This is one of the best games I've played in years. My inner history nut loved the depth of the backstory and the scope of detail, the level of immersion is superb, and the mechanics are unlike anything I've played in years. I can understand the complaints of bugginess, but by this point, most of them seem to have been worked out. The save system is good, but takes a little getting used to, and the handholding is minimal. All of this makes for an experience that is beyond any RPG I've played in the last several years. The closest I can describe it is that it has the best parts of both Skyrim and The Witcher III, with a combat system that beats both of them. One of my favorite parts is that you're actually expected to train if you want to get good, something the soldier in me really appreciates. A note on historical detail: this game pulls no punches when it comes to the pervading culture. This is medeival Bohemia: it is white, Christian, and unapologetically so. There are comparatively very few tips of the hat to modern sensibilities, something I found to be an enormous breath of fresh air. The storyline is full of hope and timeless virtue, and no character is irredeemably flawed. The treatment of both the Church and the emerging Husites is fair and takes the whole panoply of the time into account. And for those complaining about the lack of gunpowder, this is the back end of the Holy Roman Empire and the protagonists are petty nobility: they can't afford it! The engineer questline says as much. Besides, who doesn't love a good trebuchet? TL;DR: an amazingly deep and detailed story, interesting gameplay, most of the bugs are fixed, and the best RPG I've played since at least The Witcher III if not longer. Warhorse should be proud of this one!
