Kingdom Come: Deliverance

This game reminded me of being a kid again, sparked my imagination, and gave me some hope for the future of games set in historical periods. Kind of a paradox between nostalgia and innovation. What can you do in KCD? 1. Early on in the game I had got myself a maille hauberk and chauses. I thought I was hot stuff. Trotting along a forest road I was suddenly thrown off my horse and found myself surrounded by 5 bandits in full plate armor. I died. 2. On a hardcore playthrough I woke up early in the morning in a field surrounded by sheep. I killed one with my fists and cooked its meat on a nearby fire. Tapeworms were hungry. On release I heard about the bugs, so I waited a few months. During my first play through of the game I encountered a few, a couple minor quests that I wasn't able to complete, or my horse getting stuck inside miller Peshek's wall. Funny things mostly. This game takes time. It took 10-12 hours of playtime for the combat system to "click" for me, but once it did it became much more fun. Same with other mechanics like alchemy and archery. The game moves a bit slow, while that helps stuff like immersion, it makes it less accessible. DLC: Price is fairly high yes. Amorous Adventures got bad reviews mostly because people weren't aware of another questline added by the DLC. Not entirely their fault, Warhorse needed to communicate better.

I'm relatively late to the party with KCD, mainly because I don't buy games straightaway on release. I wait 6 months or longer for bugs to be squashed and the price to come down. Playing KCD in mid-2019 has been one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. I'm in my mid-40's and have been playing games since the early 80's, and KCD has to be in the top 3 games of all time for me. I do actually work at a medieval castle so the setting plays into my interests, but even so I'll just lay out why I think this is an excellent game to buy now. The attention to detail and historicity of the game. Voice acting is excellent, with some very funny dialogue at times. Some parts with quite esoteric gameplay. The quest in the monastery was an interesting change of pace, as was the quest with an eccentric priest. The mini-games like sharpening blades, brewing concoctions all made sense in the world and didn't break immersion. I liked the combat system. Every game with combat has to use an abstracted model of real combat in a game and I think KCD's is a good one. I think people had problems with it initially because it doesn't conform to the hack n slash paradigm that dominates action games. Combat takes patience and learning and at the end of a fight gives you a real sense of achievement, especially if you manage a combo. The graphics are beautiful, although that does come at the price of pretty hefty hardware requirements to get 60fps. The main story is good, but it was the story of the game world as a whole that was the most interesting to me. A topic of medieval history I didn't know much about. There was a few niggles in the game like guards stuck in the air, my horse getting stuck or me getting stuck in bushes (although I've had that happen in real life tbf) guards suddenly getting triggered to arrest me for no reason. Nothing major that spoiled my enjoyment though. I really recommend the game if you want something different and want a game to immerse yourself in

I'm a great fan of Morrowind and Oblivion, as I love thougt-provoking stories with twists and dark corners, that Skyrim (unfortunately) had to cut to be family-friendly and sell to the lowest possible denominator. I also do love atmosphere and great open worlds, packed with interesting, unpredictable quests. Well, KCD has all that in spades, plus something I never knew I'd love so much: a satisfying touch of realism. Boy, does it feel great to get better, stronger and skilled, in a world where packs of enemies are to be taken seriously. This game is not perfect, however, few open-world games are. It is a world with high visuals, tons of things to get into, dozens of fun mechanics, hundreds of hours of story and immersion. You can be a loathed criminal, a respected knight, a loner hunter, an obscure burgler, or something of your own making while you do spying and organizing the war effort, run an entire city and compete in fighting tournaments and all sorts of sidequests. This is the definition of value for money. Don't be afraid to try it, it's fun waiting to be had. Recommended.

The spell of this game is in beatifull (historicaly accurate) and living world (like when Gothic came). The best combat meele system, i have had ever seen (and for mainstream too hard). The game has a lot of bugs, but even now, it represents amazing experiences. Complex game design (in most activities), but still a game easy to handle. By the time, developers should repair them. It would be a great mistake, miss this unpolished star. But it is not for everybody (like Operation Flashpoint / arma) and requires some patiance.

Beautiful game. I just picked up version 1.3.1g which has had a heap of fixes applied resolving most that have been found so far on the official forum .. And having a ball. Anyone remembers how they felt when Far Cry first came out, lovely looking graphics at the time and the game engine was smooth as silk. I think the performance is still something of a bone of contention for some machines but personally with an MSI Laptop, Intel® Core™ i7 5700HQ 3ghz, NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970M ( not top of the range anymore by far ) .. I am having no stutter or immersion breaking technical issues. The game is performing how I would expect a CryEngine game to perform, with enough detailled tweaking possibilities in settings to suit anyones needs, and lighten the load if your machine cant hack the initial ballpark setup. It works great on my machine without any manual tweaking by myself. The gameplay is everything I expected and more. Anyone who has played The Elder Scrolls series have been playing the Arcade version of this Simulator. Oblivion used to have a few mods by Duke Patrick (AKA Spooky.fx on Beth forums), Combat Archery and other Combat realism mods for later TES games. He tipped me off about this game in its early development, and I am so glad he did. Aswell as being a good representation of realistic combat, the game is addictive, very addictive. I could lose lots of sleep with this game very easily and have to be a bit more strict with myself than I have had to do with any game for a long time. In a lot of ways the game feels like a nostalgic classic already, and I have barely scratched the surface of the game. Highly recommended. Tip: Learn to double tap that L shift key to make your horse Gallop (anyone who missed this tip will probably have a bit of trouble at the game start trying to progress)