For all the people who have never met him and just never get random encounters: I too had some issues with not getting the random encounters in my game, but this guide fixed it for me: www.reddit.com/r/kingdomcome/comments/8v9p02/how_to_get_more_random_encounters_any_kcd_version/ very handy if you want something happening at every crossroads.
I'd be pissed too if I trained from the Age of 12 or so to become a knight, only to end up getting bested by some village fuckwit with a few weeks to a month of training LOL.
@@w4tch0ut10i disagree, it would be realistic if it was the amount of enemies that makes it difficult, but its not, its the weird targeting system lol. There was a time in the late game where i got ambushed and fought 2/3 full plate knights with ease, got hit maybe once or twice, then a few minutes down the road another 4 unarmoured/untrained peasants ambushed me, they were holding sticks and parried everything i threw at them and almost killed me lmao. Tried to hit one but he would literally start running in circles around me, another would run 20 feet away then run back over and over😂. Combat definitely needs some polishing for the next one
Spent the whole game with the best open face helm because i cant fight 5 peasants if I cant see 3. I prefer the videogame layout to realism, but i do apreciate the realism of limited vision with helmets.
Yes, you have to make choices. To sacrifice face protect for better sight. And I chose to avoid the circumtance fighting 5 people the same time. The fighting and gearing system is not just about number. That what I call it "Gameplay Immersive".@@dinok7630
In most medieval battles, knights fought with open-faced helmets, so that they could see anything. The times where they closed the helmet were when they were marching into battle, and there wasnt anywhere ro dodge. But in the heat of it, they opened it again. So the videogame layout actually is the relism:-)
This dude saved my life after one of our duels. I happened to run ahead of him and not far down the road (it was a nighttime duel) I ran into a group of cumans on the road. The knight catches up and starts attacking 2 of them, buying me some time. I run and fall off of a hill in the dark and end up fighting in a lake against 4 cumans. End up somehow barely surviving and then backtrack to where the encounter started. I dont see the wayfaring knight but i do see the 2 dead cumans he was fighting.
If you ever have a chance and if that's a thing where you live go see a live reanactment of medieval fighting. This thing looks super exhausting for the combatants.
@@cheseburger0912Precisely, although there's only so much we can gather on real techniques due to a lack of surviving texts but we can infer pretty accurately how two people can kill each other with big knives whilst wearing armor. At least that's what the HEMA instructors I've spoken to tell me.
never gotten around to actually playing this game but I really appreciate the armor sounds, makes it feel like armor's actually doing what armor's supposed to do
Armor in this game is REALLY important as it plays a big role on the damage of hits. The more armored (especially plated armor) a person is, the more sharper or heavier of a weapon you need. Plus the game has relatively accurate hit boxes in that you can target unarmed portions of a person to deal more damage (like a persons limbs or face) or even insta-kill them
@@bobwithnoname6099bruh. I didn’t know that. This game so hard that I can’t play it. I can play any other games but not this one. I keep getting killed so easily. They always push me. I feel bullied
@@killakill6030casual. I be shitting the hell out of starter town and having high lvl from the start of a game. Then farming in Bernard (or how he is called?) and being the immortal killing machine
Yup. I backed the kickstarter back in 2014 for $30 and got the royal edition plus some other stuff, played the hell outta it in 2018-19, 2021, and now 150 hours thru a hardcore all negative perks playthru. The ONLY single player game I could play this much.
Indeed. My favourite things in video games are realism, immersion and a very fleshed out combat system. Easy to see why KcD is one of my favourite games ever.
@@dami-dnc I definitely love KCD realism and immersion, but combat not so much to be honest... but everything else is amazing, including this lovely music, great voice acting, memorable characters, and the game still looking amazing even 5 years later (just compare it with Starfield)
He beat me and said I fought with honour and appreciated the duel. I then walked behind him, saved the game and proceeded to creep up on him and strangled him to death and steal everything he had and left his lifeless body lying naked in a field. That's when I realised how good this game really was
This game truly has a special place in my heart. One of those rare instances when you truly feel immersed in the setting. I LOVE hardcore mode, so satisfying. Can’t wait for KCD2 .
@@loowick4074That's why in this game I use a hammer or mace as my main weapon and then occasionally bust out a thrusting sword to poke people in the head or through the eyeholes in their helmet. Very effective in game and also feels like a realistic strategy
I'm not sure if it was the same guy but found a fully armored knight wanting to duel. Knowing that I had no chance and not very great armor I drank some savior schnapps and snuck behind him to knife him. Reloaded until successful. That armor carried me through a lot of the game haha.
Very nice immersive fight. I think the end cut scene and finish would have been better with a tired opposition putting his hands out saying "yield, yield" and then a knightly "well done, sir knight you are indeed the better swordsman, your reward."
Yeah exactly, completely immersion breaking. If they wanted him to walk off pissed cool, but give him some swearing mumbles while he trots off lol @@TheBizzerker
@@willisverynice I think it's just that if you're getting a sword swung at you you'd say that you give up instead of just sheathing your sword really calmly without saying anything lol.
I think I remember trying to fight the bully in the village in the intro of the game for 30 minutes with my fists and nearly dying every time, I don't know how people do it 🤣
@Justinbadger4 It's almost impossible to beat him at the start because.. well he's just better than you at fighting. You'd have to get lucky tbh. Now the cumin who chases you on the other hand....
If it wasn't for this video I would have never known this game even existed. This looks incredible. Makes me wonder about all the other RPG style games I've yet to discover.
Oh its delightfully immersive, and has lots of historical tidbits for you to read too that show why certain things are the way they are in game. Eg, why millers are outside of town, designs of castles, status and bathing haha. I especially like the "alchemy" system where you can make classic "potions" from herbs you pick and they just work the way they expected then to in those days 😂
I accidently slashed the guys throat within just a few hits at my third duel... I felt so bad about it. I liked him. We shared a friendly rivalry on the road. I could've reloaded but I didn't save in a while, so that's how it had to end.
