Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Pretty good. Combat system somewhat clunky. Save system unnecessarily punishing.

Good graphics, great gameplay, plot, characters, and writing.

I just want to be able to play Henry and do what warriors do best, but instead, it has me doing all kinds of tedius really difficult quests where I am Theresa, instead.

I really dislike this game, it is simply not finished. The combat breaks when running over 30 FPS due to enemy reaction time, lack of staggers, and clenches; audio bugs related to surround sound and repair kit success also appear to have ties to the framerate. In the main quest "Cold Steel, Hot Blood," I had to use a mod to re-enable the console commands to get past an infinite loading screen. The main quests "Night Raid" and "Needle in a Haystack" lie to the player to get the player to go through the scripted events the devs wanted, instead of allowing player freedom, like in the best quest in the game, "The Hunt Begins." The final cutscene before the epilogue plays the incorrect subtitles. I had 2 or 3 crashes to desktop. The all but one of the perks that I looked at related to the survival mechanics simply work to nullify their effects, which brings into question why the mechanics are even in the game. I'm generally in the school of thought that limited saves isn't great, but thats much more subjective. The combat is almost turn-based: the game will drop your inputs when an attack is incoming that is a "green shield" attack, unless you make the "proper" response to parry. As a german HEMA practitioner, this is bollocks. It is completely valid to take a quick strike to the opponent while they're winding up, but the devs wanted you to interact with their well-crafted animations of dodging or receiving a repost. Superficially, the combat looks like HEMA, but plays nothing like a real swordfight feels. The combos are almost useless, as any combos more than 3 strikes long will get interupted 100% of the time, and shorter ones are often interupted. The story's pacing crawls to a halt periodically after the 2nd act low point, interupting the finale with unfunny and irritating interuptions to the primary main quest objectives, and is very cutscene heavy as it goes on. Other than that, its a neat game. Stop playing after "Baptism of Fire," and you'll have a great time!

I was so happy to hear that KCD 2 was coming, especially in GOG. I am going to play once again from scratch KCD 1 and wait for the 2nd one to come to GOG this March to continue the adventure. The game is wonderful, beautiful and it was created with much love. Thank you Warhorse.