Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 / Warhorse Studios
In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, it turns out you can turn into «medieval Batman».
KCD2, which players immediately, liked is known for its realistic combat system, where many fights turn into a fight to the death. But the user Reddit Hamfinity was able to complete the game without killing a single person or animal. He fought in such a way as not to kill: knockouts, dodging, persuasion in dialogues, and even the laws of physics.
His main tactics were knockouts and unarmed combat. Whenever it was possible to avoid conflict, he used Henry’s charisma to convince his enemies not to fight. If the fight was inevitable, the player either knocked out his opponents or waited for someone else to deliver the fatal blow.
However, there are moments in the game where it is not possible to leave enemies alive. For example, when completing a quest Via Argentum Henry meets three soldiers who cannot be knocked out. What did he do? He gave «dirty work» to his dog Mutt. In another quest «Exit» the game forces you to destroy a group of enemies. Hamfinity found a workaround: it used gravity and waited. The enemies simply fall from a height and die without being included in the kill count.
Despite his respect for the life of NPCs, the gamer was led down the path of crime. According to Hamfinity, he would rather steal from characters than kill them. The game doesn’t have a separate achievement like «Fasting» (finish the game without eating meat or killing any animals), but it resembles «Mercy» from the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance. There, players could complete the story without killing. So, despite the lack of such a challenge, Hamfinity wanted its own challenge.
«Becoming medieval Batman was one of my most fun gaming experiences from playing the first Kingdom Come Deliverance», — the player wrote.
He also added that the combat system changed from patch to patch, so he decided to rely entirely on unarmed gameplay. Although the developers from Warhorse Studios clearly did not count on this style of play because in some missions they literally force players to kill. The player summarized his experience as follows: «I felt that playing this way really tied well into the theme of Henry trying to be good while his circumstances are forcing him to be evil».
Source: The Gamer