case; the only cap thatKingdom Come: Deliverancehad on PC pertained to its cutscenes, which were locked to 30 frames per second by default. And even that limitation was side-steppable with a custom configuration file which takes advantage of some of the native commands of CryEngine 3.Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2will use a newer and heavily modified version of the same engine.
While the lack of graphics options may come as a disappointment to some console gamers who prefer sacrificing resolution for performance, focusing on a single mode may allow Warhorse to deliver a more polished experience compared to the previous game. Its 2018 RPG caught some flak on that front, having launched with so many technical issues that Klíma even said hewished the developer had more time to completeKingdom Come: Deliverance. The majority of those problems were fixed post-release.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is an exhilarating Action RPG, set amidst the chaos of a civil war in 15th Century Bohemia.You are Henry of Skalitz – an ordinary man doing extraordinary things – caught in a gripping tale of revenge, betrayal, and discovery as he embarks on an epic journey, ‘from a humble blacksmith’s forge to the court of Kings’, searching for purpose in this beautiful but brutal medieval world.From bustling city streets to lush forests, explore this open-world Medieval Europe through an unforgettable adventure filled with action, thrills, and wonder.
