Fine I’ll Say It, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is Better Than Skyrim
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2024
- This is a video essay about the Realistic Medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance and why it’s one of the best video games in 2023 even though it was released 5 years ago.
0:00 Intro
0:37 Henry
2:02 Combat
2:39 Overwhelming
3:34 The Menu
4:06 The Skills
10:38 ave System
12:14 Economy
12:58 Fetch Quest
13:55 It's Beautiful
14:55 Atmosphere
15:55 Realism
17:18 Zero to Hero
I want to make it known I love Skyrim, I legitimately have over 2,000 hours on it lol. Kingdom Come also had the advantage to look back at all the successful rpgs over the past decade and fine tune the features of their game. Don’t take the title to serious ❤
its the overwehlming ness that atracted it to me to
my problem is i dont wanna fail quest and keep going
2,000 hours? Pah! Milkdrinker, I have that in the character generator alone. Seriously, KCD was a fantastic RPG but difficult and unforgiving in places. I can't wait for the next WS game.
From that perspective a Studebaker would be a much better car than a Ferrari or Tesla and a Charlie Chaplin movie would be better than any modern day movie. Don't get me wrong: I'm glad you liked Skyrim that much but I got bored with it after about 40-50 hours. And it was certainly a fun game but it's not a KCD where I now have over 500 hours invested and still discover new things regularly which keep the game interesting. Yes the sword-fighting is challenging but by practicing a lot with captain Bernard you will improve and the the game gives you perk to make it even easier so you can take on a group of 5 enemies after a while. The writing, character building graphics and music make it one of the best games ever made. Imo this is one of the best, if not the best, RPGs ever made. But to each their own I guess,
@@ingeborgsvensson4896 - Well, one of the reasons I hae so much time invested in skyrim is the modability of the engine. Those can change the game in so many ways, recently I added and extra 50+ quality dungeons, upped the difficulty beyond hardest. The difficulty in KCD was pretty refreshing, I really enjoyed the swordplay and the challange, it becomes second nature eventually.
The quest where you go drinking with the priest and end up causing chaos around the town and have an orgy before having to fill-in a sermon the next morning was easily one of the top 10 quests I've ever played in a video game.
I died laughing at that quest😂😂
Lol fr. The quest with hans capon at the bathhouse is funny too.
Completely agree…in fact I’m struggling to think of a better quest
there's so many good quest on this game I kinda really hope they make a sequel, like a fusion of hte old game and medieval dynasty plus actually forge weapons and armors.
@@criscris428 hopefully
Imagine if the devs had as much of a budget as Skyrim did
Would’ve been absolutely insane
While keeping in mind that there's still a huge community out there still playing skyrim. So yeah, if the devs for Kingdom could have had such a budget, this would be a game that'd endure for a good 20-30 years from now.
kc:d had a huge budged aswell
@@Pugnifique Wait till you learn what the words "as much of" means.
@@DsgSleazy imagine having as much as budged as the avengers end game dude that would be frickin cool. reality check they hade a huge budget and they wasted it.
A thing i like is how realisticly the game portrays the middle ages. Its not the filthy wasteland backwater that you often see in pop culture. Instead you have a vibrant society with culture and art and it's amazing. Especially how the castle interiors are so colorful.
That was how the medieval ages were though. Unless you were royalty you were living a mud filled life with little to no food and money.
@SteveBraoa-sg8hn lol I'm intrigued how people could think that era in time is supposed to be clean
@@KRIAJK wut lol, you should really look into those claims, medieval life was fine except for lacking modern technology or medicine
@@KRIAJK You're brainwashed by Hollywood. Try reading.
@SteveBraoa-sg8hn that is bullshit. People bathed and washed their clothes regularly and baring some sort of disaster they also had enpugh food to survive. And yes. Of course people didn't have a lot of money outside of major cities. Their economy was based on a barter system. They produced everything they needed themselves or traded for what they couldn't. Your idea of the middle ages is archaic, based on stereotypes and you should really try reading a book for once in your life
If this game was as talked about as skyrim, it would be probably regarded as one of the greatest games of all time. such a criminally underrated game
would also like to add as well, I have probably 25x my hours in kcd on skyrim. Have played every single release of skyrim since 2011 lol
Ya. I don’t like it. Wanted to like it allot, bought it on Xbox in 2018 not long after it came out, but I just wanted to have fun and the game does everything to make sure there’s no feeling of fun, so I dropped it after a few hours, good riddance.
The combat is so anti fun they should get an award. Complete waste of money.
@@Trigger200284 You must not have the attention span for it
@@rogercrane1767 no I have the attention span for it, it just isn’t fun.
@@Trigger200284yeah it takes the patience to learn the combat to truly enjoy this masterpiece. Mace helps in the beginning
People don't respect the grind to become the best swordsman in all of Bohemia
aye i didnt like the combat at first and bandits kicked my arse..but the trainer at rattay.....worked away there till i was able to kick some arse back...and the bow too....had ahvy armour bandit bleed out to awound as i was running....sry retreating back...lol...the game was so good
I'm hungry
I just dont like the forced targeting i want to be able to turn it on and off myself, it throws me off, especially when it switches to the guy who's 5 m behind the dude who's trying to flank me forcing me to eat the hit, but thats probably just a skill issue 🥲🥲.....@@dussel69deboath61
Man fck swords, Archery for the win. I was so overpowered with a bow.
Many did but sadly it jsut dotn getting new content. Skyrim had a merrit to have an already buffed modding community behind it thanks to Morrowind and Oblivion.
