Just a point about all that religious talk. I think it is because of the translation from Czech language. In Czech (and Slovak as well), it was (is) normal . Even my gradnparrents talked like that. Greetings like "sbohem" in english "goodbye" litteraly "with god", "go with god" - still used. "Pomáhej pán bůh" = "god (should) help you" if you meet someone working, or doing something. Answer "pán bůh vyslyš" = " hope god hears you". "Zdařbůh" = "may god help us (with this work)" - stil used esp. by miners. "Pochválen buď Ježíš Kristus" = "Be blessed Jesus Christ" or as you say "Jesus Christ be praised" answer "Navěky ámen" = "so be it forever" - used when you enter someones house or kind of more formal greeting. Maybe in English (or other languages) sounds a bit odd, and overreligious, but it is less religious than it appears. You can hear that even today (in our atheistic country), in medieval Bohemia perfecly normal.
i dont think that would be the case. In the game it takes place in the late 1300s to early 1400s so the would be speaking some old Czech or Slovak like maybe west slavic or possibly old church slavonic.
An absolutely spectacular review mate. Medieval clothing is something I need to do more research on considering that fashion changed so much between region and period. I'm just glad that the clothing actually had color and everyone wasn't covered in mud. And my goodness the castles are GLORIOUS, I'll be making a dedicated video on them. Love your rants mate!
"Does kingdom come deliverance have machicolations?" if its historically accurate then maybe yes but i don't know much about late medieval buildings and castle's.... any-sod Shad! Your little historical examination lets-play thingy... are you gonna go through the entire game while looking at things if they are historical or are you gonna drop it after you've seen everything. TIS A LEGIT QUESTION ASKED BY ME MATES MATE! also it would be legendary if there was an easter egg about the great meme of hold it..... *THE POMMEL OF MASS DESTRUCTIOOOOONNN!!!*. well without further ado i bid thee farewell mate.
Shadiversity not covered in mud? Huh. Most of NPCs are clear, yeah. Henry tho... He’s a a real pig xD Thankfully, there is a mod to fix that. But still))
Kunesh (the brawler guy) started chopping wood and hammering nails with his bare hands after you get his tools during the tutorial, as a result, he developed hands of steel capable of screwing plate armor (and your face!)
Couple corrections on the historical accuracy section. Pointy shoes are in game. They are called "fashionable slippers" in the English version. They show exactly as described while in inventory. That said, the model doesn't seem to be the same while it's actually being worn. This could possibly be an engine limitation, or just some unfinished artwork waiting to be done. Second, this is about 25 years before the Hussite wars, which was when the Czechs were using what amounted to hand cannons for warfare. I don't think that, at this point in time, they had access to them. Late in the game you do hear reference to black powder, and their lack of it. While the French were relatively early adopters, using hand cannons in the mid 1300s, the German states clearly lagged behind. The earliest known German hand cannon was from around 1400. The issue was definitely not metallurgical, but rather a general lack of saltpeter. So, the game gets this pretty right. They knew what it was, but it was not a generally accessible weapon. The lack of crossbows is odd, especially since they're mentioned by Henry's father right at the start of the game. And yes, they would be all over the place. Perhaps something they'll add in, as well as a more comprehensive polearm implementation.
Avatrass The first mention of cannon in Bohemia that I was able to find is from 1399, so they probably weren't too widespread in 1403. Crossbows were to be included in the game, but due to some problems with physics Warhorse decided to drop them in the final build.
I don't like this review... He says stuff like "there are no pointy shoes", "how did they forget crossbows", "there should be firearms" even though it's not true.
Crossbows were actually for some reason, not that popular in Bohemia. But there should be at least some. Hunting crossbows most definitely were a thing. I think that lack of firearms is also a gameplay decision ... imagine Henry getting his hands on a hand-cannon. If he, by some miracle, wouldn't kill himself with it, he would be safe to take 1v1 on anyone with small prep time to load.
i thought it was odd that there are no crossbows, your Father even mentions them right at the start when he says i can teach you swordplay, but then somebody might shoot you with a cross bow...
@@Ledabot I've found a pretty easy way to abuse the combat system already, since I have no clue how to properly use feints and combos.. I just rush at them, when we get pressed up against each other I quickly press RB/RT, and after I push them back it gives me a free hit. I will just keep doing this, or countering their attacks. I really want to learn how to even use combos, but it just gets parried all the time and Id rather not run out of stamina in a 1v3 lmao
Bro, I killed Runt in literally 2 hits. A stab to the chest with piercer longsword and a counter/stab, done. I was left disappointed lol, I generally enjoy the challenge of fighting harder enemies? Since I've mastered swordplay mechanics.
My grandmother always fixed our clothes. She would knit socks and mittens from scratch. She was extremely old-school about it, but they clothes looked very good. If I got a hole i my sock, she would fix it, and the hole would be _invisible_ yet it could sometimes be fealt. I have no doubt that the medieval people would do similar, and better, as it was a matter of survival - and most farmers couldn't just go to the shop to get it fixed. With a big family, it was a matter of _pride_ to be able to mend your husband and kid's clothing.
Yeah, it's amazing how quickly we lose perspective on that sort of stuff. Those poor medieval peasants couldn't just throw their ripped shirts in the trash and buy a new outfit at Wal-Mart, and obviously there is no other way to deal with ripped clothing, so they must have just worn shredded up rags their whole lives!
Hi Metatron, I really love your channel and was glad to talk with you at WH studio in person (it's a pity that video was bit shaky...). Thank you for your time and diligent analysis, for sure we will try to push a bit more people to be aware about mistakes they make and we will improve, what's possible. Although I mostly agree with many of your remarks, the biggest issue was not lack of knowledge, but...technology. Guys invented clothing system that caused allll the problems with layers, with overlapping the materials, its length and thickness, size... Also this rusty/wretched clothes are a side effect of clothing system errors. Therefore we could not have done long sleeves, tight and small waistline, proper long dresses, proper gambesons and whole plate armour - because of the existing skeleton and limited movements. :( I disagree however about pointy shoes - these were popular in Bohemia in middle and end of 15th century and Prague I suppose. Definitely not in Rattay - a small town in Czech lands... Anyway, I must also add, that although I adore many of my colleagues and their technical/artistic skills, with character artists it was the worst and toughest fight I have ever had and I have lost. Historical Consultant is invited to inspire, advise and navigate everyone, but what +100 people will apply (and would be able) to this organic and very dynamic thing as game is, is still their good will put into the hands of a fortune. Thankfully many of my colleagues here put all their effort and heart to do the right choice. But sometimes they just did not. Character artists way much too often forced their personal interpretation (while omitting the history) into the game, not following the advice or used many old assets, that were wrongly made in the past (like in 2011, when in the studio were 12 people). So, I was nearly heartbroken when I saw some main character's clothing and at one moment I really wanted to give up ;). I understood finally, why historians quit their jobs, while helping in movies or TV. Then, after some struggling about many matters and seeing aaaaaalllllll the inconsistencies, mistakes, misinterpretations and even very personal fantasy input in KCD, I accepted that in the end it is a Game, a project made by collective. It is a smart game, which with budget for indie game, support of many loving people, shows, what could have been done at each state of development with best intention for each type of player. Hope that despite all, what does not look as it should, you will still enjoy the game until the end! Kindest regards!
Anyway, if this is the case, i find it stupid that one of main selling points is focus on historical accuracy, while creators knew about flaws, which could be avoided :/
Dear Filip, well we strongly focused on it and did what we could to keep many elements of the KCD world in a way to respect history facts and theories. But as I mentioned before, there are certain difficulties and compromises we had to do, in order to keep the game interesting. I can reassure you, that everyday many people in Warhorse studios learn from the mistakes and try to make their work better in the future. And we all see now how much this historical aspect actually enriched us, rather than limit. So I truly believe the historical accuracy is one of our main goals and it defines the whole project.
Joanna DeKoele Thank you for this comment it was really eye opening. And I’ve been hyped about this game for a few years now. I bought it at full price as soon as I heard it came out(which is extremely rare for me) and encouraged many of my friends to buy it too after I made sure it lived up to the the expectations I had for it. And my expectations were met and surpassed within the first hour of gameplay! I was hooked on it and didn’t touch any other game until I had beaten it even with said friends trying to shame me into playing multiplayer games with them. I played 50 hours of it within four or five days and thats with me working a full time job. Just an amazing game. And Henry, even with a cliche “your parents are killed now go get revenge” story made me feel like, “yeah, I could have been a guy like this and made many of the same mistakes”. He’s flawed, he doesn’t always know the right thing to say or do, but he keeps pushing himself forward to achieve his goals. There are a few things I didn’t especially like, but they were all personal preference and stuff I could mod to make my experience more user friendly(I only modded the game after finishing it). And even with all of the bugs I ran into they were instantly forgiven unlike any other game I’ve ever played. Simply because as soon as it hooked me I knew this was a project of passion and love. Thank you for your work in keeping this game historically accurate and not quitting even in the face of some obnoxious artists. You did a great job and I plan on buying any DLC and the next game in the series on day one.
I did not have enough food so I drank a whole bunch of wine instead. I turned up to my first day of town patrolling drunk and swaying everywhere. Thankfully everyone was too polite to say anything. I also spent a lot of my shift punching chickens.
To be entirely honest, this little indie studio put the big bad gaming companies TO SHAME what they did with that which they have is nothing short of amazing
the best part is that the main guy is "Daniel vávra" czech legend for us, there is no gamer who doesn't like the guy and also he made the czech classic Mafia 1.
This actually weirded me out at first. It didn't feel like I had been playing the game so long, and suddenly random people on the road in parts I haven't been to before start greeting me. I'm like 'Do I know you?'.
Lots of armor complains are based on computation limitation and playability. Stains and rust are to show the player quality, it is just so you can evaluate some stats just by looking. Eye holes are big, so that the same helmet will fit on all heads. The armour is bulky because of the layering system. You need to be sure that the deeper layers do not grafically overlap with upper layers. In reality the deeper layer will be compressed, but calculate compression in real time on every character is not possible with current HW. I would rephrase the question from "is it historically accurate?" to "is it historically accurate with regard of current computational power?". I will disregard the examples above, but if the shoes are wrong, or the spikes under full plate are present, I give you that.
@@Imman1s I didn't invest in the one for free wench services >.> I don't really mind paying 10 groschen tho I have like 20k.. Bandit camp missions were very useful
@@adorablecenturion8436 Lol, 20K groshen is peanuts (you can get that much in a few treasure chests), but money is not the issue, what matters is the principle :p.
All is correct, but about religion - you wrong. This game is located in the middle of religious revolution in Czechia. Whole war was because of religion and people were concentrated on religion difference. Depending on the answer on religious question - you knew is stranger your enemy or friend. In this case you simply don't know the historical background of this specific location.
Aye, a bit over the top. He's exaggerating massively. In the game itself, I have no trouble at all believing people spoke to each other that way at the time. This was a big deal. All of this happened right before the reformation REALLY kicked off. Jan Hus was mentioned many times. Martin Luther would not be far behind. The thirty years war after that. All this stuff is just bubbling away under the surface. Metatron strikes me as an atheist/irreligious guy who gets his back up whenever god/jesus/deity of your choice is mentioned. I've got a few friends like that, its fine.
@Catch_Me_If_You_Can No, it isn't. The religious ferment, that culminated in the Hussite revolution was already present in Czechia in late 1300s under king Václav IV. There was a fierce long-lasting struggle over investiture (in which Václav ham-fistedly intervened). Even more importantly, Jan Hus publicly introduced the thoughts of John Wycliffe (and lollards in general) in 1398 in Prague. He was ordained in 1400, and by 1402 he was appointed the administrator of the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague and was already publicly famous for his sermons, that were very critical of the contemporary church, indulgences and general vices. FYI, the game takes place in summer 1403.
Kunesh (the peasant who beat you) seems to have been a war veteran whose wife left him and he turned into an alcoholic. Just a couple events that point to that. One is simply how high his brawling skill is (as you noticed). Another is when Skalitz is under attack, you can see him form up with a pole arm and successfully help defend the gate for a while. The last is that (if you kill him and loot his corpse) you find that he's wearing a worn out, foot soldier's waffenrock.
Regarding the over religious npcs in the game, its a reality of Eastern Europe. Even today in Ukrainian villages there is no other greetings as : "Praise to Jesus Christ" - "Praise forever" (It switches to "Christ is being born - So we praise him"(On Christmas) "Christ has been ressurected - Resurected indeed" (On Easter), "Christ is being baptised - In Jordan River" (On Jordan). And when someone is doing some kind of work is it a usual thing to greet him as : "God brings you!". When someone sneezes : "Let the god gives you health - Thanks, let the god give you health as well". Today Czech Republic is the most ateistic country in Europe, but the events take part before the changes in christian doctrine practized in Bohemia. So it IS very REALISTIC.
Interesting, we have so few churches and I know hardly anyone that visits them, 40% religious seems waay too high. Anyway since it really doesn't impact most of our lives I don't care that much.
They patched it so if you say, "Do you REALLY want to something, can't remember, but Kunesh replies, "No. What do you want from me? I lost everything." Nut then he gives you a quest.
That's actually how we say "bye" in Lithuanian. "Sudiev" is short for "Su Dievu" which means "With God" so in a context of saying goodbye you say go with God. And we're not even that religious as a people, most people even forget the real meaning of the word.
We actually still use it in Czech. "Sbohem" is a common way to say goodbye and it means "with God". In villages, even "S Pánem Bohem" same use, means "With Lord God". So as far as I can tell it is historically accurate.
About the clothing- this guy bases his outcomes on medieval pictures and other art, which is of course highly stylised and/or inaccurate. In Bohemia we have actually quite a lot of clothing preserved from that era, and the game is much closer to the reality than the medieval pictures.
I highly doubt this analysis is right, in fact Vávra read plenty of books just to have everything as historic as possible so i trust this game is historical accurate and this guy is liar or just dont have it right.
@@ItzNiekoyo how else do you know how those people from that time wearing their clothes if not from book and art? Come on.. even people from that country probably know from same source. There is no way his grandpa nor their Grant grandfather know that either.
@@koruzhuv2.087 You’re seriously arguing that you should adamantly take someone who wrote about a country’s opinion over someone who literally lives there and experiences their history every day 🤦🏻♂️ common sense is hard
@@ItzNiekoyo So u r telling me u believe that someone that lives in somewhere know more about their country past, like 500, 400 years ago, than someone that reads books about it? U know people have to study to know something right? Or do u think people just absorb knowledg from the past of somewhere if u just live there? Not saying he is right or wrong, just saying that this phrase "someone who read books over someone who literally lives in the country" is just wrong, because someone who reads books about a subject know much more than someone that just live somewhere, that's what historians do.
