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Everything is entirely voluntary
Co-founder of Warhorse Studios Daniel Vávra has refuted a recent report that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was banned in Saudi Arabia due to an unskippable LGBT cutscene.
The story-driven action role-playing game Kingdom Come Deliverance (2018) takes place in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia. Although it presents itself as a historically accurate depiction of the scene, in the months after its debut, the absence of persons of color became a topic of discussion.
Players should anticipate a slightly different experience in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, which is scheduled for release on February 4, 2025, but again relies on historical authenticity for its return to medieval Bohemia. According to Warhorse, the main character Henry will come across a diverse array of nationalities and characters because he is traveling from the countryside to a somewhat cosmopolitan city that is under siege and occupied by an invading king.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was allegedly prohibited in according to reports, a Saudi news organization tweeted that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was prohibited in Saudi Arabia. Western media then picked up the story and shared it on social media and in forums.
Vávra has already refuted the allegation and clarified how Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 operates on social media. According to Vávra’s tweet, “at least not that we know of,” it has no unskippable cutscenes and has never been or is prohibited in any nation.
After pointing out that the original Kingdom Come Deliverance featured LGBT characters, Vávra asserted that players are in charge of their choices while playing the game. Vávra said, “If you want Henry to try a same-sex adventure, feel free.” “If you don’t you don’t want to, you don’t have to. All affairs are (and were in KCD1) purely optional. The characters are fully aware that it was a forbidden sin.” In the wake of the Saudi Arabia ban rumor, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 became the most recent video game to be singled out for being “woke” or incorporating “forced diversity” — a growing online trend that some publishers and developers have felt compelled to counter in recent months. In September 2024, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot addressed a backlash against the Black samurai protagonist of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, addressing “an important problem of perception that has been affecting the company’s performance.”