Survey on which is better, KCD1 or KCD2?

[Antiriad]

Put KCD1 or KCD2 as your answer.

Rules: You must have played both to answer.

[007..]

Have not finished 1. 1 is superior in everything except the budget

[Calubob]

Originally posted by frakthefriendly:

The answers are funny here. Seems if you are right wing, you hate 2 and if you are normal, KCD 2 in better.

There's your answer.

I'm right wing and really like kcd1 and absolutely love kcd2..

[LazyConfy]

KCD1

[Friendly]

KCD2. I don't know how anyone can question it really, I think the second is superior in virtually all aspects. Still recommend starting with the first though.

[Calubob]

Originally posted by Friendly:

KCD2. I don't know how anyone can question it really, I think the second is superior in virtually all aspects. Still recommend starting with the first though.

Agreed.

[Ostrava of Boletaria]

Originally posted by frakthefriendly:

The answers are funny here. Seems if you are right wing, you hate 2 and if you are normal, KCD 2 in better.

There's your answer.

What I will say is that quests in KCD2 can be frustrating. For example, there's a story mission later into the game that is literally unwinnable if your horse isn't fast enough and you have to load a previous save and acquire a better one to just progress through the main story.

I like KCD2 more overall but there's some really frustrating stuff about KCD2 that makes the first game look better by comparison, at least in certain respects

[makbthemf]

Originally posted by Yakito:

I'm surprised anybody would say KCD1. To me it's not even a contest. KCD2.

In KCD1 you could not enter the obvious trap in the Church building quest, for example. And to solve the problem another way. In the same situation in Kuttenberg you're forced to fall into the obvious trap - there's no alternative in that quest. That why KCD1 is way more better than KCD2.

[JohnnyGoblin]

KCD 1 is better imo
Getting a crossbow in 2 and seeing Henry, a non-brain dead Human, not even hold a hunk of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wood straight made my head ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hurt trying to wrap my head around why besides the devs thinking "Well, we don't want it to be easier" when that was the whole point of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ things

[Krag]

That's a tough one because I like a lot of things in KCD2 but it's starting to feel too big and lacking focus. The trosky region for example feel both too large and too small; big because the distances between places are huge, but small because the villages are small and there isn't actually that much to do if you ignore the long distances you have to cover to complete the quests there.
Every town in KCD1 felt like it had so much content, and most of them felt larger than Troskowitz. I think the map also lacks a good place to call home like Rattay in KCD1.

There's also the character building that seems like pure fluff, all the passives range from barely doing anything to some gimmick that will never come into play, and most of them virtually max out at 20 which you reach before the halfway point of the game.

[pawtucketpat142]

KCD1 was better for the story, better artwork, better vibe and imo better character building. I feel like KCD2 will get just as good if not better with time. I'm praying the Sedletz Monastery DLC opens up not only the monastery but other churches as well. The artwork inside the churches and chapels in KCD1 was one of my favorite things about the game.

[theo]

Originally posted by frakthefriendly:

The answers are funny here. Seems if you are right wing, you hate 2 and if you are normal, KCD 2 in better.

There's your answer.

No, KCD2 is better if you can't appreciate nuanced non-linear design of KCD1.
KCD1 is an RPG with strong immersive sim elements, while KCD2 is step closer to linear visual novels like Witcher 3. But if you're not sophisticated enough you wouldn't even notice. You would notice that there's now blacksmithing, guns, better graphics and you get stuck less, and conclude that the game is better.

[SimranZenov]

KCD2 in my opinion. Overall improvements across the board.

[zeanomourph]

KCD1
Nothing to do with the antiwoke idiots though. KCD2 is still an absolutely stellar game, I just liked the map, town/castle layouts, and combat system of the first game better. In 2, until you reach Kuttenberg halfway through the game there isn't a single town that has everything the way Rattay did.

[Zilla]

Originally posted by Nox:

KCD2 is also a buggy crashy mess.

i beat the game after 80 hours and didnt crash a single time. im willing to bet its because you have a pc with the processing power equivalent of a wet stone.

[Zilla]

Originally posted by zeanomourph:

KCD1
Nothing to do with the antiwoke idiots though. KCD2 is still an absolutely stellar game, I just liked the map, town/castle layouts, and combat system of the first game better. In 2, until you reach Kuttenberg halfway through the game there isn't a single town that has everything the way Rattay did.

i thought rattay was very bland. theres like 4 quests you do then the rest of the game the entire town is just empty and doesnt react to you at all. i beat kcd 2 after 80 hours after spending at least 40 of it in the town of kuttenberg and still have at least 8 quests to complete there and 20 plus around the second map, not even to mention the first map which i havent gone back to yet after going to the second.