Prior to the hotly anticipated release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 today, Warhorse Studios dropped a fun CGI trailer showcasing the chaotic highs and lows of protagonist Henry's medieval life – a trailer aiming to be so realistic, it stars an actual horse.
That's right – Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's recent CGI trailer features a real horse. How did Warhorse pull that off? By bringing the horse into the motion capture studio just as the studio did with its human actors. A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the new trailer highlights as much with a black horse covered in mocap gear trotting casually through the studio, a rider similarly geared up sitting atop the mount.
Fans seem to love the idea of a horse in a mocap studio still, too, with comments showing as much. "Bringing an actual horse to mocap a 5-second scene is insane dedication," reads one such reply. Another response sees a fan simply exclaim, "That's an entire horse!" That it is, and as both a devoted horse girl as well as a lover of all things medieval myself, I'd be lying if I said the short clip hasn't impressed me as much as it has others.
If you're just as blown away by the thought of a massive horse fitted in mocap gear, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is available to purchase now on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S, and on PC via Steam so you can experience the ultra-realistic mount mechanics yourself.
