Kingdom Come: Deliverance

One of the most immersive RPGs out there. The game is beautiful and the music complements it really well. The writing is amazing, from the main quests to the side quests, it feels so fresh. The characters are so charismatic, you attached to them so quickly. I'm really looking foward to playing the second one.

I can say that this game is probably one of my fave story games of all time! (might be a bit biased since I'm a big fan of games that are based from historical events) Looking forward on playing KCD 2 when it comes on sale because based from my research, the sequel is a lot more forgiving in combat lol.

I struggle to fully recommend this game tho I did enjoy a lot of it, jankey combat along with glitched and tedius quests make it a slog at times. Combat can feel very rewarding but also unfair too. I've heard this game strongly compared to Oblivion and Skyrim but Id have to disagree, although it shared similarities it has a lack of dungeons and areas to explore like those games plus no magic in that sense either. More ways to use dialogue but also obvious things to say or ask arent options so it can make things feel stilted. Story has incredible highs and also very engaging gameplay at times, feels like cleaned up a bit would be amazing. Havent played the 2nd game but will definitely check it out one day when it goes on sale. overall 6 or 7 out of 10

7.5/10

Picked this up in anticipation to play the second game and I'm kicking myself for not playing it sooner! The game really shines the most in regards to it's historical atmosphere and subdued, yet engaging, main narrative. Exploring the beautifully crafted Bohemian countryside and some of it's meticulously detailed towns, castles, and villages, is a rich and immersive experience, made all the more captivating from the fascinating historical backdrop of the early 15th century. The main narrative is exciting, heartfelt, and full of interesting and charming characters, not to mention the fantastic protagonist himself, Henry of Skalitz, whose classic hero's journey is both typical and refreshing.

The game is not without it's faults however. It falls short in it's frustrating early combat, repetitive and often tedious game play mechanics, some awkward voice acting and dialogue, and somewhat common immersion breaking bugs and glitches. These are issues that will probably alter your view of the game, but I thought they were minor enough to suffer through for the sake of the story.

All in all, I'm even more excited to play the second game and see how Henry's story continues to unfold, especially since the sequel has supposedly improved on every aspect of the first.

I really, really, really want to like this game. It is clearly a labor of love, by people who wanted to make an immersive, realistic, and earthly game. I have read books on this period of history, and really wanted to explore it. But after several hours, I just got bored. Put it down, never picked it back up. Again, I know it's realistic but I didn't feel like going into a flashback so I could go to the woods to hunt with characters that I know are about to die, and sharing emotional moments with them, was worth my time.

The opening escape mission on horseback is atrocious and rage-inducing. The keyboard layout makes no sense, and you can't change it. I had to use pathfinding exploits to beat it on my 37th try (yes, I counted). I am pretty sure I did not save the damsel in distress, but the game still decided I did. You are not supposed fight, you are supposed to run. But your stamina isn't good enough to run, so if you pause even for a moment to let it recharge you will be slaughtered.

The first person combat is janky as all get out, as others have noted. The lack of a reticle on bows is realistic, but without the feedback and feel of a real weapon in your real human hands, you can't aim the thing. Even some form of feedback would be helpful.

Personally, I dislike the trope of the battle you have to lose, the villain gloats over you, he's ready to kill you, but he delays and you get saved by a deus ex machina at the last minute. The narrative was trying to tell me "you are lucky to be alive" but it had already made that point abundantly clear many times over.

The saving mechanic is atrocious, like it wants to emulate Dark Souls or Resident Evil's "saving is a luxury" (which is fine) but with much more tedious backtracking if you fail even one swing of your sword. There has to be a golden mean between "autosaving every 10 seconds in a Bethesda game" and "saving literally weakens you."

I really wanted to love this game. But I really just got bored. I am disappointed in that, a little disappointed in myself, too. I was twelve hours in and just went "I don't want to do medieval peasant chores to move this quest along" and stopped.

A great RPG with many, MANY flaws. Just like the case with Red Dead Redemption 2, the realism detracts a lot from this experience in my opinion.

The good

The game has quite deep simulation of medieal times and life, both to the benefit and detriment of the overall experience.
I liked things like the reading skill. The alchemy skill, even though it does get old fast, due to how slow brewing potions are.

I really liked the atmosphere and the environment, especially at dawn/dusk or during rain (rain effects are kinda bad though).
The main quest like is pretty good, I felt like I actually cared about it, despite the overflowing amounts of information and characters in the game.

Lighting and global illumination are really nice in this game. Not the best I have ever seen, but really good. They can be buggy sometimes, mostly particles not having lighting at all.

The last few hours of the main story are very epic.

I didn't hate the save system. You can still save scum all you want, but it will cost you in-game resources to do so.
I felt that it adds to the experience, even if it did end up wasting a lot of play time because of crashes and progression bugs. Getting the "save potions" is quite easy.

The worst part - Combat

First and foremost, I have to talk about the godawful combat system. It's just inexcusably bad, easily worst in any game I have ever played. Not even asset flips have combat this bad.
This is easily the biggest issue with the game.
Realism does come into the equation here, for sure. I get the "why would son of a blacksmith know how to wield a sword" argument, but this ia weak excuse for just how insanely unenjoyable combat encounters are.

