I will get it later on. a fresh studio who are creating a original game with ambition and passion is pretty refreshing. I think it's worth supporting studio's like this who's only obstacle keeping them from being truly great is money. This game had a small budget but looks good considering and since most issues are technical, I think it will get better down the road.
Day one patch for the PS4 version is 23 GB. This is turning into a year for 'not for everyone' games which, personally, I think is great because it means we're getting less generic crap. We need more companies to self publish so they can put out the game they want to make without worrying about keeping it mainstream or filling it with lootbox cash grabbing.
The 23 GB is due to the engine. Apparently with this game engine you have to redownload basically the entire game for any patching. There was a long thread on reddit with other devs chiming in
This is a valuable comment. In the past there used to be much more of "middle-class production" games, where games were not AAA titles nor Indie. Those ended up being some of the best games of my youth, so I can only hope that type of production would make a bit of a comeback.
Coming back a year+ some later, and even tho not many if any will see this, I'd just like to drop my quick thoughts. Story is pretty good. I like the characters and historical aspect. It's pretty cool. Index? Fucking great. Whole atmosphere feels very real. Combat has some issues but gets by. Graphics are still damn impressive for the dev size. And the first time I walked into the forest with no feckin idea what to do i absolutely loved it. Gave me a refreshed feeling of exploration. Can't wait to drop in a bunch more time. Currently 16 hours in. Admittedly a small but decent chunk is messing with settings to get a good framerate mixed with higher settings. Around 60-90 on a GTX 1080.
I remember seeing this game on kickstarter raising money for the games's production. They had even set milestones for fund raising and for each completed milestone they would add a feature in the game like, better graphics, new voice actors, alternate storyline etc. The game sure has come a long way. I wish war horse studios the best.
Picked up this gamę yesterday, played for about 3 hours. Even with the patch (23gb) bugs are real. I've mostly experienced glitches in ingame dialogues (characters popping out from nowhere, or getting stuck and blocking the view), also my horse wouldn't move over the fence which was knee high. Apart from that, it's great thus far. Combat is tricky and tough as hell, quests and how you can go about them is really impressive (you think you f-up and then you can Come up with new approach and make things happen anyway). Story is also cool and presented in a very intriguing way. And, The codex is Just a blast to read. No kidding, but 1 hour out of my gameplay was dedicated to Reading about peasants lives and toiltes in middle ages. I hope they will release some new patches to fix bugs, but all in all I am not dissapointed.
MrMayki89 I'm having fun with it so far. I don't even think I'm out of the tutorial yet, but I'm just running around exploring and doing side missions if I find them. I crashed literally as soon as the game started I went and grabbed the piece of cheese ur mother leaves you for breakfast 😂 but other than that I haven't had rlly any glitch issues or bugs except a camera bug while talking to an npc for a hot sec. I can agree I can tell the world is bland, so I hope something they add in the future are more random encounters. But I think people forget that even though this is open world it's primarily a game that wants to focus on the story. Which so far seems like it'll be really good. I love the combat. I haven't even fought the hard guys yet. Some weird things happen sometimes like if you pull out a torch it inequitable your shield :/. But idk. I'm really liking it. I'm gonna have to play through the game a second time and murder as many people as I can 😂 Ima be a good boy my first playthrough (although I'll probably have some slip ups with some of the more dickish Characters)
I have done quite a bit of research on this game. Interviews, walkthroughs, exct.. With a staff of about 110 people I am expecting glitches with regular monthly patches. But as you said, I am very impressed as well. For what has gone into this game, merits allot of praise..I remember how Red Dead Redemption was at launch. Or The Division, both games got better over time. I have an Xbox One X. I am getting the game later in the week. So, it will be interesting to see what the response will be until then. But I will not be distracted by the negatives..
I’ve had a great time with this game, love the story, writing, and combat. Haven’t had any crazy bugs yet, but have noticed a lot of clipping with clothes and swords and foliage.
Been smashing that refresh button in my subs waiting for this bad boy. Popped up as soon as the game was released on steam. Your dedication is inspiring, my dude.
I normally wait a few months before buying a new game. So I'm hoping patches are available to fix the bugs. But I would definitely be willing to buy it.
I got it on release and so far I don't regret it but I 100% see what he is saying here. But I will say I haven't been this in love with a game for a really long time.
Micah Scheffel I'm in the same boat. Love the game, was super hyped, but I am definitely having to trudge through the bugs. More than that, the load times. It takes about 30-45 seconds to load every time I try to talk with someone, just because the game isn't properly optimized for Xbox One.
Thoughts based on full day one patch. A unique game but held down by a large number of technical issues. Thanks for joining Patreon as well www.patreon.com/AngryCentaurGaming Buy Kingdom Come Deliverance amzn.to/2HdaIy8
Hawk Strider I'd tell you that you should wait for a sale. The game has potential, but acg actually coped well with the many issues it has. Even with a decent computer (i4790 cpu and 980ti) the game at ultra runs poorly, and it's not because it has great specs, it's optimized badly, the world looks beautiful, but the character models are comparable to me andromeda, and you have limited ways to save your game, so when you encounter a bug that locks out your game and your last save point was 2 hours ago, it hurts. The game will be good, but it needs work still.
you know the witcher got game of the year right has glitching and bugs in and stuff and it got game of the year its like you saying that games doesn't come with glitches ands bugs.
As expected, first review to come out, detailed and fair, you da best man , and you happen to have the very exact same taste for games as i am :3 Game looks like something special, but hope they add blacksmithing later on.
Original Backers and myself included are just happy a bigger kickstarter game made a full release and the devs kept us in the loop during development. If anyone backed the game early enough to get alpha and beta access you'll know like I do that the final game is so much better than said alpha and beta. The game barely ran in alpha and beta lol
Darryl Campbell it's almost as if they considered their backers star citizens and wanted to come through with a actually finished product not like some Kickstarter we know
I play it atm and I don't get any bugs. The devs really did a great job patching the game and you can see the level of love they have for their game. It plays like a charm. I think Karak would have given it a "buy" if he played it today.
It's a shame it had alot of bugs on release, but i just started playing this game a week ago and it's the best medieval RPG i have ever played in my life, the DLC's were good, combat, story, everything its amazing, the game is mostly fixed now as i only had a few bugs here and there. What i think would really help people get back into this game is if they either release some sort of next gen patch/update to have people look into it again, it's a really good medieval sim and it's a shame only a few people know about it.
that flickering light strobe glitch - those are cry engine environmental probes - hated those things while i was working with the engine, no one knew the solution for that at the time....
I want this game to be great but I hear the patch doesn't fix all the bugs. I honestly think the game could've been delayed another few months to fix the bugs but why? We're in 2018. Why not release the game, get paid and fix the bugs later?!?! Genius... just genius. I'm sure the game is great at it's core tho.
Bugs may suck but at least nothing is game breaking. I'm not trying to defend the studio TOO much but this game in its current state could have been alot worse for the first game of a new studio... especially with a large scale like this. Compared to skyrim and fallout I'd say they are doing okay... but it could be better yes.
I'm 9 hours in and I can say that the core gameplay is absolutely great, although the game is very slow. Very, very slow. And the performance issues are really irritating. I didn't see any major bugs though. It's still an enjoyable experience, but I am looking forward to upcoming patches.
Question / suggestion: would you consider making an updated version of the review, now that the worst bugs (hopefully) have been fixed and some DLC's were released?
As a sound tech whose done his fair share of foley work and tv movie editing: the voices were not mixed properly. You hit the nail on the head. You can tell the voices were layered over the actual 'sounds'. It wasnt mixed together with, for example, a 'room noise' track (sorry for vocabulary issues, Im french)
See, I wouldn't of noticed that was the issue but I said to a friend the voice acting is good but something just doesn't sound right and I didn't know what. Now I do lol
There's also an issue where the background layer moves along with the camera cuts. It might be a bug or an oversight, but it affects all cut scenes and dialogue, apart from the pre-rendered ones. Ambient dialogue is actually pretty great, when you walk past two people speaking for example, so hopefully they can fix this with a patch in the future.
I feel like I'm having dejavu, so many games with similar design goals are plauged with similar bugs and issues. I like the idea of times quests that move on without you though games of this type should include that more often.
Big open world rpgs are just more difficult to make bug-free due to their size and depth, as the more you put in a game the more that can go wrong, so I don't fault the devs so much in that regard. A lot of Kingdom Come's problems seem like they go beyond just bugginess, though. Like, there's bugs and then there's just poor optimization, inherent clunkiness, and bad design/game mechanics, which seems to be some of the problems with this title.
