KCD2 confirmed to feature "wider range of ethnicities"
(nichegamer.com)
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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