KCD2 confirmed to feature "wider range of ethnicities"
(nichegamer.com)
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There's "Diverse," and there's "MuH dUhVeRsItY." No way in hell is Vavra appealing to the latter.
Now featuring Bohemians, Magyars, Austrians, Sudeten Germans AND Slovaks!
Aka, the "French".
Slovaks? You might as well bring in the brown dirt noggerinos.
Italians? Scilians?
If the diversity ends up being invading armies/enemies, I'll ROFLMAO my sides into the stratosphere.
Add a few thieving vagrants, maybe a dishonest greedy merchant of some form.
Give them the representation they really deserve.
Truly hope so. The first game was phenomenal.
Uncertain as yet whether this means a broader mix of European settlers and traders or if we're going to be seeing Mohammed and Tyrone spreading cultural enrichment.
Are they going to kill the turk roaches?
Would be hilarious if more diversity = only more enemies.
Hilarious and historically accurate.
remove kebab accordion blasting loudly
I bought the original game because they didn’t cave and wanted to be accurate. I really hope this isn’t what I think it means, unless you are telling me he is going to travel through Africa and Asia.
Honestly I hate modern day period pieces because it’s takes you out of it when you see the need to “current day” everything. I really hope this isn’t what I think it means
I'll hold fire on judgement yet.
The lead guy does seem to enjoy his pranks, especially screwing with journalists. I wouldn't put it past him to try and bait them with this just to later reveal details that show it's not the right kind of "diversity" for their cult after they start reporting on it.
Thanks. Good point
There's basically no chance it's what you think. Keep in mind that this all comes from Dan Vávra and he likes to fuck with people. I agree with what some said in other comments - the "diversity" is going to be various ethnicities like Bohemians, Moravians, Hungarians, Germans, etc. with a sprinkling of Turks.
I’m all in if that’s the case. Thanks
Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiit incoming
Jesus christ I'll take a "no" on this one
It's worth keeping an eye on it. Historical accuracy was (and hopefully still is) one of the team's main aims, so it's conceivable it'll still turn out as it should.
First game was crowdfunded, so it was backers paying for a historically accurate game.
Deep Silver is footing the bill this time around, and they just put out a woke Saints Row Reboot even after they did an "investigation" into why Agents of Mayhem bombed after it went woke. They published Red Thread's Dream Fall Chapters, a developer who made one of their lead male characters that was popular with the female players, gay, and the community manager made sure to rub that in on the forums. I'm sure there are other examples, but those were the standout ones.
In short, they are part of the circle of ESG publishers. Expecting them to be "based" and "redpilled" is a fool's errand at this point.
Lethn is right, anyone saying that the sequel will be historically accurate even while it's being funded by a converged publisher is coping hard.
IIRC the crowdfunding for the original game raised a shitload of money but they still ended up finding a publisher to get more. It was a company owned by Bakala, one of the Czech oligarchs.
I've said it elsewhere, but this may not be what it seems so I'm gonna wait and see.
Vavra is kind of a troll, he especially loves screwing with journalists, and he does seem to embrace controversy marketing.
I wouldn't put it past him to try and bait the journos into reporting on KCD2 with the diversity buzzword. Then to later reveal details that show that, whilst technically true, it's entirely the wrong kind of "diversity" after they start reporting on it.
I’m hoping so as well
If multiple ethnicities means Hungarians, Germans, obviously Czechs, all those that would be able to be in Bohemia at the time? I would be fine with that. I'll obviously not buy day one or preorder until I have some confirmation. If it means the usual diversity I won't be buying it then, lol.
Hopefully it just means actual turks and not turks by proxy (iirc that's what the cumans where).
I trust Vavra but am very hesitant to jump on KC2 because of this.
This isn't as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. The setting is different, taking place in a large, metropolitan city that's been invaded. Also, we don't know just HOW diverse the game is. It could end up just being a few Arab traders in marketplaces,.which isn't a big deal. I'd like to point out that there were no diversity hires seen in the trailer, so I doubt they're being super overrepresented.