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IIRC it felt to me that it avoids it through being heavy on actual character writing - so when Henry is prejudiced, say, it doesn't so much seem as if that's being presented as correct, but that things have happened in his life that have shaped the attitudes of a hot-headed young killing machine. Bit like if Geralt was more of a golden retriever than a white wolf (thinking about it, Henry drinks just as many potions and is constantly getting killed by peasants with pitchforks...).
KCD2 I liked more, because they finessed the realistic (i.e. annoying) combat juuuust enough that I could get into it, and there's a notable questline where he runs into a group from a country he despises (having been fighting them for most of KCD1)... except the whole arc is him actually working past that from the perspective he's gained over the years since then.
that's good to know about combat. I have very little patience for bad combat
is KCD2 approachable without having played the first?
Yes, it stands on its own even if you didn't play the first