Best RPG game I ever player. Last play through I was a drunk bum. The only skills I leveled up were pick pocketing and drinking. I would go town to town pick pocketing anyone wealthy just to buy food and alcohol. Any money left over from pick pocketing was given as tips to increase my reputation in the town. I had zero combat skills, refused to equip a weapon, rags for clothes, only slept in the streets but EVERYONE loved me. I was always in prison in the beginning buy once my skills got better its very satisfying.
now thats a way to play kcd, what i use to do is to regulary steal the armour store's money in rattay, then i started to do the same to several stores until i had enough to buy the best horse in the game
LOL. Never thought of that game play!
Last time I played, I leveled up in stealth and hunting/forestry skills, dressed in green and became Robin Hood. Or Henry Hood, whatever. 😅
I leveled up my lock pick for stealing and stole books to become smarter 😂
WTF that's a thing in this game? Can you actually beat the game playing this way?
This game is criminally underrated. I really hope we get a sequel
Warhorse has been working on one for a while, but I think they got bought by Embracer Group, which recently started shuttering studios and laying developers off. I'm terrified that it will get cancelled.
@@captbloodbeardOh no. Really? Damn. I would've contributed to any crowdfunding for a sequel but hearing Warhorse is bought by Embracer Group isn't giving me the confidence.
Sequel should be annouced in 2024
@reidwallace9210 I saw! Awesome news!
@@akmal94ibrahimit’s getting a sequel!
I think the reason why Henry being a voiced protagonist works so well is that he’s a character that actually fits into the world. He’s also completely predetermined, unlike in fallout 4. Fallout 4’s problem with the voiced protagonist in my opinion is that they tried to let you also characterize him how you wanted, but with voicelines that’s much more difficult to be immersive
When I started the game I had the german dub on. I heard the Heinreich (Henry is better in my opinion) and i instantly cringed, because the voice actor despite being good, is known in Germany to usually voice actors who are more cocky and less serious written chars so this was totally feeling weird to me to get a humble Henry talking with that voice. Switched to English and was happy again 😂
And Henry is based on a person who really existed so he has history behind him too
To be fair to the devs, I heard that they did want to include smithing and tried to implement it, but it was far too buggy and complicated even when compared to alchemy to put in the game before release.
Hmmm that makes sense, I didn’t know that.
@@mrholotape8376 looked into it a bit more and it was a feature in the pre-release versions apparently, but as I said, was basically untenable in the final game so they had to scrap it
@@thejoeker8439 yea, they wanted it to be realistic, and they hadn't time for that.
@@thejoeker8439budget and deadline issues. Many features they wanted (like cooking) didn’t make it into the game.
@@raskolnikov6443it looked like they were gonna have a more realistic nutrition system too with the drinking water and also the various toilets around bohemia. Probably due to time and budget constraints.
the nature in this game has this unparalleled "touch the grass" feeling. I mean, there are better landscapes in a few modern games, but those roads and wild greenery, the way rain and thunderstorms at night are made... they really stuck with me as the most immersive
Im pretty sure the difference is that their team could just go outside and wander along some woodland trail or into a castle for inspiration.
I agree. I haven't seen any game do it better, especially at night.
Playing on hardcore mode is a must to fully immerse in the game. I got lost in the woods at dusk while hunting. No map marker to show where I am, it got darker and I haven't saved for nearly an hour. It got me legit scared especially when I know there is a camp of enemy soldiers I could end up wandering into in that dark forest (also didn't bring my torch because my dumbass removed stuff to give space for hunting). After about 10 minutes of circling around in that forest, I finally found a river and can somewhat guess where I am on the map to finally find a way out. Never was I that terrified playing an RPG. Not even when playing Dark Souls.
@@akmal94ibrahim yep, forest is pitch black at night, especially in middle ages with no light pollutuon and smart phones with gps. You are at mercy of a nature in this case and thats how it feels in game
They even recycled too! Old iron tools were just melted down and made into new iron tools! @AJ-lq3jz
most surprising thing to me was the photorealistic forests
That moment when you realize the good open world games don't require 46 thousand mods to be replayable.
Kingdom Come Deliverance is one of the most immersive and realistic RPGs I ever played. Started it yesterday and I’m so hooked on this game
One thing I love about the game are the chapels. The developers did a great job of capturing the quiet reverence that a lot of smaller chapels have in real life. So much atmosphere!
I would legit stop by the chapels and just stand there a while taking in the sounds and views, imagining what it must've been like in the past.
It felt so peaceful and immersive.
KCD was the RPG I'd always wanted, that I never realised I wanted.
That’s one of the best comments about this game I ever heard
i'm not a big fan of rpg but i decided to give it a try, I finished the game and I'm still waiting for its sequel. I never expected its ending lol I was waiting for the next objective when the game suddenly ended in a cliffhanger
I had a hole in my heart from not finding a game like Morrowind ever since I played that as a teenager. KCD filled that hole. Easily the greatest game ever made, IMO
Correction: Bohemia was a part of the *Holy* Roman Empire. A confederation of dutchies all banded togather as one.
I LOVE the fact KCD is getting all this retrospective love. Ive been simping for this game since release. Absolutely the best RPG ive ever played. If not the best game period.
i bought it a few years ago out of curiosity and ended up being my favorite RPG...
I would pay $150 for this game I think its that good. It instantly became my favorite game since Morrowind (and still is, though Baldur's Gate 3 is close behind it). I was really worried when the game came out and the mainstream gaming press were completely put-off by it, so I bought a GOG copy (already bought it on Steam), and then an Xbox copy as well to vote with my wallet for this type of game. If Warhouse dumbs down Kingdom Come 2, I'm going to be devastated. We need way more of these immersive history lesson RPGs.
@@captbloodbeard they should make KCD2 set somewhere else in medieval time like Rome or Anglo-Saxon England...
If they made it in Anglo-Saxon England they could set it during 1066 when the Normans invaded England... Vikings were still raiding during this time as well...