That being said, there is a huge split in the user base. There are those who suffer sadly from bugs and glitches, and there are those like me who haven't enounctered any name worthy bugs (i encountered maybe 2 small bugs so far) and have a solid smooth experience with over 30+ hours into the game. No idea why this is happening. I run the game on high settings with a gtx 970 card while using a ultra wide screen, still having a solid 40 FPS in cities and 50 FPS outside of cities. I mentioned the ultra wide screen as that one always costs me about 10 - 20 frames per second when i play on that resolution. Real shame not everyone get's to experience a smooth game cause it's one of the most amazing games i have played in a long time. Really getting sucked into it, but then again i am a sucker for history.
Anybody else skip this one, but kind of stoked for the Royal Edition coming? I wanted to play this, but was weary of it for some reason. I like a slow burn, and I think this might be up my alley.
I can respect your opinion. Personally I'm the opposite, bugs crashing my system never really gets to me. Skyrim modded on an older PC has given me many crashes and many hours of enjoyment. To each their own.
I just got this as part of the GOG anniversary collection III (modern classics), which contains Kingdom Come, Shadow Tactics and Battlechasers, for just €21.59, which is a steal! I can’t wait to play Kingdom Come.
ACG consistently has some of the most helpful, insightful, honest, well-rounded game criticism available. These videos are the first ones I turn to when I’m thinking about making a purchase.
XeneGamer Indeed game is perfectly playable on all platforms and Some major bugs and littles ones that have been reported will be fixed soon, game is getting another major update (1.04/5) in 2 weeks max (source from warhorse on twitter)
Karak, man! For some time now I've compared your reviews to the big review channels. Using your own words, because "they're not 2 minutes long or sponsored bullcrap". Now, I'm sad to say, a lot of the smaller, unique and fan-supported channels have started to show they just need to throw mediocre reviews out and that's it. You mentioned this game has a long tutorial. And I know for sure that many of said channels made their "reviews" based only on the intro area. Lots of these dudes just write a couple of jokes and then yell their 4 minute reviews based on their 6 hour experiences. Just wanted to mention this, man. You do an awesome work. The writing, the humor, the delivering and of course, the fucking review!... are all really professional. Congratulations and here's to your channel's growth. A lot of people are watching and I see a lot of comments saying: "ACG mentioned this and that info in his review. Better go there" and it is great. Bye.
I think that game director Dan Vávra had too much freedom while developing this game. He just thrown all of his ideas and there was nobody to tell him that some of them are not that good. In many instances they crossed the line between more realistic and annoying (save system, every f*cking thing has to be a mini game, flower picking time consuming animations etc)
Helios Sphere dark souls doesn't have saving because it doesn't need it, you idiot. When you die, you respawn. It won't force you to lose hours of progress because of random oneshots or bugs, unlike this nonsense. Think before you talk.
I remember certain rewiever (sadly, in Polish, so I wont' post him) pointing out it quickly becomes apparent why everything has this lenghty animation to perform. He noticed (and I've got that myself, since I played this game blindly and then only went to check reviews, being late to the show and all) that after playing the game for 12 hours, about third of that time was spend on different animations. Not just minigames. Animations, like sleeping, picking items, getting on horseback, loading screens when eating or washing yourself, dialogue each time you haggle and so on and forth. And his conclusion was simple: It exists to claim the game has "100 hours of gameplay". And it can;'t even do that right, since I beat it in 40 once I realised how the inner workings are done for a lot of mechanics and how a lot of things are superflous. Speaking of throwing ideas without any reason or sense, I'm still confused with the drinking skill. What was even the whole point of it? It felt so unnecessary. Just like the entire alchemy skill, minigame and potions (night vision, lol), mostly giving the impression they just wanted to get some of Witcher bits, despite not fitting rest of the game at all. And then there is this awkward split between obsessive """""realism""""" on one hand and oversimplified game mechanics on the other. So my food spoils and I have to eat, but then there are those magical pots full of renewable stew literally everywhere, so I can't starve unless I actively stop eating at all? So I need to sleep, but literally any bed and shack will do, at any time? Oh, I have a limited carry weight, but I can still carry 10 times over the limit if I don't mind slowly walking? My horse has limited carry weight, but I can overpack myself and the horse will carry me and my half a tonne of gear? My horse can teleport! And something that instantly broken the illusion of any "realism" for me was the torches, right during first night time. When I noticed those, the gig was essentially over. So food spoils, but once you get your first torch, it will never run out. Ever. Just have it inefinitely. Which renders 2nd and any other torch after that a god-damn vendor trash, in a game that has different perish rates for different types of food. What's even the point of claiming focus on realism, if the very mechanics that on surface level support it are just unrealistic as in any other game?
I think my biggest problem with this game is how it doesn’t respect you as the player. The save system, not skippable cutscenes, and terribly long tutorial makes playing this game an event. I can’t sit down after classes and play for an hour because I may not find a save point, I have to dedicate a large chunk of time to hope I found somewhere I can save at.
When you contact a hit there's no impact, it doesn't actually feel like you're hitting anything. No blood, no wounds from weapons, people just fall to the ground with a grunt after you smash them with a two handed ax.
I bought the game already anyway, simply to support the team behind it as they're the only ones I know of doing this kind of open world rpg and I want to see them grow as developers. Hopefully the game gets patched up as there is no doubt some great stuff in here if you're into historical things.
I pre-ordered the game. Played a 2-3 hours and didn't encounter any bugs for now. Anyway , a lot of open world/free roam games like fallout, skyrim, gta , dying light and other games that are so complex have bugs and I don't deny this game has none, maybe I haven't noticed them idk ... I enjoyed every minute of it, sincerely, it's unique, unlike anything out there that I have experienced in any open world game
MrWadafak I been playing since release now came across a few bugs... but I fucking LOVE this game I don't think I've had this much fun in a game since elder scrolls released.
WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE PRESS YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE LORD OF OVER THE TOP YELLING?? I MEAN COME ON GUYS *Runs out of breath and passes out*
I will wait for two weeks and then get it from GOG. Hopefully, most of the bugs will be fixed by then. The most important fact is that all the bugs are technical, not the story-related or gameplay-related. Technical problems can still be fixed.
Hahaha... Good one... Fixed bugs. I decided to wait half a year for proper bug fixes. Guess what. It's August and the game 1.6 build. And it;s still buggy as hell.
A different perspective - there are technical issues, sometimes a hillarious glitch can occur, but nothing dramatic. The game is actually quite stable for a freshly launched complex open-world RPG. Some reviewers (not ACG but others) are trying to make it sound like it's a buggy mess. That's nonsense. It's no more a buggy mess than Witcher 3 was on launch (watch the bug compilations for that one). In a month or two most of the problems should be ironed out. So saying "wait for a deep deep sale" is a bit too harsh, especially if the reviewer actually liked the game. "Yes, wait a bit for patches if you want, but the game is already eminently playable" would be my take.
I understand the mechanics of this "Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?" series and why it has to come out at release day (inform players, get youtube views). But for these kind of games (big RPG's that almost always are buggy at release) a "Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?" review after one or two months would be better. So an option "Look for a review after the first few big patches" and make that review would be nice. At the current state Karak's verdict is probably correct (haven't played myself yet), but for me a verdict after the first few (big) patches would be more useful. If it still has the same problems in a few months "wait for a deep deep sale" is the final verdict for this game. But if a lot of the problems are solved "buy if you like a realistic RPG" could be the final verdict. This is not meant as criticism on this review, I liked it and gave a thumbs up. It is more a wish, just as I wish big RPG's are not so buggy at release :)
I first saw the trailer for this game when I was a sophomore in high school, showed all my friends and the excitement was crazy. Now I'm a sophomore in college, time goes by so fast.
Been playing it all day and i really really like it so far and its such a fresh breath both gameplay and story wise, havent had too many bugs but what i will agree with is the Emptiness If they had put more people animals bandits and merchants outsiode the walls it would climp my favourite game rank so much higher
Remember once you get a game cd with its manual at hand and the nice shining case and no bugs at all?now with internet and digital copies almost all devs seem to get lazy enough not to make sure their game hasnt got any bugs on the release day.Patches even if they succeed to fix a game's issues,they fail by default and definition to make up for a player's first impression and precious first experience of a game that makes it enjoyable and memorable.this is why i love cd project devs of witcher 3 and now the long anticipated game cyberpunk 2077.their response on when the release date is gonna be,they simply state ''when its done''.pure gold.ty for the good review.that was fast Karak.