For a 5 million dollar budget. This is great! Speaking for myself, most of the bugs have been fixed and don't compare to some bugs of AAA studios. Love this game and warhorse looks to have a bright future!..oh and great review amd constructive critcism btw! Cheers!
40 hours in and I've barely noticed them, def not game breaking. Considering the types of bugs AAA studios release their game with, these are minor at best.
I think you should've mentioned what was historically accurate. For example I like how people start to give you shit if you walk around the town without a torch during the dark hours.
I actually love the saving system, because whenever I have the ability to save wherever I want I don’t feel anxious at all. I don’t feel immersed in the game. But if I know I can die in that world I play the game the way I would if I were Henry’s shoes. I think twice before approaching someone. If I see a fallen tree on the road I turn around. I feel nervous during a fight, my adrenaline shoots up and it feels so satisfying to win a fight. Of course it’s good if they give you the option of both but then again if the option to save whenever you want is there it is very tempting to abuse it.
@jocaguz18 I've had one crash in 10s of hours and that was starting the Theresa DLC, so loading in a whole map. You're probably just shit and get killed easily.
@jocaguz18 It was only changed by adding the option to save and quit the game. They fixed issues with people wanting to have a save point at their last played moment, not for average gameplay so no, that's not correct.
For any people who don't know Czech history, the church was a MASSIVE institution. There were literally wars because of people disagreeing over religion and people were being executed for not agreeing with the church (Jan Hus). Religion was waaaay bigger than it is nowadays. And yes, people did say "s pánem Bohem" when saying goodbye, which means something like god be with you.
@@Gabriel-br4qe According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause.
I've put like 30 hours in, played all the side missions where you clear camps of bandits. Mother Of God So much coin.. Managed to get the best armour out there, best gambeson, even a iupon over the cuirass. I have the best slashing sword, and best thrusting sword at around 70-80 of each stat. Console really needs some improvement to optimization :c Render distance is terrible, I'm at a point where Henry doesn't even do a normal standing pose in the inventory where I admire my armour, he just T-poses. Spent 6k+ on my armor and that's what i get. Spend around 4k on my horse, matching coat on my horse to match my armour and HENRY JUST TPOSES INSIDE THE HORSE ITS IMMENSELY UPSETTING
The one thing that annoys me the most is the bloody sword, why can't I just wipe it off after killing all the bandits? There's plenty enough of rags laying around.
The thing that struck me the most about this game, is that it transports you to the medieval world in the most realistic way possible. When you go inside, there are no bright lights to light it. Only candles which only shed a limited amount of light. It really captures that medieval scenery.
@@BrandonhayhewPretty sure they had problems adding in crossbows for whatever reason. And I know a few times in the game they do mention guns but mention them not being nearby yet or something like that. Atleast they didn’t exclude them entirely and atleast mention them.
How can you say people are overreligious in 1403 BOHEMIA? That time period was immensely religious, to the point that religion was tied to culture more than personal belief. People would just mention god in greetings without thinking about it, the same way we say "god bless you" even today in response to someone sneezing, or how "goodbye" is short for "god be with you". Shocked you got such a simple detail so terribly wrong despite being a historian. Also, medieval art is not always 100% accurate, especially with things like bodily proportions. So using them as a basis for criticizing things such as waist size of armour seems like quite a bad idea. Edit: And as Ondřej mentions, the game literally takes place during the time of the Hussite wars (about 10 years before), which was a religiously-based set of conflicts. There's nothing remotely out of the ordinary about people constantly using religious phrases.
typical Bavarian Greeting, even today, is "Grüß Gott" (litereally it means Greet Good or mayb god greet you, but the original meaning was "May God Bless you)
This is true. Even more so considering it's the time of the Hussite wars. The Hussite period is one of the most important eras of Czech history because it was a huge revolt agaist the Catholic church and their greed. At the time religion was literally number 1 topic and all that's happening in the game is happening because the Czechs decided to rise agaist the church in the name of God. Just to give an example, one of the most famous songs from czech history is called "Ktož sú Boží bojovníci" (or Ye who are the warriors of God) and it was basically an anthem of the Hussites.
And for the country where each greeting nod Is dear to Him in whom we do believe For meeting friends we say: “Praise be to God”… O Lord I grieve… Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Moja Piosnka (II)
Regarding "overreligious" people... It's matter of culture and language. Here in Croatia, common greetings till mid 20th ct (especially in rural areas), literally translated were: praise to Jesus and Mary, praise Jesus, glory to Jesus Christ, May God help you, God bless you, God be with you, and then unreligious: good [part of a day], be healthy, my bow. In South we still say "adio". And then you have to throw in every now and then in your speech "ifgodwillsit". Bosnia, Serbia and Ukraine are similar. It might be case with Czech too
No, not lately. But i think that religious greetings were phased out of existence mainly during commie era. Communist regime cracked down on religious people pretty heavily. In some villages, people still said "blessed be Jesus Christ" as a greeting, but not anymore. A polite greeting today is "Good day".
It's still in English also. Goodbye is literally just the contraction of "God be with ye" into "Godbwye," ultimately becoming Goodbye. Here in the rural Southeast of the United States I hear, "Bless you" and "Bless your heart" all the time in normal talk. Also common when people talk about someone who has died to end the sentence with, "God rest their soul." I imagine rural medieval Europe would be very similar in the habits of speech of the people.
+Krumbell Gorls Well gee I'm sorry that we don't have a game that can run on the average gaming PC that 100% perfectly models reality with no abstractions. Why don't you take your lofty expectations and cry in a corner. Or better yet, get a particle physics degree and develop a low-cost GPU that can do this.
+Ender Skies There are no AAA prices. There are what a game is worth, which is exactly what people are willing to pay for it. End of story. You want to make the game with the most complex social system and combat system in history and charge 20 bucks for it, go right ahead.
Some of the points are wrong in this video. Example. The point about how there should be firearms because they were used in wars in the 1410s is off because the game is set in 1403. Just something I noticed.
Dear diary... It's day 10 and i haven't eaten or slept since the release of Kingdom Come. My 6th attempt at sending SOS signals have proven to be another failure. No rescue in sight. (Note to myself: Do not set your bed sheets on fire when you run out of flammable objects) I can feel my communication skills with other humans fading since i can't remember the last time I've had a conversation. How did the humans start one? Am i a human? (Not to self: An increase in deliriousness has been discovered. Don't eat the pillow again) Hallucinations are a frequent happening due to lack of sleep and I'm experiencing weird side effects from drinking the liquid droplets from my computer liquid cooler system, but i do it to stay hydrated. Also today i made a new friend. It's Mr. Pillow. He's missing a part of his face, but he's a good friend who's also a very good listener. Also today i ate Mr. Pillow. I will now mourn him.
Moral(s) of the wideo: 1 change clothing 2 make it cleaner 3 make armour tighter 4 make eyeslits tighter 5 increase punching power with gauntlets 6 decrease punching power against armour (might even deal dmg to attacker) 7 Add lances 8 Add ability to run over people with horse (might even Add ability to increase the dmg)
Hey Raf :), I just saw an Interview with people from Warhorse and they spoke about the horse. They made a specific behavior for the horses in the game, that they automatically avoid objects in their way (horse riding, lone horse wandering). Buuuuut, they had a problem, which they clarified a loong time. This behavior caused the horses avoided even stones on the roads (they were zig-zaging on a standard road). Therefore they removed the behavior, because they had no time to fix this. I believe they will fix this eventually :) I would give you the interview, but it's in Czech. You made a great video (as you always do). Best wishes from "Bohemia" ;)
Indeed. They made some decision like this one, just because sometimes there is a thing as too much realism. I imagine many people would be unhappy if they accidentally killed some peasants while riding through a village.
Still is it a cumbersome system. They really should add an option to change the save system to something more traditional. It is a single player game let players who want to save when ever they like, have that option. Nobody is forced to use such an option and nobody looses something by having it. Actually in most games you can just decide not to use quicksave (unbind the key) and only rely on autosaves.
Medieval People were generally very religious definitely more so than people today. I don't think that it's unrealistic that people bring up god all the time.
Those greetings are still used in countryside. In Czech republic, in Slovakia. When you meet somebody and he/shi is working, you say "Pomohaj Pan Boh" - God help you! Or you are going to wisit your grandmother, you say her Pochaválen buď Ježis Krtistus! Jesus Christus be praised! When you leaving for a lon time you say With god! Zbohom! ...and more
In Bavaria (Germany) they say "Grüß Gott" that means 1:1 "Greetings to God" well i'm from lower saxony... (northern part of Germany or Kingdom of Hanover ;) ) we say "moin" that just mean hello, and "moin moin" that even invites to a little conversation or you can say "Tag" that would transalated to "Day" but means "Good Day", at the evening we even say "nabend" that means "Good evening" btw. you can say "moin" and "moin moin" to any day time
TheItalianoAssassino well its common in the southern germanic countrys, i think its the near to rome and the catholic church, after the reformation the northern german parts are protestantic when i other wise the southern are catholic. And the Catholics are more..religious than the protestants are, well in the past definetly, today i would say science is the religious of all modern people.
I use mod to circumvent this.. the game is an open world mmorpg.. so i. Wanna experiment in every choices that i have.. so the save system of this game is detrimental for my play style
I think the MMO part is lost in translation. As in, they are unaware of the acronym Massively Multiplayer Online. Maybe they meant to say FPRPG for First Person Role Playing Game
Jesus Christ be praised, God be with you, etc. are all greetings that are used out of habit because medieval Europe was so religiously centered. As you can see in the game, people often don't buy what the church says, they're not all religious fundamentalists; however, you do have to expect life in general to roam around God and Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ or the Bible and on the other side the big religious institutions were always very seperated issues. Most people who could understand the first even just by intuition came to the conclusion that the second often were a fraud.
Even in today's society we stick to old religious sayings. In Germany everybody still says "Gott sei Dank!" (Thank god!) when something great or ulikely happens or something bad doesn't happen.
Thank God and God bless you are things even most atheists say out of habit even today, and “Goodbye” is just a contraction/corruption of “God be with you”. Cause that’s how often it was said.
The "overly religious" bit is interesting. I absolutely get where you're coming from, but, to be fair, I think this is mostly the fault of translation from Czech being too literal at times. We're one of the most atheist countries, but our everyday language is still riddled with "religious" references. Nobody really notices that and if you asked people why are they so religious, they wouldn't likely even understand what you're talking about, because they're just saying it on a subconscious level, not as part of any religious beliefs. And obviously the reason why we're still using these in everyday language despite being a very atheistic country is obviously because it's something that has been in our language for a long time. Hearing someone greet you with "Praise the Lord!" in English does come off very differently than hearing a Czech equivalent of the same greeting - if someone greets you with "Pozdravpánbůh" (Praise the Lord, more or less), you won't think he's religious - you'd think he's a bit too old fashioned, and if it's a fairly young person, that he's trying to tell you he's aiming for a very casual style of talk. So it's possible the devs didn't even realize this difference between how it comes off in English and in Czech. It's actually one of the few examples where I would consider the English version of the game being worse off than the Czech one (as I find the Czech subtitles - there's no Czech dub currently) being quite bad and very inappropriate for the game (as the characters are basically talking current everyday Czech, often even in a strong slang, and more often than not also using ridiculously strong language, which comes off as not just needless, but also not fitting the portrayed era at all - not that people were not using strong language at the time, they absolutely were, but they were not using 21st century swear words and language).
I know this is probably a dumb question, but are people of faith discriminated in your country with it being mostly atheist? I know most are regular nice people like yourself but I've also met some who were pretty hostile about me being of Christian faith. ( In the U.S.)
@@Loostyc ahh I see. My church is kinda like that one guy speaking in one of the towns in the game lol. When he speaks about how religion doesn't get us into heaven, only a relationship with Jesus Christ.
@@TexanTemplar A religious Czech here. I don't say that I don't feel discriminated by anyone. But that could be just because people around me are tolerant.
Metadron, you have been fooled by that armourer I guess. He sold you a cheap fake armour and made you pay full price. you should be thankful to that peasant to proof that. instead of paying more money on repairing you should have gone right to the local authorities to report the smith
Even in a fake armour worn with mail and padded jacket, that peasant shouldn't be able to pommel it with bare hands. Even a stick would have made more sense. That guy is definitely from a different game.
Also, the muppet is drunk and pretty big guy. If he was drunk at the time he could ignore the pain a lot (also explains the overconfidence) still, it's indeed absurd
In the cobblers shop in Rattay you can purchase "fashionable shoes" which look like the shoes you mention in the video that you find lacking, they are in the game, they are just quite rare as they are very expensive. I laughed out loud that you couldn't beat the drunk beggar the second time. Hey I agree, punching metal plates should break your fist, but also, you must be terrible at brawling in this game haha good one.
10:45 this is actually referenced in game. On the Siege of [SPOILER] quest when you enlist the help of the famous engineer. He states that they should be using a sort of hand cannon (forgot the name of it). However master feyfar shoots him down saying that, in the countryside gunpowder is difficult to come by.
The over-religious behavior of characters might seem like that because of many religious greetings(''God bless you.'' ''Jesus Christ be praised.'' etc.) that are present in czech language, we still know(and sometimes, but rarely use) them today. And I myself can think of 3 that I've heard said to me in casual conversation with older folks.
Frank Teryngel indeed, and similar phrases can be found in multiple cultures. Inshallah is to my understanding ubiquitous throughout the Arabic speaking world and means God willing. And in Shakespearean English egads a contraction of Oh god.
It's just that it's over used and even character in the game that don't belive in god says god bless you My Runt glitched so he said godbless you and wanted to trade with me lol
Speed Force Heh, then it's even more accurate. Czech Republic is one of the most atheistic countries, and yet, we sometimes use these religious answers just because they are used(even english has that, have you ever heard anyone say ''Jesus Christ.'' or ''Oh my God!'' as a statement? I'm quite sure you did and the odds are, that that person doesn't go to church, blasphemes and is religious at best just on the paper, but not in reality).
Well the dominant English speaking country in the world is the USA so actually odds are that person is in fact religious thankfully. I'm glad we don't have the same problems you have.