You get ambushed (while just running around the map) by 3 or more people and you just have no chance of fleeing or defending yourself.

People may bring up the "master strike" argument - but it is also a very bad argument. A hidden 1-button combo ability that the game never tells you about, which makes you unbeatable in 1v1 combat, does not redeem this combat system. Not by a long shot.

The game has combo system for combat, but that is also simply unusable - enemies can perform master strikes on you (and do so extremely often) or they die in 1 hit later in the game, so you basically can never actually use any of the combos.

Worse still, in many cases your character will just refuse to perform attacks, such as in tight spaces.

Even worse still, is the camera lock during combat. It automatically locks onto enemies and forces you to look at them. So when you want to turn around and run away - that's right you can't! The game will try its best to make sure you see who kills you. Even if you do manage to break the lock, as soon as an enemy catches up to you and hits you, you are back looking at them!
EVEN WORSE STILL, when you get hit, often you can be "thrown around" by your enemies making your view spazz out, disorienting you greatly, and basically making the game simply unplayable.
It gets worse still, of course. The game has a directional attack system, which you select with your mouse. So when you try to select a direction to attack from, you may just accidentally lose enemy lock and be disoriented. Or the lock will simply just not happen for a few seconds after moves like "clinch".
Yeah, it gets worse again. When there are multiple enemies, you have to move your camera to try to switch targets, but the game will just refuse to let you do that most of the time, or switches to random enemy near the one you want to look at, or switches the lock to some other enemy that hits you right after you successfully switch lock. This makes story encounters with many enemies and friendlies just pure random chaos, no tact to any of it at all. You get very little control then.

The reason why the combat is bad is not because "peasant can't use swords". This combat system is just rotten from the very core of it. It was never going to work, and it can never work.

The best way I found to deal with the combat is to just do not engage in combat at all, or when you are forced - rely heavily on your compations to take aggro.

Bow aiming has no reticle, even if you level up your bow skill, not even as a perk on level 20 or something. Yet another combat feature gimped for the sake of realism. But you get a crosshair when riding on horseback. If you have no bow drawn.

The bad

Now to mention other issues.

First of all, the dog companion. It is also one of the worst implementations of this feature compared to any other game. Primarily the issue is that the dog gets in the way, WAY too much. Almost feels like the devs made it this way on purpose to frustrate the player.

Secondly, the horrible capsule-based movement that makes you unable to go up stairs sometimes, makes you slide off of everything. It is very frustrating sometimes, and it's crazy how this problem was solved in 1998, but yet here we are, sliding from slight inclanations on the floor in 2018.

* Extreme frame pacing issues - FPS counter shows 100+ FPS, but it appears/feels like 20 if you have very high shader detail or higher.
* Very inconsistent performance in general. Sometimes you get 30-40 FPS in the same area in the same PC and settings, sometimes 100+. No rime or reason to any of it.
* Experienced a few crashes after 30 hours of play, losing a lot of progress. Could be due to max settings.
* Game tells you to wear different outfits for different purposes, but there is no way to easily store different outfits, or mark stuff as favorite. So I ended up not bothering, and it never really affected me.
* Helping guards kill cumans (enemies) or bandits in random encounters randomly counts as a crime, for some reason.
* Multiple quest progression stopping bugs, sometimes loading screen doesnt go away for MINUTES at a time.
* Certain actions, such as pickpocketing and talking to NPCs are bound to the same key, so if you hold your talk button instead of pressing it, have fun being a criminal for no reason.
* The "move with the speed of the NPC" feature the game boasts to you about doesn't work correctly. You still always move either too slow and too fast. It doesn't work at all on horseback.

Other nitpicks

* The game kept unequppeing my weapons and random points.
* No way to put more than 1 custom map marker. So if you encountered a bandit camp with a very hard locked chest, you either have to write it out on a piece of paper, or just miss out on the loot.
* A lot quests expect you to check in on the NPC you did the quest for later for the actual reward, including achievements
* No skill XP gain notifications, doesnt tell you what reputation you gained or lost
* Game is fairly quiet by default, even after maxing out sound sliders.
* 30 fps lock in cutscenes
* I have experienced weird reputation losses without any logical explanation at random points.
* The map is annoying to use, the icons overlap each other, making it impossible to see some of them.
* The game is quite hand holdy in the beginning, and really discourages you from doing side quests as that will cause certain events in other unfinished quests to go "the bad ending" if you take too long to get around to finshing the quest.

The game grows on you with time. Slow start but when you move past the beginning phase you will witness absolute cinematic experience. Just go try it out if you haven't already and enjoy

As good as skyrim. Totally recommended if you are a gamer who love medieval RPG especially with its slow paced gameplay. Can't wait to play KCD 2 but after I bought it myself 😅

Only decided to play this game after wanting to play the sequel. I am only 1 hour into the sequel, and I'm really glad I've decided to play the first installment before moving to the next one.

