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[Stafford]

Had i known this last October i definitely would've waited but alas. I finished it early January. Ah well.

 

[Gonzito]

It really runs like shit. Everything maxed out and in town, I get 60-90 fps.
And there are some stutters, while running around. Probably due to asset streaming.

Specs?

 

[winjer]

Specs?

5800X3D+9070

 

[Senua]

Free, as it should be!

 

[xrnzaaas]

Great news it's free and adding Czech dubbing is really awesome, definitely deserves a fresh playthrough... but no way I'm going to play it this or the next month. Maybe in April if there will be no major games announced.

 

[Sentenza]

Strange, it runs perfectly fine on my 3080Ti.

Same here. And I played it for the first time not too long ago (barely a couple of months before the sequel came out, specifically).

 

[cormack12]

Holy mega bollicks!!!!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Had i known this last October i definitely would've waited but alas. I finished it early January. Ah well.

It was heavily rumored last year that a next‑gen release would arrive sooner rather than later. I even went and bought a cheap physical copy of the Royal Edition back in August in preparation for the inevitable announcement.

That said, I did finish the game at launch on PC, but I'm planning to replay it on my Pro later this year now that the next‑gen upgrade has finally landed and to also play through the DLC, since I never touched it.

Post in thread 'Kingdom come deliverance PS5 version'

Jul 31, 2025

Free upgrade or not, I'm def grabbing a cheap PS4 copy just in case.

• Thick Thighs Save Lives

 

[cormack12]

I really want to pick this up again but I got to the first village and took my shoes off to go asleep and they got nicked. Now im wandering about shoeless and dunno how to get more

 

[Gaiff]

Strange, it runs perfectly fine on my 3080Ti.

Did you set everything to ultra? " What fps are you getting and what's your CPU?

 

[LectureMaster]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition

The Royal Edition contains award-winning open world RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance and all released DLCs Treasures of the Past, From the Ashes, The Amorous Adventures of Bold Sir Hans Capon, Band of Bastards and A Womans Lot. • Kingdom Come Deliverance Youre Henry, the son of a blacksmith...

store.playstation.com

The PS4 royal edition is 80% off, should be able to upgrade to PS5 version for free.

 

[Arsic]

It really runs like shit. Everything maxed out and in town, I get 60-90 fps.
And there are some stutters, while running around. Probably due to asset streaming.

The day 60-90 fps is shit is when you've lost the fucking plot.

 

[Skifi28]

The day 60-90 fps is shit is when you've lost the fucking plot.

The problem with the PC version are the frametimes, not the framerate. While 60+ should be smooth, the game is anything but.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Can you play this with a controller?

 

[winjer]

The day 60-90 fps is shit is when you've lost the fucking plot.

Are you a console user, used to just 30 fps?

 

[Skifi28]

Can you play this with a controller?

No, a racing wheel is required.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I'm looking at this trailer and thinking why does it look so shit and then I realized I have like 20 mods installed for this game, lol.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Should patch the lock picking on console.
That shit is almost impossible.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Should patch the lock picking on console.
That shit is almost impossible.

It's impossible because your Henry is shit at it. Practice.

 

[Bojji]

Thanks. The frame rate seems very stable and eyeballing it, I would say it's 60. Might have been a minor dip here and there, but not sure if it's just NPCs animation rate being lower at a distance or frame drops. Otherwise, this seems to be around 60fps.

I wonder if it's one of the situations where the engine just doesn't scale past a certain point or if they simply just updated the code for the consoles, because they sure as shit didn't for PC.

Yeah, you have low level api on consoles vs. terrible DX11. Same story with AC Odyssey, console versions have much better performance vs. 3600 and better CPUs on PC.

 

[BigLee74]

Does the 60fps work with the edition that has just released on Gamepass? If so, I'm in!

 

[John Marston]

I should redownload this and give it another shot. I'm astoundingly terrible at the combat though and it frustrated me, but everything else is just right up my alley.

Same here.
Reinstalling on XSX.

This time I'll just be patient & practice combat more.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

It's impossible because your Henry is shit at it. Practice.

Yeah, I heard it gets easier, but it's definitely much harder with analogue sticks than mouse and keyboard.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Yeah, I heard it gets easier, but it's definitely much harder with analogue sticks than mouse and keyboard.

No. It's actually harder with mouse and keyboard. To the point that the devs added a second mode for M+K that makes is easier, like on a controller. It just takes practice and the right perks (the one that makes it easier to open locks when you're drunk is GOAT tier).

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Same here.
Reinstalling on XSX.

This time I'll just be patient & practice combat more.

Me three!
Combat is brutal, but the allure of KCD 2 has me keen to try the first again.

 

[buenoblue]

Still a lot of pop in on pc without shadow mod

 

[March Climber]

I wonder if they had help from Saber Interactive (they managed to port the game to Switch 1).

