Despite a stellar start, which has seen the game propelled into the top ten most-played single-player titles ever on Steam, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has been mired in controversy.
Ahead of its release, it became embroiled in the ongoing culture war, with lead writer and game director Daniel Vávra coming under fire for including a single, optional scene that depicted gay romance. Thankfully, for Warhorse Studios, this didn't affect pre-order numbers or its player count.
But you can escape from prison, right? Right!?
Now, fresh off of nine years in the studio working on the longest video game script ever, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 voice actors Tom McKay and Luke Dale have had their say on the issue, saying that people offended by the scene "care very much about politics, but they're not necessarily into gaming."
In an interview with the BBC, Dale calls the situation "quite an interesting thing", adding that "there's been something of a backlash this time around from the right-wing mentality."
The pair think that those making the most noise about Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's gay romance scene are from "an unrepresentative minority" and the noise surrounding it is "a really good...