@@samjmk3029 well I don't know about Kingdom Come 2 being somewhere else, since that game is going to be the continuation of Henry's story, but sure a game like it set in another place and time would be very cool.
@@samjmk3029 Or they could focus on Wales. The various princes were constantly are war with each other.
KCD is one of those games made with passion. The very thing we all crave for these days but can't find. I hope warhorse studios thrives and makes even better games in the future.
They were bought by THQ Nordic I’m not sure how that’s going to affect what they do next.
@@cassandraspidel195 - And THQ Nordic became Embracer Group, which recently started shuttering studios and doing mass layoffs. I'm very worried for the future of Warhouse now.
Having quest markers that only guide you to an area and not exactly to what you are (supposed to be) looking for or the fact that on "hard core" you can't see where you are on the map is awesome !!
It's the perfect balance between Morrowind's no quest markers, and everything else's pinpoint accurate quest markers.
This is how you _get to know_ and fall in love with a game world. This is exactly how I feel towards Vvardenfell, but not Cyrodiil or Skyrim- cause all I blood remember from them are quest markers
@@dagerry
I just found out that if you get arrested before the shit hits the fan in the prologue, it triggers a cutscene where you burn in a cell and it's game over. I'm so used to guards saying "Ok, but don't let it happen again" that I was actually shocked in the best way possible.
The lesson: You can be a thief and an asshole in this game, but you'd better be good at it.
If you play the hardcore mode, you have to restart the save many times due to Henry just dying to an illness etc. before the game starts😂
This game was glitchy at release but now that it’s updated it’s truly does feel like a realistic/historical “go anywhere do anything” style rpg. Maybe Skyrim has more stakes in the story and high fantasy elements, I would say this game is a treat for anyone who wants a historical, realistic medieval game, this is it, and at times this feels like time travel
I got it at release. Played it for a few days. Sort of liked it? And then never went back again. I forgot why I lost interest so fast. EDIT: Actually, I think I got really far, forgot to save, died, and didn't feel like doing it all again haha.
Skyrim was also glitchy af... it still is, the last time I tried it, stuck in cart in literally the first scene (no mods)
@@bdleo300 Maybe it's your computer, because I've never seen a glitch on the intro unless I have a mod. Maybe a mod is enabled and you don't see it.
@@bdleo300well f Skyrim. It’s a Bethesda game. That’s all you need to know 😂
KCD was amazing, but the bugs and glitches lost me. I lost about 10-20 hours of gameplay because the the save corrupts and dumb crashes.
I won’t touch the game anymore despite it being a good game when you write those issues off (they are fixed now I believe). However my 100 hour playthrough was pretty nice. Mastered my bow skill and was also pretty good at fighting in melee.
@@bdleo300 so you're saying you're the type that quits very easily
Hey mate, great video! Accurately describes the game. Only thing I found wrong was that I heard “Roman Empire” instead of “Holy Roman Empire” in the beginning.
Keep up the good work mate!
Haha thank you!
came here looking for this comment
this
"Not Holy, not Roman and not an Empire". :D (Same goes for the Empire of the Greeks)
@@mrholotape8376what’s with the “hahas” 🤔. You made a great video highlighting the historical accuracy of the game without learning anything. Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Empire are completely different entities separated by a thousand years. Let me repeat that ONE THOUSAND YEARS!
I haven't played the game, but I've watched gameplay and cutscenes and there is one thing that is a true testament to its realism. I'm czech and this game just feels like home. The Czech countryside just has a very specific vibe that the devs just absolutely nailed (they're czech, after all, but it is still impressive).
I just loved how grounded this game was, it felt like a real story was being told. RDR2 and KCD are incredible immersive experiences.
I say it every day I live for its next sequel
I can’t wait to complete this game
@@louieisrael6597don't you like it?
I have some good news for you...
Okay this game is hands down one of my favorite games of all time. It’s such an underrated masterpiece. I think a lot of people are turned off by the very long beginning and the hard to learn combat mechanics. Seriously my first play through I was getting slapped around till about halfway through but I think that’s how the devs intended it to be
It was a solid game, I just never had anything to bring me back to it. It doesn’t have the same replay value as a game like Skyrim but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. I only played Red Dead Redemption 2’s storyline once and that’s simply because I exhausted the content the game had to offer and the story it had to tell in one sitting. The only gripe I had with KC:D was the ending. It felt like I did a whole lot for very little.
@@0neiricNomad I've played KCD 19 or 12 times now and each game had a different focus. There's lots of replayability here
Kingdom Come has a lot of the fun RPG features present in Oblivion that we were all mad at Bethesda for removing and dumbing down in Skyrim.
The saviour schnapps system is so well balanced it's amazing. They are hard enough to come by that you use them sparingly, but easy enough as to not make gameplay frustrating
i watched a minute of this gameplay and bought the game immediately for $8, can't wait to dive in.
How was it bro? @harutakagura4886
The work they've done for a realistic RPG based on their country's history does make me wonder they would perform if allowed to go all out with a fantasy setting with some touch of grounded verisimilitude.
Would be dope!
It would probably be total crap, just like any other fantasy game, including Skyrim. If you have a good story and a good concept for a game, you don't need witches, dragons, and all that stupid nonsense. It's just for people who don't know how to create an interesting narrative, so they have to supplement it to make it more bearable.
No ffs I’m so sick of fantasy settings. This game was the biggest breath of fresh air
@@hardrockwhisker2771this statement is so bias and untrue lmao. Just because a setting has magic dragons and witches doesn’t mean it’ll be mediocre. It all has to do with execution.