 

[Dr. Suchong]

No. It's actually harder with mouse and keyboard. To the point that the devs added a second mode for M+K that makes is easier, like on a controller. It just takes practice and the right perks (the one that makes it easier to open locks when you're drunk is GOAT tier).

Really?
I'll have to give it another go.
I love lock picking in games.
Thief 3 on OG Xbox was sensational with the rumble, nigh on perfect.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Same here.
Reinstalling on XSX.

This time I'll just be patient & practice combat more.

Practice with Bernard with weapon of your choice to level 3, learn master strike and you'll be good. Don't ignore maces, they are GOATed opponents with plate armor.

Really?
I'll have to give it another go.
I love lock picking in games.
Thief 3 on OG Xbox was sensational with the rumble, nigh on perfect.

I dare to say, KCD 1 has the best thief mechanics in RPG games. It's just so satisfying to pull of a heist. Monastery will forever be my favorite place to rob, lol.

 

[John Marston]

the allure of KCD 2 has me keen to try the first again.

This is a game that needs to be played before taking on the 2nd one.

Watching a video recap won't do it justice I think.

 

[LordCBH]

Practice with Bernard with weapon of your choice to level 3, learn master strike and you'll be good. Don't ignore maces, they are GOATed opponents with plate armor.

When do you unlock practicing? I assume after you do the escape part at the very beginning?

 

[Skifi28]

Monastery will forever be my favorite place to rob, lol.

 

[winjer]

Yeah, you have low level api on consoles vs. terrible DX11. Same story with AC Odyssey, console versions have much better performance vs. 3600 and better CPUs on PC.

I tried using DXVK. In the same scene I posted I got 76 fps. Instead of 73.
But there were a lot more stutters.

 

[Denton]

No. It's actually harder with mouse and keyboard. To the point that the devs added a second mode for M+K that makes is easier, like on a controller. It just takes practice and the right perks (the one that makes it easier to open locks when you're drunk is GOAT tier).

Ummm. No. The "simplified lockpicking" that was added in a patch is only for controllers. It makes it not necessary to handle both sticks at the same time. The default lockpicking is much harder on controller than on mouse. In fact when I played KCD I distinctly remember using mouse for first few levels because it was easier. Only after I leveled up Henry did it became easy enough on controller.
That said, with the simplified lockpicking enabled, it is doable on controller and indeed does take some leveling up.

Does the 60fps work with the edition that has just released on Gamepass? If so, I'm in!

yes

The problem with the PC version are the frametimes, not the framerate. While 60+ should be smooth, the game is anything but.

If you enable the 60hz vsync option in the menu, the game has rock stable frametime at 60. Just tested it in Rattay - it felt perfectly smooth. Higher than that I don't really know since I play on 60hz TV and need vsync.

Did you set everything to ultra? " What fps are you getting and what's your CPU?

I don't know how it is in the latest patch (I doubt they touched it) but previously I always put shadows and lighting on very high since ultra was busted. Rest of the settings on ultra, 2880x1620, SMAA2X, I get stable 60 with vsync on my 5800X3D/3080Ti. But when I played it in 2019 on 2700X, it also ran at 60 most of the time.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

When do you unlock practicing? I assume after you do the escape part at the very beginning?

Well, you can practice even in Skalitz by trying to unlock as many chests as you can. You can get lockpicks from one of your mates. But after you're in the open world you can practice on a chest in the mill and of course there are hundreds of chests everywhere to rob from.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

The "simplified lockpicking" that was added in a patch is only for controllers.

I stand corrected then, my memory if failing me. It's been ages since I played it on a controller. Dr. Suchong sorry for causing confusion!

 

[LordCBH]

Well, you can practice even in Skalitz by trying to unlock as many chests as you can. You can get lockpicks from one of your mates. But after you're in the open world you can practice on a chest in the mill and of course there are hundreds of chests everywhere to rob from.

Meant for combat lol. Will need to figure out locpicking too lol

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Meant for combat lol. Will need to figure out locpicking too lol

You can practice in Skalitz but it's not necessary. Once you get to Rattay you can practice there.

 

[Denton]

Meant for combat lol. Will need to figure out locpicking too lol

Just follow the main quest - you will be told to train with Cpt. Bernard during it. Then you can go back to him to learn more skills (and the OP masterstrike, which frankly I wish was not even in the game).

 

[Bojji]

I tried using DXVK. In the same scene I posted I got 76 fps. Instead of 73.
But there were a lot more stutters.

Game should get native port to Vulcan/DX12. Right now PC players have the worst performing version.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

I stand corrected then, my memory if failing me. It's been ages since I played it on a controller. Dr. Suchong sorry for causing confusion!