I think your critique was fair - I however have been enjoying the story so much that the technical issues haven't been a significant factor for me. That being said, I had to search forums for a fix because the performance was so bad as to be unplayable. It turned out to be a memory allocation issue addressed with a 'launch command' in steam. I think it's great, but I'd recommend waiting unless you're out of games to play. Oh, and if you don't have a GTX 970 (or equivalent) on PC don't bother. This thing will wreck your PC.
Another excellent review. When a friend asked if I was going to buy this, on day one, I responded with "I'm going to wait and see what reviewers say". My first video today is yours, and I know all I need to make my decision. That, to me, has value.
Mike Hunt I don't blame him. He wants to know what he'd be getting himself into and decide whether the game interests him enough to pay $60 for. And trust me, getting a disappointing game at such a price is not pleasing when that money could have been spent on better/more important things. Yes, it's good to have an independent mind. However, many times it's best to first hear what others think and know what kind of issues that may be faced.
+Cade Thumann Hell, even 40 bucks can hurt. I'm still regretting the hell out of Wolfenstein 2. At least Kingdom Come, as it currently is, has enough story and atmosphere to be memorable. Chances are I'll get it within this or next payday (probably after the 2 week patch).
This is one of the best game reviews I have ever watched. EVER. There's a whole lot of great stuff here for them to use, and you're genuinely fun and pleasant to listen to. We need to send this review to War Horse Studios en masse. This review could really help jumpstart them on the right direction for the sequel, and they'll enjoy listening to it, too.
I really don't know how you can review so many games. I've been working two jobs for the past year and have basically given up on gaming temporarily. There's a part of me that wants to take a week off and knock one or two big games from my backlog, but I've got too many other commitments. I've got this image of you waking up at 4 or 5AM, filling a Thermos of coffee and gaming without breaks until midnight or 1AM every day. I haven't even played the Witcher 3 yet because of the time commitment. Keep up the good work and try and get some sun!
I’ve seen quite a few of your videos before... they pop up on my feed every once in awhile and I’ve always enjoyed them never really subbed though... after watching this I’m subbing... looking forward to your new content
Thanks for the early review man!!! this isn't the first time watching your review saves me from rushing to the game store on day one to buy a game that could potentially become the greatest thing I've ever played and ultimately find out it isn't.... PS: sorry about the lack of punctuation in that long sentence, hoping the three dots at the end make up for it :P
usually, I am for the reviews, but this one, I am glad I bought it full priced. The combat is complex enough and talk about consequences. I love this game with no fantasy aspect. This is a must if you are looking for a true rpg...
I like the game for the very same reason why you do (not to mention having all my friends in medieval reconstruction movement and living a stone-throw away from Czech border, so I'm pretty familiar with the history used as a background for the game), BUT the bugs really, really, REALLY put a damper on things. And once I figured out how the combat system works, it stopped being engaging. Instead, it was a deja vu from Ass Creed 1, where combat boiled down to "parry, counter-attack, instant-kill". But seriously, the buggyness of certain quests and obvious lack of care or polish toward another leaves a very bitter taste. And I've played the game almost half a year after release, few major patched later.
GreenGrump Skyrim delivers massive amounts of fun to be had around every corner of that world. That's what made it so popular, and still is several years down the line.
Im going to say one thing, I havent been this in love with a game since the witcher 3. For a smaller studio the state in which the game released is at least on par with bigger studios and its a work of passion from these developers so they will work on it. The game world is beautiful and immersive the characters are well fleshed out and Henry is an exceptionally relateable protagonist for anyone in there 20's-30's. Id say support the hell out of this game because it is a breath of fresh air from an industry that is trying to make you pay for air with micro transactions and loot boxes and I hope warhorse go on to create more and dont fall into the same routine that other game companies have started to normalise.
After 50+ hours of gameplay, I am quite happy I bought this day 1. I crashed 3 times, and each time was because I looted cheese. Note to self...don't touch the cheese! Few other weird bugs, but I'm confident the devs will iron out all the issues. My only complaint is, I wish there was a bit more enemies while roaming the open world. This is on PS4 Pro.
I had to laugh at the graphical glitch at 8:45 - the worst I've seen so far was Sir Hans' reins not going into his hands while riding a horse. Also very glad to know I'm not the only one that hates the fist-fight combat system - far too often you see enemies duck out of the way, while you don't learn until after reaching Rattay.
I find it odd that you say it's good that they cut a larger world for more content, then explain how the world is essentially empty (on the roads). How big are the roads?
Any funny exploit is in the Kunesh's tool quest. When you knock him out, take his loot and open his container to grab his stuff.Then immediately go to sword practice and wait when you have a sword.Then stand behind kunesh when the tutorial asks you do chain attack the trainer and you whack him instead and basically make the lock on assign to him. Because the wooden sword does no damage, you can train swordplay and str this way by wailing on kunesh instead of the trainer. He is still hostile after you stop training so surrender to him to have him give up attacking you cuz unarmed fight with him is bad.
Looking at the comments, I can understand why some people may wait, bugs are a concern and waiting for patches can be frustrating. A few others are missing the point of this game: it is not a high fantasy, never was presented as such, never meant to be. It is a historical rpg. For those comparing it to Witcher 3, you do remember the first game, right? I want to support smaller developers, and the lack of dragons does not bother me, so I purchased it earlier today. So far I'm enjoying it, really drawn in by the story. As a woman yes I'd love to play as a female, but it's not that type of world.
Feels like the first Witcher in a way with its quality submerged beneath a mountain of Euro-Jank. Hopefully this franchise takes a similar path to Witcher because I love the concept and there seems to be so much potential in it.
History's Dustbin But the difference is the Witcher, even with its engine limitations and copy paste NPCs had great atmosphere and an engaging story that made me look past its shitty combat system. This game 's story is mediocre at best.
Fishing Grapes Mrw I hear 'witcher 3' has a more engaging story than KC:D... I guess it's true, the markets for these games are somewhat distinct. (When I think of the witcher story, I think: 1-part LOTR, 1-part Dora the Explorer, 1 part teen slasher movie with gaudy sex scenes)
i was already expecting it to have poor performance so im sticking around assasin's creed origins until it gets patched and they roll a couple of mods for it on the nexus, but i personally believe that this game will have a great modding community that will make it become more successful in the future.
The world map size isn't as big as some others, but it feels more real than any other, it takes REAL time to travel from point A to point B... P.S. One of the most necessary mods for this game should be a Population Density mod, adding travelers, bandits, wayfarers, all the likes to the open world.
Really good review mate. I appreciate that you’re one of the few reviewers that looks at all versions and discusses more technical aspects. This is one of your best yet and I’m currently playing this for review myself and am enjoying it although my copy only arrived by post today so still a long way to go I’m very much enjoying it so far and has lived up to my expectations.
HentaiSenpai9000 But, as you might remember, it didn’t prevent us from enjoying the game anyway. Stair glitch? Ah well. Different aproach. Kill. Kill. Kill some more.
bigsuff what decision exactly? One game is unfinished and the other is a button masher w/Good visuals. Save your money until God of War 3 or The last of us 2 come out, one of those will be game of the year and they'll be polished on day one.
Yeah I am fully enjoying this game. Great tip: After the first 4-5 main quests you get after the intro, your Weapon Training place locks up, where you can safely combat train with wooden weapons. You can also train with real weapons! I sat 2 hours and trained up Henry... I gained 3 levels and a load of perks for the MANY weapon options available.
I feel like, if this gets patched over the next few months, ultimately removing all the problems he had, this would jump to a strong "Buy" rating then. Good, honest review all things considered.
I've had the game since release and have been loving it. It reminds of elder scrolls so much. But it's way harder. The bugs haven't really bothered me either, nothing game breaking that is, most of the bugs just make me laugh
i was hopping that would be a non fantasy medieval rpg ! i love rpg's and well is there even any other non fantasy medieval rpg around ? this is the first !
Yeah, the release timing was a little bad. Witcher 3 came out at one of the best time on May 19th. Maybe a good purchase for spring break or for the summer. Another good thing is that the bugs may be fixed if you decide to wait.
