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Brendan Lowry

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Patch 1.2.4 update just added a new Hardcore Mode, and I can't wait to get my Bohemian butt kicked

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

Following up on March's Patch 1.2 update that brought over 1,000 important fixes to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, developer Warhorse Studios is back with Patch 1.2.4 for its best-selling, critically acclaimed medieval RPG. The update was released on Tuesday morning, and is available to download and install now on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PlayStation 5.

This patch implemented some balance tweaks and bugfixes I'll list in the patch notes section below, but far, far more interesting is the addition of Hardcore Mode — a new way to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 that spikes the difficulty significantly. At its core, Hardcore Mode hides your map position, removes direction indicators from the HUD compass, and gets rid of the option to fast travel, while also disabling the combat HUD (including perfect block and riposte indicators) and tuning enemy AI to be more aggressive when they outnumber you.

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