Kingdom Come: Deliverance

This is my first time ever writing a review, that's how much the game pissed me off. I really gave it a chance, put 30 hours in it. But it's so irritating I can't handle it anymore. The story is nice and there are some interesting mechanics, but that's about it when it comes to what is cool about the game. Loading screens freeze up all the time (yes, I know I can get around it by alt-tabbing for a few moments and then coming back - thing is, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT). Quest markers disappear or show up in the wrong places. And realism in the game? Don't make me laugh. The game is realistic only in places where it's a pain in the ass for the user. In other places? Yeah, sure the local drunk can wipe the floor with the young blacksmith's apprentice who should be stronger and faster than him. Oh, no, horses CAN'T swim (hint - they really can). While you're saying that, Henry can't swim either (a kind who was raised in a village by the river can't swim? RIGHT). And of cours he can't even learn to swim, because why would he? Oh, and anything that comes up to his chest is automatically labeled as "too deep". And so on, and so on, and so on. I really wanted to like this game. I REALLY did. I saw the past reviews and YT videos and hoped to fall in love. But these bugs inbalances in a game that had 5 to have them fixed? Nuh-uh.

If your product is not intended for casual players then please label it accordingly. The limitations to saving the game are bothersome for no obvious gain. If people want to "cheat" then I'm sure they got mods and save game editors available. (This game has been designed by extremely skilled professionals. This is probably the best rpg since Skyrim.)

People that are interested in this game need to watch some videos detailing the combat. I had seen gameplay videos but I did not fully understand how atrocious the combat in this game was until I played it. The key points: -Your camera locks onto your enemy. You can move it off by moving your mouse very far very quickly, but you are intended to use the keyboard to swap targets. There is no free targeting in the game. -The mouse is used not to move the camera, it is used to decide where to strike enemies - the intention being that you attempt to strike at vulnerable spots and try to chain "combos" (but you won't succeed at this because of the AI's excellent blocking ability). -When you are swung at you can block or dodge during a brief window. This will consume stamina. If you block at the exact moment their weapon hits you, then you parry and automatically strike back. -Getting hit, swinging, blocking, doing anything but parrying costs stamina. When your stamina is depleted, enemy attacks do damage to your health. -If you get to close to an enemy they will grab you. -The camera lurches wildly during all of this to be immersive. I hate this combat. The people that like it praise it for its realism, but I find it incredibly clunky, feeling as if it was never intended to be played by a mouse and keyboard. Because of its clunky design, fighting multiple people is just impossible. Combat is an enormous part of the gameplay, and I do not think I will ever see another game with a combat system as poorly designed as this one. Please if you are considering this game, learn from my mistake and watch as many videos explaining the combat as you can. I did not realize exactly how the system worked, and now I have a game that I hate.

This game has native controller support and mapping but somehow gog playing through gog means that none of my PS4 or Xinput controllers will connect. Buy it from Epic or steam if you need accessibility. There isn't a controller answer anywhere in their "support" that is specific to this game and the general one is obviously written for games that weren't designed to suppor controllers from their inception although I did try every suggestion listed. People research games for compatibility with the accessibility devices they need and still end up hitting brick walls like this, this is why the pc gaming community still has major accessibility/gatekeeping issues.

I've had this game on my radar for quite a long time. Upon official steam and GoG release I got myself a copy and had been looking forward to an open world experience other than fallout/elderscrolls with a little mount & blade mixed in for a very long time. I had figured on final release the game would at least be playable, I write this on 2/28/2018 (1.2.5) and it is laughably unplayable. The amount of glitches are breathtaking, which although is expected in a game of this size and ambition, is compounded by a punitive save system that punishes the player IMMENSELY for saving. Although this is a great feature for preventing save scumming & enforcing story choices, it is laughably broken when applied to how bugged the game is. In my first 6 hours played, I've only been able to progress about 2.5 hours almost all of which were cutscenes because of game breaking glitches that force you to go back 20-30+ minutes every time. Perhaps as a casual gamer if you don't value exploration or traveling off the beaten path you might be able to wince your way through it. But if you treat it like an open world exploration there's simply no way to progress. 0/10 until fixed, in which case i hope it wil lbe a 9.5/10 game.