It can get frustrating at times, combat is a bit annoying in the beginning, still clunky overall. Small non-game breaking bugs here and there, conversations are somewhat dull and you might find yourself skipping some. This game does feel like a perfect well-executed example of an AA game, as it is.

The content in this game is endless, it is enjoyable. You might not enjoy this game more than the second installment in the series, but it's absolutely worth playing if you're planning to play the sequel.

Great game! Has it's buggy moments but they're nothing compared to Skyrim and look how great that game is. Gripping story line. Great gameplay mechanics (once you have learnt them) and fun quests and roleplaying!

minus the story being good, and the combat being extremeley hard to master with this being a story driven RPG there are few quests outside of the main questlines, your descisions you make dont really impact the game and all of the dialogue is set for you.

but my 2 biggest gripes with this game is, 1) unless you steal everying in the guard house at talmberg you will be running a majority of the begining of the game naked and with no armor/ weapons.

2) the begining of the game as much as i have played does not give you anytime to do anything outside of the main quest, you will go from main quest to main quest, for long periods of time you wont be able to fast travel or do anything else such as REPAIR OR BUY NEW GEAR, you will fail quests and the quest will progress without you if your character decides "hey im sleepy" or "fuck man im starving because i havent been able to buy any god damn food for the past 45 minutes" unless you take up early roguery such as stealing and pickpocketing, you will have no money for weapons/ armor/ food and you will have little time to "browse" for such items.

the game also does not hold your hand you will miss alot of "optional" objectives as there are no quest indicators for me, upon entering the first major city it took me 30 minutes to find the guard house to be able to get a "kit" witch was a helmet, gambeson and a peice of wood for a weapon.

on the "hunt" with capon, the game does not tell you there is a chest snugged away in the corner with weapons, armor and food.

yes maybe i should take my time to loot and explore but it is extremeley difficult like i said when quests progress when your trying to resupply and restock.

i plan to finish this game and never touch it agian.

Excellent Medieval simulator, combat takes a while to learn and to be good at ingame too, so a little bit of grinding involved, but a fun game overall.

Kingdom Come Deliverance is a game focused on learning and surviving in a brutal world where every choice matters and every swing of your sword can be your last. I played similar games but i must say this has the best balance of realism and difficulty. Learning the ropes and getting used with game systems takes patience and is a very slow process.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3458330139

I began my adventure without knowing too much about it other than it's an medieval rpg with survival mechanics. From the screenshots i seen and the little i knew i wasn't prepared for the difficulty of the game and confusing combat didn't help either.

KCD doesn't make you feel as a hero,or a overpowered force . The early game is hardcore ,you're weaker than everyone else and the only similar experience i had was in the first Gothic game many years ago.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3462439975

My biggest problem was the combat,i was stubborn to ignore the early combat training and i was punished with impossible fights which i had no idea how to prevail. I didn't like the fast travel system and in quests where you had to search the needle in the hay i had to use google to find my objective.

To be honest i reached some parts where i struggled so much i almost gave up playing. Archery is just impossible without mods ,the combos with melee are hard to master..and the fight with Kurt was something else..it was like hitting a wall where i had to reload to an earlier save to get better gear and hone my skills.

Henry's journey was beautiful..from a naive boy without any training to an respected warrior fueled by the thirst of revenge. There is also amorous adventures,numerous treasure hunting maps and some interesting side quests.
On the bright side the world feels alive and immersive ,from the landmarks to the behaviour of npcs everything fits and builds that realistic medieval experience.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3462535934

There is so much soul and work put behind it and it's not common these days where games lost this kind of qualities.
The castles and the architecture looks great and the cultural influences fits like a glove..i wished those forests held more legends from Czech's folcklore because they're so empty..but i guess thats for fantasy rpgs.

The sound is great,i liked the voice acting and the music a lot ,there is a ambience sound for every place in this game.

To sum everything up and give a verdict you'll need to dig deep and play it yourself. It's a niche game and something different ,a nice break from super powers and fantasy games.

KC: D offers a captivating main story, enriched by a wonderfully diverse and memorable cast of characters. The side-quests, while often engaging and thoughtfully designed, occasionally suffer from repetition and can sometimes be hindered by bugs or a lack of depth.

The combat system stands out as both unique and refreshing, offering a welcome departure from more conventional mechanics (think of Skyrim). However, it does lose some of its challenge after a few hours, once you have mastered its nuances.

The game’s world is truly a masterpiece, painstakingly crafted with incredible attention to detail. From its majestic castles to idyllic villages and the serene countrysides, every location immerses you in its rich, atmospheric charm. It’s a world that invites exploration and rewards your curiosity.

This game is pretty much perfection in my eyes. I had it on my list for ages but was worried about it being too hard core and awkward (the fighting, keeping fed and rested) but it's really not. I love the setting, the story and the gameplay. I also played a bit of the steam deck and it's incredible how well it runs on that. I've just completed the game and immediately bought the second one. Can't wait to continue the story!