@@theboy1625 - Exactly. This type of format would work fine regardless of the setting, as long as the developer is passionate about the subject. I for one would love to see a game like this in the Star Wars universe, where even basic Storm Troopers would actually be quite powerful and intimidating for most of the game until you get high enough level. I wouldn't want to start the game as a Jedi, I want to feel and earn my progression.
I'll say this time and time again- this game would have been on a whole other level if the budget was bigger. It's amazing how good the game was given the circumstances.
I bought it today on steam, 75% off, just 9.99 and got every addition for it as well so for anyone wanting it, now is the chance. Haven't played it yet but after seeing this video I kust had to get it.
I'm excited to start a new adventure, thank you for this recommendation
@@dagerry Perhaps it's because I'm more of an old school gamer, but I absolutely love the game.
It's gorgeous, the quests are good, characters are awesome and the immersion is a 10 for me.
For me personally, it is a *real* RPG with incredible gameplay and thanks to your comment I'm going to play it again today
@@dagerry Will do for sure! I'm in love with the combat system personally and the world itself is really realistic too. When I play I truly feel like I am my version of Henry, playing the role of an established character yet my own, and damn you reminded me of Gothic! may have to check that one out again sometime for the nostalgia.
I've missed these types of games for a long time, but then again, it's perhaps due to coming from a time where games relied more on personal skill and growing with your character as opposed to just seeing numbers go up and suddenly being able to one-shot something difficult because you ran a few errands for NPCs. It makes it all the more immersive to me to doubt my own skill when I consider entering a fight, it adds weight to my choices etc..
Absolute gem of a game.
Not just one of the best RPG’s I’ve played.
Probably THEE best game I’ve ever played in my life.
Absolutely agree
100%
@@nico36637 it’s just mind blowing that this was presented to us by an independent, kickstarted studio.
When it comes down to it sometimes heart and passion is all a videogame needs to succeed @@jimbeaux89
brother needs to play more games
Damn, never heard of this game, but it's on my list now!! I miss games like this, they don't make them like they used to! (Oh crap I'm old)
If you’re that type of person like me. That is big on immersion, love medieval history, have patience. This is the best game you will ever play.
Bro it's 3 bucks on the MS Store and I think on Steam as well.
what games were like this prior?
Does the game still has 3 secs delay before doing actions after you hit a button?
Watched the whole thing. Always been semicurious about the game, but now i definitely want to play it. The fact that reading and drinking are skills is fukin hilarious.
One of my absolute favourites, and yeah the best part is being so crap at everything, then at some point hours in you're like... oh wow I'm doing this, I'm getting good, and it feels very rewarding. Great storyline too, Henry is perfectly slotted in to a fairly accurate historical episode.
I just got my first headshot on a charging armored Cuman couple days ago. Had to celebrate with a moonshine
@@zay_tiggygaming Yes! Never managed to hit anything except a barn door then suddenly headshot someone, feels so good haha
@@jasta4 only comes second to winning your first 2 v 1. I spent 5 minutes fighting two guys until I got them both to surrender.
The 2 strongest points of Skyrim for the fans is that it can be highly modded, but also the fact that it takes place in the Elder Scrolls universe. When you love the universe of the game it makes it way easier to enjoy it and to tolerate the flaws that the game might have. That's why for me, as an Elder Scrolls fan, it's gonna be very hard to find a franchise that I love more than the Elder Scrolls series, because for me the love for the universe comes first. Not saying gameplay doesn't matter, of course, but it becomes easier to enjoy a 7/10 gameplay when you find the world of the game so perfect.
As someone who lives in the area where the game takes place. I love how beautiful the nature in this game is, and also the historical accuracy.
I put over 600 hours into this game. Back in 2019 when i first got it during my easterbreak i played 6-12 hours a day for the entire week break. Recently a dude told me "600 hours in KCD, I mean sure its a good game but 600 hours really? 200 Sure but 600?" I just replied "I have seen more".
Yes 150 hours here. I just read someone had spent over 3000 hours. Incredible.
600 hours put into a good game is nothing. If its immersive enough, I'll put well over that, and what game is more immersive than KCD? I put 400 hours into just my first playthrough of The Witcher 3, and KCD has more replayability than The Witcher 3.
@@dagerry I see we have another gentleman of culture here who recognizes Morrowind's superiority over Skyrim. Well done, sir
The menu style and music took me straight back to Oblivion and I relished every second of it.
Been a fan of this game since it came out. And I'm very happy to see all the attention its been getting on youtube lately. Excellent job!
"Let's make reading an exciting talent"
"What?!"
The world in KCD is masterfully crafted. Its a beautiful world to explore and unlike most games like this it actually rewards exploration in the way of secrets in the form of easter eggs and loot. If you know where to go you can literally get the best weapon in the game once you get to the open world map but because Henry sucks at everything it won't really do you any good lol. I love this game, its one of the most unique games i have ever played. The story is gripping and never feels like a chore, and again, i can't stress this enough about how beautiful the world is. It makes you spend hours just walking around exploring. As for the save system ..... the complaints are just from morons who forget to buy the saviour schnapps or actually remember to save the game, that's not the game at fault, its theirs. Also there are plenty of saviour schnapps to buy and if you run out of them its again, not the game at fault its the player for being shit at the game.
I agree with you in everything except the schnapps. As much as I love the game, don't know if I would be able to finish it if I didn't install a mod to save whenever. The thing is, I hate repetition and to waste time. To wake one day, do a bunch of stuff, and then die either because either I don't have schnapps, or because something caught me by surprise, so I have to redo everything again, sometimes several times, it is quite frustrating for me. I don't want to redo what I already did.
For the record, I do like repetition of the challenging parts, if I'm dealing with a tough camp and keep failing, sure, will enjoy new tries. But let me do them from exactly when I'm about to start, not from where I have to do a lot of easy stuff before that because I'm struggling with the schnapps.