Just something i want to point out at 28:30 , in Austria we still greet people with a hearty "Grüß Gott" wich literally translated means "greet god". It might sound strange to you ( dont know where you are from) but it is common use of language here ;)
The bow is hard but, as a bow lover I can say that if you force yourself to use it more and more you get better better and your bow sways less. The biggest tip I can give is don’t take so long. Learn your bow sway. You should line up the shot before drawing the bow and by the end of the draw the bow lines up then starts swaying. It should be one full motion, release the arrow right when you finish the bows full draw. One fluid motion. Line up, draw, release. Hope that helps everyone trying to figure out the bow mechanics. It works, it just isn’t easy to learn.
I found the same to be true when I played. It took hours but my guy eventually became more and more accurate. I loved that in the end it made being snuck up on by groups a breeze.
By 1346 the English already used it in battle, which means it would have been in Bohemia for at least several years. I could see how it could have been a couple years, but more than 50 years? No, no.
Ralph Vermolen it was used in bohemia but these are small lords so things naturaly would take more time. Characters in game heard and know of it but they say there isn't any in the region.
I understand that, but I'd use the Japanese as an example of my argument. Firearms were introduced to the Japanese in 1542 and by 1575 they were adopted by almost (if not all) Japanese clans and were massively used in one of the battles which shaped the future of Japan, the battle of Nagashino. My point here is that I understand that not every single lord could afford Firearms for his troops, but there being none at all seems more like a balancing decision than historical accuracy. As for there being none in the entire region, that is unlikely as well, since travelling merchants would make a ton of money by selling it to lords who were located far from any manufacturers.
Ralph, it's not a good comparison. By 1542, firearms had gotten much better, so it was obvious to the japanese that they should adopt them and quickly. In 1403, and not to mention 1346, they were just extravagant objects which had a horrible fire rate, very poor penetration, low accuracy, and broke so often they possibly were more of a threat for the user than the enemy. Have a look at handguns; awful tools. For a general idea, tercios were adopted in 1530 by Spain, and they still had only 20% arquebusiers at best, the rest being mostly pikemen. Because firearms were still pretty awful.
They planned on adding them, but from what I've heard, they were having problem programming them and couldn't fix them in time, so they removed them entirely.
The big issue was game balance. A crossbow would have unbalanced a great majority of the combat, so they left them out. A standard issue in game development trying to dance with reality.
@@TheWorldsprayer Balancing crossbows? Bullshit, if they wanted to make the game realistic (which they did), then they would add them no-matter the balance (which they didn't). And even then they should be pretty easy to balance. They have easier aiming, longer effective range and greater penetration than bows, however they are balanced by the fact that it takes forever to reload them (relatively speaking) and just like bows they should also be less of a threat once you get scale or plate armor (or really good gambeson I quess).
@Catch_Me_If_You_Can No its not. Today you wouldnt get hanged like in medieval ages just by saying you dont believe in god, some other ways of believing(hence heretic) or burning "witches".
Catch_Me_If_You_Can Well there are different generations see things differently. Today it wouldn’t be tolerated if you were yelling at someone for their beliefs and words. In game people were beaten and yelled at for talking bad about politics. Also around this time it was a holy thing to kill non believers, and people became saints for it. For the time they use religion a realistic amount.
I agree with you on this. They just came out of the inquisition and probably identified themselves first and foremost as Christians(different then the heathens in that other country).
Ianpresident And the zoomed shot if his shoulder, lol. Sometimes Henry's head would get right in front if the camera, but he had no eyes and you could see the background through his eye sockets. Disturbing and hilarious.
I think you're suffering from some form of amnesia. You love how it takes time and effort to become an effective swordsman but proclaim archery broken upon first glance. I'm a bit of an amateur archery enthusiast, and I'll tell you, the son of a blacksmith picks up a bow one day out of nowhere with little to no instruction, yes, he'll miss a target 3 meters away the first 20 times. Most of those attempts, he'll simply drop the arrow to the ground at his feet or fail to seat the string in the nock at all. I too had all kinds of trouble gitting gud at archery, but now I can win the expert Archery competition in Rattay 8/10 (It would be 9/10, but there's always that one dude who never takes a shot and forces you to forfeit by walking away) times and generally don't miss game. The key is to loose the moment you've reached full draw. You're always going to be on-target from where you began if you draw and loose in one motion. If you hold too long, you'll begin to sway and you'll miss.
Aj Dembroski I don't know what you're talking about. I suppose a completely basic bow could be possible like that, but at least with modern compound bows, when I first started I could still hit a target roughly 5 meters away. Not a bullseye obviously but, still able to hit
Bow shooting is not that hard, owned Hans Capon on first try hitting every arrow... I killed that one knight on his horse with my bow while riding, it's so easy... He just sucks at this and blames the game for that.
It was not a ton different from today in common population when the priests weren't around actually. Nobody went around when his mate told him what he did last night and yelled "That's blasphemy!". Actually the priest in the game itself is a good depiction of how many of the normal population were.
@@valens5287 It's not about that. It's just some people don't feel the need to worship a god, to have morals. No need to go to church on Sundays, to treat other people with kindness. Besides a lot of self proclaimed religious people don't follow the moral codes of their own religion.
@Dugunthi not the world, just the western world. Also untouched civilizations still eat and sacrifice people even to this day, societies weren't on the same level. You can be an edgy atheist about it, but it still doesn't change the fact that a lot of the european laws were based on christianity.
A lot of your comments sound like: "I've seen it like that in a historical source, so in order to be historically accurate everything has to look exactly like the source". You said it yourself: 100% historical accuracy is utopic, so even more so, there is A LOT that we don't know aside from the sources (I believe you know that most of them are rarely more than a very individual and momentary representation of the authors' or the employers' view on the world at that time) and you shouldn't generalize by using only sources to support your criticism only to make a point because it is unfortunately quite harmful to the perception of "accuracy". Remember, actual accurate critical thinking is rare these days, people gladly believe what you say when you sound "accurate" enough because they're too lazy and arrogant to make an effort themselves and gladly take other peoples' work over doing it themselves. Especially when it's free... I'm just taking the very first few things to make my point: - Only because underwear is not shown in graphic sources, doesn't mean it was never shown. When you look at a graphic representation of our time, underwear is not the most prominent factor in fashion, yet A LOT of people walk around in what appears to be underwear. Why would it have been any different, only 500 years ago? Only because the artists might have been prudes or maybe forbidden to show underwear by their prude employers, doesn't mean that he people have been just as prude. - Why exactly are coifs meant to be laced and not loose? Because they have two laces? Our jackets have zippers and we wear them unzipped quite often. It's a matter of laziness and/or comfort, not rule and/or "completion". - Laced on sleeves did exist, that's a fact. So arguing about the quality of what we see OCCASIONALLY on characters is useless because you don't know what the reason for both the large gap and the large lace is: only because master-tailors did it better, doesn't mean everyone wore perfectly sewn on laces. Maybe the bought the dress, could only afford that one (which isn't uncommon) and altered it to their needs, like wearing it short sleeved in summer and long sleeved in winter and the lack of skill made the manufaturer of what we see use the lace at hand which was probably some working piece of string and not thread. I could go on, but I won't since my points are the following and I think you already get them: - Only because we don't have sources or evidence of something having happened or not, doesn't mean we can make a rule out of it and claim it has or has never happened exactly like it. Practical reenactment and archaeology has shown over and over that practicality was dominant, not accuracy and has proven many times over that many things we believed to be true, in fact might have been just too obstructive to have been done that way. - The sources we have are highly doubtable because we know that most of them have been commissioned work and therefore prone to individualism, not generalism. - Critical thinking, especially historically and scientifically, should not be supported by sources but directed towards them: take what you have and try and try it over and over again until you KNOW that it works or not and not just believe it does or doesn't supported by that one or some sources. "Truth is not defined by a majority vote" (although philosophically even that is debatable ^^). The game never claimed to be 100% historically accurate. It's good it is not because that would make the game totally lame and incomprehensible (do you know any Bohemian?). It is by far the best and most accurate depiction of the medieval era in gaming we have so far. The information it provides should indeed not be used as a historical source but can indeed be used as a very good starting point for in-depth research with very promising results. Therefore: Your criticism is justified and might be helpful, concerning scientific and maybe even historical accuracy. Unfortunately your approach is just as inaccurate as what you're criticizing. In fact, you're criticizing your own way of research... ^^ Now, I hope I did not insult you or your work. I don't know it any better (because we can't really). I was merely trying to point out flaws I saw, just like you did, while trying not to judge any of it. Just like you do, I highly respect and appreciate your and other peoples' work and dedication in that area and only want to contribute to the bigger picture. Kepp up the good work, I enjoy it a lot!
Vávra said few days ago, they had not enough time to add crossbows. I am sure they will be in the next episode which is almost certainly in the making (KCD sold more than 3 mil. copies, it would be a sin to not continue...) Edit: there is a fine mod for saving system allowing you to save whenever you need.
There's something to be explained about the peasant situation. Basically, fistfights are not common in the game, so they really didn't make much of an effort there. What happens is that brawling damage is registered as blunt damage, which is quite efficient against armor.
Sorry Metatron, but about those "over religious people" as you called them, you have no idea what you are talking about. Go to countryside in countries like Czech Republic, Slovakia or Poland (and Im sure this apply also to many others countries in Europe) and you will see that a lot of people there are still very (and I mean VERY) religious and talk like that. Im from Poland myself. When Im in countryside people are always greeting by saying "Niech bedzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus", "Na wieki wiekow". Whitch means something like "Let Jesus Christ be praised", "For all eternity". There is much more of that, generally people are talking about God, Jesus and Virgin Marry a lot. And they always taking their hats and cross themself when they see cross or wayside shrine. Honestly Im suprised that you are so suprised about that. I always thought that Italians are quite religious people. And btw Im atheist myself so no one can acuse me of being biased here. Even nonreligious people are acting like that in certain situations, especially if we are dealing with older people. This is just tradition. So if people here (and Im sure this also applys to Czech Republic, even when its most atheistic country on earth right now) are acting like that in XXI centure, Im sure like hell that they were even more religious in XV century. Your rant about this is very weird in my opinion. Cheers.
Kretek, Same in Ireland. Many people in the countryside are still very religious. And even those that do not practice, they still carry out many traditional Catholic customs without realizing it. That's just how rural Irish society works. Many people still go to mass. When people walk or drive pass a church they bless themselves. People still often say "God bless" and other religious greetings/goodbyes when speaking English. In Gaelic the standard greetings are religious anyway. I experienced a great deal of culture shock when moving to a more urban area in the United States, in realizing that people take offense to religious greetings and practices in public (especially if said practices are Christian). It came off as strange. I grew up around many Polish immigrants who came to Ireland in the early 2000s. One way they connected with the native Irish was through a common appreciation of both religion and alcohol. Ye lads are a fine group of people if I may say so.
"especially if said practices are Christian" Uh, what? You go somewhere in the US and try to say something UNChristian and you're likely to get at least a sour look. In some states you'd be in real physical danger.
Wveth, I don't know where you live in the US but where I am is completely different. Sure I can imagine it would be like as you said in some of the deep south Evangelical areas but even then "physical violence" seems a bit hyperbolic. Note that I said I was in a more urban area too, a hardcore Democrat area at that. When in public using christian phrases and greetings, even during Christmas, is not advised as it could be deemed "offensive". I just found it a bit silly when I first moved here, to be offended by things like "Merry Christmas" or God bless". I wouldn't get offended if a Jew said "Happy Hanukkah" to me.
For God's sake, just go to modern day Krakow, you'll see sculptures of "Jesus Christ" everywhere, even markets filled with portraits of the Pope. Metatron, you need to see the World a little ;)
in-game saving is really easy, just pick up every nettle and belladonna you see. after 5 mins you'll have enough for like 50 savior schnapps, you can save anywhere, but you'll get drunk from it so you have to be a bit careful that you don't overdo it and end up blacked out halfway across Bohemia. Alchemy is quite intriguing in this game as it's like a minigame. as long as you follow the recipe you'll get 3 potions every brew attempt, which will add up very fast.
You can buy pointy shoe at the cobblers place and the fluff for it talks about how they are in style and no one ever says pebbles is a war horse he is just a random horse from the stables given to you by a guy who didn't like or want you going with him although I agree with the rest
Wait, about crossbow. I remember seeing early development video with it showing up, either they don't have enough time to implement it into the game or they leave it out for gameplay balancing.
Archery is fine, you just gotta find the sweet spot of where to aim, once you find it you will be able to accurately hit targets at 10 meters, I'd say I hit 85% of the shots within 10-15 meters range, the only thing that bothers me is how slow the arrows fly, but you just gotta find that sweet spot of where to aim and you'll be landing those shots. Also, it specifically says that up until level 5, your character is NOT able to hold the bow the right way, so up until then it will be very difficult to hit a target since your arms are wobbling all over the place. Practice your archery, level up to 5 and stop complaining about a feature which is there for a reason. Also, anyone noticed that he doesn't need to drink? I don't think I have drunk in over 20 in-game days, realistic? No xDDD
haha yes, I am kinda confused by this because it actually sais it RIGHT ON THE ARCHERY SKILL! I still haven't gotten to level 5 myself, but even I have sort of figured out how to aim. The reason I haven't gotten there is because I'd need to spend a day hunting rabbits and am too lazy to do it. That and I already have full plate and a shield so I'd almost invincible in melee combat anyway. What do I need a bow for?
There is a console command that puts crosshair when aiming with the bow. You still cant hit anything more than 10 meters away but at least one problem is solved. The arc is still an issue
True. But I do not know how to compute it, as I am not an archer. Also I fired bows (35-40 lbs) before and the do not arc thaaat much. Not in 15 meters range anyway. This is a game, it should be fun to use. No visual indicators for the arc or anything
One thing i like about the combat is that if you're up against more than one person, what happens is that the opponents just start hitting you, and theres nothing you can do. Where as in other games, the opponents attack one at a time, even though they have you surrounded.
Yes, it is funny how games (and riding motorbikes) ingrains this into your head. The first time I was doing some proper horse riding (i.e. not just sitting on a horse being lead by someone else as a kid) I had to keep reminding myself I don't have to steer the horse like a bike, the horse is not completely stupid and in fact a lot can be done by voice (and by appropriately pressing your legs against the horse's body). Also, sometimes the horse just wants to do something and if you're not a very experienced rider, he will know and just do whatever he wants (particularly if there is something tasty around). Or he will go forward but not exactly on the side of the road you'd want him to, because the other side looks nicer...the fact that there are a lot of branches hanging above that side of the road which will hit the rider is not the horse's problem.
Funnily enough, they actually wanted to add this feature to the game. However, at the time of release, it was too buggy and so they took it out. With all the hard work they are putting into this, it is very likely they will fix and re-add this feature.
