Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs wanted negative feedback during playtests after deciding players should initially "feel extremely weak": "Then the validation of gaining strength feels earned"

I'm sure no video game developers enjoy hearing negative feedback during playtests, but for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developers, unhappy customers were a happy sign they were making the historical RPG as punishing as they'd wanted."We had playtests where some players started a game, did something wrong, immediately got arrested, and gave negative feedback," Warhorse lead designer Prokop Jirsa tells GamesRadar+. "We had the strength to say, 'Yes, that's what we want.'""We want the player at th