Kingdom Come Deliverance has one of the most amazing combat systems out fo all the games. I wish others would learn from this game. Or at least I hope we get a Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.
Not just the combat but also things like your character actually opening a door or grabbing food. So different from pressing a button and just imagining it happens. Or Henry getting tired, drunk etc. It changes game experience, not just some attribute points. More open world games should have this (and if a player doesn't like it they can always give the option to turn it off).
I've had dozens of hours in the game and I do love it, I love how combat feels one-on-one - with a mod that removes master strikes. Master strikes make the combat unnecessarily frustrating, and basically is a "fuck you" to your mastery of the combat mechanics because you can't really avoid them unless you play purely defensively or not engage with the combat at all.
This looks fantastic. I've played the Elder Scrolls series games pre-Oblivion and beyond, this type of sword and armor combat is what I live for, this is next level though. The lack of a heads up display really adds to the immersion. I'm amazed I've never heard of this game.
Most of the hud is removed in hardcore mode, and I removed the remaining hud like the compass with a console command. I also added the mods in the description if you want this exact experience 👍.
This was my favorite fight in the game. It was genuinely challanging without cheating involved (like that Black Peter or whatever his name was), and it wasn't a 1v5 where you either die or cheese through it by backpedalling and master-striking for 5 minutes. The reward was nice as well.
It's the best RPG of its generation and its got one of the most immersive combat systems with a learning curve so bent out the ass you'd swear it was a skyrin horse climbing a mountain.
People so sleep on this game but honest to god its one of the first times we've got a really amazing RPG experience set in the high medieval period. Just being able to see the tapestries of art, to the encyclopedia worth of information on the period, or even just the armors from padding to plate all depicted well and to a fairly accurate standard is something else. I am god damn eager to see this game with its sequel, and I'm hoping its already in the works.
The game was heinously buggy at launch and the save system turned people off of what was a difficult game by making it excessively punishing. Of course people forgot about it.
You can find the wayfaring knight between Rattay and Neuhof, or Rattay and Ledetchko. The encounter will be "armed man", so don't miss it thinking it's an enemy. Also, if you kill the knight you can loot his dyed armor which is very rare.
These were the days. When you could have a friendly duel with some random guy you met on the roads, better times indeed ❤ Edit: some of you bozos have no sense of humor lol
Fighting efficiently and realistically do not go hand in hand for this game. That was quite a display for the video. But we all know the best way to play this game is to just spam master strikes and clinch 😅
True haha. The mod I used also made it harder to do master strikes. I also never use the headcracker perk or anything like that, makes it way too easy.
I never even learned Master Strike. All my duels are like this, basically trying to do combos and blocks. Some of the sequences are so cool when both of us block each others attacks and counters and it goes on for a few turns before backing down
@@dami-dnc I don't fight multiple enemies tho haha, I just run away and then sneak on them. If there's an unarmoured one I take them out quick before focusing my attention on the others. Quite realistic since no sane person would take on multiple enemies irl
People are talking crap about the gameplay. Idk why. I personally never played it but it looks amazing. Just bought it yesterday for like $6. planning on booting it up. Based on the good reviews say it’s the best $6 bucks I ever spent. Still the common negative trait in a review is the combat. I just don’t see how it’s bad??
My guess would be that most of the people calling the combat "bad" probably find it too hard, complicated and not 'flashy' enough like other modern games. Although it is indeed quite hard and unforgiving in the early game, I personally find it the most rewarding, realistic and enjoyable combat out tof any game I've ever played. Good luck with your playthrough btw, if you have any questions you can always ask them here.
@@dami-dnc I figured as much. Back before Dark Souls became widely loved people had the same complaints. Too hard for them therefore the game was bad. End of discussion. I get the feeling this is why I will love the game. I crave difficulty in RPGs I hear the game is confusing at times. I might take you up on that!
The combat is very difficult compared to most medieval/fantasy games out there imo but it’s fun once you get the hang of it. To get good I sunk a bunch of time into practicing in the tutorial and the arenas. Just remember that you’re not playing as the Dragonborn, just some guy and you can’t take on whole bandit camps solo or even a single full armored knight in the early game.
As the others said; it's difficult and different from other games. Not only do you need to practice, but Henry (the protagonist) needs to practice too. He is the son of a blacksmith, with no combat experience. As you learn new moves, it makes a big difference in combat.
some people just like button mashing. combat is challenging. you literally have to practice at it. there's no easy win button in it even with higher stats and levels.
50\50. The combat system is truly impressive and I personally spent many hours in it, but it is far from ideal, and is buggy in many ways. I hope in the second part all the mistakes will be taken into account and this combat system will only get better
@@chrisdiaz4876 essentially what it doesnt show you in the video is a crosshair in which you have to use the mouse to choose the swing (up, down, left, right, diagonal) as well as a dot in the middle for a stab. You can counter by using the opposite attack to your opponent but they can faint you and use a combo. I couldn't do it justice its abit buggy at times sure but you can't hack and slash your way through, you have to be focused on where the attack will come from next and against multiple enemies its a real nightmare Highly recommend it
@@chrisdiaz4876another thing what makes the game great is armour actually works it’s not just a stat booster a sword will do little damage against plate armour
@@chrisdiaz4876 It's not going for anything flashy but more so an actual sword fight between two normal people irl. This is about as close to that you'll get in a video game I can think of.
I really like how this Game works against a lot of those BS-myths that are always around when people talk about armor and swordfighting in the middle ages. Knights and Swordsmen are so often portrayed as slow, clumsy and barely effective fighters with ridiculously heavy and barely protecting armor. A well-trained and well-equipped knight (or any good swordsman for that matter) was everything but that. They were extremely formidable enemies in combat and were very well protected against a whole array of weapons without losing tons of agility. Saying that any armed peasant with a Pike could have taken out any fully armored knight with relative ease is like saying some random Hobo-Brawler could "easily take out" an experienced SEAL in a fistfight
I think a better comparison is hobo and a professional fighter. And even then it isnt the same, because they both got the same weapons, one just knows how to use them. Knights knew how to use their shit, had higher quality weapons and they were better protected.
