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I don't get the hype around this game at all. It's a glorified babysitter simulator.
This has got to be one of the best - if not the best RPGs ever made, a game that really does justice to the actual ROLE PLAYING. Looking at the trash that actually "won" GOTY 2018... God of War, figures... Kingdom Come Deliverance is not for everybody, it definitely is NOT a mainstream game. There is no character creation, you play as Henry, a peasant, a nobody, who can't swing a sword, who can't shoot a bow, who can't pick a lock. Yet. Even once mastered, Henry still will never be a powerhouse taking out an entire bandit camp like in Skyrim. KCD is as much an RPG as it is a medieval simulation. It's loosely based on real life history, therefore there are no dragons or other fantasy creatures. The game is hard. You will die A LOT. You can only save the game when you have a special item ("savior schnaps") or leave the game (bookmarked, gets deleted when you resume). It can get frustrating, as savior schnaps is expensive and hard to come by. While character models look dated, the landscape looks great for 2018. Voice acting is really great as well. The first person view allows for max. immersion and there are many ways to actually solve the many quests. The fantastic art style, beautiful open world even puts the Witcher 3 to shame. The combat is an acquired taste. It's more realistic than just hitting the left mouse button. It takes time and practice and retrying. It's also great to have a game that doesn't copy Dark Souls and has you rolling around the floor like a hog - in full armor.
Nice atmospheric black screen after startup. Not sure it's worth $35 though...
I do love me some olde games but these are just too old. Ear-piercing horrible sound effects best turned off, graphics that make your eyes bleed. No thanks.
Baldur's Gate 3 is a masterpiece - Rogue Trader mops the floor with it AND craps on Starfield. Finally a Warhammer 40,000 RPG that lives up to the source material. It does feel familiar to anyone who played Wrath of the Righteous - with the major improvement being they finally ditched the terrible Command & Conquer-style realtime with pause combat in favor of turn-based tactical combat, the only way to make an RPG. The setting is what sells this game, and it nails WH40k. Combat is satisfying, character builds are complex and game mechanics are hard to master. This is not for RPG newbies. My *only* gripe is the graphics. The engine Owlcat uses is the same as in Wrath of the Righteous - which is only servicable, no match for BG3's. With a better engine and graphics it would have been even better. Not a fan of the cartoonish portraits either. Bugs are present but unlike the "professional" game reviews write none are game-breaking but rather minor nuisances.
After New Vegas, this is several steps back. Like Skyrim they stripped down the RPG elements to a bare minimum. Quests are generic, the open world huge but boring and bland, and the Creation Engine his hopelessly outdated. Want a great post-apocalypse simulator? But S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, install the Autumn mod and forget you ever heard about Fallout.
Get the original Quake instead. This is the budget knock-off which lacks the atmosphere and quality of the original Quake 1.
The Original System Shock was a MASTERPIECE. The Enhanced Edition was a MASTERPIECE. This remake is GOD TIER. Ignore the stupid critics giving this 70s, complaining that it is too outdated. It is a faithful remake of the original and right on par with the Dead Space or Resi 2 remakes. We, the fans of the original wanted a faithful remake, not a Saints Row remake trash game. Sure, the graphics aren't top tier but it's better than replaying the original (or System Shock 2). For me personally this already is the GOTY 2023.
