Thank you very much Inna, very nice video of yours. You're right, KCD is not just for the boys, but for everyone who likes immersive games with strong characters. Henry's journey just drags you into the game, and you want to know what happens next to him and the other people. It's great to hear you're having so much fun with KCD and we hope you didn't got sick, as you said in the end of your video. :)
The history is very well respected in the game. Im a polish history enthusiast, Czechs are our neighbours and a lot of things carry over, some events are the same events and things that were important in the region are treated as important.
@@catalystiic its like both americans and brits learn about the american war of Independence. In our case Sigismund is a bit of a villain for both Poles and Czechs as he would double cross and betray polish and czech leaders for his own gain.
Yay! So glad you ended up enjoying KCD. It is a diamond in the rough for sure, and more often than not inaccessible by design, but that's also really what sets it apart from a lot of games which casualize game mechanics and their setting. I think with KCD2 they are really trying to achieve the scope and scale that was their the original vision for the first game, but didn't pan out after many development hardships. Very much looking forward to improved combat, and modding it, of course. Great channel, be watching!
I'm so excited so see what they're going to do with the sequel! I hope more people try to play this game first tho cause as you said it really is a gem.
It took me a while to get into this game but once I got into it I was HOOKED, it was so nice to be immersed in a world that once existed, to feel what life was like back then, it was awesome and I cannot WAIT for the second one. I can really feel the heart and passion that was put into this game.
Like, honestly? The biggest departure from history is that Markvart von Aulitz is alive when he died in 1402 (after sieging Kutna Hora but before Skalice was raided). And Henry wasn't a real person. The events of the game didn't happen, except when they did, Skalice was attacked and the town fled under cover of a rain storm. When the game touches on history it doesn't deviate much from it but it is historical fiction the same as any other work of historical fiction. Part of it is that there are plenty of gaps in what's known - like the most well known thing about Racek Kobyla is how he died . Practically nothing's known about him before he was hetman at Skalice. Presumably he was from Dvorce (on account of being called Racek Kobyla of Dvorce.) In the game they left a goat behind in the castle when the population of the town sneaked away, in real life it was one old woman who refused to leave and a pig. Jan Ptáček was aged up a few years - he was 15 in 1403. ...In fact the biggest overall change, and I'm not sure why they did this, but all the names are German rather than Czech. Hans Capon was Jan Ptáček z Pirkštejna, Hanush was Hanuš, Divish was Diviš and Talmberg was Talmberk. Silver (Silber?) Skalitz was Stříbrná Skalice. Rattay is Rataje, etc. ...the more shaped brigandines are a little anachronistic? I think the architecture and tailoring is real?
@@SarahExpereinceRequiem wow thank you so much for the detailed comment! Definitely need to read more on this. Historical fiction is becoming one of my favorite genres and is making me appreciate real history more.
@@catalystiic the in game codex has a entries that touch on the lives of all the real people who are featured in the game. Although some of them do... I guess "spoil" real life? Although it shouldn't spoil anything that will happen in KCD2.
@@catalystiic If you are interested in ancient Greek history I would recommend a series by Marry Renault. The best known of the novels is 'Fire from Heaven' about the life of Alexander the Great, but the whole series is great. She is true to the history of the period although most plots are fictitious. One caveat, she does not shy away from the issue of same sex relationships at that time, which makes some people uncomfortable. Another one you may like is Marion Zimmer Bradley's 'The Mists of Avalon'. This is a retelling of the Arthurian legend from a female perspective, specially Morgaine le Fay. This one is fantasy but inspired by the daily life and legends of Arthurian England, or as much as we know of it.
I presume they changed the names to their German equivalents in order for the Anglosphere audience to have an easier time pronouncing them. Which is quite funny considering how many times I've seen Brits and Americans moaning about how totally alien and incomprehensible German language sounds to them (even though everyone else sees the many similarities between those two).
Love this game. "The reveal" came as a thrilling surprise to me but on a second playthrough, I was honestly surprised at how many hints get thrown your way. I couldn't figure out the combos either. Some day I'll get that achievement.