What a game!
The story was incredible, the setting too, the graphics, even for a relatively old game, are also pretty good.
I can't believe the game ended, I didn't want it to end, but unfortunately everything good, eventually comes to an end.
Despite some bugs (they are not game breaking or something even close to that) or the grindy fighting system (it is a RPG after all), I highly recommend this game, bellow you can find the usual template for my rankings :)

Make sure you get the HD graphics and the HD audio, they are free!

By the way, I liked this so much I had to get the gold edition of KCD II, can't wait to start :)


---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Masterpice
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ If it's on sale
☑ Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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very well made game with interesting world and lots of attention to detail
but mate it is soooo drawn out. goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
if you have a spare 10 extra lifetimes, sure you can enjoy this game, but otherwise, mate stay clear of this leech of time.

"I kingdom came, I kingdom saw, I kingdom delivered a dagger through the chest of half a dozen monks in their sleep"
- Henry "the Hungry" of Skalitz, 1403

Among the finest pieces of Eurojank, this time from a different former member of the Warsaw Pact, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a love letter to the Czech national heritage and all the other games and media that inspired Warhorse to come out and express their own take on the open-world sword and shield RPG. The excellent dialogue and worldbuilding strikes the perfect balance between attention to historical detail and remembering to have fun with its concept. The characters radiate personality and charm thanks in no small part to stellar actors. The mechanics, while having a higher initial difficulty curve than most of its peers, is fair and logical in a way that makes being powerful that much more earned. It's probably the best historical fiction I've come across in any medium, and I look forward to diving into the sequel.

Fighting system is too stupid, complicated, and hard. You can't adjust the difficulty for the game, so i always get killed because i can not learn fighting fast so i just go through game losing and dying all the time. If fighting had any sense and if it was somewhat normal, i would keep playing this game and give it positive review, call me a cry baby all you want , im pretty sure there's more people to relate to this.

"I'm sorry Henry, I'm afraid I can't do that"
This game just isn't for me

(I am trying to keep the spoilers down to a bare minimum, but I can't guarantee they are totally absent)

I had high hopes of the game, and on paper, the story, based on historical events is promising. It had a lot of positive reviews, and I hoped that the few reviews dealing with technical difficulties would not befall my system.
The graphics are quite nice, but they are somewhat quirky, like some elements don't get loaded properly until your character is close by. When you run, or ride your horse, over a road, puddles suddenly appear when you get near their dedicated place.
People wander around without a head or their upper layer of clothing, until you get close, and then suddenly they appear “complete”.
I have played – and enjoyed – games with far worse graphics, so that in itself wasn't a deal breaker.
I can, however, see how some people find this irksome.
My main frustration arose from the glitches and the amount of micromanaging required.
There is an instance where you do battle in an enemy encampment, and when your reputation or likeability is high, the fallen bandits count as your own group of soldiers, and it's suddenly game over, because you lost too many of them.
At times your quest window explicitly tells you to go talk to a person (or a similar task), and the option to start a conversation with them is not present.
Some side-quests and/or individual tasks are very narrow in nature, so that it feels like having to do chores, such as literally having to get someone a drink from the ale house.
Certain tasks must be performed at certain hours, which makes you constantly check the in-game time and trying to be in the right place at the right time, less you get punished or the quest gets aborted.
And there are tasks that must performed within a certain time frame.

I did my best to ignore the glitches and the micromanaging, even scouring forums to find obscure console commands to bypass them, but eventually I had to admit to myself the game felt more like work than leisure.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the only game where I’ve:

✅ Spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to read a book because my character is actually illiterate.
✅ Accidentally started to starve to death because I was too immersed in stealing from a sleeping noble.
✅ Got drunk, then blacked out with a priest and woke up in a church.
✅ Combat calamities: The swordplay is so genuine that every missed swing feels like a personal insult to the blacksmith who forged it.

The combat? Feels like a fencing simulator but with the added difficulty of being a peasant with no training.
The world? So realistic that even the cows judge you.
The immersion? 10/10, I can smell the unwashed peasants through my screen.

If you ever wanted to experience the full medieval life—including getting lost in the woods, suffering from malnutrition, and learning how to read like it’s Dark Souls—this is the game for you.

tl;dr: Like non-fantasy Skyrim with a steeper learning curve.

The game takes hours to really get going, and if you're not careful it will take even more (telling Theresa you don't mind a long story will put you straight into a DLC that's like a more difficult repeat of what you just went through), so the beginning is a bit discouraging. But after that it opens up. It still takes a long time to get any good at anything, but it's rewarding once you finally are able to automate alchemy, once you finally are able to take on even a single opponent, once you finally are able to survive against a group of opponents.

It's not as vast as a Skyrim, but there are several square miles of map and my game time ended up over a hundred hours, so big enough. Don't expect any dragons or giants, your worries will entirely be bandits and mercenaries. That's not to say it's entirely realistic; you'll still be using alchemy to mix up some potions that can enhance your healing, give you better night vision, or make you a better speaker--but it tries to stay closer to The Real Thing than most games. It's set in real world Europe in real world 1403 with many characters at least loosely based on historical figures, and locations you can find the modern day equivalents of on Google Maps.

