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Originally Posted by Mitch
My biggest gripe with KCD2 is how trivial combat becomes after the first half of the game. It became insanely easy to kill some bandits, sell their gear, save and buy all the best gear. Once I realized there weren't any other upgrades I could aim for, I lost interest.
It is a great game though, those first 30-40 hours were incredible, as immersed I've been in a game in some time (also did not play KCD1).
Experiencing KCD2 voice acting and then going to AC Shadows is super jarring lol.
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As with you I never played the first game and as you say the first 30+ hours are incredible but it's also petering out for me as well. This game has to have the worst difficulty scaling I can remember. It starts off very difficult and at the halfway mark becomes trivial. You don't even need to use the master strike as you can win nearly all combat by positioning your sword high and then quickly dropping to a low jab, repeat, repeat. Everything from thieving to dice becomes so easy that I stopped doing the side quests out of boredom and just remained on the main quest to get to the end. It's still a very good experience as the storytelling is next level, but it's ultimately let down by poor balancing.