@@dinok7630 I should probably add that Knights being killed by peasants was absolutely something that occured, despite the vastly better training on the Knights side. Combat ability of peasants was probably also very varying since we can very much assume that not all of them were unskilled brawlers. Of course there were also specific weapons for use against armored enemies which could be tremedously effective in the right hands. Still, a good Armor was absolutely military high-tech of the time and an absolute masterclass in crafting.
Most underrated RPG of the last decade... This combat system is out of this world! I will never understand how games like skyrim get so much praise, but nobody is talking about this. Skyrims combat looks like childs play compared to this.
I feel like I got the opposite experience, now I can see how they’re all a bit stilted and don’t exploit the openings they’re creating. like, the techniques are there but the philosophy behind them isn’t.
well these are npcs and not real human people with actual HEMA experience, and melee combat intuition is hard to program properly I, as a player, did make sure of using the right moves for openings in their guards though hehehehe
Absolute banger of a game, can't wait for the second part Cool video! Brings back memories about fighting 3 bandit knights in depth of woods, barely surviving and then encountering 9 peasents that thought i was a bandit. They smashed my skull in with a sticks and even my fullplate armor didnt help :(
Your opponent was Kinda anti climactic at the end lol but the duel itself was pretty cool. I like how near the end the fight goes into that field of flowers. Kinda like a change of scenery for the last leg of the fight.
Unfortunately, this game is not so great at NPCs acting dramatically, haha! The motion capture was pretty much all combat and then merely a select few emotes for NPCs.
Is central Czech republic if you have been there you'll notice is almost a copy paste of the real landscape to the point you can know your way around in the area if you're familiar with the game 😂
I've never seen such immersive game mechanics before. I feel like the the developers when just short of factoring every muscle and ligament in the body to achieve such verisimilitude.
i love this game ... in first person view, the ranges, and depth truly comes across, not to mention you do see what the hell is happening, opposed to any 3rd person melee
I mean 3rd peeson is literally better for melee fighting games because you can see where you are and what you're doing, as we lack spatial awareness inside games but first person makes it more immersive amd overall better but absolutely not better to see what is happening
@@ghostass422 partially agree ... for you it seems spatial awareness is when you see who is behind you back or on the side, right. While that is helpful for corner shooters, and witcher kind of fight, where you roll left and right. For me this perspective looses the distance awareness between you and the opponent. And not just that but your character literally blocks the line of sight to the enemy.
@@EMB3D yeah that's true which why most hack and slash games have block that extends beyond your sword and kind of creates a protective "forcefield", by spatial awareness I also meant knowing where you legs, torso and arms are, I can't remember the name for it, but there are close up 3rd person games like For Honor that combines the visibility of your surroundings with close view of your opponent's weapon but sacrifices a little visibility in both fields, First Person is perfect for an immersive game where your strength shouldn't be bigger than NPCs and where fighting more than one enemy is as big of a challenge as in real world
Never met him, but i did ride along on a trail once and someone shouted "Let's try our strengths against each other". So, I put 3 arrows into him and said "My strength is archery. Goodbye".
@@RestitutorEuropaI disagree kcd is superior in my opinion like the way armour actually works the way it should armour on chivalry may as well just be a decoration there’s no way someone with a short sword should hurt a knight like they can in chivalry
@@skankhunt4220 Well I wasn’t talking about realism. In terms of realism, then yes KCD is better. But in terms of fun as the original comment was talking about, I think Chivalry 2 is more fun.
I beat one of these knights into a pulp with a shield + mace setup. They have very high tier armor. It's gonna take a hefty sum of groschen to repair it after you peeled it off of his corpse though.
2:10 was the true end of the duel. Getting up in that much armor with a ready opponent in real battle would mean death, which ultimately would conclude the duel. It's like a TKO in MMA
@@motivationalmadness10Perhaps they're meaning if this was an actual fight to the death? If that's the case then they'd be right, but some emphasis would be needed.
One of the greatest games I have ever played. Might have to replay it soon. I specialised in maces with heavy armour last time. Any alternative recommendations from anyone?
I like wearing medium armor with a longsword. By medium I mean enough to not be stealthy but also light enough to look like something Henry would reasonably wear while constantly on the road. No one in their right mind would travel in full plate armor the amount of traveling henry does
blocking a thrust like a swing is unrealistic as well as knights dighting eachother in full armor with swords, but if you ignore that, this is more realistic than any first person game featuring hema. very impressive!
@@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate Like, it definitely happened. But knights are expensive, and using them as foot soldiers is not really a good idea. Like I'd take a phalanx of peasants with shield and spear over a bunch of knights on foot any day.
@@astecheee1519Depending on a few variables, the knights would shit on the peasant phalanx though. Comparing a professional group of soldiers with an untrained blob of peasantry is something.
@@DeepRekkan Sure, there are always outliers. But the thing is the phalanx is kind of unbetable unless you have siege weaponry, equivalent numbers, or BIG PEOPLE to break the line with. There's a reason that virtually every successful military campaign until the invention of the machine gun used some form of phalanx as their core force. Though you are right. If the peasants are completely untrained, they'll be squashed immediately. But they typically went through plenty of training before going off to war.
What a terrifying yet magical time it must have been to be a medieval knight. If I could trade a full life today for 45 years of that I would instantly.
It is indeed a random encounter. I personally had some issues with not getting the random encounters in my game, but this guide fixed it for me: www.reddit.com/r/kingdomcome/comments/8v9p02/how_to_get_more_random_encounters_any_kcd_version/ very handy if you want something happening at every crossroads.
In my playthroughs a spot I saw the wayfaring knight ridiculously often was on the road near the tavern in between sasau and the monastery, like every third time I visited sasau I dueled the wayfaring knight, so much free groschen off that guy
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For all the people who have never met him and just never get random encounters:
I too had some issues with not getting the random encounters in my game, but this guide fixed it for me: www.reddit.com/r/kingdomcome/comments/8v9p02/how_to_get_more_random_encounters_any_kcd_version/ very handy if you want something happening at every crossroads.
