Deliverance 2 Director Responds to Negative Reviews

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director Daniel Vavra clapped back at some of the game’s negative reviews. The move elicited a mixed response on social media, adding to the drama that’s been following Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 since before its release.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 launched for PC and current-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles this Tuesday, February 4. The open-world RPG set in medieval Bohemia was met with a predominantly positive response, as underlined by its “Mighty” rating on OpenCritic, derived from an average scorer of 89 and a near-perfect 97% reviewer recommendation rate.

Several outlets gave the game significantly lower-than-average scores, bringing down its rating on review aggregator platforms. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Creative Director Daniel Vavra singled out one such review—authored by GamesHub—on February 4, clapping back at the outlet’s 50/100 rating. “We no longer have 90% [sic] Metacritic score,” the industry veteran wrote, sarcastically telling GamesHub that it should be proud of its “excellent journalistic standards.” He voiced a similar sentiment about Eurogamer’s 60/100 score.

Vavra Once Again Responds to KC:D2 Woke Criticism

Vavra’s comments sparked a mixed response online. Some social media users joined him in clapping back at the outlets that scored Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 less than favorably, while others pointed out that reviews are inherently subjective and that no single title will ever appeal to everyone. A day later, the creative director also took aim at some online opinions labeling the RPG as “woke,” a sentiment that has persisted ever since Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was confirmed to have same-sex romance options. As before, Vavra’s February 5 comments saw him reiterate that players are in full control of Henry throughout the game, emphasizing that complaints about optional content are frivolous since it can be engaged with or ignored entirely based on personal preference.

This ongoing mini-drama hasn’t prevented Warhorse’s latest title from generating impressive early momentum. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has already risen near the top of Steam’s best-sellers chart even before its release, and it’s leading the said list as of February 5. Vavra recently confirmed that the game sold 1 million copies across all platforms in its first 24 hours.

Moving forward, Warhorse plans to treat Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to three paid DLC packs and some additional free updates. The first of these content drops will introduce Hardcore mode, horse racing, and a working barber, all of which are planned to be added free of charge in spring 2025.