"Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Excels on Consoles"

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (KCD2) is poised to deliver an exceptional gaming experience across various platforms, including PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. With its impressive performance and stunning visuals, KCD2 promises to captivate players with its photo-realistic graphics powered by CryEngine.

Photo-Realistic Look With CryEngine

KCD2’s performance has been tested extensively, and the results are promising. On PlayStation and Xbox consoles, the game runs smoothly at both 30fps and 60fps, showcasing its versatility. The PS5 Pro enhances this further, leveraging its capabilities to render the game world with superior graphics. KCD2's use of CryEngine, which was also used in its predecessor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1, allows Warhorse Studios to refine and enhance the game's features. CryEngine's old-school rendering focuses on performance, utilizing limited shaders and basic lighting but still managing to produce photo-realistic imagery thanks to physically based materials and sparse voxel octree global illumination (SVOGI). These elements create a convincing light bounce, making in-game lighting and reflections appear more realistic.

PlayStation And Xbox Consoles Have 30 FPS and 60 FPS Options

For console players, KCD2 offers two distinct modes. The PS5 and Xbox Series X provide a fidelity mode at 30fps and 1440p, enhancing visual elements like foliage and shadow quality, and a performance mode at 60fps and 1080p for smoother gameplay. The Xbox Series S is limited to fidelity mode, while the PS5 Pro runs at 60fps and 1296p, using PSSR upscaling to achieve 4K resolution. The PS5 Pro elevates KCD2’s visuals with sharper imagery, improved ambient occlusion, and enhanced object quality, providing a top-tier gaming experience.

Upscaling Is Completely Optional For PC

PC players have the flexibility to customize KCD2's settings, including optional upscaling. The game supports FSR and DLSS for rendering at lower resolutions, but lacks XeSS for Intel cards, sharpening options, and frame generation. Despite CryEngine's performance focus, running KCD2 at 4K with maximum settings can be demanding on GPUs. However, the game's graphics are highly scalable, offering five quality presets—low, medium, high, ultra, and experimental—to help players find the optimal settings for their systems. An in-depth guide from KCD2 assists players in preparing their systems, detailing requirements for CPU, RAM, GPU, and storage.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is scheduled for release on February 4, 2025, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. For more details, visit our Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 page.