I've seen these exact hinges on historical bascinets from that period. They're not side hinges, but a way to put on a mask with pins on a usual up and down hinge on both sides. Hope I put it half way understandable :D
@@Wveth his point was that all three weren’t on there at the same time. Hinges depended on the bascinet type and was a mounting system for a specific visor. Some bascinets had one hinge above the forehead as a mounting system for a klappvisor or a Bretache. A normal bascinet had no hinges and no external camail or Vervelles, but it did have an internal liner. A fully visored bascinet was the one that knights normally wore and it had hinges on the side for the visor to be mounted.
Playing on PC with game installed on an SSD has eliminated all the weird pauses in convo's and loading areas. Also a mod for saving was released a day or after the game was released allows for unlimited saving. Sooo much nicer to play in this scenario. Hopefully the console versions will get some mods.
Shogun 2 is a good game but it's very far from historical accuracy is any shape or form. There are some major conscious weeaboo decisions. First and the worst offender--all katana units (not counting Nodachi units): there are no such units in history whatsoever because Katana is a personal defense weapon used by primarily pole-arm or bow wielding soldiers as a quick draw secondary weapon (In fact, any one who is remotely familiar with historical warfare will see how nonsensical and ineffective these units will be in real life). Secondly, Arquebas dominated Japanese warfare because it was clearly better than every other handheld projectile weapons Japanese had ever had access to at the time. A realistic Arquebus should have the best range in addition to the morale dropping and armor piercing effect. Indeed, aside from the rate of fire, gun units should be better than bow units in every conceivable ways in Shogun 2. Thirdly, all ranged Samurai units should be formidable close quarter fighters with their personal defense katanas. The whole point of Samurai were Japanese take on the highly adaptable East Asian nomadic soldiers from the great steppe, so they were all trained to master all weapons include ranged fighting. The yeomen archers that can't shoot while moving and can't take on professional soldiers in close quarter combat has few equivalents in East Asian warfare because recurve bow is a expensive non-peasantry weapon that demands costly maintenance but grants the wielder the ability to shoot as well as long bow while mobile and much shorter albeit more stiff string pull to enable mounted archery. The owners of these weapons tend to also be relatively wealthy professional soldiers who were well equipped and well trained in other areas of warfare so they shouldn't be lousy close quarter fighters with poor morale. Again, all ranged units that's samurai or Ronin tier should function like the Foot Samurai unit from the Rise of Samurai DLC in close quarter combat, and the stats of Katana Samurai should be the base stats for all samurai units with little alterations based on the unit's choice of weapon and specialized role.
Ravenpy I see there are people not caring about their lives😂 Anyways, I love your comment, you put lots of detail in it and it seems to be really logical. Although I knew that the Katana was a secondary weapon. Just as you may see in historical Europe. The Longsword was the same equivalent to the Katana by functioning as a secondary weapon. But to be honest it's actually one of the best Total War games. Like Metatron said in this Video, he is still recommending KC: D, though being sometimes disappointed. Lastly I apologize for unclear usage of English, I'm not a native.
Unfortunately no because most of what I said is rather basic information like steel plate armor cannot be cut through by swords in realistic situations. If you don't believe me, just do some basic online research on warfare of Sengoku Jidai, you won't find katana centric units but you also won't find people directly refuting it because no one expect this expectation. About arquebus domination in Sengoku Jidai. If you know anything about Oda Nobunaga's military record, you will know how the power of guns changed Japanese warfare forever (practically replaced all handheld projectile weapon in big battles; Samurais were still using bows for personal or small scale skirmish for it's fast fire rate). For my last point, just read stuff about recurve bow. It's a compact bow that packs a punch but without being cumbersome. Finally, just research Samurai's military role before Tokugawa period and you will find evidence that Samurais are basically elite mounted or dismounted ranged fighters who can also fight well in close quarter as a secondary functionality (I'm not suggesting Foot Samurais would stand a chance against cavalry charges with katana alone). I think my last point might be a bit too absolute as Chinese does have a lot of conscript low morale poorly geared and trained units in Medieval days.
TPS Nighthunter I agree that Shogun 2 is an amazing game and I also somewhat understand their unit choice. If most of the samurais units got similar stats, the game would be even worse on the lack of unit variety issue which is the only real unsatisfying feature of the game.
The archery is just practice, I had to practice quite a lot, but at the end the reward of getting it right made me very happy. Now on a replay I enjoyed my previous skills and wasn´t so difficult to use it
@Metatron, I just want to point out a few things here, may edit to put more as the video plays, but 1. Powder based weapons are mentioned on the siege as I'm sure by now you have seen it, the area the game plays on does not have that tech yet. And 2. Henry is actually a knight, afterall, later after the infiltration on Vrenik, the second bandit fort, it is revealed to you (and to Henry, poor Czech) that he is a noble bastard. Plus, the case of being beaten by a peasant, he just had more ability with the fists lol, plus, all the punches go towards the head on this game, there is no plate punching. Plus 2, I do agree that the game is unstable, but really, just learn alchemy and you'll have an infinite supply of saves. Plus...3 the miller's bed stops being an save point if you take too longo to pay your debt to him. LOL, the conversation part is so real!
I didnt even know he liked morrowind. that gives extra brownie points. i just played through the whole game and all the DLC again last year and i enjoyed every second of it.
I so fell in love with the countryside, I don't know as much on styles and art, but the architecture, country and fighting system was so fun. I am eagerly awaiting what warhorse will come up with next.
You talked about progression and not being a hero killing many opponents alone. I loved that, initially. I remember during the first mission I was being chased by few Hungarians. I turned around, drew my blade and thought to myself "Hah, come at me!" to then be utterly destroyed. I loved it, I'm the son of a blacksmith, why would I beat trained soldiers, and more importantly outnumbered? The problem is that as you progress through the game, towards the end, you become utterly op to the point it's completely immersion breaking just like the various bugs. In order to test how op I was, I decided I'd go on a rampage in Rattay and kill everyone. Guess what? I single-handedly killed over 20 guards, and I was only stopped because a main character started fighting me and I couldn't kill him. Totally unstoppable, if it weren't for that. The other thing I don't like is that the game doesn't really encourage you to go for side quests, at least that was my experience, so I finished the game in a couple days because the only meaningful thing I felt like doing was completing main quests. And the story isn't even so interesting, very clichè-like. "Oh, baddies attack and kill your parents, get revenge, save the King". Ugh... Oh and, no lances on horse, what the heck? Come on!
>some beds are bugged
Historically accurate.
LOL, good one!
Actually, it was proved by research and experiments that most beds were not saving beds. Only very rich people had those.
90% of the population at the time didn't even have proper beds like portrayed in the game.
My bed is bugged right now tbh
Man! Those bugged beds really bite!
Just a point about all that religious talk. I think it is because of the translation from Czech language. In Czech (and Slovak as well), it was (is) normal . Even my gradnparrents talked like that. Greetings like "sbohem" in english "goodbye" litteraly "with god", "go with god" - still used. "Pomáhej pán bůh" = "god (should) help you" if you meet someone working, or doing something. Answer "pán bůh vyslyš" = " hope god hears you". "Zdařbůh" = "may god help us (with this work)" - stil used esp. by miners. "Pochválen buď Ježíš Kristus" = "Be blessed Jesus Christ" or as you say "Jesus Christ be praised" answer "Navěky ámen" = "so be it forever" - used when you enter someones house or kind of more formal greeting. Maybe in English (or other languages) sounds a bit odd, and overreligious, but it is less religious than it appears. You can hear that even today (in our atheistic country), in medieval Bohemia perfecly normal.
this needs more upvotes!
František LALUCH
Thank you very much! Really appreciate the information!
pekne si im to popisal ;-) thumb up
Yep, in Slavic languages in general as well. Very relatable.
i dont think that would be the case. In the game it takes place in the late 1300s to early 1400s so the would be speaking some old Czech or Slovak like maybe west slavic or possibly old church slavonic.
An absolutely spectacular review mate. Medieval clothing is something I need to do more research on considering that fashion changed so much between region and period. I'm just glad that the clothing actually had color and everyone wasn't covered in mud. And my goodness the castles are GLORIOUS, I'll be making a dedicated video on them. Love your rants mate!
Shadiversity But does this game have Machicolationsssssssss?
That's the video I'm waiting for. Does Kingdom Come have machicolations? That is the question of the year!
When are Metatron and you going to do a crossover/colab?
"Does kingdom come deliverance have machicolations?" if its historically accurate then maybe yes but i don't know much about late medieval buildings and castle's.... any-sod Shad! Your little historical examination lets-play thingy... are you gonna go through the entire game while looking at things if they are historical or are you gonna drop it after you've seen everything. TIS A LEGIT QUESTION ASKED BY ME MATES MATE! also it would be legendary if there was an easter egg about the great meme of hold it..... *THE POMMEL OF MASS DESTRUCTIOOOOONNN!!!*. well without further ado i bid thee farewell mate.
Shadiversity not covered in mud?
Huh. Most of NPCs are clear, yeah.
Henry tho... He’s a a real pig xD
Thankfully, there is a mod to fix that. But still))
You can tell Metatron is Italian because he starts speaking with his hands when he gets upset. :o
Irish and Australians speak with their hands it's just a very physical conversation.😊
Poetic Pariah be nice I have some Cajun heritage I am used to people talking with their hands although some do so more than others
@@boulderthefat154 Irish man here and I agree. If we're passionate about something we can't help it.
he looks more like some musky persian or arab. Prolly not Italian linage.
@@user-me7mm7gr1p I know you're just being a race-baiting troll but Meta looks str8 up Sicilian, you fucking potato.
Kunesh (the brawler guy) started chopping wood and hammering nails with his bare hands after you get his tools during the tutorial, as a result, he developed hands of steel capable of screwing plate armor (and your face!)
WM If only Metaron had ended him rightly
Lol XD
I lolled😆 kunesh has steel fists
Kunesh SMAAASH!! :P
I kicked the shit out of Kunesh lol
Couple corrections on the historical accuracy section. Pointy shoes are in game. They are called "fashionable slippers" in the English version. They show exactly as described while in inventory. That said, the model doesn't seem to be the same while it's actually being worn. This could possibly be an engine limitation, or just some unfinished artwork waiting to be done.
Second, this is about 25 years before the Hussite wars, which was when the Czechs were using what amounted to hand cannons for warfare. I don't think that, at this point in time, they had access to them. Late in the game you do hear reference to black powder, and their lack of it. While the French were relatively early adopters, using hand cannons in the mid 1300s, the German states clearly lagged behind. The earliest known German hand cannon was from around 1400. The issue was definitely not metallurgical, but rather a general lack of saltpeter. So, the game gets this pretty right. They knew what it was, but it was not a generally accessible weapon.
The lack of crossbows is odd, especially since they're mentioned by Henry's father right at the start of the game. And yes, they would be all over the place. Perhaps something they'll add in, as well as a more comprehensive polearm implementation.
They do plan on adding in crossbows, more polearms and lances.
Avatrass The first mention of cannon in Bohemia that I was able to find is from 1399, so they probably weren't too widespread in 1403. Crossbows were to be included in the game, but due to some problems with physics Warhorse decided to drop them in the final build.
Crossbow DLC?
I don't like this review... He says stuff like "there are no pointy shoes", "how did they forget crossbows", "there should be firearms" even though it's not true.
Crossbows were actually for some reason, not that popular in Bohemia. But there should be at least some. Hunting crossbows most definitely were a thing.
I think that lack of firearms is also a gameplay decision ... imagine Henry getting his hands on a hand-cannon. If he, by some miracle, wouldn't kill himself with it, he would be safe to take 1v1 on anyone with small prep time to load.
i thought it was odd that there are no crossbows, your Father even mentions them right at the start when he says i can teach you swordplay, but then somebody might shoot you with a cross bow...
Exactly how i beat runt. No way i could beat him at actual swordplay so i ran around the room shooting him with my bow
I herad that they had crossbows in the game, but they had some problem with programming so they removed them entirely.
@@Ledabot I've found a pretty easy way to abuse the combat system already, since I have no clue how to properly use feints and combos..
I just rush at them, when we get pressed up against each other I quickly press RB/RT, and after I push them back it gives me a free hit. I will just keep doing this, or countering their attacks.
I really want to learn how to even use combos, but it just gets parried all the time and Id rather not run out of stamina in a 1v3 lmao
Ledabot First time I did this as well but on second gameplay I beat him in like 20 seconds with a sword :-)
Bro, I killed Runt in literally 2 hits. A stab to the chest with piercer longsword and a counter/stab, done. I was left disappointed lol, I generally enjoy the challenge of fighting harder enemies? Since I've mastered swordplay mechanics.
Funniest thing I have seen, villager carrying a bucket of water and dropped it on a chicken and killed it.
My grandmother always fixed our clothes. She would knit socks and mittens from scratch. She was extremely old-school about it, but they clothes looked very good. If I got a hole i my sock, she would fix it, and the hole would be _invisible_ yet it could sometimes be fealt. I have no doubt that the medieval people would do similar, and better, as it was a matter of survival - and most farmers couldn't just go to the shop to get it fixed. With a big family, it was a matter of _pride_ to be able to mend your husband and kid's clothing.
Absolutely agree and the materials were very, very strong.
Yeah, it's amazing how quickly we lose perspective on that sort of stuff. Those poor medieval peasants couldn't just throw their ripped shirts in the trash and buy a new outfit at Wal-Mart, and obviously there is no other way to deal with ripped clothing, so they must have just worn shredded up rags their whole lives!
In game you have tailor repair kit so you can fix clothing on you own
Repair kit.* Or sewing kit. Raper Kit went to jail.
Sorry spelling error. I fix it.
"I need some pasta" is that like going out for a smoke for Italians?
Douglas Kurtz comfort food
I once smoked a joint with Metatron. I didn't get high, it didn't even burn. He just put pesto in the rolling paper and just mashed it all together.
Well I was hanging out with these italians couple yrs back. Seems like it's more an addition: we were getting high and eating pasta
Hi Metatron, I really love your channel and was glad to talk with you at WH studio in person (it's a pity that video was bit shaky...). Thank you for your time and diligent analysis, for sure we will try to push a bit more people to be aware about mistakes they make and we will improve, what's possible. Although I mostly agree with many of your remarks, the biggest issue was not lack of knowledge, but...technology. Guys invented clothing system that caused allll the problems with layers, with overlapping the materials, its length and thickness, size... Also this rusty/wretched clothes are a side effect of clothing system errors. Therefore we could not have done long sleeves, tight and small waistline, proper long dresses, proper gambesons and whole plate armour - because of the existing skeleton and limited movements. :( I disagree however about pointy shoes - these were popular in Bohemia in middle and end of 15th century and Prague I suppose. Definitely not in Rattay - a small town in Czech lands... Anyway, I must also add, that although I adore many of my colleagues and their technical/artistic skills, with character artists it was the worst and toughest fight I have ever had and I have lost.