This video was definitely blessed by the algorithm.
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@@snickaOGForgot to add but this does only work on pc.
I came across him quite early but I was like "Bruh, I wouldn't last 5 seconds"
Do you use the nexusmods command unlocker or did you use the hex editor? people saying the nexusmods mod messed up their game
Knight before combat: 🧐🤌
Knight during combat: "Fucking hell!" 🤬👺
He’s now salt because skill issue
pretty accurate actually
I read this the exact moment he said that
Do prdele
I'd be pissed too if I trained from the Age of 12 or so to become a knight, only to end up getting bested by some village fuckwit with a few weeks to a month of training LOL.
Hated this game until I became a master of the sword. Then it’s one of the most immersive combat systems I’ve ever seen.
It sucks when you encounter a group
@@berkburakgizdisir841 seems realistic
@@w4tch0ut10i disagree, it would be realistic if it was the amount of enemies that makes it difficult, but its not, its the weird targeting system lol. There was a time in the late game where i got ambushed and fought 2/3 full plate knights with ease, got hit maybe once or twice, then a few minutes down the road another 4 unarmoured/untrained peasants ambushed me, they were holding sticks and parried everything i threw at them and almost killed me lmao. Tried to hit one but he would literally start running in circles around me, another would run 20 feet away then run back over and over😂. Combat definitely needs some polishing for the next one
@theorbitalone7283 I haven't been hornswoggled by that group in particular, but I've definitely been through that with a group of Cumans.
@@theorbitalone7283 facts
I can appreciate that he used an open face helmet so we could have a better view. A gallant move sir knight.
Anything for thee, dear viewer ;).
Spent the whole game with the best open face helm because i cant fight 5 peasants if I cant see 3. I prefer the videogame layout to realism, but i do apreciate the realism of limited vision with helmets.
@@dami-dnc thee*
Yes, you have to make choices. To sacrifice face protect for better sight. And I chose to avoid the circumtance fighting 5 people the same time. The fighting and gearing system is not just about number. That what I call it "Gameplay Immersive".@@dinok7630
In most medieval battles, knights fought with open-faced helmets, so that they could see anything. The times where they closed the helmet were when they were marching into battle, and there wasnt anywhere ro dodge. But in the heat of it, they opened it again. So the videogame layout actually is the relism:-)
This dude saved my life after one of our duels. I happened to run ahead of him and not far down the road (it was a nighttime duel) I ran into a group of cumans on the road. The knight catches up and starts attacking 2 of them, buying me some time.
I run and fall off of a hill in the dark and end up fighting in a lake against 4 cumans. End up somehow barely surviving and then backtrack to where the encounter started. I dont see the wayfaring knight but i do see the 2 dead cumans he was fighting.
Epic story!! I wonder if the galliant knight made it out alive. Tales like these do make me want to give KcD another go, I must say.
@@dami-dncyea me too, just the game is such a grind in the beginning 😂 but it's worth it later on
He's the main character lol
@@Originalchili
It becomes better when Henry manages to defeat at least a horde of unarmored bandits
It’s a good thing they were cumans and not humans
Think about how exhausting a real duel would be. I’d imagine by the end of it, whoever wins is the one that can still stand up
If you ever have a chance and if that's a thing where you live go see a live reanactment of medieval fighting. This thing looks super exhausting for the combatants.
@@cheseburger0912I think he meant actual knights... Not pretenders of today.
@@jackstod people who train HEMA don't do anything different that a medieval fighter would do in a non-lethal duel, so there is little pretending
@@cheseburger0912Precisely, although there's only so much we can gather on real techniques due to a lack of surviving texts but we can infer pretty accurately how two people can kill each other with big knives whilst wearing armor. At least that's what the HEMA instructors I've spoken to tell me.
In real medieval battles between knights they often made several breaks for rest and feast : p
never gotten around to actually playing this game but I really appreciate the armor sounds, makes it feel like armor's actually doing what armor's supposed to do
Armor in this game is REALLY important as it plays a big role on the damage of hits. The more armored (especially plated armor) a person is, the more sharper or heavier of a weapon you need.
Plus the game has relatively accurate hit boxes in that you can target unarmed portions of a person to deal more damage (like a persons limbs or face) or even insta-kill them
@@bobwithnoname6099bruh. I didn’t know that. This game so hard that I can’t play it. I can play any other games but not this one. I keep getting killed so easily. They always push me. I feel bullied
@@killakill6030casual. I be shitting the hell out of starter town and having high lvl from the start of a game. Then farming in Bernard (or how he is called?) and being the immortal killing machine
@@killakill6030bow is op
@@killakill6030 what help to start getting acclimatised at the game is to use a shield and mace.
I so badly hope they're making a part 2. This is seriously one of the best RPGs I've ever played
EDIT: I am very aware of the sequel :D
They are, might come out 2024
@@Temerio no
@Temerio it won't come out 2024. with luck they might announce next year...
@@TemerioHoly crap, I hope thats true
It’s definitely among my all time favorites
Glad to see people are still enjoying this wonderful game.
Edit: can people not have rants in my replies, I'm not even the one who made the video.
Yup. I backed the kickstarter back in 2014 for $30 and got the royal edition plus some other stuff, played the hell outta it in 2018-19, 2021, and now 150 hours thru a hardcore all negative perks playthru. The ONLY single player game I could play this much.
Indeed. My favourite things in video games are realism, immersion and a very fleshed out combat system. Easy to see why KcD is one of my favourite games ever.
Really thinking about another playthrough to maybe record some more epic fights now 😅
I can't wait to reinstall this on satellite internet over the course of a couple months 😂
@@dami-dnc I definitely love KCD realism and immersion, but combat not so much to be honest... but everything else is amazing, including this lovely music, great voice acting, memorable characters, and the game still looking amazing even 5 years later (just compare it with Starfield)
Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.
