Kingdome Come Deliverance is fantastic. As noted in many other reviews, it is not perfect, but in my opinion it makes the right mistakes. The historical (not fantastic) setting is a breath of fresh air and makes for a really fascinating game. The voice acting is great. The open world really feels like I could go anywhere and do anything. A distinctive of this game is that it takes pride in being "realistic", which leads to it being fairly punishing in certain mechanics (especially combat). This is a valid choice by the designers, but will not be everyone's cup of tea. On the rough side, texture loading is a bit too "just in time", sometimes side quests will seem to end too abruptly, and you'll see all the dialog character animations in about the first five minutes of the game. But given the rewards of the game as a whole, I think these only warrant docking 1 star. Finally, and most importantly: I never thought I'd hear Jan Hus invoked in a computer game, yet KCD does it. Kudos.
This game was very challenging but always rewarding. I hope they put out another title.
I found myself really wanting to find out how the story ends. It is perhaps not the most original thing, but it is engaging, and voice acting is good. The gameplay gets a bit repetitive, but there are an admirable number of variations on the core mechanic of "shine light on thing, then shoot." A few of the major battles are downright fun. It's a console-to-pc port, it's pretty cheap, and is a popcorn-eating type of game. Enjoy it.
