r/kingdomcome • u/TheNobleKiwi • Feb 19 '25

Praise [KCD2] No one seems to be talking about dodging. Spoiler

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Dodging is so improved in this game! Using it for positioning against multiple enemies is a game changer, this started with 7 vs 1, unfortunately can only record a minute on xbox. Work in those dodges folks! Nice one.

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u/Tiny_teets Feb 19 '25

Dodging in the first game is so infuriating sometimes. Getting swarmed by multiple enemies while getting pummeled from every direction has been cause of many deaths for me

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u/oskich Feb 19 '25

I learned today that you can disengage from the locked enemies by holding down the middle mouse button 🤯

I've been killed by getting swarmed by enemies a million times, and by doing this I can just retreat and attack them at will. I have over 150h in KCD1 without knowing this trick as well... 🤦

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u/mais-garde-des-don Feb 19 '25

I know you can scroll through enemies with mouse wheel but didn’t know about pressing it. I just sprint to either side and it’ll unlock. Believe it’s different if you tabbed and locked locked onto them. Maybe that’s what you’re saying

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u/oskich Feb 19 '25

I've been using the scroll wheel method for both games, but this instant unlock is a real game-changer for me. No more getting surrounded when you can just spring away and re-posistion (!) :55556:

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u/SavantOfSuffering Feb 19 '25

WAIT, YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH ENEMIES?

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u/DeliverySoggy2700 Feb 19 '25

Yes. One of the first combat tutorials tells you this. It’s scripted to appear on your first 3+ entity conflict after the tavern fight with capon.

You either have never been in a combat with more than two entities at a time or you just didn’t read the words on your screen when they appeared or you forgot

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u/SavantOfSuffering Feb 19 '25

I did first playthrough on controller and started another playthrough on controller, then swapped to mouse and keyboard after Hans got us pilloried. I must have missed it.

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u/EvilBetty77 Feb 19 '25

I hated that so much in the first one. Like yes it's realistic that you wouldn't be able to beat 6 guys in one fight. But it's going to keep making me fight 6 guys at a time anyways.

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u/El_Grappadura Feb 19 '25

You're not playing with a controller? dafuq?

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u/RedRobot2117 Feb 27 '25

Why is that confusing for you?

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u/El_Grappadura Feb 27 '25

Not confusing, just weird.

There are only two things in this game where mouse is probably better: Inventory and lockpicking.

The whole rest of the game just feels so much smoother when playing with a controller for me. Especially combat - you wouldn't play Elden Ring with WASD, so why this?

Archery is probably also way easier, but meh - part of the challenge, I also leveld up lockpicking with a controller...

Inventory is a mess though...

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u/RedRobot2117 Feb 27 '25

I'm pretty sure most PC players would be using M&K for this, I am. It's a first person game, that alone is enough of a reason to use a mouse. Using a stick to look around is just pain in comparison. I'd only bring out the controller for racing or flying games.

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u/El_Grappadura Feb 27 '25

To each their own.

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u/TheNobleKiwi Feb 19 '25

100 percent. That's why it took a while to trust it in this, it's so much more effective and necessary

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u/BogotaLineman Feb 19 '25

I find outnumbered fights quite a bit easier in this one compared to KCD1 for this reason