@@catalystiic My husband is playing it so I'm stoked to see if he'll get it or he'll be just as thrilled, surprised, and clueless the whole time as I was.
The biggest problem with combos is managing to make 3-4 consecutive attacks against someone without them doing a parry or master strike, when you do manage to get one off it's effective, but that basically never happens
@@banzaiduck I find getting any more than one follow up to land after a MS rarely happens 1st hit lands, second is blocked third is parried dodged or MSd, they work best when you've emptied your opponents stamina/broken their guard, but at that point a chain of strong attacks is basically just as effective
@@banzaiduck The problem isn't your own timing, it's that the enemies regularly perfect block your own strikes, which invalidates a combo. This isn't something you can really control. You just have to get lucky. And the tougher the enemy, the more likely they'll invalidate your combo, all while easier enemies dont really call for combos to begin with.
NPC interractions and their daily routine are so immersive and probably one of my favorites part :D I really love how the dialogue are based on the consequences of Henry quest ot circumstances like during Johanka's quest , Sasau cizen will talk with each other about their POV of Johanka , both agree and disagree and the dialogue will chanage as the quest progress!
Nice review. I recommend playing Johanka's part of Woman's Lot DLC - it is one of my favourite questlines in any RPG. The Theresa part is pretty good too although there is one annoying part (having to find some herbs) where I recommend a guide, it can be frustrating without it. Regarding masterstrike, there is a mod that basically removes it from both player and enemies, and it makes the combat shine since you can actually do the combos without getting masterstriked all the time. KCD2 will have this reworked too.
@8Paul7 you gave me horrendous flashbacks to the herb section of A Women's Lot. Ill definitely get back to Johanka's eventually. Also there really is a mod for everything! Can't wait to see how they rework the combat in the sequel.
1:45 In the grand scheme of things (speaking of the war or locations) they took barely any liberties. The protagonist and most of the characters you interact with directly are of course fictional though.
There is many videos from ppl who travel to Czech republic and make comparison videos of game areas and real ones. I recommend to find and watch, its incredible
@@catalystiic Johanka's part of the DLC is supper interesting IMO. It has multiple possible endings. Do be prepared for some shocking bits near the end.
After trying out several of them, I only ended up using one combo through my entire gameplay. It was fast and easier to execute because it had a lot of the stab moves, which is the easiest move to execute in a combo. Plus, I don't know if it's faster overall or if I just got lucky, but it seemed like the opponents were way less likely to counter when I used that combo compared to the other ones. The most annoying bug I had was after you meet the bandits at the mill, who are trying to find Timmy. I send them to Rattay and then killed them one by one as they were leaving. However, it seems like if you do that, there's a very frequent bug where the game doesn't properly register that you've killed them, so they actually appear in Rattay later on, but because they are technically dead, he guards don't register them properly. So the bandits can kill people in Rattay, but if you try to kill the bandits, the guards will see that as a murder. The only way to get rid of them as far as I've noticed was to have the bandits attack someone right in front of a guard. That's when the guards agro. So I reloaded several times until the loss on lives was minimal and I managed to bait the bandits into attacking in front of a guard. I was really happy I managed, because if I had to go back to the mill, that was actually a big chunk of my gameplay, since it took the bandits a long time to get to Rattay.
I think the difference is that women are portrayed as women of the time. You have a noble lady with an aging husband and she desires love and companionship. A woman who helped the sick and wounded people and she had to fight against the troubles of this time and the church. A woman who lost everything and survived severe trauma and still helped Henry. Isn’t it better to show the hardship of women at this time rather than a portrayal of women like Jeanne d’Arc who were the absolute exception or women who are just a modern fantasy? The same is with gay people. There is this monk who is obviously gay and had no other option but joining a monastery.
