Really enjoying this so far, about 75hrs in coming to end of the first map I think, playing on hardcore with all negative perks on, which ain’t really that difficult due to the perks that you can get to counter them. Though the start can be rough, had to spend like 1 hr brewing saviour snaps to level alchemy.
Henry fox potion also negates the slow levelling which is still a lot quicker than hardcore in the original KCD (that run took me 175hrs-200hrs with all side quests plus dlc and still did not max out main level, weapon skills where only around 12-13.
Glad I went through the first game as there are a lot of reference to that game that made me chuckle, would recommend anyone to play through before you play this.
This game is a lot smoother than the first, prefer the combat, dog is even more useful and easier to interact with, I enjoy the variation in the map more, Trosky castle is immense.
Can’t wait to get to the second map and continue story.