LOL very under-appreciated comment here.
That doesn't exist anymore
@@Papajohn6954doesn’t exist yet
In fairness hes wearing a gopro or there be no footage;)
@@astrofive620I can’t tell if this is a great joke or you actually believe the GoPro thing💀
Anyways he better check the batteries before the next duel
He beat me and said I fought with honour and appreciated the duel.
I then walked behind him, saved the game and proceeded to creep up on him and strangled him to death and steal everything he had and left his lifeless body lying naked in a field.
That's when I realised how good this game really was
L O L
you were doing the Lords work.
@@DefineHatespeech Amen
That says a lot about your character
@@youtube-ventura or you had to play the game longer than I did...
When I fought this guy it was one of the most funnest and hardest and most realistic sword fight I have ever had in a game. Was so fun!
I killed him with one hit to the head with a mace.oops
you can kill him?@@pipebombpete.6861
Man I saw this guy and thought he was a bandit and just started attacking him. Missed out on some extra armor
@@pipebombpete.6861 death of the brain damage.
Nothing about this is realistic lol, watch knight fights to see how they really do it
This game truly has a special place in my heart. One of those rare instances when you truly feel immersed in the setting. I LOVE hardcore mode, so satisfying. Can’t wait for KCD2 .
KCD2 is the game i anticipate the most, it hits so many boxes for me. Agreed on the hardcore mode, truly immersive!
Hardcore mode?! Absolute mad lad. I was raging on normal, but it is so satisfying once you get a hang of it.
Honestly I would love a KCD game set in the 1600’s, I think it’s an underrated time period.
Ah, hardcore. I now can navigate the forests around Skalitz effortlessly, while still getting disoriented around my own neighborhood.
You should do an all negative perk hardcore run
so satisfying seeing a sword bounce off armor instead of making a slash noise while blood spurts out
In real life it wouldn’t be
@willisverynice you're right. It wouldn't. In fact it wouldnt even do anything at all.
Even heavy swords do nothing to plate.
You'd need a warhammer to knock him out or use a polearm to smash into the weaker part of the armor.
@@loowick4074That's why in this game I use a hammer or mace as my main weapon and then occasionally bust out a thrusting sword to poke people in the head or through the eyeholes in their helmet.
Very effective in game and also feels like a realistic strategy
I'm not sure if it was the same guy but found a fully armored knight wanting to duel. Knowing that I had no chance and not very great armor I drank some savior schnapps and snuck behind him to knife him. Reloaded until successful. That armor carried me through a lot of the game haha.
Very honourfull, Henry!
@@korstjesantens2903 lol I know I'm a scummy save scummer.
@@T-rev33lol I’m a save scammer as well! You are not alone!
@@T-rev33Haha I like that it's the save scumming and not the sneaky knight murdering that's the dishonorable part!
@@JB-xl2jc😂
Very nice immersive fight. I think the end cut scene and finish would have been better with a tired opposition putting his hands out saying "yield, yield" and then a knightly "well done, sir knight you are indeed the better swordsman, your reward."
That would've been much more realistic indeed.
It's a but jarring that he just puts his sword away and strolls off like nothing happened lol.
Yeah exactly, completely immersion breaking. If they wanted him to walk off pissed cool, but give him some swearing mumbles while he trots off lol
@@TheBizzerker
Does people reacting the way you want them to make it more realistic?
@@willisverynice I think it's just that if you're getting a sword swung at you you'd say that you give up instead of just sheathing your sword really calmly without saying anything lol.
i'm feeling quite hungry
Men too about to fry up some chicken.
Lol the scream of unbearable pain like you split his leg open at 2:47 that sound just stops and everything moves along like nothing happened.
lmao that is so funny
After a frustrating start I really fell in love with this game. It totally grew on me. I still hope for a sequel. You fought well, Sir.
Thank you kindly.
I think I remember trying to fight the bully in the village in the intro of the game for 30 minutes with my fists and nearly dying every time, I don't know how people do it 🤣
@@Justinbadger4 He whooped my ass too. I only managed to get it done with the help of my friends.
@Justinbadger4 It's almost impossible to beat him at the start because.. well he's just better than you at fighting. You'd have to get lucky tbh. Now the cumin who chases you on the other hand....
wish granted
Imagine walking down a street in medieval times only to find that two knights are fighting to what seems to be the death.
"oh shit, here we go again"
"Rolling heights Cuman country. Worst place in Europe. I ain't represented the Bohemians in five years, but the Cumans won't give a shit"@@Alex-fm9oj
If it wasn't for this video I would have never known this game even existed. This looks incredible. Makes me wonder about all the other RPG style games I've yet to discover.
Oh its delightfully immersive, and has lots of historical tidbits for you to read too that show why certain things are the way they are in game. Eg, why millers are outside of town, designs of castles, status and bathing haha.
I especially like the "alchemy" system where you can make classic "potions" from herbs you pick and they just work the way they expected then to in those days 😂
Same shoes here
I accidently slashed the guys throat within just a few hits at my third duel... I felt so bad about it. I liked him. We shared a friendly rivalry on the road.
I could've reloaded but I didn't save in a while, so that's how it had to end.
And that makes it immersive haha good ending for sir Knight
@@daerontargaryen1 Very true, I didn't even loot his armor and sword out of respect, if I remember correctly.
@@Casshio someone else did it though :D
You know the game is good when you feel bad for killing npcs
Other people: *Honorable duel with long swords*
Me: *Beats my opponent over the head with a mace and watches him slump over unconscious*
Instant kill
Hell yeah, maces and hammers unless I can't get in, then I poke them in the head with a thrusting sword
Currently making an RPG that'll hopefully be as immersive as this game in terms of combat.
The fact that so many people loved this, gives me hope!
Good luck with it
Wish you'll be succesfull my dude
You have bo videos on your channel of said progress
Where's the dev-log, pal?!?!
Kingdom Come Deliverance has one of the most amazing combat systems out fo all the games. I wish others would learn from this game. Or at least I hope we get a Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.
Too non-casual combat system. The mass consumer is casual.
@@romankasyanov9826Backpedal+Masterstrike combat LMAO
Not just the combat but also things like your character actually opening a door or grabbing food. So different from pressing a button and just imagining it happens. Or Henry getting tired, drunk etc. It changes game experience, not just some attribute points. More open world games should have this (and if a player doesn't like it they can always give the option to turn it off).
I think if they removed master strikes, the combat would've been great. Master strikes were just like the only thing worth doing
I've had dozens of hours in the game and I do love it, I love how combat feels one-on-one - with a mod that removes master strikes. Master strikes make the combat unnecessarily frustrating, and basically is a "fuck you" to your mastery of the combat mechanics because you can't really avoid them unless you play purely defensively or not engage with the combat at all.
This looks fantastic. I've played the Elder Scrolls series games pre-Oblivion and beyond, this type of sword and armor combat is what I live for, this is next level though. The lack of a heads up display really adds to the immersion. I'm amazed I've never heard of this game.
Most of the hud is removed in hardcore mode, and I removed the remaining hud like the compass with a console command. I also added the mods in the description if you want this exact experience 👍.
everytime this game comes up i fall in love with the horse's cute little ears and how they move around when he jogs everywhere. What a nice animal
This was my favorite fight in the game. It was genuinely challanging without cheating involved (like that Black Peter or whatever his name was), and it wasn't a 1v5 where you either die or cheese through it by backpedalling and master-striking for 5 minutes. The reward was nice as well.
In defence of the game.. outnumbered fights or won by backpedalling back in the days and in the present also.
Blud executed a combo without the reticle
Truly a knight
Currently playing this gem for the first time. I'm having to steal stuff to pay for shoes because I lost mine but im having a blast!
I love how the game is frustratingly hard to begin with but feels so rewarding when your Henry starts getting good at things haha
This feels like a HEMA video in first person.
imagine you're a medieval serf eating some bread and you see two shiny boys just swinging longswords at eachother on the road lol
It's the best RPG of its generation and its got one of the most immersive combat systems with a learning curve so bent out the ass you'd swear it was a skyrin horse climbing a mountain.
To this day there is no game that matches this masterpiece in this niche
People so sleep on this game but honest to god its one of the first times we've got a really amazing RPG experience set in the high medieval period. Just being able to see the tapestries of art, to the encyclopedia worth of information on the period, or even just the armors from padding to plate all depicted well and to a fairly accurate standard is something else. I am god damn eager to see this game with its sequel, and I'm hoping its already in the works.
The game was heinously buggy at launch and the save system turned people off of what was a difficult game by making it excessively punishing.
Of course people forgot about it.
@@docholiday7975god forbid a game comes out with *slightly* modified mechanics that isn't exactly what you're used to.
You can find the wayfaring knight between Rattay and Neuhof, or Rattay and Ledetchko. The encounter will be "armed man", so don't miss it thinking it's an enemy. Also, if you kill the knight you can loot his dyed armor which is very rare.
These were the days. When you could have a friendly duel with some random guy you met on the roads, better times indeed ❤
Edit: some of you bozos have no sense of humor lol
Back when y’all believed the earth was the center of the universe, believed Jesus was white, and called women witches…definitely not better times lmao
no cellphones in sight, just people living in the moment.
Are you being serious or am I not understanding something here. Like what?
@@everyneed3959you’re liberal to the point that you’re not even a Reddit user
@@ultraflopp2802 I created Reddit…and I’m an active LGBTQ community leader.
ive seen actual armored guys fighting (not to the death obv) and it's a lot like this, now i really want this game
Fighting efficiently and realistically do not go hand in hand for this game. That was quite a display for the video. But we all know the best way to play this game is to just spam master strikes and clinch 😅
True haha. The mod I used also made it harder to do master strikes. I also never use the headcracker perk or anything like that, makes it way too easy.
I never even learned Master Strike. All my duels are like this, basically trying to do combos and blocks.
Some of the sequences are so cool when both of us block each others attacks and counters and it goes on for a few turns before backing down
@@safs3098 When fighting multiple enemies you do need it though ngl.
@@dami-dnc I don't fight multiple enemies tho haha, I just run away and then sneak on them. If there's an unarmoured one I take them out quick before focusing my attention on the others. Quite realistic since no sane person would take on multiple enemies irl
@@safs3098 True :p
People are talking crap about the gameplay. Idk why. I personally never played it but it looks amazing. Just bought it yesterday for like $6. planning on booting it up.
Based on the good reviews say it’s the best $6 bucks I ever spent. Still the common negative trait in a review is the combat. I just don’t see how it’s bad??
My guess would be that most of the people calling the combat "bad" probably find it too hard, complicated and not 'flashy' enough like other modern games. Although it is indeed quite hard and unforgiving in the early game, I personally find it the most rewarding, realistic and enjoyable combat out tof any game I've ever played. Good luck with your playthrough btw, if you have any questions you can always ask them here.
@@dami-dnc I figured as much. Back before Dark Souls became widely loved people had the same complaints. Too hard for them therefore the game was bad. End of discussion. I get the feeling this is why I will love the game. I crave difficulty in RPGs
I hear the game is confusing at times. I might take you up on that!
The combat is very difficult compared to most medieval/fantasy games out there imo but it’s fun once you get the hang of it. To get good I sunk a bunch of time into practicing in the tutorial and the arenas. Just remember that you’re not playing as the Dragonborn, just some guy and you can’t take on whole bandit camps solo or even a single full armored knight in the early game.
As the others said; it's difficult and different from other games.
Not only do you need to practice, but Henry (the protagonist) needs to practice too. He is the son of a blacksmith, with no combat experience. As you learn new moves, it makes a big difference in combat.
some people just like button mashing. combat is challenging. you literally have to practice at it. there's no easy win button in it even with higher stats and levels.
Hands down best immersive combat system I wish more games had this.
50\50. The combat system is truly impressive and I personally spent many hours in it, but it is far from ideal, and is buggy in many ways. I hope in the second part all the mistakes will be taken into account and this combat system will only get better
Why? To the untrained eye it looks honestly very weak. I need an explanation, never played the game but deeply interested in its combat mechanics.
@@chrisdiaz4876 essentially what it doesnt show you in the video is a crosshair in which you have to use the mouse to choose the swing (up, down, left, right, diagonal) as well as a dot in the middle for a stab. You can counter by using the opposite attack to your opponent but they can faint you and use a combo. I couldn't do it justice its abit buggy at times sure but you can't hack and slash your way through, you have to be focused on where the attack will come from next and against multiple enemies its a real nightmare
Highly recommend it
@@chrisdiaz4876another thing what makes the game great is armour actually works it’s not just a stat booster a sword will do little damage against plate armour
@@chrisdiaz4876 It's not going for anything flashy but more so an actual sword fight between two normal people irl. This is about as close to that you'll get in a video game I can think of.
I really like how this Game works against a lot of those BS-myths that are always around when people talk about armor and swordfighting in the middle ages. Knights and Swordsmen are so often portrayed as slow, clumsy and barely effective fighters with ridiculously heavy and barely protecting armor. A well-trained and well-equipped knight (or any good swordsman for that matter) was everything but that. They were extremely formidable enemies in combat and were very well protected against a whole array of weapons without losing tons of agility. Saying that any armed peasant with a Pike could have taken out any fully armored knight with relative ease is like saying some random Hobo-Brawler could "easily take out" an experienced SEAL in a fistfight
I think a better comparison is hobo and a professional fighter. And even then it isnt the same, because they both got the same weapons, one just knows how to use them. Knights knew how to use their shit, had higher quality weapons and they were better protected.
@@dinok7630 I should probably add that Knights being killed by peasants was absolutely something that occured, despite the vastly better training on the Knights side. Combat ability of peasants was probably also very varying since we can very much assume that not all of them were unskilled brawlers. Of course there were also specific weapons for use against armored enemies which could be tremedously effective in the right hands.
Still, a good Armor was absolutely military high-tech of the time and an absolute masterclass in crafting.
There's military victories in history where Peasants beat Knights, sometimes handily tho this depended on leadership and tactics etc@wbtx2075
Most underrated RPG of the last decade... This combat system is out of this world! I will never understand how games like skyrim get so much praise, but nobody is talking about this. Skyrims combat looks like childs play compared to this.
Average east London interaction
average detroit interaction
Ultra realistic is definitely a stretch but the animations are cool
I actually practice longsword HEMA and I loved the combat system since I actually knew what I was doing hehe
Hope KCD 2 comes out sometime soon
i played it BEFORE i started doing longsword hema, started hema, and then came back, absolutely magical experience
I feel like I got the opposite experience, now I can see how they’re all a bit stilted and don’t exploit the openings they’re creating. like, the techniques are there but the philosophy behind them isn’t.
well these are npcs and not real human people with actual HEMA experience, and melee combat intuition is hard to program properly
I, as a player, did make sure of using the right moves for openings in their guards though hehehehe
Absolute banger of a game, can't wait for the second part
Cool video! Brings back memories about fighting 3 bandit knights in depth of woods, barely surviving and then encountering 9 peasents that thought i was a bandit. They smashed my skull in with a sticks and even my fullplate armor didnt help :(
Your opponent was Kinda anti climactic at the end lol but the duel itself was pretty cool. I like how near the end the fight goes into that field of flowers. Kinda like a change of scenery for the last leg of the fight.
Unfortunately, this game is not so great at NPCs acting dramatically, haha! The motion capture was pretty much all combat and then merely a select few emotes for NPCs.
The little grunts of fear and wavering voice really sell me on it. Like stoic characters are so boring, it's nice to see some actual humans fight
Game is so underrated. It's difficult for sure, but one of those games when you win you feel very accomplished
"Let's make this the greatest 10 minutes of our lives Jack"
Based mgs2 enjoyer
The environment of this game is very charming and familiar
Is central Czech republic if you have been there you'll notice is almost a copy paste of the real landscape to the point you can know your way around in the area if you're familiar with the game 😂
I've never seen such immersive game mechanics before. I feel like the the developers when just short of factoring every muscle and ligament in the body to achieve such verisimilitude.
i love this game ... in first person view, the ranges, and depth truly comes across, not to mention you do see what the hell is happening, opposed to any 3rd person melee
I mean 3rd peeson is literally better for melee fighting games because you can see where you are and what you're doing, as we lack spatial awareness inside games but first person makes it more immersive amd overall better but absolutely not better to see what is happening
@@ghostass422 partially agree ... for you it seems spatial awareness is when you see who is behind you back or on the side, right. While that is helpful for corner shooters, and witcher kind of fight, where you roll left and right. For me this perspective looses the distance awareness between you and the opponent. And not just that but your character literally blocks the line of sight to the enemy.
@@EMB3D yeah that's true which why most hack and slash games have block that extends beyond your sword and kind of creates a protective "forcefield", by spatial awareness I also meant knowing where you legs, torso and arms are, I can't remember the name for it, but there are close up 3rd person games like For Honor that combines the visibility of your surroundings with close view of your opponent's weapon but sacrifices a little visibility in both fields, First Person is perfect for an immersive game where your strength shouldn't be bigger than NPCs and where fighting more than one enemy is as big of a challenge as in real world
He's basically the Charlie Zelenoff of the times. He even starts quickly before you're properly ready.
It just ain’t the same without “I’ve fought mudcrabs more fearsome than you”
swords against plate armour. very realistic.
@Tovalokodonc there are a lot especially with shields
Never met him, but i did ride along on a trail once and someone shouted "Let's try our strengths against each other". So, I put 3 arrows into him and said "My strength is archery. Goodbye".
Ahhhh, memories of this gem of a game...I loved it so much.
As goofy as the combat looks, it is seriously one of the most fun medieval combat games.
Chivalry 2 is the best one
@@RestitutorEuropaI disagree kcd is superior in my opinion like the way armour actually works the way it should armour on chivalry may as well just be a decoration there’s no way someone with a short sword should hurt a knight like they can in chivalry
@@skankhunt4220
Well I wasn’t talking about realism. In terms of realism, then yes KCD is better. But in terms of fun as the original comment was talking about, I think Chivalry 2 is more fun.
@@RestitutorEuropa each to the their own I guess I’m more of a realism guy
@@skankhunt4220 Chiv 2 is good because of the large scale combat and chaos, although it is not a very faithful depiction of real medieval combat.
I beat one of these knights into a pulp with a shield + mace setup. They have very high tier armor. It's gonna take a hefty sum of groschen to repair it after you peeled it off of his corpse though.
This combat system is probably one of best systems I’ve ever experienced and is heavily underrated. Only shat on by people who couldn’t understand it.
2:10 was the true end of the duel. Getting up in that much armor with a ready opponent in real battle would mean death, which ultimately would conclude the duel. It's like a TKO in MMA
It was a duel not a battle
@@motivationalmadness10Perhaps they're meaning if this was an actual fight to the death? If that's the case then they'd be right, but some emphasis would be needed.
bullshit
Bluhd baiting us hema enthusiast with ultra realism lol
Лучшая игра в моей жизни. Надеюсь когда нибудь сделают и вторую часть.
делают, но не афишируют. Это хорошо, не хочу после официального анонса ещё годами ждать.
Lot of blood on that sword for a friendly duel!
A gentlemanly warrior with an impeccable sense of style.
When there is only one biscuit left:
One of the greatest games I have ever played. Might have to replay it soon.
I specialised in maces with heavy armour last time. Any alternative recommendations from anyone?
Stealth and Bow with lighter armor
Longsword is a personal favorite
Just focus on skills and stats you didn't use much on your last run.
I like wearing medium armor with a longsword. By medium I mean enough to not be stealthy but also light enough to look like something Henry would reasonably wear while constantly on the road. No one in their right mind would travel in full plate armor the amount of traveling henry does
@@brandondanforth8342
Bro is playing stealth archer 💀
short sword and shield has fun combos, but longsword is my favorite even if it can be difficult against groups
Longsword and only light armor. Dodge or die playstyle!
I have the game over skeletons tattooed on my chest
thats dope
This was such a fantastic game. Wish they made a sequel.
wayfaring knight is such a chad he can survive a blow or two from late game henry without bleeding out of every orifice and dying quickly and horribly
This is brilliant, no mobile phones in sight, just people living in the moment.
The gentle poling at 5:29 got me. Just a tickle.
blocking a thrust like a swing is unrealistic as well as knights dighting eachother in full armor with swords, but if you ignore that, this is more realistic than any first person game featuring hema. very impressive!
No its very realistic because they really did that in the past. Learn history
@@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate Like, it definitely happened. But knights are expensive, and using them as foot soldiers is not really a good idea. Like I'd take a phalanx of peasants with shield and spear over a bunch of knights on foot any day.
@@astecheee1519They are dueling. FFS.
@@astecheee1519Depending on a few variables, the knights would shit on the peasant phalanx though. Comparing a professional group of soldiers with an untrained blob of peasantry is something.
@@DeepRekkan Sure, there are always outliers. But the thing is the phalanx is kind of unbetable unless you have siege weaponry, equivalent numbers, or BIG PEOPLE to break the line with.
There's a reason that virtually every successful military campaign until the invention of the machine gun used some form of phalanx as their core force.
Though you are right. If the peasants are completely untrained, they'll be squashed immediately. But they typically went through plenty of training before going off to war.
Yeah, this is near what a real sword fight would look like
2:12 He is waiting him enemy to stand up. What a legend 🫡
one of the most underrated game of all time
Man I need to start playing on hardcore. This looks so fun
Better than the vast majority of RPGs out there.
I hope one day I'll play this game
This is my kingdom come.
These skyrim mods are getting out of hand
Smh my head silly this is Kingdom Come: Deliverance
😂
This game would rock in vr
Great fight! Congratulations!
" _Fucking Hell!_ "
Me: LANGUAGE SIR KNIGHT!
Playing this game without music was the best decision i ever made.. feels like there’s an orchestra behind me
without?
@@burneraccounthandle yes
This beats Skyrim's swing wildly melee combat.
What a terrifying yet magical time it must have been to be a medieval knight. If I could trade a full life today for 45 years of that I would instantly.
Pron for HEMA folks 💪
Loved this game and all its voice actors! Especially Brian Blessed
IRL Bro would have been dead at 1:17
The best RPG ever made
One of the most realistic RPG games I’ve ever played so satisfying when you become one with your blade those tournaments would stress me tf out 😂
Quite the bout indeed.
I played this game in 3d Surround and DS 5.1 and that was amazing. I was like really feeling all this thrusts, blows and pushes with a weapon
I remember when i played the game i was heavily underleved and i fought him for a bit over a day in game lmao
why the f did I just watch this entire video without clicking on it
henry would be dead at 1:18 in real life.
You underestimate armor
@@codycampbell3562 henry doesn't have any face protection on in this clip. In real life the blade would touch his nose or chin.
@@geryleger9110I dont think this is a battle to the death
Ultra realistic:
Knight is talking to absolutely no one as he faces the wrong direction.
where is this on the map?
Its random, but usually near a interesting point
It is indeed a random encounter. I personally had some issues with not getting the random encounters in my game, but this guide fixed it for me: www.reddit.com/r/kingdomcome/comments/8v9p02/how_to_get_more_random_encounters_any_kcd_version/ very handy if you want something happening at every crossroads.
Pretty sure in Outer Rattay on the route towards Ledetchko.
In my playthroughs a spot I saw the wayfaring knight ridiculously often was on the road near the tavern in between sasau and the monastery, like every third time I visited sasau I dueled the wayfaring knight, so much free groschen off that guy
This was right past the Peshek’s mill as you’re headed towards Ledechko