A lot of times you can wait, not only do you get the game on sale in a few months but you will get the patches that fix a lot of the day one issues. So best of both worlds if you can be patient and with a single player game like this there is no reason to rush out for it
I backed the game more than a year ago and I'm glad I did. Yes, there are bugs. But, the visuals and atmosphere, for me, more than make up for it. I've never been more emmerced in a story and felt like I made a difference as I've had with this game. I've never walked through a town in other games, I'd just run to the next objective. Fast travel? Why bother? You can gain horsemanship and see awesome settings by riding there yourself, it's worth it. I'm impressed that such a small company with few employees gave us a game the is 98% AAA quality for less than 5% of the cost to develop a normal AAA game. My only problem is they should have charge 40-50$ and not the AAA 60$ price mark.
Looked up Brian Blessed punched a ploar bear like you said. Zero regrets. That guy is amazing. So polite yet so absolutely manly. Is that the ideal version of a British Gentleman? Is that what that looks like? I certainly hope it is. Wait a minute. Stormbringer at the grocery store? Was that an Elric reference?
I feel like a ghost while walking around town. It's hard not to notice how none of the NPC's will ever look at you. Even when you're jumping up and down 6 inches from their faces. They just stare right through you. That's the number one issue that I've been having right from the start. It's really putting me off. And just what is with the incessant head bobbing when NPC's start talking? I looks so unusual. Kinda makes me nauseous.
My problem with any games claims of "history accuracy" and "realism" is that there will always be certain artistic liberties taken to ensure a fun gameplay. So healing potions is historically accurate? Not getting infection from fights and not dying from bad water realistic? Bohemia peolple having british, american, and australian accents historically accurate and realistic? (To be fair it may have a language setting to fix it a la Witcher 3) See what I'm saying. It's never gonna be a 100% thing but it's not a big issue either. Illusion of immersion is the key. edit: The archery combat mechanic is a masterpiece tho.
I was excited, but now I think I am at the point where I prefer crazy stuff like magic and dragons in my medieval RPGs. IMO I think that having a realistic and interesting setting like the one in Kingdom Come works better coupled with a fantasy story or fantasy elements. Witcher 3, for example, has a similar world to Kingdom Come, but you fight dragons and vampires and are a badass monster hunter. It just feels like the game is missing something, and it's a shame because I was really interested initially.
Having the same problem with this game, no fantasy makes these kinda games boring and not exciting at all.. It only works for strategy games but not for first person open world. The open world looks boring as hell and there is no danger walking in the woods or going out at night...
The game isn't missing anything, it just doesn't cater to your needs. That's fine, but I recommend playing it for the 2 hours you can and then refund it if it's not to your liking.
Good review. Thanks for taking the time. I found I have a love/hate with Kingdom Come and that struggle is endearing it to me. I found once I trained in Rattay I really started liking the game, a more elaborate explanation of the combat mechanic was introduced and doing it a few times (actual practice, not videogame practice, where you do it once and the npc ushers you forward with some banal banter, "you're a natural, go there next.") I feel I started to understand it and that broke my initial frustration with the game. There were more then a few times I said aloud, "What the fuck is this shit? Why would you do this?!" I Kept at it (practiced with the Miller; lockpicking, pickpocketing) and found my stride ... I avoid horses, big rocks and creeks/gulleys as they have proven to be everest for my main dude Nate.
Compared to the craptastic shite coming from "AAA" EA and Activision this game is solid gold. Even with the bugs it's well worth the price of admission. Just get the savegame mod, save frequently and you're fine.
Best game review channel and reviewer on TH-cam in my opinion. Can’t go wrong when watching and developing an idea on whether I should or shouldn’t make a purchase after watching. Keep it up ACG!
One of the first times I've ignored your final opinion, and bought the game anyways, and boy am I glad I did. The review still holds up, but the game is so immersive and fun.
The story 8 hours in is more engaging than most games I’ve played the past year since Witcher
I will get it later on. a fresh studio who are creating a original game with ambition and passion is pretty refreshing. I think it's worth supporting studio's like this who's only obstacle keeping them from being truly great is money. This game had a small budget but looks good considering and since most issues are technical, I think it will get better down the road.
no its not it has some members from the mafia 2 dev team it is not the same people..
Mambo Home different studio, but a lot of the original mafia guys work there now.
It didn't stop them from charging $60 for it though.
Considering you have 70+ hours of content, I think $60 can be easily justified unlike "some" AAA games.
Just send them $60 then, don't waste your time on this game. Never, in thirty years of hard gaming have I felt so robbed and insulted
Day one patch for the PS4 version is 23 GB. This is turning into a year for 'not for everyone' games which, personally, I think is great because it means we're getting less generic crap. We need more companies to self publish so they can put out the game they want to make without worrying about keeping it mainstream or filling it with lootbox cash grabbing.
Agreed sir!
The 23 GB is due to the engine. Apparently with this game engine you have to redownload basically the entire game for any patching. There was a long thread on reddit with other devs chiming in
well they are following the mainstream of releasing buggy games at launch so that goes against that particular logic.
This is a valuable comment.
In the past there used to be much more of "middle-class production" games, where games were not AAA titles nor Indie. Those ended up being some of the best games of my youth, so I can only hope that type of production would make a bit of a comeback.
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Coming back a year+ some later, and even tho not many if any will see this, I'd just like to drop my quick thoughts. Story is pretty good. I like the characters and historical aspect. It's pretty cool. Index? Fucking great. Whole atmosphere feels very real. Combat has some issues but gets by. Graphics are still damn impressive for the dev size. And the first time I walked into the forest with no feckin idea what to do i absolutely loved it. Gave me a refreshed feeling of exploration. Can't wait to drop in a bunch more time.
Currently 16 hours in. Admittedly a small but decent chunk is messing with settings to get a good framerate mixed with higher settings. Around 60-90 on a GTX 1080.
Thanks for this comment. Appreciate it
I remember seeing this game on kickstarter raising money for the games's production. They had even set milestones for fund raising and for each completed milestone they would add a feature in the game like, better graphics, new voice actors, alternate storyline etc. The game sure has come a long way. I wish war horse studios the best.
Picked up this gamę yesterday, played for about 3 hours. Even with the patch (23gb) bugs are real. I've mostly experienced glitches in ingame dialogues (characters popping out from nowhere, or getting stuck and blocking the view), also my horse wouldn't move over the fence which was knee high. Apart from that, it's great thus far. Combat is tricky and tough as hell, quests and how you can go about them is really impressive (you think you f-up and then you can Come up with new approach and make things happen anyway). Story is also cool and presented in a very intriguing way. And, The codex is Just a blast to read. No kidding, but 1 hour out of my gameplay was dedicated to Reading about peasants lives and toiltes in middle ages. I hope they will release some new patches to fix bugs, but all in all I am not dissapointed.
MrMayki89 I'm having fun with it so far. I don't even think I'm out of the tutorial yet, but I'm just running around exploring and doing side missions if I find them. I crashed literally as soon as the game started I went and grabbed the piece of cheese ur mother leaves you for breakfast 😂 but other than that I haven't had rlly any glitch issues or bugs except a camera bug while talking to an npc for a hot sec. I can agree I can tell the world is bland, so I hope something they add in the future are more random encounters. But I think people forget that even though this is open world it's primarily a game that wants to focus on the story. Which so far seems like it'll be really good. I love the combat. I haven't even fought the hard guys yet. Some weird things happen sometimes like if you pull out a torch it inequitable your shield :/. But idk. I'm really liking it. I'm gonna have to play through the game a second time and murder as many people as I can 😂 Ima be a good boy my first playthrough (although I'll probably have some slip ups with some of the more dickish Characters)
I have done quite a bit of research on this game. Interviews, walkthroughs, exct.. With a staff of about 110 people I am expecting glitches with regular monthly patches. But as you said, I am very impressed as well. For what has gone into this game, merits allot of praise..I remember how Red Dead Redemption was at launch. Or The Division, both games got better over time. I have an Xbox One X. I am getting the game later in the week. So, it will be interesting to see what the response will be until then. But I will not be distracted by the negatives..
My game randomly refuses to load cutscenes just have an infinite load screen. Yay......
I’ve had a great time with this game, love the story, writing, and combat. Haven’t had any crazy bugs yet, but have noticed a lot of clipping with clothes and swords and foliage.
what you playing on?
Been smashing that refresh button in my subs waiting for this bad boy. Popped up as soon as the game was released on steam. Your dedication is inspiring, my dude.
James mååååm
James ii
Gotta confuse the refresh button, right babe?
R.I.P. Rich
He made a review without even playing it properly
I normally wait a few months before buying a new game. So I'm hoping patches are available to fix the bugs. But I would definitely be willing to buy it.
irish rover, sure it does, but that’s setting the bar so low you’ll have to go into the basement to see it.
irish rover As if that's a viable defense for this game's bugginess...Jesus Christ, the fanbois are out in force in this comment section today.
less freedom and boring to explore unlike skyrim,witcher 3 or assassin creed origins.. Beautiful Graphics tho
Expect a massive patch in about two weeks, accord to Daniel Vavra.