Almost everything feels complicated when you start to learn it. Combat? Real pain in the butt until you learn how to counterattack. Picking locks or pickpocketing? High risk low reward until you've raised your skill a few levels. Alchemy, you have to go through manual steps to create so many potions until you can unlock the Autobrew option. For the most part this goes to make it feel rewarding once you actually start to make progress, though.

Bethesda open worlds are my favorite, and outside of those this is one of the games that comes closest to scratching the same itch, which is nice since there are so many years between scratches from developers these days.

Kingdom come deliverance does a few things exceptionally well. You start as a nobody and from the start everything in the world feels difficult to do. Fighting multiple enemies, earning money and convincing people are a few examples that come to mind. You need to progress in these areas to slowly become better. A lot of games make you overpowered in a couple of hours, but the progression in this game is so rewarding. I also really like the story and how the gameplay feels once you get the hang of it. Definitely give this one a try before diving in to 2.

I'd give this game a solid 8/10, coming from someone who's yet to play the sequel.
There's just some things that went against my personal preferences in games, in terms of mechanics/design, which is by no way the game dev's fault. They did a great job.
Immersion 10/10, the atmosphere, the lively map, environment design was fantastic. Felt like I was actually in there.
Story I'd give an 8/10, yes, I'm aware this was mainly set up for the sequel, it was sort of predictable which does not mean it was badly written, just some things felt like they popped out of nowhere and suddenly were important without much weight.
Mechanics are crusty, but what the hell, sure. Let me swing the sword.
A lack of easy mode as is usually done in games for the players who simply want to enjoy the story is one of the things that stood out to me - since I belong in this group. But I did not mind the challenge, however sometimes it got annoying. Personally, I'm more interested in storylines/lore rather than everyone being out to get my ass and it being a pain to resolve.
Savior schnapps mechanic was very silly to me. Again, part of the challenge of the game to "realistically" get through events I suppose, but like I mentioned this is just personal preference.
Overall, very enjoyable game, now I saved right before riding off into the sunset with Hans (very romantic, hehe, love that barbie and the three musketeers reference (of course)) so I am ready to rain hell down on Rattay and it's inhabitants and just go wild.

A game where everything from the base movement to the depth of the combat system is about as awkward as possible. It feels like the game is specifically engineered for maximum player frustration.

This game is good, but there is a major bug have not solved even after 6 years : If you accept the DLC mission From the Ashes and completed it, you will not be able to complete one of the main quest which is crucial to the game as you will only see the loading screen after the cutscene is faded out. The only solution without rewinding the progress is to use the cheat mod to do the cheat save during the infinite loading screen, then restart the game and continue with the latest save. Since Warhorse discontinued in revisiting this game, just hope this message can help someone that about to start the DLC before they complete the game.

I really wanted to like this game, because the story seemed really promising, interesting and the world looks really beautiful. However, the combat is awful and frustrating imo. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy "hardcore" games, but I just couldn't get into this one. I feel like the combat wouldn't be THAT bad if there wasn't any jank, but there is a LOT of it. For example, I was fighting a bandit in a forest and while I was moving around, I started walking up the vegetation constantly? Because of this I wasn't able to attack and got killed, losing a ton of progress. There were also mutliple times where enemies noticed me from such a distance it made no sense, ok I try to run away, but enemies are always faster than you and when they hit you, your POV spins around so much it almost gives you motion sickness. Lastly, if you are fighting more than one enemy, it's over.
I'm not interested in spending a week or so learning this combat for this game to "click". Maybe I'll come back to it, but just thinking about playing the game gives me a migraine.

One of the best RPGs. It's not perfect, but it's still very good. Anyone who likes the Middle Ages should play this game. It has mechanics I've never seen in a game before,they're so refreshing.

9,5/10

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the best eurojank I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. This game is superior to most RPGs in a myriad of ways but unfortunately is an unpolished mess. It is very poorly optimised for PC and performance issues are a big problem in the more densely populated areas like Sasau and Rattay. Sometimes, textures won’t even load in cutscenes. It never got to the point where it was unplayable for me though, fortunately. This game is absolutely littered with bugs too. NPCs falling through the ground into the void only to reemerge like nothing happened, game breaking softlocks and becoming permanently stuck in combat are just a few examples of bugs that I came across. I encountered a particularly egregious bug right at the very end of my playthrough where the final cutscene of the main quest used completely wrong subtitles from a separate cutscene meant for the DLC making what was supposed to be an emotional moment and the culmination of an entire playthrough into an amusement.

Much of the negative reviews for this game have a common complaint, that being the game’s combat. This game has much more difficult and immersive combat than most games and it’s clear that it filtered a lot of players who went into this game expecting it to be a typical power fantasy as evidenced by the steep drop offs in percent completion for the achievements. You're not the Dragonborn, you are Henry Of Skalitz, a blacksmith’s son who has never left the confines of his village and has never had actual combat experience beyond sparring with a wooden sword; a complete bumpkin yokel who can’t even read. The early game is very difficult as a result of this and realistically so. The game also highly recommends as soon as you arrive in Rattay to train with captain Bernard which raises your stats but I imagine most players ignored this. It takes a herculean effort to transform this yokel into a hardened warrior entrusted with leading his compatriots from Skalitz in battle and it’s an immensely satisfying process. This game is pure immersion kino. The only problem I have with the combat is the dogs you’ll occasionally have to fight due to their awful hitboxes.

