Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition

I absolutely loved it! The general feeling I get is that the developers must have loved it as well – it’s created with plenty of soul. It shows in a lot of minor stuff – for example in how painstainkingly the medieval architecture and art is recreated. The game made a great first impression – Henry himself is likeable as a character, owing in most part to the voice actor, and the world is downright beautiful in some parts – especially the aforementioned medieval architecture and decor is top notch. The STORY of KCD was... a bit weird, since I can’t say I was that engaged in the main storyline – it seemed to be a little unfocused after a while, and didn’t really command my attention that well as a whole (as I said, the game took me 120 hours!), but ever other STOP on the main storyline turned out to be kinda great. I don’t think it was that great overall, but it did GREAT THINGS along the way, if you get what I mean. The side missions of KCD were absolutely great. I especially liked the quests that dealt with investigation, since the game treated the subject rather seriously and didn’t really hold your hand – you had to pay attention to what the characters said, to the terrain and clues therein. Now, COMBAT... What can I say about the combat system... In the words of Bilbo Baggins... Even by the end, I didn’t know half of the combat system half as well as I should like; and I liked less than half of it half as well as it deserved. In general, I absolutely loved KCD despite some of the flaws – it’s packed with content and created with plenty of love. It boggles my mind that such an ambitious game was Warhorse’s first project, and I’m very much looking forward to the sequel, especially since the game kinda ended on a clear sequel hook. If you think you’d enjoy seeing somehow getting through KCD for the first time, you might check my lets play on the youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o_0OQ410QU&list=PLp4TpsJ7HUWUEtHNv33J40poxvClcaYTR

So, i play it only now and have not tried earlier versions. It runs nicely(30-60 fps on ultra, that is all you need in a single player game, period) on my i7 8900 @ 1920x1080 on a 1660 super. No glitches so far, though i am sure i could find a few ways to break it. Yes, you will need some good hardware. Loading times don´t exist for me ingame, from my ssd with lots of free space to boot. If you like medieval setting and rpgs, there are not many contenders. I like Stalker, Gothic(+2), Mount and Blade, to name a few. I´m not 14yo, and i like a good story/narrative/atmosphere/setting/gameplay.(not that a 14yo coudn´t enjoy good writing, but, ykwim) KC:D is about historical accuracy(to some possible degree) and social/political settings in the late/high medieval time in what is today the Czech Republic, as they are invaded through inner political discrepancies. If you don´t care about history or think its boring/uninteresting and you are happy with the casual mainstream shooter/rpg/sandbox/no-story/cringe-dialogues-because-they-didn´t-care-to-try...software, then it is probably not made for you to enjoy. Though i find it easy enough to pick up and do things without much knowledge about mechanics and numbers, a good part of this game is "educational", there are no monsters or magic in medieval europe(but other men) You follow the story of Henry, a smith´s son, and he does have a perspective and background of his own. Like, you can not expect to do some at that time questionable action without some comment or reaction. Fighting, or even murdering/killing in battle is not common, and the main focus is just not action a lot of the time, though the action that is done is done so in a realistic way as well(mostly; there are limits to getting shot with arrows repeatedly or being hit in the head with a 1,5m greatclub with or without a helmet on, but wouldn´t be a lot of fun to go that direction...) For 17€ on sale, this game will keep me occupied for some time.

This game is great medieval immersive experience. It is little rough around the edges. Developers wanted to make an open world game on the scale of Skyrim and had much, much lower budget. And it shows. However, taking that into consideration, they delivered a good product. With all the DLCs, it took me roughly 140 hours to finish the game. But I took my time because I was enjoying myself. Just riding across countryside, killing Cumans... Music to my ears. The environment with meadows, forests, castles on the horizon looks beautiful. The game offers some really memorable and enjoyable quests. You can get drunk with a priest, defend a girl on the inquisition trial or terrorize villagers with a "ghost" so a local charlatan can sell more of his useless trinkets. I recommend this game if you like open world RPGs and history.

Believe me this game is a GEM!! it really really is. and I am LOVING it so far, I'll say in my opnion it is up there with the giants titles like Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 both graphically and storywise. ..but sadly there's something that I need to warn you about KCD. and that's is: the poor optimization of this game. even now with the latest patch available you will face some performance issues ( especially in big cities or villages) even if you have a pretty powerful rig. fortunately there is many guides, workarounds and mods online that do improve the game and let's you appreciate KCD in a satisfactory manner and minimal stutters. if you can get past this inicial barrier. you are in for a absolutely amazing experience that will immerse you hard in the medieval era with real-life based weaponry, armours, fashion, architecture and combat mechanics.

After the huge flop that was Dragon Age Veilguard, I wanted to play a good open-world RPG and discovered this GEM of a game on Youtube. I really love this game and am looking forward for the next one from Warhorse Studios. Why is this game so good? The graphics are simply stunning and beautiful. The Story is fantastic, the writing, voice acting and dialoge is great. And most of all, this game was NOT made for a "modern audience" and doesn't have any weird modern political message like recent games from woke companies like BioWare. There are no annoying companions that you have to deal with either. It is very historically accurate. The combat system is great too, you get used to it quickly, and the fighting feels very real as all the combat moves are from historical martial arts fighting. Don't miss out on this fantastic game.