@poppi510 I completely agree with you! I wasn't expecting a game like this to have stereotypical "powerful" women, honestly women being portrayed as only strong can get dull! We need variety. But i loved the way Warhorse portrayed the women as strong but in grounded ways. As you said they're of the time, making due with what they have. And I can't believe I didn't mention the gay monk, you're the second comment to mention him. Literally such a sad discovery to make within the monastery yet it makes perfect sense for the time period.
@@catalystiic yes and that’s what I love about this game it is way more subtle but it fits. It feels natural and those stories seem believable. I don’t understand why people re so obsessed with the modernisation of history? In my opinion it completely disregards all the actual lives of these people. Assassins Creed Odyssey completely whitewashed the ancient society for example, it doesn’t make it a bad game, but can’t it be possible that there is a game which takes historical authenticity more seriously? Does this really make the creators of this game and the people who like this game bigots and racists like some say ? I grew up in the border region of Bavaria (Germany), Austria and Czechia btw.. So this story takes place quite close to my hometown.
@poppi510 I had a different reading of Lady Stephanie. To me, it seemed like Sir Divish got physically ...damaged... in captivity, and she's trying to get him an heir with (basically) the only outsider she trusts to keep her secret. If you allow your He ry to be seduced, she no longer interacts with you, so companionship seems off. She knows Divish won't come in, and when you leave, he is in the chapel down the hall praying. (Praying for a son? Praying for forgiveness?) Not having an heir would be a deep shame for him. Also, a childless widow, at the time, is in a very vulnerable state, (and as she says, her husband is old and in not great shape) but the mother of an heir has more power and influence over what happens.
We're kindred spirits. Even though I'm a 72 year old grandma I have been a gamer for a few decades, KCD and Dragon Age are two of my favorite games. Have you played Horizon: Zero Dawn? It's wonderful with a very intriguing story.
@@barbarakessinger6965 wow amazing! i always love seeing older people who have continued the hobby :) and i got Horizon through PS Plus so it's definitely something I want to play eventually! Maybe I'll try to get through it next year.
This game is now my favorite game of all time, but when the game first came out, I ended up losing between three and five hours and it wasn’t always my fault. My first attempt at hard-core mode left me dead and wasting about four hours. I’ve now completed hard mode and finish the game, the beginning was rough. I’ll never forget learning how to make potions in this game.
In my latest game, I was able to finish game with 0 death in fights on fully explored hardcore with all negatives. My only deaths was by bugs of being stuck, then catapulted high from bushes, or bad reacting on cliffs. This is only game, where running from impossible fight is reward itself, and attackers do not follow you across entire map (hello Bethesda).
Being Czech myself first time I played I wasnt that interested in it but later on I got tottaly catched on and couldnt stop playing. Great dudes game. The Music in the game is totally the best Jan Valta and Adam Sporka did very great job.
I discovered combos are difficult to pull off as most opponents will dodge or block/counter your combo attempts anyway. Master strikes and clinching-then striking is the way to go. I used the mace for quite a while because it ignored armor protection and it was leathal with the Headcracker perk, but it was very slow. Then I got Stinger, and now I just rapidly stab my foes in the face.
Saw right at the start there was a skill that gave strength experience every time you pick up herbs, this sidetracked me massively and I proceeded to pick every herb in skalitz. Spent many more hours after the tutorial learning to read so I could then abuse my massive amount of herbs for big alchemy and money gains. 10/10 would recommend getting sidetracked by seemingly useless little skills again
@@fosterbennington6405 hahaha I started doing the same thing with the herbs! Alchemy is such a great way to make money too, especially once you unlock the automatic brewing perk.
He looks like he's aged "5 years, even though, it's like right after the first game" Also this generation: "Gen Z looks older than they are because they're so stressed out all the time."
Master strikes are an important combat mechanic but if you are good and practice, every mechanic becomes viable and feels quite flashy. That being said you technically do not need anything other than master strikes which is kind of boring.
