It was recently claimed that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was banned in Saudi Arabia due to “unskippable gay scenes” in the game; however, the writer of the game, Daniel Vávra, has just provided clarification on the situation.
Vávra is a Czech video game writer who has worked on several popular franchises, such as Mafia and Kingdom Come Deliverance. Vávra recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to address the claims about “unskippable gay scenes” and the game being banned in Saudi Arabia. However, his clarification included some spoilers for the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 story.
Vávra’s clarification started by confirming that there are “no unskippable scenes” in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and that they haven’t been banned in any country, to their knowledge. Vávra added that he doesn’t like “forced diversity,” and neither are they forced to do anything nor force anyone to do specific things.
However, Vávra spoke about the fact that gay characters were already part of the original Kingdom Come Deliverance, and it’s not new for KCD 2. Also, KCD 2 is an RPG so players can choose “a same-sex adventure” or not. Vávra confirmed that “All affairs are (and were in KCD1) purely optional”.
Vávra’s clarification on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 claims also included some story points and the upcoming game’s setting, which comes with some spoilers. He explained that KCD 2 “takes place in one of the richest cities in Europe, which was besieged by a massive foreign army,” so players might see the city life “as more diverse” compared to the previous game set in villages. If you want more context about KCD 2’s story, check out Vávra’s entire thread here.
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He’s doing defense potentially lying the game was banned in Saudi surprising since they own a fair share in Warhorse’s parent Embracer. Anyway I’ll be playing Yakuza Pirate instead that time.
Ok can they please get the Elric license away from Runatyr and make a AAA Elric game.