Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Game is quite good, I would say, BUT... Horrible save game system only for hardcore players, masochist or people that have a large amount of spare time. Fortunately, it can be remedied by an appropriate mod, so USE IT! The game becomes actually enjoyable then. After 25h of gameplay, bugs began to appear such as long game startup, extremely slow texture rendering, frequent game freezes, slow map and inventory opening. Trying to fix it with mods but nothing is working so far...

Game is great and I have fun playing it, while I was told correctly what to do, but game repeatedly either puts tutorials way after they are of any use, in the exact place that will kill you if (Why the fuck I need to know horse stats while I'm running away from enemies? If you put your "saddle horse" key enyewhere else than your "use" key, then FUCKING TELL THE PLAYER ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU PUT HIM/HER IN THE SITUATION WHERE LACK OF THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL 100% KILL THEM AND THEY WON;T EVEN BE ABLE TO TELL WHY THEY DIED, CAUSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ONLY SHOWN FOR MILISECOND BEFORE YOUR DEAD WHILE YOUR RUNNING REPEATEDLY INTO THE HORSE AND WHEN YOU ALREADY GIVEN UP AND GOOGLED WHY ARE YOU DYING AND MANAGED TO KNOW THE "HORSE" KEY IS FUCKING X AND NOT E) or how game literally forces you into an archery turnament as your shooting tutorial that has in-game consequences. IF their system was easy as pointing at a target in straight line and just shooting without any problem, then it would be forgivable, not good, but forgivable, but CONSIDERING IT'S ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT I'VE EVER CAME ACROSS I JUST WISH THAT DESIGNER OF THAT TUTORIAL WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS CUT OFF AND FORCE TO WRITE GAMES IN BASIC WITH THEIR STUMPS TO THE END OF THEIR ARTIFICIALLY ENLONGED LIFE JUST TO MAKE THEIR SUFFERING LONGER. Or how the tutorial for lockipicking is AFTER the mission that one of two ways out requires the knowledge of how to lockpick... Or how the game insists that changing focused enemies in-fight is mouse wheel, but it clearly does HORSE SHIT AND THE ACTUAL CHANGE IS DONE BY SOME COMBIANTION OF TAB WITH I DON'T EVEN KNWO WHAT CAUSE I DON;T HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING WHILE BEING MURDERED BY 4 GUYS THAT I CANNOT EVEN FACE, CAUSE SOMEONE DECIDED THAT SIMPLY PRESSING TAB TO CYCLE THROUGH ENEMIES IN WHATHEVER MANNER THEY'D DECIDE UPON IS APPARENTLY TOO EASY ON PLAYERS AND THEY SHOUDL SUFFER.

The story is enjoyable, but the game mechanics is quite tedious to work with. Grindy game with a lot of bugs. Weapon swing is very slow and requires a lot of real time hours to grind for you to get faster, but you are still required to time attacks and execute everything perfectly to win. Stealth is not an option either, because enemies has super human senses who can sense anything you do. Health, rest, eating is all fun and all but it gets annoying after a while. Constantly reminded that you are weak peasant who nobody cares about, which is true but the game is designed for you to be the hero. Most NPC are always too incompetent to do anything, crimes, investigations are always given to you alone and yet everyone else always think they are smarter and better than you. Going about my daily routine in life is more enjoyable than this game. Exploration and story is the only thing that keeps me interested and even that does not keep me engaged for very long. Great concept, but it is not a game that I find very particular fun or enjoyable. Honestly, just find yourself a good book to read or movie to watch and save yourself hours of fetch quest, clear area quest and frustrating game mechanics.

After playing for some hours that were very confusing (dying several times, learning complex minigames, reading lots of text), I entered a beautiful looking medieval Bohemia. I loved the setting, the overall story, and the ending. On the other hand, I encountered numerous bugs during the game that should already be fixed (the game is out for years). Winning fights is still hard, even in the late game due to the complex game mechanics. IMO, the DLCs don't add enough additional content for their additional price. So I would stay with the main game.

Great roleplaying experience with good, challenging combat, but the pacing is glacial, the save system is needlessly immersion-breaking, and the lockpicking will have you save-scumming or just avoiding it altogether. Worth getting on sale, if you can get past the first 10-20 hours of gameplay without giving up out of boredom and frustration.