I would like to highlight some of the other systems in this game which I found to be wonderfully immersive. This game has enforced lifestyle mechanics such as eating, drinking and sleeping but they never felt like chores to me like they do in many other games which attempt this. Hunting for your own food is really satisfying and if you ever don’t feel like hunting, you can always stop by a market to stock up on food. The only problem I have in regards to these mechanics is a perk which makes it so you hardly ever have to sleep. This clearly goes against what this game is trying to do with all of the immersive mechanics and just feels silly. As mentioned previously, Henry cannot at the start of the game read. The ability to read is tied to the “reading” skill which can be improved at first by seeing a scribe. Many quests can play out quite differently based upon whether or not you can read and there are even achievements for reaching certain milestones without being able to read and I think these things are very cool. Saving can only be done by sleeping or drinking a certain beverage which you can brew. I’ve seen many criticisms of how obtuse the saving system is and I imagine they must have not interacted with the game’s alchemy system which is so in depth and fun.

Unlike so many RPGs, the main questline for this game does not disappoint. From watching Henry develop both in game and as a character, to unraveling the mystery of the identity of the game’s main antagonist, and meeting so many interesting characters along the way. I won’t go further into detail about it to avoid spoilers but suffice to say it is superb. The DLCs also expand upon the relationships Henry has with these characters and were all enjoyable. You’ll travel the roads as a mercenary, immersing yourself in a lifestyle completely juxtaposed to that of the main questline. The DLC based upon renewing an entire village is a perfect endgame money sink and is reminiscent of Skyrim’s Hearthfire DLC but exponentially better and more in depth. A Woman’s Lot switches your perspective from Henry to a female Skalitz native and has more of an emphasis on the game’s stealth mechanics which are really well done. This dlc also has a separate questline which includes one of the game’s best and most tense quests which involves you as Henry becoming a de facto lawyer for one of your friends. The Amorous Adventures of Hans Capon is a continuation of the entertaining escapades you have with one of your friends, Hans Capon, the heir of Rattay. The quests involving him are some of the most entertaining ones in the game and the friendship between him and Henry is very well written; it’d be a real shame if Warhorse were to completely butcher his character in the sequel to appease the shippers. The quest design in this game is stellar, with many quests accounting for different playstyles and having different endings. The game will have you pulling heists with your village friends, scamming villagers with elaborate schemes, partaking in a witch’s sabbath along with many other amusing scenarios which you’ll have to discover for yourself.

I give it an 8.5/10. It was fun, I learned some stuff and Hans is my boy.

A little buggy at times but nothing TOO crazy.

Wow... just wow, this game might just be one of the worst RPG's out there. The puritans and simps on the reddit for instance, praise this pile of steaming sack of sh*t for being ''realistic'', however this cant be further from the truth. The game likes to use this excuse many times, but when it really matters it just falls flat in too grandoise promises. Game's story is mediocre at best, at worst it makes fun of itself trough out its writing and pacing, but that BY FAR is not the worst aspect about this game.

Now to the ''good'' stuff. The combat, oh boy... it wants so ever badly to seem to be ''skill based'' which is nothing more than perhaps the greatest lie in any video game i have ever played. ever. for instance what seemed to be truly fair skill based 1v1 medieval fighting system, is nothing more than an idea, that Warhose tried on this game, but failed atrociously. For instance, in what universe can a simple bandit take 3 head shots of an piercing arrow, shot from a war-bow, in close range and just keep on going? you tell me, if that it ''realistic''. How about another example? Your character named henry, has stamina and runs out of it, in few hits, but the enemies can just keep on hitting you/ take sh*t ton of punishment from heavy mace for example. Becouse lets be honest, its really rare to for game-dev's to make FAIR (yet difficult but rewarding) stats for both player and npc's. BUT THATS NOT ALL SHE SANG! This game ALSO heavily relies on henry's STATISTIC's to be able EVEN reach hits to the enemies and deal certain amount of damage. DOES this sound like skill based system to you? HELL NO!!!! skill based system rewards, ANY player for BEING GOOD at the game, not on some arbitery statistics, WHOSE only purpose is to make you SPEND more time on the game that you would like to spend elsewhere.

THERE ARE MANY, and i mean hell of an many flaw's in this game, that just makes you wanna hurt somebody irl, i dont have the time or energy to write everything down here, Hopefully by god, the sequal of this genre has improvent on the many negatives of this one.

IF YOU STILL WANT TO TRY THIS ONE, get it from like -80% sale.