I get what they are trying to do with the saves, to make dying feel more significant and upsetting, but another consequence for me is to often make the game feel more boring every time I have to repeat the more monotone parts.
Also, luckily I played it when it seems most bug were fixed, but the game was infamous at lunch for the amount of bugs, including the game crashing or freezing (the ones I've found several times). Losing a bunch of progress for something that happen in the game is usually at least annoying, losing a bunch of progress because the game crashed will become infuriating really fast, and that will happen a lot more often if your saves are so limited.
People also really like to get revenge. As much as people love to say revenge isn't the right thing to do, it's a base human desire, and living out a revenge fantasy in a video game is great fun.
Great video!
It truly is an amazing game and exceptional in it's genre, and being a hungarian speaker makes it all the more entertaining. I'm only sad I don't get to play a self-insert which is a huge deal for me in RPGs, but I got over it with how satisfied I am with kingdom come as a whole
I randomly bought this game without any prior knowledge and instantly fell in love with the game
I couldn't have said so better myself, this game is the first game in a long time that made me sit awestruck in front of my screen when the credits rolled. This game just scores so well on so many fronts. It's eye for history, it's fun little mechanics, but especially it's story. I can't remember a single piece of media in the last 20 years where I ended up loving the characters as much as in this game.
the savior schnapps system is done aside once you brewed 1,2k schnapps with the auto-brew option in the alchemy tree :^)
This game was/is astonishingly good. When I first tried to play it I was in a struggle, because of heavy demands with work and family etc... I went back to it and started over during a window of free time, and it all came into place. I think you need roughly four to six hours of uninterrupted initial play to really resonate with what this game tries to accomplish. After that you are basically sold and can dip in and out with shorter playing sessions, if needed. But in my experience, this game begs for a rather long initial session to make things flow and come together.
I think alchemy is one of the best systems just because how immersive it is. You are picking stuff up, mixing, pouring, just like you would in real life. I hope we see even more of this in the next game. The save system is also brilliant. Elder Scrolls haven't understood this at all and how important it is for immersion.
But you don't have to use it, just put the herbs by order without boiling to have the same result.
I had it on my backlog for a while and don't know why I never touched it. Then I was bored a few weeks ago and wanted to try a more grounded medieval story and booted up the game. OMG what a gem, first three days I put around 40 hours on a weekend without even noticing while I was a little sick with a cold.
It was one of the best surprises I had in gaming in recent memory. Can't wait for the sequel where Henry finally continues his journey as a proper man.
Fighting the rogue knight by the pond with a thunderstorm in the background was so cinematic and intense
I loved Skyrim, but KCD was a revelation. I picked it up very early in the COVID lock downs, and it was absolutely a bright spot for me then - even though there were plenty of bright spots during that time since I got to eat lunch at home and spend time with my wife.
I almost rage quit the game a few times, but the feeling of immersion in a well-realized version of the medieval world made this history buff very happy. There aren't too many games where I develop mental maps anymore, since the worlds are so huge and empty and you never really need to actually do anything but follow the arrow on the HUD... but even now years later, I can still see the major locations and I remember where things are located just like I spent time living there. I LOVE when games really require me to develop my own mental map. I'm looking forward to KCD2. The next Elder Scrolls might or might not get my attention depending on how much I like Baldur's Gate 3.
I hope they are working on part 2 because this game is a masterpiece. BTW there are addons that gives you the option to have perks for weapons / unarmed that dont have any perks... Even for bow
they are working on it for like 4-5 years now, its unofficial, but we know they are making a new game.
Started playing this game yesterday and holy crap what a game...what a story!!! I keep hearing ppl say that they hate the fighting and while I understand I also completely disagree...I think the fighting is so great and I can tell that when I level up it's actually going to Matter...I'm so impressed by this game that I'm at work right now and instead of doing my job I'm watching videos about the game ...if you haven't play this game then go try it because it's absolutely amazing...
@@dagerry when I beat the game I will try hardcore mode...
The reading skill tree was the most memorable part of this game for me. I loved it and the quest to learn
So excited for KCD2! As you said, I love that Henry is a relatable young trouble maker who goes through a difficult coming-of age-story, and isn't just some chosen hero. While the game is dialogue heavy, unlike many RPGs there are tons of well-written side characters, and so many quests have interesting solutions outside of combat.
Hi! Thanks for the review! I am also interested to play this game. Started it some time ago and only familiarized a bit with the mechanics before being hit by the same overwhelming feeling. However, like you said, I am willing to invest more into it. Now my questions for you are as following:
1. Should I play the base game or should I also buy all DLCs and start fresh with them? I do not know when they trigger and how will impact the story.
2. Have you played this on PC or Xbox? I definitely noticed you played with a controller. I am also a controller type of guy, however I was thinking to go full mouse and keyboard for this one, solely due to it's complexity in menus.
This isnt even a hot take. Its just true.
This is an absolutely fantastic game, I've played through it 3 or 4 times and will soon do it again. One of my all-time favorites. However, if I would change anything for the sequel it would be the combat system. I appreciate what they tried to do with the HEMA adaptation and the combos, but it's a very frustrating experience for no good reason.
I know others may disagree but I struggled immensely to perform the combos, even after several playthroughs. Unfortunately, the counter-attack technique (learned from Bernard in Rattay) makes combos redundant due to it's ridiculous effectiveness. But even putting that aside, the camera-lock prevents you from controlling both the distance to your opponent and the direction that you are looking, which makes combat feel like an arcade game. Both are of course crucial factors in all forms of close combat and it's such a shame that they chose an aiming system that requires camera-lock at all. I really hope they keep their devotion to realism with by sticking with HEMA but that they also update this system, preferably with a 3rd person version.