Historical Consultant is invited to inspire, advise and navigate everyone, but what +100 people will apply (and would be able) to this organic and very dynamic thing as game is, is still their good will put into the hands of a fortune. Thankfully many of my colleagues here put all their effort and heart to do the right choice. But sometimes they just did not. Character artists way much too often forced their personal interpretation (while omitting the history) into the game, not following the advice or used many old assets, that were wrongly made in the past (like in 2011, when in the studio were 12 people). So, I was nearly heartbroken when I saw some main character's clothing and at one moment I really wanted to give up ;). I understood finally, why historians quit their jobs, while helping in movies or TV. Then, after some struggling about many matters and seeing aaaaaalllllll the inconsistencies, mistakes, misinterpretations and even very personal fantasy input in KCD, I accepted that in the end it is a Game, a project made by collective. It is a smart game, which with budget for indie game, support of many loving people, shows, what could have been done at each state of development with best intention for each type of player.
Hope that despite all, what does not look as it should, you will still enjoy the game until the end! Kindest regards!
Joanna DeKoele This comment should be pinned :)
Anyway, if this is the case, i find it stupid that one of main selling points is focus on historical accuracy, while creators knew about flaws, which could be avoided :/
Dear Filip, well we strongly focused on it and did what we could to keep many elements of the KCD world in a way to respect history facts and theories. But as I mentioned before, there are certain difficulties and compromises we had to do, in order to keep the game interesting. I can reassure you, that everyday many people in Warhorse studios learn from the mistakes and try to make their work better in the future. And we all see now how much this historical aspect actually enriched us, rather than limit. So I truly believe the historical accuracy is one of our main goals and it defines the whole project.
Joanna DeKoele Thank you for this comment it was really eye opening. And I’ve been hyped about this game for a few years now. I bought it at full price as soon as I heard it came out(which is extremely rare for me) and encouraged many of my friends to buy it too after I made sure it lived up to the the expectations I had for it. And my expectations were met and surpassed within the first hour of gameplay! I was hooked on it and didn’t touch any other game until I had beaten it even with said friends trying to shame me into playing multiplayer games with them. I played 50 hours of it within four or five days and thats with me working a full time job. Just an amazing game. And Henry, even with a cliche “your parents are killed now go get revenge” story made me feel like, “yeah, I could have been a guy like this and made many of the same mistakes”. He’s flawed, he doesn’t always know the right thing to say or do, but he keeps pushing himself forward to achieve his goals. There are a few things I didn’t especially like, but they were all personal preference and stuff I could mod to make my experience more user friendly(I only modded the game after finishing it). And even with all of the bugs I ran into they were instantly forgiven unlike any other game I’ve ever played. Simply because as soon as it hooked me I knew this was a project of passion and love.
Thank you for your work in keeping this game historically accurate and not quitting even in the face of some obnoxious artists. You did a great job and I plan on buying any DLC and the next game in the series on day one.
Joanna’s come to see us!
21:08
>tfw Swadian knight knocked unconscious by Farmer.
maybe the Metatron faced 1000-stat-man himself.
Sounds like he got rekt badly lol.
Lmao
had a legit chuckle at this
Come on, KCD is clearly set in the Kingdom of Vaegirs.
That’s a nice head on your shoulders!
I did not have enough food so I drank a whole bunch of wine instead. I turned up to my first day of town patrolling drunk and swaying everywhere. Thankfully everyone was too polite to say anything. I also spent a lot of my shift punching chickens.
Yuri Gregorian Do they go skyrim on your ass when you punch a sacred chicken? XD
nobody seemed to mind. Though I was working for the bailiff so who where they going to complain too?? Me I guess??
Yuri Gregorian Go Judge Dredd on them if they complain. I AM THE LAW!
Is punching a Chicken a euphemism?
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The peasant rant was hilarious af.
yeah I love that voice he makes ahah
Basically how combat is bad in almost any game. You're weak as fuck and every npc is stronger than you.
Could you include a timecode please? I cannot watch the full video right now
His name is FRIGGING BUTTMAN!
How come everyone lose to this alcoholic hobo? Just manage your stamina and it's piece of pie even at the beginning.
To be entirely honest, this little indie studio put the big bad gaming companies TO SHAME what they did with that which they have is nothing short of amazing
the best part is that the main guy is "Daniel vávra" czech legend for us, there is no gamer who doesn't like the guy and also he made the czech classic Mafia 1.
@@GoGiczlove him. He’s not a Czech legend, he is just a legend
I love Kingdom Come Deliverance. Its easily one of my favorite games.
*Teleport behind you*
Hey, Henry's come to see us!
seb9995 a vegan, a bitcoin trader and Henri, son of skalice's blacksmith enters a bar
Who tells you first ?
The one who vapes
Jesus Christ be praised!
This actually weirded me out at first. It didn't feel like I had been playing the game so long, and suddenly random people on the road in parts I haven't been to before start greeting me. I'm like 'Do I know you?'.
Lots of armor complains are based on computation limitation and playability. Stains and rust are to show the player quality, it is just so you can evaluate some stats just by looking. Eye holes are big, so that the same helmet will fit on all heads. The armour is bulky because of the layering system. You need to be sure that the deeper layers do not grafically overlap with upper layers. In reality the deeper layer will be compressed, but calculate compression in real time on every character is not possible with current HW. I would rephrase the question from "is it historically accurate?" to "is it historically accurate with regard of current computational power?". I will disregard the examples above, but if the shoes are wrong, or the spikes under full plate are present, I give you that.
Yess!! Layering clothing/armor makes people look puffy in modern themed games as well
You can easily get rid of rust and stains on your armor by going to a bathhouse and having your clothes laundered.
10 coin.
@@adorablecenturion8436 Free with the right perk ;-)
@@Imman1s I didn't invest in the one for free wench services >.>
I don't really mind paying 10 groschen tho
I have like 20k..
Bandit camp missions were very useful
@@adorablecenturion8436 Lol, 20K groshen is peanuts (you can get that much in a few treasure chests), but money is not the issue, what matters is the principle :p.
"God be with you" and other those things are actually real "Goodbyes" what Czech people still use even when most of us are atheists.
that sounds lovely compared to london which souless and boring
@@dantae666 where do you think the word "good" comes from?
@@Dakotaidk Johnny B
@@Dakotaidk the word "Gõd" (the o has a line above it not an accent) and "Gõthr" which is central/northern Germanic origin.
God =/= Good
@@gabriellegg8908 Read Nietzsche's Genealogy of Good and Evil
All is correct, but about religion - you wrong. This game is located in the middle of religious revolution in Czechia. Whole war was because of religion and people were concentrated on religion difference.
Depending on the answer on religious question - you knew is stranger your enemy or friend.
In this case you simply don't know the historical background of this specific location.
Been playing constantly for about a week, 30 hours in now.
He was exaggerating with the religiousness of the citizens, in my opinion. :/
Aye, a bit over the top. He's exaggerating massively.
In the game itself, I have no trouble at all believing people spoke to each other that way at the time. This was a big deal.
All of this happened right before the reformation REALLY kicked off. Jan Hus was mentioned many times. Martin Luther would not be far behind. The thirty years war after that. All this stuff is just bubbling away under the surface.
Metatron strikes me as an atheist/irreligious guy who gets his back up whenever god/jesus/deity of your choice is mentioned. I've got a few friends like that, its fine.
The war wasnt about religion. It was about Sigismund wanting to become the King instead. More or less. Not that indepth explenation but thats kinda it
All so-called religious wars are, in fact, economic wars, power wars. You're too subject to ideologies.
@Catch_Me_If_You_Can
No, it isn't. The religious ferment, that culminated in the Hussite revolution was already present in Czechia in late 1300s under king Václav IV. There was a fierce long-lasting struggle over investiture (in which Václav ham-fistedly intervened).
Even more importantly, Jan Hus publicly introduced the thoughts of John Wycliffe (and lollards in general) in 1398 in Prague. He was ordained in 1400, and by 1402 he was appointed the administrator of the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague and was already publicly famous for his sermons, that were very critical of the contemporary church, indulgences and general vices.
FYI, the game takes place in summer 1403.
Kunesh (the peasant who beat you) seems to have been a war veteran whose wife left him and he turned into an alcoholic. Just a couple events that point to that. One is simply how high his brawling skill is (as you noticed). Another is when Skalitz is under attack, you can see him form up with a pole arm and successfully help defend the gate for a while. The last is that (if you kill him and loot his corpse) you find that he's wearing a worn out, foot soldier's waffenrock.
Biggest flex is that I beat him first try on my first play through
@pancake impressive! I remember getting dropped almost instantly by him.
@@pancakefi He beat me, then when he turned around i choked him out lol
He also survived the skalitz siege and can be seen later in game. This context makes sense he’s definitely tough
@dylanarmour6727 Really? I was always able to beat him up back at Skalitz with little problems, and I'm still not particularly good at combat.
You praised Morrowind.
10/10, would smoke skooma with.
N'wah
Pretty sure you drink skooma, my fellow machinist.
Zachary Reichert Skooma requires a Pipe.
@@rickd6184 found the kajhit
and talked about gothic... swamp weed for everyone!
Regarding the over religious npcs in the game, its a reality of Eastern Europe. Even today in Ukrainian villages there is no other greetings as : "Praise to Jesus Christ" - "Praise forever" (It switches to "Christ is being born - So we praise him"(On Christmas) "Christ has been ressurected - Resurected indeed" (On Easter), "Christ is being baptised - In Jordan River" (On Jordan). And when someone is doing some kind of work is it a usual thing to greet him as : "God brings you!". When someone sneezes : "Let the god gives you health - Thanks, let the god give you health as well". Today Czech Republic is the most ateistic country in Europe, but the events take part before the changes in christian doctrine practized in Bohemia. So it IS very REALISTIC.
Turrican4D What do you mean?
he's talking about porn
Methinks Estonia is waay more atheist as a country than Czech Republic.
raifthemad Ive checked some charts, Sweden became the first with 73%, Czech - 72%, Estonia - 60%
Interesting, we have so few churches and I know hardly anyone that visits them, 40% religious seems waay too high. Anyway since it really doesn't impact most of our lives I don't care that much.
20:39 You can draw your weapon and he reacts and pretty much begs for his life, a pretty cool detail they added.
Kunesh lives? I'm going to pay him a visit. Where he at?
@@nickhaynie5980 rattay
and Henry needs to be strong to hit someone
@@nickhaynie5980 one of the rattay gates
They patched it so if you say, "Do you REALLY want to something, can't remember, but Kunesh replies, "No. What do you want from me? I lost everything." Nut then he gives you a quest.
"Some beds are bugged" 25:02. The historical accuracy is astounding indeed.
😂😂😂
I wanna go around saying "God be with you" instead of hello, it sounds nicer.
fat weak bearded vapist. even non religious are repulsed by it
F much better
That's actually how we say "bye" in Lithuanian. "Sudiev" is short for "Su Dievu" which means "With God" so in a context of saying goodbye you say go with God. And we're not even that religious as a people, most people even forget the real meaning of the word.
We actually still use it in Czech. "Sbohem" is a common way to say goodbye and it means "with God". In villages, even "S Pánem Bohem" same use, means "With Lord God".
So as far as I can tell it is historically accurate.
ChuckNorrison It's pretty much the same in English, actually. "Goodbye" comes from "God be with you".
About the clothing- this guy bases his outcomes on medieval pictures and other art, which is of course highly stylised and/or inaccurate. In Bohemia we have actually quite a lot of clothing preserved from that era, and the game is much closer to the reality than the medieval pictures.
I highly doubt this analysis is right, in fact Vávra read plenty of books just to have everything as historic as possible so i trust this game is historical accurate and this guy is liar or just dont have it right.
@@davidfans5852 …you adamantly take the word of someone who read books over someone who literally lives in the country…? 🤣🤣🤣
@@ItzNiekoyo how else do you know how those people from that time wearing their clothes if not from book and art? Come on.. even people from that country probably know from same source. There is no way his grandpa nor their Grant grandfather know that either.
@@koruzhuv2.087 You’re seriously arguing that you should adamantly take someone who wrote about a country’s opinion over someone who literally lives there and experiences their history every day 🤦🏻♂️ common sense is hard
@@ItzNiekoyo So u r telling me u believe that someone that lives in somewhere know more about their country past, like 500, 400 years ago, than someone that reads books about it?
U know people have to study to know something right?
Or do u think people just absorb knowledg from the past of somewhere if u just live there?
Not saying he is right or wrong, just saying that this phrase "someone who read books over someone who literally lives in the country" is just wrong, because someone who reads books about a subject know much more than someone that just live somewhere, that's what historians do.
For a 5 million dollar budget. This is great! Speaking for myself, most of the bugs have been fixed and don't compare to some bugs of AAA studios. Love this game and warhorse looks to have a bright future!..oh and great review amd constructive critcism btw! Cheers!
40 hours in and I've barely noticed them, def not game breaking. Considering the types of bugs AAA studios release their game with, these are minor at best.
Full budget including marketing was stated to be around 36.5M USD
It certainly puts Bugthesda to shame.
I think you should've mentioned what was historically accurate. For example I like how people start to give you shit if you walk around the town without a torch during the dark hours.
Saku Kullberg the people then truly believed nothing good happens at night let alone after midnight
But NPCs walk around without torches at night
@@ShadowTheGameDev why? A torch does not help you see at night. It makes it harder
@@ShadowTheGameDev the guys comment is about historical accuracy.
I thought using a torch every night was unrealistic? I figured torches were used conservatively considering.
You've got to be the coolest teacher I've ever seen.
Thank you for that :)
But yah, you'd make an awesome teacher though. Just saying. My s.s. Teacher SUCKS
well in america the teachers have glocks.....
no i think he sold it
steven buitenkamp
No, all we have in America are SJW’s and gun control laws that don’t even work in Southside Chicago
I actually love the saving system, because whenever I have the ability to save wherever I want I don’t feel anxious at all. I don’t feel immersed in the game. But if I know I can die in that world I play the game the way I would if I were Henry’s shoes. I think twice before approaching someone. If I see a fallen tree on the road I turn around. I feel nervous during a fight, my adrenaline shoots up and it feels so satisfying to win a fight. Of course it’s good if they give you the option of both but then again if the option to save whenever you want is there it is very tempting to abuse it.