Bilbo Baggins the Wise it literally has less bugs than skyrim...
I got it on release and so far I don't regret it but I 100% see what he is saying here. But I will say I haven't been this in love with a game for a really long time.
Micah Scheffel I'm in the same boat. Love the game, was super hyped, but I am definitely having to trudge through the bugs. More than that, the load times. It takes about 30-45 seconds to load every time I try to talk with someone, just because the game isn't properly optimized for Xbox One.
Same, a patch will be coming no doubt, but so far I'm enjoying the hell out of it!
Yeah lots of issues
Dajjal Because insulting people will be more helpful?
Micah Scheffel same here I love this game so much
I can confirm this is the greatest game I have ever played through.
Thoughts based on full day one patch.
A unique game but held down by a large number of technical issues.
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Hawk Strider I'd tell you that you should wait for a sale. The game has potential, but acg actually coped well with the many issues it has. Even with a decent computer (i4790 cpu and 980ti) the game at ultra runs poorly, and it's not because it has great specs, it's optimized badly, the world looks beautiful, but the character models are comparable to me andromeda, and you have limited ways to save your game, so when you encounter a bug that locks out your game and your last save point was 2 hours ago, it hurts. The game will be good, but it needs work still.
you know the witcher got game of the year right has glitching and bugs in and stuff and it got game of the year its like you saying that games doesn't come with glitches ands
bugs.
ACG hey man, can you review Dynasty Warriors 9?
As expected, first review to come out, detailed and fair, you da best man , and you happen to have the very exact same taste for games as i am :3 Game looks like something special, but hope they add blacksmithing later on.
jorge montiel they were going to in the first place but they didn't have the time
jorge montiel it isn't the first. just saying. megajoes review came out yesterday
You can sharpen and polish your own sword at the blacksmith, but no forging of yet.
Original Backers and myself included are just happy a bigger kickstarter game made a full release and the devs kept us in the loop during development. If anyone backed the game early enough to get alpha and beta access you'll know like I do that the final game is so much better than said alpha and beta. The game barely ran in alpha and beta lol
Darryl Campbell it's almost as if they considered their backers star citizens and wanted to come through with a actually finished product not like some Kickstarter we know
Dajjal
It works and runs just fine. A bug here and there but it's not like it's stuttering and being unplayable and always crashing.
Pixel Passion Star Citizen STILL isn't out?? I legit forgot about the game years ago, wow.
They will sell you stuff for the game though.
M. Gilley star citizen is biggest game coming out EVER so yeah it still isn’t finished development.
I play it atm and I don't get any bugs. The devs really did a great job patching the game and you can see the level of love they have for their game. It plays like a charm. I think Karak would have given it a "buy" if he played it today.
It's a shame it had alot of bugs on release, but i just started playing this game a week ago and it's the best medieval RPG i have ever played in my life, the DLC's were good, combat, story, everything its amazing, the game is mostly fixed now as i only had a few bugs here and there.
What i think would really help people get back into this game is if they either release some sort of next gen patch/update to have people look into it again, it's a really good medieval sim and it's a shame only a few people know about it.
that flickering light strobe glitch - those are cry engine environmental probes - hated those things while i was working with the engine, no one knew the solution for that at the time....
I want this game to be great but I hear the patch doesn't fix all the bugs. I honestly think the game could've been delayed another few months to fix the bugs but why? We're in 2018. Why not release the game, get paid and fix the bugs later?!?! Genius... just genius. I'm sure the game is great at it's core tho.
JayPainGaming this was a kickstarter that’s already been delayed multiple times. They could have also been very low on cash at this point
Bugs may suck but at least nothing is game breaking. I'm not trying to defend the studio TOO much but this game in its current state could have been alot worse for the first game of a new studio... especially with a large scale like this. Compared to skyrim and fallout I'd say they are doing okay... but it could be better yes.
I'm 9 hours in and I can say that the core gameplay is absolutely great, although the game is very slow. Very, very slow. And the performance issues are really irritating. I didn't see any major bugs though. It's still an enjoyable experience, but I am looking forward to upcoming patches.
Tell me how many non working wares you buy when in an IRL store.
Question / suggestion: would you consider making an updated version of the review, now that the worst bugs (hopefully) have been fixed and some DLC's were released?
Yes pls
If u haven't gotten the game by now then get it. The game is amazing, way more than he gives it credit
No birds or deer in the gameworld. At least there are bugs...
Frank Gütle good one lol
Frank Gütle there is deer, but no birds xd
But there is birds and deer as well as boar, rabbits and some other stuff
there's horsey? and chickens!
and cows, pigs, sheep and dogs
As a sound tech whose done his fair share of foley work and tv movie editing: the voices were not mixed properly. You hit the nail on the head. You can tell the voices were layered over the actual 'sounds'. It wasnt mixed together with, for example, a 'room noise' track (sorry for vocabulary issues, Im french)
See, I wouldn't of noticed that was the issue but I said to a friend the voice acting is good but something just doesn't sound right and I didn't know what. Now I do lol
There's also an issue where the background layer moves along with the camera cuts.
It might be a bug or an oversight, but it affects all cut scenes and dialogue, apart from the pre-rendered ones.
Ambient dialogue is actually pretty great, when you walk past two people speaking for example, so hopefully they can fix this with a patch in the future.
I feel like I'm having dejavu, so many games with similar design goals are plauged with similar bugs and issues. I like the idea of times quests that move on without you though games of this type should include that more often.
or the time period, remember the guild 2? interesting mechanics plagued with bugs that never got fixed.
zzxp1 mmm
Big open world rpgs are just more difficult to make bug-free due to their size and depth, as the more you put in a game the more that can go wrong, so I don't fault the devs so much in that regard. A lot of Kingdom Come's problems seem like they go beyond just bugginess, though. Like, there's bugs and then there's just poor optimization, inherent clunkiness, and bad design/game mechanics, which seems to be some of the problems with this title.
That being said, there is a huge split in the user base. There are those who suffer sadly from bugs and glitches, and there are those like me who haven't enounctered any name worthy bugs (i encountered maybe 2 small bugs so far) and have a solid smooth experience with over 30+ hours into the game. No idea why this is happening. I run the game on high settings with a gtx 970 card while using a ultra wide screen, still having a solid 40 FPS in cities and 50 FPS outside of cities. I mentioned the ultra wide screen as that one always costs me about 10 - 20 frames per second when i play on that resolution. Real shame not everyone get's to experience a smooth game cause it's one of the most amazing games i have played in a long time. Really getting sucked into it, but then again i am a sucker for history.
memba no mans sky? its not as bad but its still bad
Anybody else skip this one, but kind of stoked for the Royal Edition coming? I wanted to play this, but was weary of it for some reason. I like a slow burn, and I think this might be up my alley.
Bugs have put me right off. IMO it's unacceptable to release games that crash your system. Won't be buying this unless stuff gets patched.
Gaming and Music Trash That’s exactly the reason why no-one plays those games anymore.
Deus Ex is fine for me, literally every other game crashes my system but I've never had Deus Ex do it.
I can respect your opinion. Personally I'm the opposite, bugs crashing my system never really gets to me. Skyrim modded on an older PC has given me many crashes and many hours of enjoyment. To each their own.
What is your system? Usually it is a fault on your side, not the fault of the game....
I played 13 hours straight on pc and it didn’t crash once.
I just got this as part of the GOG anniversary collection III (modern classics), which contains Kingdom Come, Shadow Tactics and Battlechasers, for just €21.59, which is a steal! I can’t wait to play Kingdom Come.
ACG consistently has some of the most helpful, insightful, honest, well-rounded game criticism available. These videos are the first ones I turn to when I’m thinking about making a purchase.
thanks man. If you get a chance come join us in the gaming discord. We are yalking about titles all the time
Thanks Karak. You have the best reviews.
Elder Scrolls has some work to do..
agreed
He has the earth's second best review in the history of mankind. The second best, EVER.
He has the best detailed reviews. Angry Joe has the best overall game reviews.
if we get an es6.
