Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was our game of the year for 2025, and I personally hailed it as a "New RPG classic" in our KCD2 review. Why? Because you can kiss Hans. There's some stuff about emergent, systemic gameplay; an uncompromising design vision; and a well-told, politically complex story in a setting no one else is working in, but make no mistake: I'm just here to hold Hans' hans. Hand. Hands.
I kid (mostly), but the development of Henry and Hans' romantic relationship—if you choose to pursue it—and the pair attempting to interpret their feelings for one another through contemporary chivalric traditions, was really well done. It's a big jewel in the game's crown.