5.5/10

An otherwise good game that is grossly handicapped by a critical flaw. The camera is completely inadequate for fighting more than one person, constantly locking on to one of them as the others run right off screen. What's more, when the ai decides to run around you in a circle or you get one of the godawful spinning ripostes (which happens constantly) the camera spins incredibly nauseatingly, with the cursor you need to see perfect block timing following off the side of the screen. This would be tolerable, if not for the fact that the game constantly puts you into 1v3 fights where these garbage mechanics can fully ruin your enjoyment of the game.

What's more, combat in general is deeply unsatisfying, with constant bouts of lengthy animations as you and your opponent(s) trade perfect blocks, until finally somebody gets a master strike that you get to watch for five seconds before repeating the lengthy process over again.

Overall a good game. Story is pretty good, I love the art style and historical accuracy, while prominent characters are few in number they're written well, and the devs managed to balance all of that with the fact this is a game; alchemy is a great example of this. You've got to choose a base fluid for the potion, add herbs and other ingredients, grind stuff in a motar & pestle and control the heat of the cauldron, either after buying the recipe or experimenting. While cool at first, this becomes a massive pain later on; except you can sidestep that buy learning the autobrew perk.

Choices made at times do have consequences down the line, leaving a quest to sit for a time can change its outcome and Henry can use his learned skills to influence quests and NPC's.

So why do I not recommend Kingdom Come? The combat. While its a great RPG, the combat systems have potential but fall short in key ways that made me hate it.
The simple version of it is Master Strikes and Combos. I generally like the back and forth dance with strikes and parries, its not perfect, but its realistic and I like it.


Master Strikes feel nice to perform, but horrible to be on the receiving end of, and they happen quite often all things considered.

It makes defence too desirable when I can 'counter'-attack an enemy and they can't do squat about it, even when they outnumber me because I become invincible during the animation, which then doesn't deal any damage because they all push against the dude I countered getting him out of range to take the damage, making it all pointless.
When getting hit by a Master Strike, its uncounterable and random (happening more often if your opponent is a higher levelled one, moreso if in comparison to you) interrupting the flow of the fight. It doesn't feel good, nor fair as a player.


Combos look awesome and feel great to pull off. Parts of the attack direction indicator turn white to signify if you can thrust/swing that way to continue a combo, although I found them too subtle in combat to rely on. The problem with combos comes from very rarely getting to use them; when and NPC perfect blocks an attack, it interrupts any and all combos. NPC's perfect block atleast 50% of your strikes. Going through the story NPC's perfect block more and more often, in combination with randomly Master Striking you.

The last two things that I grew to despise were equipment durability and archery. Often at least one piece of gear was damaged beyond what Henry could repair with kits after a single encounter. Archery lacks a reticle, which would be fine if Henry didn't shake like a crackhead with a bow drawn. Uping your bow skill reduces it, but thats hard to do when you can't hit or kill anything.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one of those rare games where you can *feel* the developer's love, attention, and hard work while playing it. Whether it's in the cutscenes, the interactions/actions you can take that you didn't expect, or through the wonderful characters, this game truly possesses a special quality that I find to be semi-indescribable. There are issues, particularly in the sector of performance/bugs, but it has been worked on. If you feel you can get past that I cannot recommend this game enough to people who are looking for a unique RPG.

the game is fucking beautiful, and its best watched than played if you're on the fence about it so someone else can sit through the dreadful combat, annoying lack of QoL features, and getting the fucking run around from all of the NPC's. so far, there has never been a straightforward path through a quest, someone always needs something done before they will do anything to help. which is realistic i guess but fucking awful for playing a game. The game is beautifully detailed and wonderfully done but id sooner watch someone gawk over it than have a strong urge to keep playing it. It is beautiful in ways you wont expect, like seeing accurate drawings for each town if you zoom in, and the map istelf being drawn in the same style. but it can only be so pretty and it stops being beautiful the moment you step into combat. This is an ACCURATE depiction of 15th century combat. you will lose all your shit to any group bigger than 1 due to getting ganked or the dreadful combat system. You'll want to like it more than you end up actually enjoying it. In a recent encounter, i save some guards during a holdup, and the guards try arresting ME. and thanks to the complete lack of autosaves, my last load was what felt like half an hour back. this game is fiercely determined to be realistic to its own detriment

Look, it's pretty good. I picked it up because it'd been in my steam library for ages and KCD2 came out. There are definitely some flaws but overall it's a fairly rewarding RPG. Combat is punishing until you figure out the master strike at which point the game really opens up to you, except for when you get ganked by a mob of 14 peasants at once which I suppose goes to realism.
worth a play if you can pick up on sale. runs well. 7.5/10 for me overall.

One of the best game i've ever played, maybe the closest thing to RDR 2 for me, great game, great story, great gameplay, amazing npc dan graphics, what can i say? just cant wait to play KCD 2

What could be a very good game is held back by some of the most infuriating game mechanics I've ever come across. Combat makes literally no sense whatsoever; it's either not explained at all, or so poorly explained that there might as well not be any kind of tutorial.

Combined with the equally frustrating lock picking mechanic (which again, makes no logical sense), I just said fuck it, I'll go play something that doesn't make me want to hit my head against a wall every time I want to do something interesting.