Except for the combat system, this game absolutely rocks.
As much as I love the game, the combat drove me absolutely nuts. It's mostly fine when you're facing one opponent, but useless against multiples, and you're in for a bad time with three or more because you can't quickly switch your attention between them. One mechanic I don't understand is how a strike from an enemy in your back will force Henry to turn around and face them, which seems logical at first, but is infuriating when you're trying to flee from a mob of people.
@@ashleyl.4611 I totally agree. Obviously, they wanted it to be hard but it shouldn't be hard for contrived reasons. I'm sure they can think of something better for the next one.
@@dagerry Let's hope so!
1:11 "In 15th Century Bohemia, which was part of the Roman Empire." It was a part of the HOLY Roman Empire, not the Italian SPQR Caesar one my friend, the Holy Roman Empire was mostly German and French, but it did at one point acquire 70% of the Italian peninsula :)
Graphics affect the grindstone weapon repair. You can only see the damage to the blade with higher graphics, but then you can see the stone smooth out the edge.
Great game, I loved it. One of my favourites!
I love the medieval realism of it and as role-playing, I think it takes the good parts of levelling in Skyrim and improves on them. A much better approach to levelling then Witcher 3, another of my favourite games.
It would have ben better but there are many glancing issues.many of the game is pretty much empty and all you see is bandits attacking you randomly (which is very annoying as c9nstant handocap fights are so annyoing) it could have helped to have skyrik like random quests or random events happening in the world. So there could have been much morein the game .also there isnt enough dialogue in the game .some npcs should have option so you can ask them about a certain mission you are on or tell you where certain charcater is located at as i got lost so many times. I get a mission about a duke and i cant ask another duke about him or where he is locacted or what i should do next. A follower option would have helped alot where he sort of helps and guides you for help when you need it
might aswell play ubisoft games then
@@sirjoesphjoestar8361 no
Great review and incredibly accurate. KCD is by far my favourite game of all time and even though its over 5 years old, i cannot see another title competing with it for a long long time (until KCD2 obviously). The producers of this product knew exactly how to build a game of utmost immersion. I cant help but think being a small team benefited that. I think the one core aspect of the game that makes it so good is the lack of hand holding its users through it. Whether its having to search for a vacant bed to save the game, or to brew some saviour schnapps with alchemy, or whether its to search for the next task in a quest purely based on deacription, like "at the fallen tree, follow the river until you reach the camp", or whether its to learn how to read before you can complete a quest that requires the reading ability.... this review touches on a number of examples of this and ultimately i think this sat at the core of all conversations while developing this game which totally transformed gaming for me... and for alot of others (probably ruined it too because its now the only game ill play 😅)
KCD was one of the best gaming experiences I ever had. It's rough at the beginning on hardcore but that makes it all the better. The world is a piece of art, probably the strongest aspect of the game. The gameplay is great fun. Thieving is very immersive and rewarding, the combat feels weird at the beginning but is sophisticated, the mini games are great and even the hunting is fun. I could just keep on praising the game for forever but here's what is best about the game: it's old school. That's also the reason why I didn't go down too well with the younger audience. It throws you into this huge world, it is not holding your hands. It expects you to find ways and means to get money. You are supposed to go the training ground and sparring with the captain of the watch to get better. With hardcore you will get lost A LOT and you have to navigate using your brain and finding things without quest markers is just the better fun.
There are people that think Skyrim is better than KCD? I hope i never meet someone with brain damage that bad.
KCD is one of my all-time favorites, but I don't see any point in comparing it to Skyrim - they're too different. It feels like saying a Sports car is better than a Truck - well sure if your goal is fun driving, but if you goal is hauling lumber - that sports car sucks.
Should everyone who like Skyrim give KDC a try? Probably. Should the people who were disappointed with Skyrim give it a try? Almost certainly - it really is that good. Just don't expect it to be a replacement for Skyrim or Elden Ring or any other game.
Sure, you can compare graphics quality - KDC wins (until you mod Skyrim). But combat is way too different and designed for different purposes. KDC is a mostly linear story; in Skyrim, you can ignore the story and still have fun.
It's more refined than Skyrim, but it hasn't nearly the scope of world size, number of quests, or - well, most anything. Skyrim's Lore is fantasy, whereas KDC is based mainly on reality. The KDC story is the game, whereas in Skyrim, the story is more of a prompt to explore the game - also, the default ending is stupid beyond belief, and I can't see why anyone would bother with it more than once - I didn't even do that much. Still, I get a lot of enjoyment from Skyrim because I can ignore or change what I don't like.
Still waiting for a sequel to deliver that sword!!
I think this game is soo good, that it is it's own sequel 😂😂
Can you play in 3rd person now ?
I just started playing it, and I had the same thought. And it just further exposes bethesda. I recently played skyrim for the first time and could only do it for 10 hours. It's only considered good because people want an open world sandbox to immerse themselves in, not because its good on any level. With Kingdom Come, I was immediately impressed by the passion the devs had for the game. That is rare in modern gaming
Yeah Kingdom Come truly is just on a different level from most games I’ve ever played
I mean at the time Skyrim was the best RPG that was out back in 2011. But since that was over a decade ago, we would hope some higher quality heavy hitters would come out.
@@nezziTVexactly 💯
i guess so, but I think bethesda has undeserved respect simply because they provide what a lot of people want which is unlimited content and an open world. it's like quantity over quality. The great RPGs don't get worse over time. It's just that skyrim doesn't have anything 'good' but its a sandbox with lots of content. Are there any memorable stories, characters at all? When I was about to quit playing i looked up what the good guild quests are, and I had a hard time finding anything people actually liked about the game. it was mostly people saying all the quests sucked despite apparently being fans of the game. I don't really get it@@nezziTV
@@nezziTV Still many would consider Skyrim to be a continuation of dumbing down the Elder Scrolls games in comparison to Oblivion and Morrowind. Starfield also is a great example of that - it could have been so much better if Bethesda respected their games and players more.