I rarely used the masterstrikes myself, perfect block and riposte was my sword fighting technique. Definitely used horseback archery and sometimes the sword on horseback as well to take out bigger groups (used a long-sword during my play-through) At face value it does look like a game for "the boys" but the moment you start playing you notice that fighting isn't the sole way to go about things. It's still part of it, but you can 100% get out of a ton of fights. I've lost over an hour of gameplay once... But since I knew what I was doing the next time I could get it done in 15 minutes flat. Still bummed me out though, but I shouldn't have forgotten to save. Plenty of savior schnapps in stock always!
@@TheDutchTexanGames I've heard people say that sword on horseback was so helpful but i never tried it. Archery on horseback sounds mad! I'm very impressed you could pull that off.
@@catalystiicthe trick is ride away, stop so you can take aim and shoot them as they approach. Keep your distance though since they can and will pull you off your horse and then you're cooked. With the sword you have to ride past them and swing at the right moment so they don't have a chance to pull you off the horse. Just takes practice... Like about everything does in that game LOL!
@@catalystiic Master strikes are still so much more effective, cuz you not only get the damage strike with the master strike itself, but it'll basically always give you one free normal attack right after if you follow it up immediately. This is what makes them so devastating and allow you to drain stamina/health in a nice big chunk. Dodging doesn't really give you this and is harder to pull off.
Great review! Watched a lot of reviews but your is truly unique! Your point of view is very interesting to hear, even for old school players and veterans. Very informative about your point of view as someone who has 0 idea about the world and history, maybe not recognizing kings etc. but your video showed how good of a job Warhorse Studio did while building this wanna-be realistic world. First time watching you, hope to see your point of view on the second title! Keep up the grat work!
@@Huperdome thank you so much :) I'll admit that i haven't taken as much time to appreciate lots of history but I'm glad that this game, as well as others, were able to show me there are plenty of interesting strories in real life. Super super excited to see how the second game unfolds!
I bought this game an the Witcher 3 while it was on sale an didn’t touch it for 2 months lol but man once I finally played it I instantly fell in love with the game, especially coming fresh off the Witcher it had the same vibe… minus the monsters lol everything to the music, gameplay, and world building was absolutely fantastic, I didn’t think much of it when I bought it but now it’s easily one of my top favourite games. Also loved the Witcher Easter egg you can find in the game lol
When did the idea that this is just a game for the boys come about? I finished the first game twice over the last 3 years and never heard any such sentiment until recently with the reactions to the trailer for KCD2. I still don't understand why people are saying that about either of the versions of the game. KCD2 seems like a continuation of the first game and it should be great for all kinds of audiences that like immersive RP games, no?
@@ThSkBj that was my impression from the set of fans I saw that were playing the game and the way they portrayed it. this isnt a genre i usually play so when i see people talking about the game a certain way that's just how my initial opinion formed. Also to be real i didnt see many women playing it either at the time i became interested in it, but overall glad i was proven wrong :)
The Kingdom of Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman Empire and the King of Bohemia was a vassal of the German King with the state offical titel "Arch Cupbearer". The German King was an elected King by the votes of an electorate of 7 Prince Electors. Those 7 were "the Arch Cupbearer" + "the Arch Truchsess" + "the Arch Marshal" + "the Arch Chamberlain" + 3 Arch Bishops who also had administrative power being chancellors of the Empire = 4 noble men + 3 clergy men who all had "state officials status" and elected any head of any aristocratic House of the Holy Roman Empire to become German King. And that elected German King got then announced "Emperor" by the Pope in Rome. To know that is important to understand what is actually happening in KDC. KDC is imbeded in the historical events of Wencel of Luxembourg and his half brother Sigismund of Luxembourg. The Bohemian King Wencel of Luxembourg got elected for the German Kingship and became Emperor but then happened to be a weak ruler or way better said he didn´t rule at all. = Didn´t rule his Aristocratic House of Luxembourg, didn´t rule his Kingdom Bohemia and didn´t rule the Empire but solely lived a life of "fun" so to say instead "doing his job"...at least in the