KCD 1 was pure shit, both from a technical perspective and due to its flawed attempt at 'historically accurate gameplay.' The exploration was shit, the saving mechanics were shit, and the combat was utter dogshit.
The only reason the game became a commercial success was due to Vávra's position as one of the few developers who took a pro-gamer stance during the loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign motivated by a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture known as "Gamer Gate".
He was actually one of the OG grifters: his mildly successful Kickstarter project became overnight a cash machine. Of course all the usual suspects (Quartering, etc.) promoted his shit game. No wonder the same boomers are running the circle for him this time again. Those same intellectuals do not really mind nignog cuckoldry and child sodomy in their sequel as half of them have been outed as discord groomers, while the other half has decreed long ago that white genocide, bull prepping and H1-B visas were BASED and ELON-PILLED.