Hopefully some day one patches fix those ugly bugs.. I want to enjoy this :)
XeneGamer Indeed game is perfectly playable on all platforms and Some major bugs and littles ones that have been reported will be fixed soon, game is getting another major update (1.04/5) in 2 weeks max (source from warhorse on twitter)
After the 25 Gb patch and an additional 15 GB patch, all the major bugs are mostly fixed. There are still issues, but it's playable.
thanks for your updates that was all i needed to see. :p
Looks like a good game to pick up if I ever get done with what I currently have to play. Hopefully it will get patched up by that time.
I played for ~12 hours and had no crashes and very little bugs.
Karak, man! For some time now I've compared your reviews to the big review channels. Using your own words, because "they're not 2 minutes long or sponsored bullcrap". Now, I'm sad to say, a lot of the smaller, unique and fan-supported channels have started to show they just need to throw mediocre reviews out and that's it. You mentioned this game has a long tutorial. And I know for sure that many of said channels made their "reviews" based only on the intro area. Lots of these dudes just write a couple of jokes and then yell their 4 minute reviews based on their 6 hour experiences. Just wanted to mention this, man. You do an awesome work. The writing, the humor, the delivering and of course, the fucking review!... are all really professional. Congratulations and here's to your channel's growth. A lot of people are watching and I see a lot of comments saying: "ACG mentioned this and that info in his review. Better go there" and it is great. Bye.
Bugs are rare now. Poison your arrows and melee weapon. Outstanding game!
I think that game director Dan Vávra had too much freedom while developing this game. He just thrown all of his ideas and there was nobody to tell him that some of them are not that good. In many instances they crossed the line between more realistic and annoying (save system, every f*cking thing has to be a mini game, flower picking time consuming animations etc)
To me it seems they failed the check of “even though it’s realistic, is it fun?”
Helios Sphere dark souls doesn't have saving because it doesn't need it, you idiot. When you die, you respawn. It won't force you to lose hours of progress because of random oneshots or bugs, unlike this nonsense. Think before you talk.
I remember certain rewiever (sadly, in Polish, so I wont' post him) pointing out it quickly becomes apparent why everything has this lenghty animation to perform. He noticed (and I've got that myself, since I played this game blindly and then only went to check reviews, being late to the show and all) that after playing the game for 12 hours, about third of that time was spend on different animations. Not just minigames. Animations, like sleeping, picking items, getting on horseback, loading screens when eating or washing yourself, dialogue each time you haggle and so on and forth. And his conclusion was simple:
It exists to claim the game has "100 hours of gameplay". And it can;'t even do that right, since I beat it in 40 once I realised how the inner workings are done for a lot of mechanics and how a lot of things are superflous.
Speaking of throwing ideas without any reason or sense, I'm still confused with the drinking skill. What was even the whole point of it? It felt so unnecessary. Just like the entire alchemy skill, minigame and potions (night vision, lol), mostly giving the impression they just wanted to get some of Witcher bits, despite not fitting rest of the game at all.
And then there is this awkward split between obsessive """""realism""""" on one hand and oversimplified game mechanics on the other. So my food spoils and I have to eat, but then there are those magical pots full of renewable stew literally everywhere, so I can't starve unless I actively stop eating at all? So I need to sleep, but literally any bed and shack will do, at any time? Oh, I have a limited carry weight, but I can still carry 10 times over the limit if I don't mind slowly walking? My horse has limited carry weight, but I can overpack myself and the horse will carry me and my half a tonne of gear? My horse can teleport! And something that instantly broken the illusion of any "realism" for me was the torches, right during first night time. When I noticed those, the gig was essentially over. So food spoils, but once you get your first torch, it will never run out. Ever. Just have it inefinitely. Which renders 2nd and any other torch after that a god-damn vendor trash, in a game that has different perish rates for different types of food.
What's even the point of claiming focus on realism, if the very mechanics that on surface level support it are just unrealistic as in any other game?
I wish there was a demo of this game
Khaster 6
Look up gameplay and use a controller to pretend to play it.
Big Birb lol that was a good one
hahahah!!!! I do that all the time!
Buy it and refund it before playing for two hours if you play on pc
Big Birb i tried that but my controller is broken i think
I think my biggest problem with this game is how it doesn’t respect you as the player. The save system, not skippable cutscenes, and terribly long tutorial makes playing this game an event. I can’t sit down after classes and play for an hour because I may not find a save point, I have to dedicate a large chunk of time to hope I found somewhere I can save at.
When you contact a hit there's no impact, it doesn't actually feel like you're hitting anything. No blood, no wounds from weapons, people just fall to the ground with a grunt after you smash them with a two handed ax.
Ha ha ha. I got an ad for proper beardcare for this video.
what are ads?
+Magnus Leo
Okay, so either you're an Adblock user and making a joke, or you're not fluent in English, in which case: Ad is short for advertisement.
P. Roud Tobi Mi he is the other thing surprisingly
Dude think's he's a rebel for using Adblock XD
a simple but effective joke well-done sir!
got any more of those button necklaces? 8:37
This game is fucking dope I don’t care what anyone says it’s not Skyrim but it’s close to it.
I bought the game already anyway, simply to support the team behind it as they're the only ones I know of doing this kind of open world rpg and I want to see them grow as developers. Hopefully the game gets patched up as there is no doubt some great stuff in here if you're into historical things.
i am 20 hours deep in the game 0 problems with stairs so far ^^
awesome!
I pre-ordered the game. Played a 2-3 hours and didn't encounter any bugs for now. Anyway , a lot of open world/free roam games like fallout, skyrim, gta , dying light and other games that are so complex have bugs and I don't deny this game has none, maybe I haven't noticed them idk ... I enjoyed every minute of it, sincerely, it's unique, unlike anything out there that I have experienced in any open world game
MrWadafak I been playing since release now came across a few bugs... but I fucking LOVE this game I don't think I've had this much fun in a game since elder scrolls released.
MrWadafak I wish more people would play it
its Brian Bless-ed not Brian Blessed
Damn I just posted that and then saw this, so I deleted that! :)
@Kharn526 I do. He sounded dumb. How can you not know how to pronounce such a legend of acting?
WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE PRESS YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE LORD OF OVER THE TOP YELLING?? I MEAN COME ON GUYS *Runs out of breath and passes out*
Beat the game twice, tried to do as much as I could the 2nd time around. Already sold my copy... I look forward to the next game if they make one.
I will wait for two weeks and then get it from GOG. Hopefully, most of the bugs will be fixed by then. The most important fact is that all the bugs are technical, not the story-related or gameplay-related. Technical problems can still be fixed.
Hahaha... Good one... Fixed bugs.
I decided to wait half a year for proper bug fixes. Guess what. It's August and the game 1.6 build. And it;s still buggy as hell.
you had me click the thumbs up at "chuck norris the blacksmith" XD hilarious and amazing review as always Karak!
When you're getting stuck on the stairs, it's your bow, catching on the framing above you.
A different perspective - there are technical issues, sometimes a hillarious glitch can occur, but nothing dramatic. The game is actually quite stable for a freshly launched complex open-world RPG. Some reviewers (not ACG but others) are trying to make it sound like it's a buggy mess. That's nonsense. It's no more a buggy mess than Witcher 3 was on launch (watch the bug compilations for that one). In a month or two most of the problems should be ironed out. So saying "wait for a deep deep sale" is a bit too harsh, especially if the reviewer actually liked the game. "Yes, wait a bit for patches if you want, but the game is already eminently playable" would be my take.
A game that requires a 20+gbs day one patch isn't a buggy mess? Sorry, but your argument doesn't hold up to even a moment's scrutiny.
Bilbo Baggins the Wise According to the devs the patch basically requires you to download the entire game because the way the engine was made.
Also they were using Unreal engine 4 I believe.
I don't mind bugs. I mind poor performance and stability.
I understand the mechanics of this "Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?" series and why it has to come out at release day (inform players, get youtube views). But for these kind of games (big RPG's that almost always are buggy at release) a "Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?" review after one or two months would be better. So an option "Look for a review after the first few big patches" and make that review would be nice.
At the current state Karak's verdict is probably correct (haven't played myself yet), but for me a verdict after the first few (big) patches would be more useful. If it still has the same problems in a few months "wait for a deep deep sale" is the final verdict for this game. But if a lot of the problems are solved "buy if you like a realistic RPG" could be the final verdict. This is not meant as criticism on this review, I liked it and gave a thumbs up. It is more a wish, just as I wish big RPG's are not so buggy at release :)
I first saw the trailer for this game when I was a sophomore in high school, showed all my friends and the excitement was crazy. Now I'm a sophomore in college, time goes by so fast.
iUpLevel Yeah bro I remember seeing it my eight grade year and I was so hyped. Time flies.
iUpLevel maybe we’ll get bannerlord by the time u retire
Been playing it all day and i really really like it so far and its such a fresh breath both gameplay and story wise, havent had too many bugs but what i will agree with is the Emptiness If they had put more people animals bandits and merchants outsiode the walls it would climp my favourite game rank so much higher
i don't think they had traffic jams back then...
imTheScareCrowHD Mods will add more peapole probably
Touche hahaha
Yea i hope it will be one of the things the modding comunity tackles first.