view of some noblemen both in the Empire and in his Kingdom Bohemia. (=Although the fact that his ruling was heavily questioned is a sign of weak ruling anyway, isn´t it) His half brother Sigismund of Luxembourg was King of Hungary which - wasn´t - part of the Holy Roman Empire (that is important to understand) but he had the ambition becoming Head of his aristocratic House = the House of Luxembourg and as such becoming an influencial nobleman in the H.R.E. (= a candidate for the German Kingship the requirement for Emperorship + with the Bohemian crown even becoming member of the electorate/a Prince Elector = the Arch Cupbearer).. and some few noblemen of the Holy Roman Empire who were not satisfied with Wencel´s Emperorship + some local Bohemian noblemen who weren´t satisfied with his Bohemian Kingship supported Sigismund which opened the opportunity for Sigismund to follow his ambitions because he had enough support. And because Hungary wasn´t part of the Empire Sigismund simply - needed - the Bohemian crown in the first place to be "in the game" in order to become a nobleman - within - the Empire + also simultaneously become head of his aristocratic House and as such a candidate for the German kingship which is the requirement for getting announced Emperor + even becoming a member of the electorate which is already 1 vote for himself when a new German king got elected after the current one /Wencel died =The Bohemian crown was already in the hands of the aristocratic House of Luxembourg therefore Sigismund´s powergrab attempt is "a pure family matter/affair" so other Houses had officially no right to interfere without causing a civil war in the entire Empire so it was just local in Bohemia - and it also was "no attack of Hungary against the Empire" which it would had been if Sigismund weren´t familiary tied to the Bohemian crown or if he had invaded somewhere else in the Empire.. That is basically the actual historical background for the story of KDC = "very simplyfied explained" . Henry is a subserviant and what then got exposed during the game a secret/illegitimate son of a nobleman (= Sir Ratzig) who supports Wencel = a totally fictional story imbeded in actual historical events The historical outcome of that "feud between brothers" if Sigismund succeeded at the end or if Wencel succeeded at the end or maybe both basically lost at the end you can read in history books.
No you're exactly right - the Master Strike is critical and the difference between it and a Perfect Block and a Parry/Riposte are not explained well enough, unfortunately. Getting the hang of the Master Strike gets you through basically any one on one encounter, and then the real challenge will come from fighting multiple enemies at once on your own, at which point you should be using potions /poisons to help thin out the herd at the start. And combos are very hard to pull off cuz any enemy that you might want to actually use them against(a tougher one you want to kill quickly) will likely Perfect Block/Master Strike your attacks at some point in the combo and you have no real control over that.
Many people miss judged this game because the start is pretty damn rough, you're a peasant with no skills, you can't even read for f sake. But is the best medieval simulator out there.
Thank you very much Inna, very nice video of yours. You're right, KCD is not just for the boys, but for everyone who likes immersive games with strong characters. Henry's journey just drags you into the game, and you want to know what happens next to him and the other people. It's great to hear you're having so much fun with KCD and we hope you didn't got sick, as you said in the end of your video. :)
Stop watching TH-cam videos and return to developing ya scoundrel.
I like to think that this comment was written by Vavra himself
@@TommyLikeTom Probably Sir Tobii
What?
Well, damn. The devs noticed the video
The history is very well respected in the game.
Im a polish history enthusiast, Czechs are our neighbours and a lot of things carry over, some events are the same events and things that were important in the region are treated as important.
how interesting! and that's really good to hear.
@@catalystiic its like both americans and brits learn about the american war of Independence.
In our case Sigismund is a bit of a villain for both Poles and Czechs as he would double cross and betray polish and czech leaders for his own gain.
KCD is the most underrated game of all time.
Yay! So glad you ended up enjoying KCD. It is a diamond in the rough for sure, and more often than not inaccessible by design, but that's also really what sets it apart from a lot of games which casualize game mechanics and their setting. I think with KCD2 they are really trying to achieve the scope and scale that was their the original vision for the first game, but didn't pan out after many development hardships. Very much looking forward to improved combat, and modding it, of course. Great channel, be watching!