No worries

 

[Denton]

Game should get native port to Vulcan/DX12. Right now PC players have the worst performing version.

That's not true - consoles are locked to 60fps and if you lock KCD on PC to 60, you can get perfectly smooth gameplay.
If you want to target higher framerate, that can be more problematic, yes. But this is 8 years old game and refactoring it for the KCD2 version of the engine would not be easy or fast. Better Warhorse dedicate that manpower on new project.

 

[DaciaJC]

I wish Warhorse had patched in the option to run the game on PC with its beta ultra settings, even if it would almost certainly run like dogshit. It was legitimately photorealistic.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

BTW, if there are any Polish folks playing this on PC, I actually made a mod to this game, lol.

The default way in which the inventory is sorted is so shit, I renamed every single element in the game with Unicode characters to ensure proper sorting.

If anyone is interested, I can send it over.

 

[PeteBull]

Can you play this with a controller?

Yups ofc, it was made for ps4/xbone too after all, alongside pc.

And dont be deceived by relatively low scores(even for pc version),woke journos deducted points in their reviews for game being based(no black characters in medieval bohemia, no women wearing fullplate armor beating men in strenght, normal traditional gender roles and such).

Game is at the very least solid 8/10 from objective pov, and if u like western rpg genre(skyrim, witcher, older dragonage games, not that artrocity veilguard became) u can safely assume 9/10 at the very least.
Game was deemed "controversial" for not surrendering to woke mob.
76 meta for best scored pc version while 8,1/10 from users.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Although historians commended the game for aiming for historical accuracy, some commentators have criticised the developers' portrayal of 15th-century Central Europe, while scholars criticised the simplistic portrayal of Cumans and Hungarians as cruel invaders. The developers responded by saying that the game was historically accurate and that people of colour did not inhabit early 15th-century Bohemia in significant numbers.

Some publications have criticised the views held by the game's director Daniel Vávra, who supported GamerGate. Eurogamer criticised Vávra for wearing a shirt from the band Burzum while promoting the game at Gamescom in 2017. Vávra and Martin Klíma responded to the accusations in an interview, stating that Vávra might be a little "quick with words", apologising for anyone who felt offended.

Klára Hübnerová, a history professor at Masaryk University, gave a lecture on the historical accuracy of Kingdom Come: Deliverance in late 2018. She criticised the game for inaccurately portraying the gender roles of the time and that the villainous depiction of Cumans was based on modern stereotypes, not historical sources. She also argued that the game distorted history through the lens of national myth, which cast historical figures as characters in the mythic origin of the Czech nation, resulting in the oafish portrayal of Wenceslaus IV and the cruel Sigismund.Joanna Nowak, the historical consultant for Warhorse Studios, also gave a presentation in the same lecture series in which she disclosed that the studio's goal was to make a "historically credible" game, but compromises and manipulations needed to be made to make the game fun. She downplayed the game's commitment to historical accuracy, stating "It's a game, it's not an open-air museum, it's not a medieval simulator!" Vávra posted a 2.5-hour video response to Hübnerová's lecture on YouTube in 2020, in which he criticised the methods of contemporary historians like Hübnerová.

TLDR: Dev studio and its leader went tru hell and back with various forces trying to make game cancelled/irrelevant/perceived as bad/racist/mysoginist etc.

 

[Denton]

Very good comparison. Man the lastgen version was downgraded so much from PC it's crazy. GI, textures, resolution, loading times, all terrible. Finally, the console players can experience the PC version

 

[Bridges]

This is incredible news. I got KCD at launch for XB1 but it didn't quite click with me. All this hype around 2 has me wanting to give it another shot. Always love a free upgrade

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I don't really have time for it, but at some point I'd like to play it. What is the best version? I was thinking PC since that was the original target platform, and probably still has the best performance/mods. But PS5 Pro is also an option. If it doesn't matter, I guess whatever's cheaper would work.

 

[Denton]

What is the best version? I was thinking PC since that was the original target platform, and probably still has the best performance/mods. But PS5 Pro is also an option. If it doesn't matter, I guess whatever's cheaper would work.

If you have faster PC than PS5, you can still target higher resolution and possibly framerate, otherwise it doesn't really matter, both versions are basically at parity now. Regarding mods there are some that people use (like save anywhere without savior schnapps, no third person herb picking animations etc) but personally I only play KCD vanilla anyway.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I don't really have time for it, but at some point I'd like to play it. What is the best version? I was thinking PC since that was the original target platform, and probably still has the best performance/mods. But PS5 Pro is also an option. If it doesn't matter, I guess whatever's cheaper would work.

If you have a PC, go with PC. Get at least these mods:

https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomcomedeliverance/mods/1964

https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomcomedeliverance/mods/1918

https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomcomedeliverance/mods/1927

They make the game look so much nicer than vanilla.

Here's my mod list: