Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Creator Explains Why "Real Gamers" Don't Care About the Agenda
Only online fighters, of which there are very few, are outraged.
In Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, players noted some (as they see it) "progressive" elements. Because of this, Warhorse studio was criticized online.
Recently, KCD II Executive Producer Martin Klima spoke with PC Gamer and was asked if he thought "these controversies have somehow affected the series in terms of sales, perception, or developer morale?"
I would very, very much like to know the answer to this question. There are arguments for and against. You can convincingly argue that we got additional publicity - it doesn't matter what they say about you, the main thing is that the name is spelled correctly. [At the same time, you can say that] any controversy is harmful - because you want to talk about the game itself, and not explain some... complicated reasoning.
Klima himself believes that the scandals did not greatly affect the sales of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II:
My personal opinion is that all this fuss only mattered to a bunch of "online cultural war fighters," who, in fact, make up an insignificant intersection with the general gaming public. Real gamers don't care at all, and probably most of them haven't even heard of these pseudo-scandals.
As for the developers themselves: Klima believes that if it did affect them in any way, it was "to a very small extent... We all felt that these attacks were extremely unfair and insincere - both in relation to the first part and the second."