@jocaguz18 I've had one crash in 10s of hours and that was starting the Theresa DLC, so loading in a whole map. You're probably just shit and get killed easily.
@jocaguz18 stop being shit
@jocaguz18 It was only changed by adding the option to save and quit the game. They fixed issues with people wanting to have a save point at their last played moment, not for average gameplay so no, that's not correct.
For any people who don't know Czech history, the church was a MASSIVE institution. There were literally wars because of people disagreeing over religion and people were being executed for not agreeing with the church (Jan Hus). Religion was waaaay bigger than it is nowadays. And yes, people did say "s pánem Bohem" when saying goodbye, which means something like god be with you.
heh, I still say "s pánem bohem" even tho im not religious. it's a pretty common saying.
i think whats funny is people claim that religion wasnt that big of a deal during the time when almost all wars were because of it
@@insanityisboss2688this is false, only 7% out of all known conflicts in the history of mankind were due to religious reasons
@@AveChristusRex789 citation needed
@@Gabriel-br4qe According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause.
Umm. Those pointy shoes are in the game. I have a pair myself.
20 hours in
Also on the topic of firearms they mention them in game and say they haven’t reached the countryside yet or something
You can buy them in rattey so pretty easy to get them if you wanted to waste money on fashion
I've put like 30 hours in, played all the side missions where you clear camps of bandits.
Mother
Of
God
So much coin..
Managed to get the best armour out there, best gambeson, even a iupon over the cuirass.
I have the best slashing sword, and best thrusting sword at around 70-80 of each stat.
Console really needs some improvement to optimization :c
Render distance is terrible, I'm at a point where Henry doesn't even do a normal standing pose in the inventory where I admire my armour, he just T-poses.
Spent 6k+ on my armor and that's what i get.
Spend around 4k on my horse, matching coat on my horse to match my armour and HENRY JUST TPOSES INSIDE THE HORSE
ITS
IMMENSELY
UPSETTING
ツAdorable Centurion He T-poses for me too :/
The one thing that annoys me the most is the bloody sword, why can't I just wipe it off after killing all the bandits? There's plenty enough of rags laying around.
wipe it later, huh? Oh, that's alright... maybe I'll wipe my ass later.
+Henning85 The bloody sword can be used to intimidate and incriminates you. Wiping it should be an option.
Yeah, would be a fun mechanic.
Funnily enough the way to clean it is by sharpening it, i was like 0.0 when I first found out cuz wtf
Yeah, but that doesn't work on maces >_
30:30. I love how you included the weird camera angle that's often used in dialogue cutscenes.
Great video as always!
Jesus Christ, be praised.
The thing that struck me the most about this game, is that it transports you to the medieval world in the most realistic way possible. When you go inside, there are no bright lights to light it. Only candles which only shed a limited amount of light. It really captures that medieval scenery.
they also completely excluded crossbows and gunpowders which was a major role in the 15th century. also it was like the transitions to renaissance era
@@BrandonhayhewPretty sure they had problems adding in crossbows for whatever reason.
And I know a few times in the game they do mention guns but mention them not being nearby yet or something like that.
Atleast they didn’t exclude them entirely and atleast mention them.
How can you say people are overreligious in 1403 BOHEMIA? That time period was immensely religious, to the point that religion was tied to culture more than personal belief. People would just mention god in greetings without thinking about it, the same way we say "god bless you" even today in response to someone sneezing, or how "goodbye" is short for "god be with you".
Shocked you got such a simple detail so terribly wrong despite being a historian.
Also, medieval art is not always 100% accurate, especially with things like bodily proportions. So using them as a basis for criticizing things such as waist size of armour seems like quite a bad idea.
Edit: And as Ondřej mentions, the game literally takes place during the time of the Hussite wars (about 10 years before), which was a religiously-based set of conflicts. There's nothing remotely out of the ordinary about people constantly using religious phrases.
typical Bavarian Greeting, even today, is "Grüß Gott" (litereally it means Greet Good or mayb god greet you, but the original meaning was "May God Bless you)
Here in Serbia, when we depart from each other on long journeys we say "Zbogom" which means "With God"
I spent hours robbing the sleeping refugees
This is true. Even more so considering it's the time of the Hussite wars. The Hussite period is one of the most important eras of Czech history because it was a huge revolt agaist the Catholic church and their greed. At the time religion was literally number 1 topic and all that's happening in the game is happening because the Czechs decided to rise agaist the church in the name of God. Just to give an example, one of the most famous songs from czech history is called "Ktož sú Boží bojovníci" (or Ye who are the warriors of God) and it was basically an anthem of the Hussites.
And for the country where each greeting nod
Is dear to Him in whom we do believe
For meeting friends we say: “Praise be to God”…
O Lord I grieve…
Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Moja Piosnka (II)
Regarding "overreligious" people... It's matter of culture and language. Here in Croatia, common greetings till mid 20th ct (especially in rural areas), literally translated were: praise to Jesus and Mary, praise Jesus, glory to Jesus Christ, May God help you, God bless you, God be with you, and then unreligious: good [part of a day], be healthy, my bow. In South we still say "adio". And then you have to throw in every now and then in your speech "ifgodwillsit". Bosnia, Serbia and Ukraine are similar. It might be case with Czech too
Yes , these greetings are still used.
It is with Hungary.
No, not lately. But i think that religious greetings were phased out of existence mainly during commie era. Communist regime cracked down on religious people pretty heavily. In some villages, people still said "blessed be Jesus Christ" as a greeting, but not anymore. A polite greeting today is "Good day".
It's still in English also. Goodbye is literally just the contraction of "God be with ye" into "Godbwye," ultimately becoming Goodbye. Here in the rural Southeast of the United States I hear, "Bless you" and "Bless your heart" all the time in normal talk. Also common when people talk about someone who has died to end the sentence with, "God rest their soul." I imagine rural medieval Europe would be very similar in the habits of speech of the people.
Yeah in Bavaria and austria as well
Lovers of historical realism unite!
You must mean historycal realism,* right?
I actually meant hysterical realism. My blunder! ;)
Glitch lovers unite
+Krumbell Gorls
Well gee I'm sorry that we don't have a game that can run on the average gaming PC that 100% perfectly models reality with no abstractions.
Why don't you take your lofty expectations and cry in a corner.
Or better yet, get a particle physics degree and develop a low-cost GPU that can do this.
+Ender Skies
There are no AAA prices.
There are what a game is worth, which is exactly what people are willing to pay for it.
End of story.
You want to make the game with the most complex social system and combat system in history and charge 20 bucks for it, go right ahead.
Some of the points are wrong in this video. Example. The point about how there should be firearms because they were used in wars in the 1410s is off because the game is set in 1403. Just something I noticed.
Its visi And it is stated in the latter part of the game that they do not have black power (aka gunpowder) in those parts of Bohemia.
@@litfurher4206 yeah I wasn't that far in when I made that comment. Lol
They had firearms in the 1400s? Really?
Gideon Bellamy Yes
@@litfurher4206 Where?
Anyone else lose all their free time to this game?
Mike Watson I did, I'm loving this game so much
Lost my life lol have 60+ hours been playing since release.
For Honor has mine with Apollon event.
Johnnie Hansen this event is awesome, along with the double xp, that sadly ended...
Dear diary... It's day 10 and i haven't eaten or slept since the release of Kingdom Come. My 6th attempt at sending SOS signals have proven to be another failure. No rescue in sight. (Note to myself: Do not set your bed sheets on fire when you run out of flammable objects)
I can feel my communication skills with other humans fading since i can't remember the last time I've had a conversation. How did the humans start one? Am i a human? (Not to self: An increase in deliriousness has been discovered. Don't eat the pillow again)
Hallucinations are a frequent happening due to lack of sleep and I'm experiencing weird side effects from drinking the liquid droplets from my computer liquid cooler system, but i do it to stay hydrated.
Also today i made a new friend. It's Mr. Pillow. He's missing a part of his face, but he's a good friend who's also a very good listener.
Also today i ate Mr. Pillow. I will now mourn him.
Moral(s) of the wideo:
1 change clothing
2 make it cleaner
3 make armour tighter
4 make eyeslits tighter
5 increase punching power with gauntlets
6 decrease punching power against armour (might even deal dmg to attacker)
7 Add lances
8 Add ability to run over people with horse (might even Add ability to increase the dmg)
And for god's sake, give us the ability to wipe off the blood from swords! :)
Portable camping gear would be nice too.
Moral of the video: Don't fuck with Kunesh.
The medivel era certainly wasn't that clean....
9. Add crossbows
10. Add handheld firearms
+Agnar “Hagal” Selvik That would ba a DLC worth buying.
Hey Raf :), I just saw an Interview with people from Warhorse and they spoke about the horse. They made a specific behavior for the horses in the game, that they automatically avoid objects in their way (horse riding, lone horse wandering). Buuuuut, they had a problem, which they clarified a loong time. This behavior caused the horses avoided even stones on the roads (they were zig-zaging on a standard road). Therefore they removed the behavior, because they had no time to fix this. I believe they will fix this eventually :) I would give you the interview, but it's in Czech. You made a great video (as you always do). Best wishes from "Bohemia" ;)
Indeed. They made some decision like this one, just because sometimes there is a thing as too much realism.
I imagine many people would be unhappy if they accidentally killed some peasants while riding through a village.
Mr.Vojtik I would say repeatedly running them over should hurt them I purchased a tier 5 warhorse.. I would like it to perform like one. :D
Just My Masked I they didn't have time to fix it cuz they rushed the game out for some reason
I never felt saviour schnaps to be so expensive.
I just make sure I always have 1 on hand in case I need.
Still is it a cumbersome system. They really should add an option to change the save system to something more traditional. It is a single player game let players who want to save when ever they like, have that option. Nobody is forced to use such an option and nobody looses something by having it. Actually in most games you can just decide not to use quicksave (unbind the key) and only rely on autosaves.
@@Brot1984 your
I’ve played the whole time without using one I just sleep at inns
@@flyingbisquick3798 so you would go to sleep before every mission you were doing? Otherwise you might lose alot of progress
Emil Brandwyne well the game auto saves when you finish missions but I go to an inn before I start the missions
Medieval People were generally very religious definitely more so than people today. I don't think that it's unrealistic that people bring up god all the time.
Those greetings are still used in countryside. In Czech republic, in Slovakia. When you meet somebody and he/shi is working, you say "Pomohaj Pan Boh" - God help you! Or you are going to wisit your grandmother, you say her Pochaválen buď Ježis Krtistus! Jesus Christus be praised! When you leaving for a lon time you say With god! Zbohom! ...and more
In Bavaria (Germany) they say "Grüß Gott" that means 1:1 "Greetings to God" well i'm from lower saxony... (northern part of Germany or Kingdom of Hanover ;) ) we say "moin" that just mean hello, and "moin moin" that even invites to a little conversation or you can say "Tag" that would transalated to "Day" but means "Good Day", at the evening we even say "nabend" that means "Good evening" btw. you can say "moin" and "moin moin" to any day time
Dragon lord464 Austria (where I live) aswell. You say "Grüß Gott!" to everyone, regardless of anyone's religion.
TheItalianoAssassino well its common in the southern germanic countrys, i think its the near to rome and the catholic church, after the reformation the northern german parts are protestantic when i other wise the southern are catholic. And the Catholics are more..religious than the protestants are, well in the past definetly, today i would say science is the religious of all modern people.
You say "Grüß Gott" in protestant Württemberg
I like the saving system, but I agree with having a choice to change it.
They are going to add this option with the next patch, next week.
I use mod to circumvent this.. the game is an open world mmorpg.. so i. Wanna experiment in every choices that i have.. so the save system of this game is detrimental for my play style
Mmorpg? As in massive MULTIPLAYER role playing game? That's uh...news to me?
I think the MMO part is lost in translation. As in, they are unaware of the acronym Massively Multiplayer Online.
Maybe they meant to say FPRPG for First Person Role Playing Game
Or open world role playing game?
Jesus Christ be praised, God be with you, etc. are all greetings that are used out of habit because medieval Europe was so religiously centered. As you can see in the game, people often don't buy what the church says, they're not all religious fundamentalists; however, you do have to expect life in general to roam around God and Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ or the Bible and on the other side the big religious institutions were always very seperated issues. Most people who could understand the first even just by intuition came to the conclusion that the second often were a fraud.
Even in today's society we stick to old religious sayings. In Germany everybody still says "Gott sei Dank!" (Thank god!) when something great or ulikely happens or something bad doesn't happen.
Thank God and God bless you are things even most atheists say out of habit even today, and “Goodbye” is just a contraction/corruption of “God be with you”. Cause that’s how often it was said.
Until a young preacher called Jan Hus arrived...
Not to mention that not being religious in that time could be quite dangerous as you could easly be called heretic.
"Jesus Christ be praised!" is my standard greeting now
as a christian thats all i say
The "overly religious" bit is interesting. I absolutely get where you're coming from, but, to be fair, I think this is mostly the fault of translation from Czech being too literal at times. We're one of the most atheist countries, but our everyday language is still riddled with "religious" references. Nobody really notices that and if you asked people why are they so religious, they wouldn't likely even understand what you're talking about, because they're just saying it on a subconscious level, not as part of any religious beliefs. And obviously the reason why we're still using these in everyday language despite being a very atheistic country is obviously because it's something that has been in our language for a long time. Hearing someone greet you with "Praise the Lord!" in English does come off very differently than hearing a Czech equivalent of the same greeting - if someone greets you with "Pozdravpánbůh" (Praise the Lord, more or less), you won't think he's religious - you'd think he's a bit too old fashioned, and if it's a fairly young person, that he's trying to tell you he's aiming for a very casual style of talk. So it's possible the devs didn't even realize this difference between how it comes off in English and in Czech.
It's actually one of the few examples where I would consider the English version of the game being worse off than the Czech one (as I find the Czech subtitles - there's no Czech dub currently) being quite bad and very inappropriate for the game (as the characters are basically talking current everyday Czech, often even in a strong slang, and more often than not also using ridiculously strong language, which comes off as not just needless, but also not fitting the portrayed era at all - not that people were not using strong language at the time, they absolutely were, but they were not using 21st century swear words and language).
I know this is probably a dumb question, but are people of faith discriminated in your country with it being mostly atheist? I know most are regular nice people like yourself but I've also met some who were pretty hostile about me being of Christian faith. ( In the U.S.)
@@TexanTemplar Not discriminated, but it's considered weird to actually believe in god, :D Many people find religion ridiculous.