Remember once you get a game cd with its manual at hand and the nice shining case and no bugs at all?now with internet and digital copies almost all devs seem to get lazy enough not to make sure their game hasnt got any bugs on the release day.Patches even if they succeed to fix a game's issues,they fail by default and definition to make up for a player's first impression and precious first experience of a game that makes it enjoyable and memorable.this is why i love cd project devs of witcher 3 and now the long anticipated game cyberpunk 2077.their response on when the release date is gonna be,they simply state ''when its done''.pure gold.ty for the good review.that was fast Karak.
I think your critique was fair - I however have been enjoying the story so much that the technical issues haven't been a significant factor for me. That being said, I had to search forums for a fix because the performance was so bad as to be unplayable. It turned out to be a memory allocation issue addressed with a 'launch command' in steam.
I think it's great, but I'd recommend waiting unless you're out of games to play. Oh, and if you don't have a GTX 970 (or equivalent) on PC don't bother. This thing will wreck your PC.
Hey great vid. Just a heads up, it's pronounced 'Brian Bless - Ed'.
It's YELLED*
I'm glad someone noticed lol
Came looking for this comment
Same
Hehehe.. i was thinking the same except the dullahan is correct.. its BRIIAAAAAAAAN!!! BLESS-EEEEED!!!!
Yea wait for sale, don't support this type of games so nobody will do a game like this again. Enjoy the yearly call of dutys instead.
And then you have EA games and Ubisoft. Enjoy move along.
Ruslan your loss
don't play it then dummy
Out of four replies, one got the joke.
I guess sarcasm is hard to grasp for some.
Another excellent review. When a friend asked if I was going to buy this, on day one, I responded with "I'm going to wait and see what reviewers say".
My first video today is yours, and I know all I need to make my decision. That, to me, has value.
fistofsuns so... Did you get it?
Not yet. I might have to wait for a sale or next payday, since I'm kind of choosing between Kingdom Come or Monster Hunter. Tough choice.
Mike Hunt I don't blame him. He wants to know what he'd be getting himself into and decide whether the game interests him enough to pay $60 for. And trust me, getting a disappointing game at such a price is not pleasing when that money could have been spent on better/more important things. Yes, it's good to have an independent mind. However, many times it's best to first hear what others think and know what kind of issues that may be faced.
+Cade Thumann Hell, even 40 bucks can hurt. I'm still regretting the hell out of Wolfenstein 2. At least Kingdom Come, as it currently is, has enough story and atmosphere to be memorable. Chances are I'll get it within this or next payday (probably after the 2 week patch).
Mike Hunt so it’s wrong to seek out a second opinion? Got it. I’ll act on impulse from now on.
This is one of the best game reviews I have ever watched. EVER. There's a whole lot of great stuff here for them to use, and you're genuinely fun and pleasant to listen to.
We need to send this review to War Horse Studios en masse. This review could really help jumpstart them on the right direction for the sequel, and they'll enjoy listening to it, too.
I really don't know how you can review so many games. I've been working two jobs for the past year and have basically given up on gaming temporarily. There's a part of me that wants to take a week off and knock one or two big games from my backlog, but I've got too many other commitments. I've got this image of you waking up at 4 or 5AM, filling a Thermos of coffee and gaming without breaks until midnight or 1AM every day. I haven't even played the Witcher 3 yet because of the time commitment. Keep up the good work and try and get some sun!
well it is what I do and I take it seriously for sure
I’ve seen quite a few of your videos before... they pop up on my feed every once in awhile and I’ve always enjoyed them never really subbed though... after watching this I’m subbing... looking forward to your new content
i have to disagree.This game is a buy for me.
ok
This is rational and makes me happy
This game should be rated, BUY. Promising smaller developers like these should be supported financially and encouraged and nurtured to maturity.
Thanks for the early review man!!! this isn't the first time watching your review saves me from rushing to the game store on day one to buy a game that could potentially become the greatest thing I've ever played and ultimately find out it isn't....
PS: sorry about the lack of punctuation in that long sentence, hoping the three dots at the end make up for it :P
usually, I am for the reviews, but this one, I am glad I bought it full priced. The combat is complex enough and talk about consequences. I love this game with no fantasy aspect. This is a must if you are looking for a true rpg...
I like the game for the very same reason why you do (not to mention having all my friends in medieval reconstruction movement and living a stone-throw away from Czech border, so I'm pretty familiar with the history used as a background for the game), BUT the bugs really, really, REALLY put a damper on things. And once I figured out how the combat system works, it stopped being engaging. Instead, it was a deja vu from Ass Creed 1, where combat boiled down to "parry, counter-attack, instant-kill".
But seriously, the buggyness of certain quests and obvious lack of care or polish toward another leaves a very bitter taste.
And I've played the game almost half a year after release, few major patched later.
Out of interest what is it about Skyrim that makes it a buy despite all of its bugs? If there were less bugs in this would this be a buy/rent?
123 456 this or Skyrim? Cause I had to restart sometimes cause of the glitches.
GreenGrump Skyrim delivers massive amounts of fun to be had around every corner of that world. That's what made it so popular, and still is several years down the line.
Hahahaha Damnit Steve! You are supposed to shot him an arrow not me! 4:38
Im going to say one thing, I havent been this in love with a game since the witcher 3. For a smaller studio the state in which the game released is at least on par with bigger studios and its a work of passion from these developers so they will work on it. The game world is beautiful and immersive the characters are well fleshed out and Henry is an exceptionally relateable protagonist for anyone in there 20's-30's. Id say support the hell out of this game because it is a breath of fresh air from an industry that is trying to make you pay for air with micro transactions and loot boxes and I hope warhorse go on to create more and dont fall into the same routine that other game companies have started to normalise.
After 50+ hours of gameplay, I am quite happy I bought this day 1. I crashed 3 times, and each time was because I looted cheese. Note to self...don't touch the cheese! Few other weird bugs, but I'm confident the devs will iron out all the issues. My only complaint is, I wish there was a bit more enemies while roaming the open world. This is on PS4 Pro.
I had to laugh at the graphical glitch at 8:45 - the worst I've seen so far was Sir Hans' reins not going into his hands while riding a horse.
Also very glad to know I'm not the only one that hates the fist-fight combat system - far too often you see enemies duck out of the way, while you don't learn until after reaching Rattay.
lol
8:38 Sweet lord, what is on that peasant's chest?!
Great review as always.
His jacket didn't load but his buttons did lmao
I find it odd that you say it's good that they cut a larger world for more content, then explain how the world is essentially empty (on the roads).
How big are the roads?
The environments have better details but it seems empty with less fighting and its population size is very little on the open road.
I have encountered a lot of random events on the roads. Just don't fast travel everywhere and maybe you will see something.
Every time I travel on foot I meet some random encounters.
I have had an amazing time on the game but will admit it is not for everyone.
Any funny exploit is in the Kunesh's tool quest.
When you knock him out, take his loot and open his container to grab his stuff.Then immediately go to sword practice and wait when you have a sword.Then stand behind kunesh when the tutorial asks you do chain attack the trainer and you whack him instead and basically make the lock on assign to him.
Because the wooden sword does no damage, you can train swordplay and str this way by wailing on kunesh instead of the trainer.
He is still hostile after you stop training so surrender to him to have him give up attacking you cuz unarmed fight with him is bad.
Looking at the comments, I can understand why some people may wait, bugs are a concern and waiting for patches can be frustrating. A few others are missing the point of this game: it is not a high fantasy, never was presented as such, never meant to be. It is a historical rpg. For those comparing it to Witcher 3, you do remember the first game, right? I want to support smaller developers, and the lack of dragons does not bother me, so I purchased it earlier today. So far I'm enjoying it, really drawn in by the story. As a woman yes I'd love to play as a female, but it's not that type of world.
1 year later all most all of the bugs are gone its amazing as hell now
James Beach Not really, had already yesterday massive pop in and a bugged quest which i almost couldnt finish
the whole save system ruins it.
