Summary
It feels like 2025 has only just begun gaining momentum, and Warhorse Studios’Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2is already a massive hit, attracting more players to its faithful recreation of medieval Bohemia than its predecessor has been able to over the last six years. Much ofKingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s successis likely on account of its increased accessibility from the first game, as its refined gameplay mechanics and improved quality of life offer a much lower barrier to entry than the first game did. In fact, this all helps confirm all the more the need for a remake of the firstKingdom Come: Deliverance, and it’s arguably something that Warhorse should capitalize on sooner rather than later.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2was developed as a standalone game, primarily because Warhorse wanted to ensure more newcomers were drawn to it than the first game encouraged. However, despite being a standalone game,Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2is technically a sequel. And while the sequel does put some effort into recapping the events of the first game,Kingdom Come: Deliverancecould still benefit from a remake with the improvements its successor has introduced — and the sequel’s success is proof of that.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s Story Picks Up Where the First Game Left Off
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2spends plenty of time during its story retelling key moments from the first game’s narrative, and while it does so in a very informative way, newcomers are likely to be detached from the emotions surrounding those events.Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2certainly has its own storythat players need to focus on, but there are valuable elements to the first game’s narrative that need to be experienced firsthand.
While the sequel does put some effort into recapping the events of the first game,Kingdom Come: Deliverancecould still benefit from a remake with the improvements its successor has introduced.
The strong bond Henry shares with Hans inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, for example, wasn’t always so, and the first game spends a significant part of its story investing in their relationship. Of course, there is also Henry’s origin story to consider, which is covered inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2but can only be felt and experienced in the first game. Henry’s vendetta with Istvan Toth is also reflected on inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2and is even given a resolution, but the fuel for that fire was ultimately added in the first game. In other words, the first game’s story alone makes it worth a shot if players want proper emotional context forKingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s Improvements Could Make Audiences More Receptive to the Original
Unfortunately, one of the biggest issues with the firstKingdom Come: Deliverancewas (and still is) its difficulty and inaccessibility. Like its predecessor,Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2still relies on realismto flesh out its world and tell its story, but it is the sequel’s ability to refine the first game’s gameplay that made it more approachable. As such, wereKingdom Come: Deliveranceto be remade withKingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s quality-of-life and accessibility improvements, it might make players more keen on giving it a try. Currently, going back to the first game after playing the sequel would feel like a significant slog.
Kingdom Come: Deliverancewould indeed need a remake, not a remaster, as far more than its visuals need an overhaul.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2does plenty to improvethe formula of its predecessor, like decreasing the difficulty of its combat and making its NPCs and world more reactive to the player, on top of being a massive visual improvement as well. Were these changes and more incorporated into aKingdom Come: Deliveranceremake, it would likely give the first game the attention it deserved in the beginning but didn’t end up with on account of its high barrier to entry. It would also allow players to properly experience the story of the first game in more than just flashbacks, thereby adding more emotional weight to Henry’s story inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