Great video! I absolutely loved this game, beautiful, deep and extremely rewarding. Thank you.
I just learned the Reading skill and was blown away at how much effort they put into it.
I wish I knew about combat depending on combat level PLUS LEARNED MOVES!
I grinded combat level but kept getting killed by lower level soldiers and bandits. I had no idea that you need to learn additional moves from trainers to be proficient at swordplay. IMHO the game's UX failed to make me aware that combat was deeper than "x-level+y-hits"
I agree that the game is a masterpiece (especially for those it just clicked with), but they could have tweaked the early game, if anything to communicate to the player that it needs to be approached differently than your average RPG.
It is really annoying how so many games are not skill based, and all they do is artificially increase the difficulty. So it doesn't take any skill, just more grind, which is just annoying, and makes players cheat. Why waste time grinding, if it doesn't actually change anything, and you may as well make things a little bit easier for yourself?
In skyrim, or minecraft, combat is just spamming lmb, and possibly stopping for a while to use healing items, and continuing.
Even Mount&Blade, a game with a good combat system made AI so poorly, that all you do is spam LMB anyway, and if you want to enjoy combat you have to play on multiplayer (and you also have to hope there isn't too many archers, and people using shields, because otherwise it won't be enjoyable anyway).
You mentioned in skyrim players most likely just scumsave if they get caught pick pocketing. But you didn't say why. In skyrim there is absolutely no system for that, no skill involved, it is just pure RNG, so no wonder after being caught player just thinks "bullshit" and reloads a save.
Yeah that is a good point with pickpocketing in Skyrim. There is no skill to it so failing a pickpocket attempt is just annoying and seems unfair. Even a simple mini game for pickpocketing would be a total game changer for stealth play throughs
As a Romanian, you have no idea how the whole game reminded me of my childhood. I know, mathematically speaking, Czech Republic is in Central Europe, but culturally they are like us, very eastern. Every beating in someone else's garden, every joke, every drink, girl chase, throwing shit and snow using buckets in someone's apartement, stealing windows to use the wood in order to build a house tree etc etc. I am waiting for KCD 2
2023 review
My only complaint is some quest are still glitched.
I’ve had some quest bug so bad I had to reload a previous save and lose hours of progress
Ah, I wasn't aware this game was akin to Skyrim. Thought it was more of a village builder or story thing. The Alchemy system is actually my literal idea; tons of ingredients with lots of possible steps for each (grind, boil, etc) in a specific order. Awesome.
@@dagerry no, skipped it. Way too focused on combat and I'm not sure controller support is in (mandatory here). And you're right Medieval Dynasty is a city builder with minor survival crafting elements. Def more my style.
Love this game. Really not a fan of Skyrim at all (the mods are amazing though). Glad others feel this way about KCD. Really hoping for a second game soon.
I absolutely loved playing Kingdom Come. But just like you, i first quit and came back like a month later, starting all over again. Now it`s one of my favourite Games of all Time. And i played Skyrim and the Darksouls series, for example...
I appreciate your Video and the promotion you do for this beautiful Masterpiece.
I got it around launch had some bugs and finally got around to playing it about a year after that when they fixed a ton of the bugs and loved it to no end.
This game is so underrated man, i am one who gets frustrated with the alchemy and combat but i always go back because the story alone is so immersive and the fact its based on actual historical places and events, plus your not some chad or Dovahkiin like character you actually have to learn to read was what got me, Still don't know how i over looked this game for so long and it was in my library for 2 or 3 years till i downloaded it i really hope we get a 2!
We gotta get the sequel.
Imagine living in a time so much deprived of good games, that if you say that a 2019 game is better than a 2011 game, it becomes a controversial take.
Should be normal, yet sadly it isn't, and that tells a very sad story of how (AAA) developers just chase the quick easy bucks, instead of trying to make great games.
Probably my favourite game of the last ten years. It's the game that actually got me interested in learning about my own country's medieval history, and that opened up a whole new interesting world to me.
I think if there's one thing that drew me out of the illusion a little bit, it was the range of accents from the voice actors - mainly British and American. It was a little off-putting, but I didn't let it ruin what is an excellent game. I do hope that Warhorse give us an update on KCD2 soon.
Yeah I definitely agree with what you said about the accents. I’m honestly confused as to why there are almost literally, if any at all, Czech voice actors. I’m pretty sure their studio is in Prague so it seems like they would’ve been easy to get but apparently not
There's a Czech voice option now, planning to play through with it on my next playthrough. For the next game I'd love the English version to be voiced by actors with Czech accents for the immersion. I'm sure native Hungarian speakers have some thoughts about the voice acting too haha.
@@augiestevens9833Oooh, thanks for the tip - I didn't know it had a Czech voice option. Will definitely be using that next time I play it!
@@bujin1977 For sure! I'm in the process of trying to learn Czech so it was a nice surprise to find as an option when I re-installed it recently.
Its great to see someone show such appreciation for such a unique title that no developer has done on this level. Your last words in the video are spot on.