@@Loostyc ahh I see. My church is kinda like that one guy speaking in one of the towns in the game lol. When he speaks about how religion doesn't get us into heaven, only a relationship with Jesus Christ.
@@TexanTemplar A religious Czech here. I don't say that I don't feel discriminated by anyone. But that could be just because people around me are tolerant.
Ace Tex you must be a Protestant. Makes sense being firm US most Christians there left Europe because of religious persecution.
Metadron, you have been fooled by that armourer I guess. He sold you a cheap fake armour and made you pay full price. you should be thankful to that peasant to proof that. instead of paying more money on repairing you should have gone right to the local authorities to report the smith
Michael Furtwangen Wait you for real? There are actually dirt bag smiths selling fake armour and you can be cheated into buying one?
Lol no, I haven't played it yet. but it would be really funny 😉
Sadly Metatron, most likely overpaid for that armor.
Even in a fake armour worn with mail and padded jacket, that peasant shouldn't be able to pommel it with bare hands. Even a stick would have made more sense. That guy is definitely from a different game.
Also, the muppet is drunk and pretty big guy. If he was drunk at the time he could ignore the pain a lot (also explains the overconfidence)
still, it's indeed absurd
In the cobblers shop in Rattay you can purchase "fashionable shoes" which look like the shoes you mention in the video that you find lacking, they are in the game, they are just quite rare as they are very expensive.
I laughed out loud that you couldn't beat the drunk beggar the second time.
Hey I agree, punching metal plates should break your fist, but also, you must be terrible at brawling in this game haha good one.
I think he missed he receives damage when out of stamina and didn't watch his stamina properly.
10:45 this is actually referenced in game. On the Siege of [SPOILER] quest when you enlist the help of the famous engineer. He states that they should be using a sort of hand cannon (forgot the name of it). However master feyfar shoots him down saying that, in the countryside gunpowder is difficult to come by.
The over-religious behavior of characters might seem like that because of many religious greetings(''God bless you.'' ''Jesus Christ be praised.'' etc.) that are present in czech language, we still know(and sometimes, but rarely use) them today. And I myself can think of 3 that I've heard said to me in casual conversation with older folks.
Frank Teryngel indeed, and similar phrases can be found in multiple cultures. Inshallah is to my understanding ubiquitous throughout the Arabic speaking world and means God willing. And in Shakespearean English egads a contraction of Oh god.
It's just that it's over used and even character in the game that don't belive in god says god bless you
My Runt glitched so he said godbless you and wanted to trade with me lol
Speed Force Heh, then it's even more accurate. Czech Republic is one of the most atheistic countries, and yet, we sometimes use these religious answers just because they are used(even english has that, have you ever heard anyone say ''Jesus Christ.'' or ''Oh my God!'' as a statement? I'm quite sure you did and the odds are, that that person doesn't go to church, blasphemes and is religious at best just on the paper, but not in reality).
Yes 'goodbye' is short for God be with you
Well the dominant English speaking country in the world is the USA so actually odds are that person is in fact religious thankfully. I'm glad we don't have the same problems you have.
Just something i want to point out at 28:30 , in Austria we still greet people with a hearty "Grüß Gott" wich literally translated means "greet god". It might sound strange to you ( dont know where you are from) but it is common use of language here ;)
It is common on parts of Bavaria,too
Don't pick fights with medieval Mike Tyson, armor or not.
E'll bite your ear off 'e will!
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The bow is hard but, as a bow lover I can say that if you force yourself to use it more and more you get better better and your bow sways less. The biggest tip I can give is don’t take so long. Learn your bow sway.
You should line up the shot before drawing the bow and by the end of the draw the bow lines up then starts swaying. It should be one full motion, release the arrow right when you finish the bows full draw. One fluid motion. Line up, draw, release.
Hope that helps everyone trying to figure out the bow mechanics. It works, it just isn’t easy to learn.
I found the same to be true when I played. It took hours but my guy eventually became more and more accurate. I loved that in the end it made being snuck up on by groups a breeze.
This part of bohemia was relatively late in adopting gun powder. They mention this in game too.
By 1346 the English already used it in battle, which means it would have been in Bohemia for at least several years.
I could see how it could have been a couple years, but more than 50 years? No, no.
Ralph Vermolen it was used in bohemia but these are small lords so things naturaly would take more time. Characters in game heard and know of it but they say there isn't any in the region.
I understand that, but I'd use the Japanese as an example of my argument.
Firearms were introduced to the Japanese in 1542 and by 1575 they were adopted by almost (if not all) Japanese clans and were massively used in one of the battles which shaped the future of Japan, the battle of Nagashino.
My point here is that I understand that not every single lord could afford Firearms for his troops, but there being none at all seems more like a balancing decision than historical accuracy.
As for there being none in the entire region, that is unlikely as well, since travelling merchants would make a ton of money by selling it to lords who were located far from any manufacturers.
Ralph, it's not a good comparison. By 1542, firearms had gotten much better, so it was obvious to the japanese that they should adopt them and quickly. In 1403, and not to mention 1346, they were just extravagant objects which had a horrible fire rate, very poor penetration, low accuracy, and broke so often they possibly were more of a threat for the user than the enemy. Have a look at handguns; awful tools.
For a general idea, tercios were adopted in 1530 by Spain, and they still had only 20% arquebusiers at best, the rest being mostly pikemen. Because firearms were still pretty awful.
Ralph Vermolen any history book will make mention that the Hussits made fire arms popular in bohemia
Riding a horse through the woods is slow. You don't gallop in the woods.
Kinda lame about no crossbows when your father mentions their existence in the first few scenes of the game lol
They planned on adding them, but from what I've heard, they were having problem programming them and couldn't fix them in time, so they removed them entirely.
The big issue was game balance. A crossbow would have unbalanced a great majority of the combat, so they left them out. A standard issue in game development trying to dance with reality.
@@TheWorldsprayer Balancing crossbows? Bullshit, if they wanted to make the game realistic (which they did), then they would add them no-matter the balance (which they didn't). And even then they should be pretty easy to balance. They have easier aiming, longer effective range and greater penetration than bows, however they are balanced by the fact that it takes forever to reload them (relatively speaking) and just like bows they should also be less of a threat once you get scale or plate armor (or really good gambeson I quess).
@@fanta4897 They're still building a game with a desired experience. It's their choice and I believe the game was better off for it.
@@braveheart1320 You KCD fanboys are the reason this game is dying
Religion was a really important part of medieval life. I kind disagree with you on this topic.
@Catch_Me_If_You_Can No its not. Today you wouldnt get hanged like in medieval ages just by saying you dont believe in god, some other ways of believing(hence heretic) or burning "witches".
Nowadays, we think everything in terms of money. In medieval times, religion was the lens you looked through to understand the world
Catch_Me_If_You_Can Well there are different generations see things differently. Today it wouldn’t be tolerated if you were yelling at someone for their beliefs and words. In game people were beaten and yelled at for talking bad about politics. Also around this time it was a holy thing to kill non believers, and people became saints for it. For the time they use religion a realistic amount.
I agree with you on this. They just came out of the inquisition and probably identified themselves first and foremost as Christians(different then the heathens in that other country).
@Catch_Me_If_You_Can in Catholic lands only Latin was allowed? Okay sure
Damn that conversation with delayed reply was so spot on I find it hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ianpresident And the zoomed shot if his shoulder, lol. Sometimes Henry's head would get right in front if the camera, but he had no eyes and you could see the background through his eye sockets. Disturbing and hilarious.
I think you're suffering from some form of amnesia. You love how it takes time and effort to become an effective swordsman but proclaim archery broken upon first glance.
I'm a bit of an amateur archery enthusiast, and I'll tell you, the son of a blacksmith picks up a bow one day out of nowhere with little to no instruction, yes, he'll miss a target 3 meters away the first 20 times. Most of those attempts, he'll simply drop the arrow to the ground at his feet or fail to seat the string in the nock at all.
I too had all kinds of trouble gitting gud at archery, but now I can win the expert Archery competition in Rattay 8/10 (It would be 9/10, but there's always that one dude who never takes a shot and forces you to forfeit by walking away) times and generally don't miss game. The key is to loose the moment you've reached full draw. You're always going to be on-target from where you began if you draw and loose in one motion. If you hold too long, you'll begin to sway and you'll miss.
Aj Dembroski I don't know what you're talking about. I suppose a completely basic bow could be possible like that, but at least with modern compound bows, when I first started I could still hit a target roughly 5 meters away. Not a bullseye obviously but, still able to hit
Bow shooting is not that hard, owned Hans Capon on first try hitting every arrow... I killed that one knight on his horse with my bow while riding, it's so easy... He just sucks at this and blames the game for that.
There are a lot of people complaining about it so it's not just me, Joshua, just have a look at the forums
I can understand it Metatron, since you play with Playstation controller, which must be a lot harder than the comparitive accuracy of the mouse..
I cheated like a total bitch and put a tiny piece of tape on my TV as an aiming reference. Archery is pretty easy now.
be grateful they had the spine to stand up to the diversity police.
Hero Support tru
Here in Europe we are more relaxed
SCDJMU quite the opposite, seems like NA,EU,Asia, all continets are just SJW filled now.
Daniel Vávra was deplatformed from Gamelab 2018 in Barcelona. Spain.
@@SCDJMU Only eastern Europe
Jesus christ be praised!
God be with you
Go with god
May the Lord watches over you.
Come closer and have a smell! FRESH BREAAAD!
I don't agree with you about the religion. Church in medieval times had the power over everyone. The whole culture was based over religion.
and it still is in a sense but atheists think we just randomly came up with morals and laws when we stopped being cavemen.
@@valens5287 well we did we make our own morals which changes and differ from each culture country
It was not a ton different from today in common population when the priests weren't around actually. Nobody went around when his mate told him what he did last night and yelled "That's blasphemy!". Actually the priest in the game itself is a good depiction of how many of the normal population were.
@@valens5287
It's not about that. It's just some people don't feel the need to worship a god, to have morals. No need to go to church on Sundays, to treat other people with kindness. Besides a lot of self proclaimed religious people don't follow the moral codes of their own religion.
@Dugunthi not the world, just the western world. Also untouched civilizations still eat and sacrifice people even to this day, societies weren't on the same level. You can be an edgy atheist about it, but it still doesn't change the fact that a lot of the european laws were based on christianity.
A lot of your comments sound like: "I've seen it like that in a historical source, so in order to be historically accurate everything has to look exactly like the source".
You said it yourself: 100% historical accuracy is utopic, so even more so, there is A LOT that we don't know aside from the sources (I believe you know that most of them are rarely more than a very individual and momentary representation of the authors' or the employers' view on the world at that time) and you shouldn't generalize by using only sources to support your criticism only to make a point because it is unfortunately quite harmful to the perception of "accuracy". Remember, actual accurate critical thinking is rare these days, people gladly believe what you say when you sound "accurate" enough because they're too lazy and arrogant to make an effort themselves and gladly take other peoples' work over doing it themselves. Especially when it's free...
I'm just taking the very first few things to make my point:
- Only because underwear is not shown in graphic sources, doesn't mean it was never shown. When you look at a graphic representation of our time, underwear is not the most prominent factor in fashion, yet A LOT of people walk around in what appears to be underwear. Why would it have been any different, only 500 years ago? Only because the artists might have been prudes or maybe forbidden to show underwear by their prude employers, doesn't mean that he people have been just as prude.
- Why exactly are coifs meant to be laced and not loose? Because they have two laces? Our jackets have zippers and we wear them unzipped quite often. It's a matter of laziness and/or comfort, not rule and/or "completion".
- Laced on sleeves did exist, that's a fact. So arguing about the quality of what we see OCCASIONALLY on characters is useless because you don't know what the reason for both the large gap and the large lace is: only because master-tailors did it better, doesn't mean everyone wore perfectly sewn on laces. Maybe the bought the dress, could only afford that one (which isn't uncommon) and altered it to their needs, like wearing it short sleeved in summer and long sleeved in winter and the lack of skill made the manufaturer of what we see use the lace at hand which was probably some working piece of string and not thread.
I could go on, but I won't since my points are the following and I think you already get them:
- Only because we don't have sources or evidence of something having happened or not, doesn't mean we can make a rule out of it and claim it has or has never happened exactly like it. Practical reenactment and archaeology has shown over and over that practicality was dominant, not accuracy and has proven many times over that many things we believed to be true, in fact might have been just too obstructive to have been done that way.
- The sources we have are highly doubtable because we know that most of them have been commissioned work and therefore prone to individualism, not generalism.
- Critical thinking, especially historically and scientifically, should not be supported by sources but directed towards them: take what you have and try and try it over and over again until you KNOW that it works or not and not just believe it does or doesn't supported by that one or some sources. "Truth is not defined by a majority vote" (although philosophically even that is debatable ^^).
The game never claimed to be 100% historically accurate.
It's good it is not because that would make the game totally lame and incomprehensible (do you know any Bohemian?).
It is by far the best and most accurate depiction of the medieval era in gaming we have so far.
The information it provides should indeed not be used as a historical source but can indeed be used as a very good starting point for in-depth research with very promising results.
Therefore:
Your criticism is justified and might be helpful, concerning scientific and maybe even historical accuracy.
Unfortunately your approach is just as inaccurate as what you're criticizing. In fact, you're criticizing your own way of research... ^^
Now, I hope I did not insult you or your work. I don't know it any better (because we can't really). I was merely trying to point out flaws I saw, just like you did, while trying not to judge any of it.
Just like you do, I highly respect and appreciate your and other peoples' work and dedication in that area and only want to contribute to the bigger picture.
Kepp up the good work, I enjoy it a lot!
Crazy how they only had 5 million for development and skyrim had over 80 million.. knowing that I’ll take the bugs in the beginning. Great video
Skyrim was glitchy AF on release as well.
Chicken Biscuits it still is at some point :D
Rocco 44 they had 35
Vávra said few days ago, they had not enough time to add crossbows. I am sure they will be in the next episode which is almost certainly in the making (KCD sold more than 3 mil. copies, it would be a sin to not continue...)
Edit: there is a fine mod for saving system allowing you to save whenever you need.
I have been waiting for this so much
I feel quite hungry...
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But has the Metatron spread its wings tho?
Yep, he has.
There's something to be explained about the peasant situation. Basically, fistfights are not common in the game, so they really didn't make much of an effort there. What happens is that brawling damage is registered as blunt damage, which is quite efficient against armor.