I'm loving it, no issues here. It's called be careful and reload old saves if necessary. It saved my ass a few times
Feels like the first Witcher in a way with its quality submerged beneath a mountain of Euro-Jank. Hopefully this franchise takes a similar path to Witcher because I love the concept and there seems to be so much potential in it.
History's Dustbin But the difference is the Witcher, even with its engine limitations and copy paste NPCs had great atmosphere and an engaging story that made me look past its shitty combat system. This game 's story is mediocre at best.
Fishing Grapes Mrw I hear 'witcher 3' has a more engaging story than KC:D... I guess it's true, the markets for these games are somewhat distinct. (When I think of the witcher story, I think: 1-part LOTR, 1-part Dora the Explorer, 1 part teen slasher movie with gaudy sex scenes)
i was already expecting it to have poor performance so im sticking around assasin's creed origins until it gets patched and they roll a couple of mods for it on the nexus, but i personally believe that this game will have a great modding community that will make it become more successful in the future.
Belhedi zied got mos its beong wored on right now, probably more will come out
So basically you would rather play trash.
2SadlyFanatic What are you salty about? XD
The world map size isn't as big as some others, but it feels more real than any other, it takes REAL time to travel from point A to point B...
P.S. One of the most necessary mods for this game should be a Population Density mod, adding travelers, bandits, wayfarers, all the likes to the open world.
Really good review mate. I appreciate that you’re one of the few reviewers that looks at all versions and discusses more technical aspects. This is one of your best yet and I’m currently playing this for review myself and am enjoying it although my copy only arrived by post today so still a long way to go I’m very much enjoying it so far and has lived up to my expectations.
thanks
IDK why but "fancy a lil dip of da nuts..." Made me LMAO 😂.
Far Cry 3 on PC had a similar stairs glitch and they never patched it😥
that sucks
HentaiSenpai9000
But, as you might remember, it didn’t prevent us from enjoying the game anyway. Stair glitch? Ah well. Different aproach. Kill. Kill. Kill some more.
Now please, quickly pump out the DW9 review, so I can make a decision here!
bigsuff what decision exactly? One game is unfinished and the other is a button masher w/Good visuals. Save your money until God of War 3 or The last of us 2 come out, one of those will be game of the year and they'll be polished on day one.
TWTgamer *God of war 4/new God of war game (God of war 3 had been out since 2010)
Yeah I am fully enjoying this game. Great tip: After the first 4-5 main quests you get after the intro, your Weapon Training place locks up, where you can safely combat train with wooden weapons. You can also train with real weapons! I sat 2 hours and trained up Henry... I gained 3 levels and a load of perks for the MANY weapon options available.
I feel like, if this gets patched over the next few months, ultimately removing all the problems he had, this would jump to a strong "Buy" rating then. Good, honest review all things considered.
3:56 I immediately thought of Runescape..
Damn. I was hoping the game would turn out better. Been wanting a RPG that's medieval but not fantasy.
HCUhardcoreUnited give it a shot. Been playing for a while... it’s pretty fun
HCUhardcoreUnited yea imma wait
I've had the game since release and have been loving it. It reminds of elder scrolls so much. But it's way harder. The bugs haven't really bothered me either, nothing game breaking that is, most of the bugs just make me laugh
i was hopping that would be a non fantasy medieval rpg ! i love rpg's and well is there even any other non fantasy medieval rpg around ? this is the first !
Wait till steam summer sale
wish i had the time for this game.
Literally my issue as well
Yeah, the release timing was a little bad. Witcher 3 came out at one of the best time on May 19th. Maybe a good purchase for spring break or for the summer. Another good thing is that the bugs may be fixed if you decide to wait.
Donald Trump yea i just started playing horizon and its such a great game! Cant believe I waited so long to play it
A lot of times you can wait, not only do you get the game on sale in a few months but you will get the patches that fix a lot of the day one issues. So best of both worlds if you can be patient and with a single player game like this there is no reason to rush out for it
I backed the game more than a year ago and I'm glad I did. Yes, there are bugs. But, the visuals and atmosphere, for me, more than make up for it. I've never been more emmerced in a story and felt like I made a difference as I've had with this game. I've never walked through a town in other games, I'd just run to the next objective. Fast travel? Why bother? You can gain horsemanship and see awesome settings by riding there yourself, it's worth it. I'm impressed that such a small company with few employees gave us a game the is 98% AAA quality for less than 5% of the cost to develop a normal AAA game. My only problem is they should have charge 40-50$ and not the AAA 60$ price mark.
I would like to try this game... but I am completely ADDICTED to monster hunter world. Gonna wait for summer sale i guess.
Looked up Brian Blessed punched a ploar bear like you said. Zero regrets. That guy is amazing. So polite yet so absolutely manly. Is that the ideal version of a British Gentleman? Is that what that looks like? I certainly hope it is.
Wait a minute. Stormbringer at the grocery store? Was that an Elric reference?
I did:)
ACG Well that's neat. You ever read any of the Corum or Hawkmoon books? Never have and wonder if they make as poor decisions as Elric.
I have indeed! and not as bad no but still not that smart lol
ACG Noted. Thanks. I figured the champion didn't fall far from the cosmic tree. Or Moorecock's beard.
2 hours in and soo far its pretty sweet, dispite some bugs and some perfomance issues.
I feel like a ghost while walking around town. It's hard not to notice how none of the NPC's will ever look at you. Even when you're jumping up and down 6 inches from their faces. They just stare right through you. That's the number one issue that I've been having right from the start. It's really putting me off.
And just what is with the incessant head bobbing when NPC's start talking? I looks so unusual. Kinda makes me nauseous.
My problem with any games claims of "history accuracy" and "realism" is that there will always be certain artistic liberties taken to ensure a fun gameplay. So healing potions is historically accurate? Not getting infection from fights and not dying from bad water realistic? Bohemia peolple having british, american, and australian accents historically accurate and realistic? (To be fair it may have a language setting to fix it a la Witcher 3)
See what I'm saying. It's never gonna be a 100% thing but it's not a big issue either. Illusion of immersion is the key.
edit: The archery combat mechanic is a masterpiece tho.
I was excited, but now I think I am at the point where I prefer crazy stuff like magic and dragons in my medieval RPGs. IMO I think that having a realistic and interesting setting like the one in Kingdom Come works better coupled with a fantasy story or fantasy elements. Witcher 3, for example, has a similar world to Kingdom Come, but you fight dragons and vampires and are a badass monster hunter. It just feels like the game is missing something, and it's a shame because I was really interested initially.
Having the same problem with this game, no fantasy makes these kinda games boring and not exciting at all.. It only works for strategy games but not for first person open world.
The open world looks boring as hell and there is no danger walking in the woods or going out at night...
The game isn't missing anything, it just doesn't cater to your needs. That's fine, but I recommend playing it for the 2 hours you can and then refund it if it's not to your liking.
Pretty sure I'll never play it, but had to hear the review first.
Only reviewer I trust ! Love your channel buddy
Buddy
Good review. Thanks for taking the time.
I found I have a love/hate with Kingdom Come and that struggle is endearing it to me. I found once I trained in Rattay I really started liking the game, a more elaborate explanation of the combat mechanic was introduced and doing it a few times (actual practice, not videogame practice, where you do it once and the npc ushers you forward with some banal banter, "you're a natural, go there next.") I feel I started to understand it and that broke my initial frustration with the game.
There were more then a few times I said aloud, "What the fuck is this shit? Why would you do this?!" I Kept at it (practiced with the Miller; lockpicking, pickpocketing) and found my stride ... I avoid horses, big rocks and creeks/gulleys as they have proven to be everest for my main dude Nate.
thanks!
having done my research, I’m definitely going to wait for a sale - at least 50%. Which is a shame because I was sooo excited for this game
Well written, ambitious, fantastic graphics. My kind of game.
Thank you for the Brian Blessed recommendation.
Milewide Eh? But he just said deep sale.
Pronounced Brian Bless-sid though, unlike the commentators effort ha (source, I'm British as is the great Brian Blessed)
Now run along and make some memes kid
Compared to the craptastic shite coming from "AAA" EA and Activision this game is solid gold. Even with the bugs it's well worth the price of admission. Just get the savegame mod, save frequently and you're fine.
Best game review channel and reviewer on TH-cam in my opinion. Can’t go wrong when watching and developing an idea on whether I should or shouldn’t make a purchase after watching. Keep it up ACG!
One of the first times I've ignored your final opinion, and bought the game anyways, and boy am I glad I did. The review still holds up, but the game is so immersive and fun.