It definitely is. ✌️
lol ive been maxing out my stuff before chap 2 or 3 theres a few key plot lines that you have to do they get angery but you have to do them
Things we want in KCD 2:
1. Weapon and Armor forging
2. Cancel fast travel to stop at a certain point on the journey
3. Portable Sleeping bag (limited use but repairable maybe)
4. Kuttenbourg DLC (Play as Henry badass Dad before he gives up fighting
5. Literally just a second game at all would be amazing!
Amen, Jezus Christ be praised
2. Only play Hardcore so no fast travel, forced to learn the roads as we do in real life, I have bucefalus and race horse perk, military horseshoes, he's very fast. When I need fast travel use drinking system to blackout with safe passage perk
3. I don't need to sleep, can use bath houses, cockerel potion, Lazarus Potion, Insomniac perk, buy stays at lodges beds with infinite trunk
6. Add DLSS 3.5 and FSR3 so we can play at 4k or 1440p.
@@MarioP9511 I started my Hardcore mode a while back but just haven’t played it much recently😂
Let’s be honest, this game was amazing… everything is basically interact-able. Alchemy was genuinely fun to level up.
The map looks good, the combat is initially bs but almost amazing once you level up a lot. Multi-enemy engagements suck balls, but 1v1 duels are godlike. The best part of the game is once you get so good at 1v1 combat… you crack open tin cans while wearing nothing and using a wooden stick.
The game is very difficult at first, but learning master strikes is what made it much easier for me. You can block and then strike right after with master strikes and I can’t recommend it enough if you’re struggling with the games combat.
@@dagerry I fell into the same mistake. It’s a great game and if combat is still very hard, I usually recommend leveling up speech to either frighten or persuade your way out of a fight.
One of my top 5 games. Amazing experience. Very unique and personal to me. Such a journey.
This game is incredible but it doesn’t have the replay-ability of Skyrim especially when you factor in all the Skyrim mods. They are too different to compare directly.
The vanilla experience of kcd is far superior to the vanilla experience of skyrim though
AY someone said it it def 200x better than skyrim sorry for the skyrim fans but kingdom come just wins in every category plus even more impressive its their first game and theyre already on the path to becoming a big company i also wrote a review on steam store trying to get people to buy it but yours is def more uhh "welcoming" here is what i wrote "I personally think this game is the greatest rpg game of all time but there are sum minor bugs nothing to game breaking though but the main reason why ppl arent in favor of this game is because this generation wants everything handed to them and in this game you need skill and knowledge and most people forget that there is a perk system the more you use the weapon you are holding the more perks you can unlock to make the combat or speech easier which i feel like ppl forget this perk system even exist because of how much they complain cause they couldnt win a 1v6 like you probably arent going to win that in the beginning of the game because you arent a damn warrior at the start of the game you are A DAMN HUNGRY BLACKSMITH'S SON and most forget that aswell because theyre small minded ppl that cant experience what a masterpiece this game really is and im hoping KCD 2 is on its way very soon and also STOP BEING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AND GET BETTER AT COMBAT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING THAT YOU SUCK" oh and another thing i love about this game is the sense of progression like for example when you begin to use the bow you are all wobbly and inaccurate but as you use it more you can SEE your progress in real time of holding the bow steady if you know what im trying to say then good job and buy the game 😸
I love Skyrim as a game that's over a decade old. It pushed the boundary of open world game design and has gazillions of mods, but as standalone game the Witcher 3, Kingdom Come Deliverance etc pushed the genre to even newer heights
Considering this is their first game what an incredible achievement from the devs. Though the game can feel a little clunky at times and does have a decent amount of issues, the things they got right make you look past them once you've been playing long enough except the lockpicking thats horrible. Im extremely excited to see what projects they have coming!
My biggest gripes with this game is the dmn lockpick and the long periods between auto saves and just saving in general, I was doing a quest for the miller to steal a horse so I went through the forest as a shortcut with the horse at full speed and fell and died when I loaded it started me an hour and 40 ish minutes before I died, that just made me stop playing for days, during that time before I died I fought two bandits which leveled up my warfare and mace, sneak and horse riding and just having that progression deleted just completely destroyed my mood to play
Kingdom Come 2
Can’t wait
game loooks sick, however comparing it to skyrym is dumb, the game is a story based game, skyrim feels more like a survival game, however this game looks more interesting to me than skyrim, ive never actually even played skyrim... thanbks for bringing this to my attention, only thing i reallyy really really dislike is not being able to create my character.
PD: I just bought this game in CDkeys for 7 dollars, if you are gonna buy it, now is the time.
Skyrim isn’t a survival game (unless you turn survival mode on) it’s not even really an rpg. It’s a action fantasy game with rpg elements mixed in and a lot of lore to get into. If you enjoy fantasy lore tho I’d recommend getting Skyrim if you haven’t played it. Kingdom come is still a very fun game tho. Hope you enjoy playing it
@@magnusthered9635 thanks! I ended up buying Skyrim for 8 bucks. Ill give it a shot when im done w kingdom, its a great game, very immersive,
"Masterpiece" is not enough for KCD
2 things holding me back from buying this game:
1) The protagonist is not created by me.
When I create a character, it builds some rapport between me and that character and it adds the game a crazy amount of replayability. I can imagine a backstory in my head and play as mage or warrior and in the next playthrough play as a thief or archer with another backstory. That adds another layer to the game.
In KCD I always play as Henry, always the same backstory, always the same objective, always the same build.
2) No 3rd person.
Unpopular opinion but I love to play in 3rd person. GTA, Skyrim, Enderal, No Man's Sky, Red Dead Redemption... I like seeing my character's armor and weapons and it gives me a better perspective of the world around me. I can play a FPS in 1st person, not an RPG/Action game.
Apart from those issues the game looks incredible.
Gta and red dead don't have customization on the character
@@Pow3rsprunk I know. It's not only that, it's that and not being able to play in 3rd person. Maybe I could deal with one but it's 2 major issues... I dunno...
@@antoniobrandao7139 I get it. I'm slightly like that but not as much as you. If it helps the game is constantly discounted.
Right now the game + dlc is bundled together for 8 bucks right now on Xbox, just today tho