Sorry Metatron, but about those "over religious people" as you called them, you have no idea what you are talking about. Go to countryside in countries like Czech Republic, Slovakia or Poland (and Im sure this apply also to many others countries in Europe) and you will see that a lot of people there are still very (and I mean VERY) religious and talk like that. Im from Poland myself. When Im in countryside people are always greeting by saying "Niech bedzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus", "Na wieki wiekow". Whitch means something like "Let Jesus Christ be praised", "For all eternity". There is much more of that, generally people are talking about God, Jesus and Virgin Marry a lot. And they always taking their hats and cross themself when they see cross or wayside shrine. Honestly Im suprised that you are so suprised about that. I always thought that Italians are quite religious people. And btw Im atheist myself so no one can acuse me of being biased here. Even nonreligious people are acting like that in certain situations, especially if we are dealing with older people. This is just tradition. So if people here (and Im sure this also applys to Czech Republic, even when its most atheistic country on earth right now) are acting like that in XXI centure, Im sure like hell that they were even more religious in XV century. Your rant about this is very weird in my opinion. Cheers.
Kretek,
Same in Ireland. Many people in the countryside are still very religious. And even those that do not practice, they still carry out many traditional Catholic customs without realizing it. That's just how rural Irish society works. Many people still go to mass. When people walk or drive pass a church they bless themselves. People still often say "God bless" and other religious greetings/goodbyes when speaking English. In Gaelic the standard greetings are religious anyway. I experienced a great deal of culture shock when moving to a more urban area in the United States, in realizing that people take offense to religious greetings and practices in public (especially if said practices are Christian). It came off as strange.
I grew up around many Polish immigrants who came to Ireland in the early 2000s. One way they connected with the native Irish was through a common appreciation of both religion and alcohol. Ye lads are a fine group of people if I may say so.
Ah, religion and alcohol. We also like potatoes, just like you guys :)
"especially if said practices are Christian"
Uh, what? You go somewhere in the US and try to say something UNChristian and you're likely to get at least a sour look. In some states you'd be in real physical danger.
Wveth,
I don't know where you live in the US but where I am is completely different. Sure I can imagine it would be like as you said in some of the deep south Evangelical areas but even then "physical violence" seems a bit hyperbolic. Note that I said I was in a more urban area too, a hardcore Democrat area at that. When in public using christian phrases and greetings, even during Christmas, is not advised as it could be deemed "offensive". I just found it a bit silly when I first moved here, to be offended by things like "Merry Christmas" or God bless". I wouldn't get offended if a Jew said "Happy Hanukkah" to me.
For God's sake, just go to modern day Krakow, you'll see sculptures of "Jesus Christ" everywhere, even markets filled with portraits of the Pope. Metatron, you need to see the World a little ;)
"I met the historian, she's very nice."
*But is she single?*
Ruben de Jong well - not anymore I would guess.
in-game saving is really easy, just pick up every nettle and belladonna you see. after 5 mins you'll have enough for like 50 savior schnapps, you can save anywhere, but you'll get drunk from it so you have to be a bit careful that you don't overdo it and end up blacked out halfway across Bohemia. Alchemy is quite intriguing in this game as it's like a minigame. as long as you follow the recipe you'll get 3 potions every brew attempt, which will add up very fast.
16:22 "Since the times of Gothic 3"
Hello, darkness, my old friend...
Peasant had some rolled coins in his hands lol
CodeAtlas he practiced the art of iron fists...
Seriously, if you have to strike armour, use palmstrikes, hammerfists or ottoman slaps.
You can buy pointy shoe at the cobblers place and the fluff for it talks about how they are in style and no one ever says pebbles is a war horse he is just a random horse from the stables given to you by a guy who didn't like or want you going with him although I agree with the rest
Crusader537 yeah warhorse is a horse you can buy at a horse stable. He did not say it was pebbles.
true but he talk about all horses what i ment is that not all horses are warhorse he make no distinction
Crusader537 even the best horse, whose named Warhorse, is not very warlike.
Wait, about crossbow. I remember seeing early development video with it showing up, either they don't have enough time to implement it into the game or they leave it out for gameplay balancing.
You are very right. -- they removed them because they didn't have enough time to properly balance them.
"Saving system" *Holding a mace* OK HE'S ALL OUT ANGRY-
You are right minimally about the thema of crossbows! Bohemia was the country of crossbows during this time period, not bows like in England!
Archery is fine, you just gotta find the sweet spot of where to aim, once you find it you will be able to accurately hit targets at 10 meters, I'd say I hit 85% of the shots within 10-15 meters range, the only thing that bothers me is how slow the arrows fly, but you just gotta find that sweet spot of where to aim and you'll be landing those shots. Also, it specifically says that up until level 5, your character is NOT able to hold the bow the right way, so up until then it will be very difficult to hit a target since your arms are wobbling all over the place. Practice your archery, level up to 5 and stop complaining about a feature which is there for a reason.
Also, anyone noticed that he doesn't need to drink? I don't think I have drunk in over 20 in-game days, realistic? No xDDD
haha yes, I am kinda confused by this because it actually sais it RIGHT ON THE ARCHERY SKILL!
I still haven't gotten to level 5 myself, but even I have sort of figured out how to aim.
The reason I haven't gotten there is because I'd need to spend a day hunting rabbits and am too lazy to do it.
That and I already have full plate and a shield so I'd almost invincible in melee combat anyway. What do I need a bow for?
he is also playing on PS4, so not as much control as you get with a mouse.
There is a console command that puts crosshair when aiming with the bow. You still cant hit anything more than 10 meters away but at least one problem is solved. The arc is still an issue
True. But I do not know how to compute it, as I am not an archer. Also I fired bows (35-40 lbs) before and the do not arc thaaat much. Not in 15 meters range anyway. This is a game, it should be fun to use. No visual indicators for the arc or anything
I dunno, I can hit bunnies from like 10 meters almost always even though my archery skill is lower than 5.
That peasant rant felt like a forgotten Aunty Donna skit
One thing i like about the combat is that if you're up against more than one person, what happens is that the opponents just start hitting you, and theres nothing you can do. Where as in other games, the opponents attack one at a time, even though they have you surrounded.
IRL horses stear themselves to some degree. That's what I want to see in horse riding, not just motorcycles with pretty hair.
Like in Breath of the Wild (somewhat)?
Yes, it is funny how games (and riding motorbikes) ingrains this into your head. The first time I was doing some proper horse riding (i.e. not just sitting on a horse being lead by someone else as a kid) I had to keep reminding myself I don't have to steer the horse like a bike, the horse is not completely stupid and in fact a lot can be done by voice (and by appropriately pressing your legs against the horse's body). Also, sometimes the horse just wants to do something and if you're not a very experienced rider, he will know and just do whatever he wants (particularly if there is something tasty around). Or he will go forward but not exactly on the side of the road you'd want him to, because the other side looks nicer...the fact that there are a lot of branches hanging above that side of the road which will hit the rider is not the horse's problem.
Funnily enough, they actually wanted to add this feature to the game. However, at the time of release, it was too buggy and so they took it out.
With all the hard work they are putting into this, it is very likely they will fix and re-add this feature.
lol yeah my to
they had this mechanic in game, but it was too buggy, horse was seeing all small stones on roads as obstacles and was behaving crazy
I've seen these exact hinges on historical bascinets from that period. They're not side hinges, but a way to put on a mask with pins on a usual up and down hinge on both sides. Hope I put it half way understandable :D
His point was that they were rare, not that they didn't exist.
@@Wveth his point was that all three weren’t on there at the same time. Hinges depended on the bascinet type and was a mounting system for a specific visor. Some bascinets had one hinge above the forehead as a mounting system for a klappvisor or a Bretache. A normal bascinet had no hinges and no external camail or Vervelles, but it did have an internal liner. A fully visored bascinet was the one that knights normally wore and it had hinges on the side for the visor to be mounted.
Playing on PC with game installed on an SSD has eliminated all the weird pauses in convo's and loading areas. Also a mod for saving was released a day or after the game was released allows for unlimited saving. Sooo much nicer to play in this scenario. Hopefully the console versions will get some mods.
Awesome, thank you :)
Would you mind doing an evaluation of some Total War games? Like Rome 2 or Shogun 2?
Shogun 2 is a good game but it's very far from historical accuracy is any shape or form. There are some major conscious weeaboo decisions.
First and the worst offender--all katana units (not counting Nodachi units): there are no such units in history whatsoever because Katana is a personal defense weapon used by primarily pole-arm or bow wielding soldiers as a quick draw secondary weapon (In fact, any one who is remotely familiar with historical warfare will see how nonsensical and ineffective these units will be in real life).
Secondly, Arquebas dominated Japanese warfare because it was clearly better than every other handheld projectile weapons Japanese had ever had access to at the time. A realistic Arquebus should have the best range in addition to the morale dropping and armor piercing effect. Indeed, aside from the rate of fire, gun units should be better than bow units in every conceivable ways in Shogun 2.
Thirdly, all ranged Samurai units should be formidable close quarter fighters with their personal defense katanas. The whole point of Samurai were Japanese take on the highly adaptable East Asian nomadic soldiers from the great steppe, so they were all trained to master all weapons include ranged fighting. The yeomen archers that can't shoot while moving and can't take on professional soldiers in close quarter combat has few equivalents in East Asian warfare because recurve bow is a expensive non-peasantry weapon that demands costly maintenance but grants the wielder the ability to shoot as well as long bow while mobile and much shorter albeit more stiff string pull to enable mounted archery. The owners of these weapons tend to also be relatively wealthy professional soldiers who were well equipped and well trained in other areas of warfare so they shouldn't be lousy close quarter fighters with poor morale. Again, all ranged units that's samurai or Ronin tier should function like the Foot Samurai unit from the Rise of Samurai DLC in close quarter combat, and the stats of Katana Samurai should be the base stats for all samurai units with little alterations based on the unit's choice of weapon and specialized role.
Ravenpy
I see there are people not caring about their lives😂
Anyways, I love your comment, you put lots of detail in it and it seems to be really logical. Although I knew that the Katana was a secondary weapon. Just as you may see in historical Europe. The Longsword was the same equivalent to the Katana by functioning as a secondary weapon. But to be honest it's actually one of the best Total War games. Like Metatron said in this Video, he is still recommending KC: D, though being sometimes disappointed.
Lastly I apologize for unclear usage of English, I'm not a native.
Ravenpy got any source for that? Not that I doubt your information or insulting you, I want a more in depth in this topic because I'm very interested!
Unfortunately no because most of what I said is rather basic information like steel plate armor cannot be cut through by swords in realistic situations. If you don't believe me, just do some basic online research on warfare of Sengoku Jidai, you won't find katana centric units but you also won't find people directly refuting it because no one expect this expectation. About arquebus domination in Sengoku Jidai. If you know anything about Oda Nobunaga's military record, you will know how the power of guns changed Japanese warfare forever (practically replaced all handheld projectile weapon in big battles; Samurais were still using bows for personal or small scale skirmish for it's fast fire rate). For my last point, just read stuff about recurve bow. It's a compact bow that packs a punch but without being cumbersome. Finally, just research Samurai's military role before Tokugawa period and you will find evidence that Samurais are basically elite mounted or dismounted ranged fighters who can also fight well in close quarter as a secondary functionality (I'm not suggesting Foot Samurais would stand a chance against cavalry charges with katana alone). I think my last point might be a bit too absolute as Chinese does have a lot of conscript low morale poorly geared and trained units in Medieval days.
TPS Nighthunter I agree that Shogun 2 is an amazing game and I also somewhat understand their unit choice. If most of the samurais units got similar stats, the game would be even worse on the lack of unit variety issue which is the only real unsatisfying feature of the game.
The peasent had Brass knuckles made out of pommels.
The archery is just practice, I had to practice quite a lot, but at the end the reward of getting it right made me very happy. Now on a replay I enjoyed my previous skills and wasn´t so difficult to use it
@Metatron, I just want to point out a few things here, may edit to put more as the video plays, but 1. Powder based weapons are mentioned on the siege as I'm sure by now you have seen it, the area the game plays on does not have that tech yet. And 2. Henry is actually a knight, afterall, later after the infiltration on Vrenik, the second bandit fort, it is revealed to you (and to Henry, poor Czech) that he is a noble bastard.
Plus, the case of being beaten by a peasant, he just had more ability with the fists lol, plus, all the punches go towards the head on this game, there is no plate punching.
Plus 2, I do agree that the game is unstable, but really, just learn alchemy and you'll have an infinite supply of saves.
Plus...3 the miller's bed stops being an save point if you take too longo to pay your debt to him.
LOL, the conversation part is so real!
And i thought I would be going to bed at a decent sleep.
"I want to save when i feel something fishy in the air". A skill all Skyrim players have: Detecting oncoming ctds :')
Thumbs up for Morrowind love.
Oh man, I miss that game. The absolutely gorgeous atmosphere and music...such a blast!
The Ecletick Gamer never been a faction quite like the Telvanni.
I didnt even know he liked morrowind. that gives extra brownie points.
i just played through the whole game and all the DLC again last year and i enjoyed every second of it.
Loved the zoomed in clip of your arm during the conversation simulation! Great review.
I have click so fast just got the new update today I can finally train in sowrdmanship thank god. I needed that patch.
Not enough Cringe in video :(
We need more cringe! GG China No.1 U mad bro? EZ
I come here for the cringe
The dark beard makes cringe so good!
He is Italian. We tend to do something like this a lot.
Nice picture
I so fell in love with the countryside, I don't know as much on styles and art, but the architecture, country and fighting system was so fun. I am eagerly awaiting what warhorse will come up with next.
I always come back to the Apple dialogue segment of this video whenever I need a good laugh. Brilliant.
You talked about progression and not being a hero killing many opponents alone. I loved that, initially. I remember during the first mission I was being chased by few Hungarians. I turned around, drew my blade and thought to myself "Hah, come at me!" to then be utterly destroyed. I loved it, I'm the son of a blacksmith, why would I beat trained soldiers, and more importantly outnumbered?
The problem is that as you progress through the game, towards the end, you become utterly op to the point it's completely immersion breaking just like the various bugs. In order to test how op I was, I decided I'd go on a rampage in Rattay and kill everyone. Guess what? I single-handedly killed over 20 guards, and I was only stopped because a main character started fighting me and I couldn't kill him. Totally unstoppable, if it weren't for that.
The other thing I don't like is that the game doesn't really encourage you to go for side quests, at least that was my experience, so I finished the game in a couple days because the only meaningful thing I felt like doing was completing main quests. And the story isn't even so interesting, very clichè-like. "Oh, baddies attack and kill your parents, get revenge, save the King". Ugh...
Oh and, no lances on horse, what the heck? Come on!
New patch allegedly raised endurance of higher level enemies. Allegedly.