This game would be incredible if it wasn't for the broken combat. Most of the time its fine but sometimes you'll come across a group of enemies that can teleport behind you and permanently stun lock you... WTF?

Bought this because people say it's like the Gothic games... It is a little bit, but I still don't like it! Gothic is exciting, mysterious and kind of just lets you go... This is just boring.

A generally great game bottlenecked by the most braindead and frustrating design decisions. If you want to hear the positives plenty of other reviews detail them well.

Buggier than Skyrim but with a savegame system that will strip you of 30 minutes of progress when you die trying to run away from someone but get snared by the janky combat system or horrible terrain. I love trying to stab someone in the back (good luck having this work reliably, you can completely get the drop on them and Henry will fail a ton of the time), and then getting swarmed by the entire bandit camp by the time Henry is done going through the animation of setting the body down.

Minor spoilers here:

There's also the time that Henry, by choice, to very little benefit to himself, regardless of how badly injured or poorly equipped he is, rushes into a 1v1 with an enemy commander in a scripted event. An enemy commander that can take sword blows to his unarmored head and barely flinch...and there's very little I want to do but put down the game. It completely bottlenecks the RPG behind a 1v1 combat encounter and the justification is Henry just being a hotheaded idiot in the moment.

I hear the sequel is great. I've had this for a while and wanted to get through it first...not sure if I'll be able to.

I wanted to like this game, I really do. But the combat is unbearable. It's extremely clunky, frustrating and unbelievably unresponsive.

Not for me, a bit too frustrating. I've died in the tutorial twice and got my character stuck in objects a few times. The dialog options all lead to playing as a petulant teenager. And there's no way to hand in partial objectives. Like you can't just give your father the cold ale. You have to also have every other item too, if you get those then the ale goes flat and you have to get it again. More of a puzzle adventure game than an RPG in that sense.

The combat system is very well thought out, maybe a little clumsy in practice. But there is a logic to it that is kind of fun in a mini-game sort of way.

After 48 hours, I have given up on this game. The clunky combat, grueling downtime and the forced authenticity which in turn, sacrifices compelling gameplay. Even the ridiculous load times while waiting to achieve some prerequisite is a minor nitpick that in turn, piles on the abundance of faults to this game. Music is a plus, setting is engrossing, but that is about it. Also some of the most inconsistent voice acting I have ever heard in a modern game. This game is janky, and not even Bethesda janky, which those games I can tolerate due to the amazing game design. After coming from games like Oblivion and Witcher 3 straight into this, it is a hard pass for me.

One of the most refreshing RPG's I have had the pleasure of playing in a while. A little buggy and rough around the edges, a slow start with a steep learning curve, but what an immersive and satisfying experience from start to finish. Well worth the playthrough.

A peak immersive RPG set in Bohemia in the early 15th century. It has its quirks and problems but overall is well worth the journey. Its biggest flaw is some weird quest design for some quests that halts any momentum and excitement you had currently built up and can put quite the damper on things; fortunately, it picks up again after these quests and it gets exciting again.

I recommend it to people who like immersive RPGs or are interested in the setting, especially when it's on sale.

Fun. You just have to completely look past the bad optimization and many bugs, but eh i feel quite hungry.

I really wanted to like this. This game is incredible in so many ways: the graphics, the leveling, the historical insights, the writing; BUT there is simply no excuse for combat being this bad. If you have not played this before, you cannot possibly imagine how awful the combat really is--no other game I've encountered in 40 years of hardcore gaming has done it worse. I liked more things than I disliked about KCD overall, but when a medieval-setting video game cannot make the action enjoyable at any point in the game regardless of skills, gear, or scenario, there's a big problem. Such a shame.

Literally the best RPG I've ever played, hands down. You're a nobody. You're not a dragonborn, or anyone with special powers. You're a pheasant. With time and practice you will become one of the greatest though. The story is amazing, characters are amazing, quests are awesome, world is alive and full of epic moments. I gave up a few times when I started playing this, but thankfully I kept going this time. Took me almost 100 of hours to fully finish the game, but it's damn worth it. Onto the next one now!

I'm glad that I finally got around to playing through Kingdom Come Deliverance. The game starts off very slowly as the commitment to the setting means that you are trash at everything. You're a blacksmith's son, not a solider so why would you know how to brew a potion or use a weapon. It reminders me of Red Dead 2 in many ways with how slowly you traverse and grow in the world, but it also makes the world feel so alive and immersive. I enjoyed getting to view the world through Henry's eyes as Bohemia slowly fell into chaos. Ensuring that you spend time practicing your combat skills, stealth, and even reading so you don't have to rely on others reading books and letters to you and I was very into it. I have to say, I did almost drop this game due to my absolute disdain of the combat system. I understand that Henry shouldn't be any good at combat, but it was just soo slow and clunky, Then I learned 1 technique and I was able to masterfully counter and attack and 1v1s became trivial. I've heard that combat is much improved in the sequel, which is great and I may recommend skipping this game and going straight to KCD2 although you will miss out on a well-crafted story in a beautifully thriving world that is worth fighting through the combat