I'm so excited so see what they're going to do with the sequel! I hope more people try to play this game first tho cause as you said it really is a gem.
It took me a while to get into this game but once I got into it I was HOOKED, it was so nice to be immersed in a world that once existed, to feel what life was like back then, it was awesome and I cannot WAIT for the second one. I can really feel the heart and passion that was put into this game.
@Mister_Skar we only gotta wait until February so it'll be here before we know it :)))
0:45 Damn, I had no idea Warhorse Studios developed and published a whole town! :D
Like, honestly? The biggest departure from history is that Markvart von Aulitz is alive when he died in 1402 (after sieging Kutna Hora but before Skalice was raided). And Henry wasn't a real person. The events of the game didn't happen, except when they did, Skalice was attacked and the town fled under cover of a rain storm. When the game touches on history it doesn't deviate much from it but it is historical fiction the same as any other work of historical fiction.
Part of it is that there are plenty of gaps in what's known - like the most well known thing about Racek Kobyla is how he died .
Practically nothing's known about him before he was hetman at Skalice. Presumably he was from Dvorce (on account of being called
Racek Kobyla of Dvorce.) In the game they left a goat behind in the castle when the population of the town sneaked away, in real life it was one old woman who refused to leave and a pig.
Jan Ptáček was aged up a few years - he was 15 in 1403. ...In fact the biggest overall change, and I'm not sure why they did this, but all the names are German rather than Czech. Hans Capon was Jan Ptáček z Pirkštejna,
Hanush was Hanuš,
Divish was Diviš and Talmberg was Talmberk.
Silver (Silber?) Skalitz was Stříbrná Skalice.
Rattay is Rataje, etc.
...the more shaped brigandines are a little anachronistic? I think the architecture and tailoring is real?
@@SarahExpereinceRequiem wow thank you so much for the detailed comment! Definitely need to read more on this. Historical fiction is becoming one of my favorite genres and is making me appreciate real history more.
@@catalystiic the in game codex has a entries that touch on the lives of all the real people who are featured in the game. Although some of them do... I guess "spoil" real life? Although it shouldn't spoil anything that will happen in KCD2.
@@SarahExpereinceRequiem i didnt take a look at the codex at all! I need to open the game back up and take a read.
@@catalystiic If you are interested in ancient Greek history I would recommend a series by Marry Renault. The best known of the novels is 'Fire from Heaven' about the life of Alexander the Great, but the whole series is great. She is true to the history of the period although most plots are fictitious. One caveat, she does not shy away from the issue of same sex relationships at that time, which makes some people uncomfortable.
Another one you may like is Marion Zimmer Bradley's 'The Mists of Avalon'. This is a retelling of the Arthurian legend from a female perspective, specially Morgaine le Fay. This one is fantasy but inspired by the daily life and legends of Arthurian England, or as much as we know of it.
I presume they changed the names to their German equivalents in order for the Anglosphere audience to have an easier time pronouncing them. Which is quite funny considering how many times I've seen Brits and Americans moaning about how totally alien and incomprehensible German language sounds to them (even though everyone else sees the many similarities between those two).
Love this game. "The reveal" came as a thrilling surprise to me but on a second playthrough, I was honestly surprised at how many hints get thrown your way.
I couldn't figure out the combos either. Some day I'll get that achievement.
There are so many hints at the reveal its crazy, I hope we see more of that dynamic in the sequel somehow!
@@catalystiic My husband is playing it so I'm stoked to see if he'll get it or he'll be just as thrilled, surprised, and clueless the whole time as I was.
The biggest problem with combos is managing to make 3-4 consecutive attacks against someone without them doing a parry or master strike, when you do manage to get one off it's effective, but that basically never happens
Do it as a followup after your own master strike
@@banzaiduck I find getting any more than one follow up to land after a MS rarely happens 1st hit lands, second is blocked third is parried dodged or MSd, they work best when you've emptied your opponents stamina/broken their guard, but at that point a chain of strong attacks is basically just as effective
@@Ytinasniiable I get it to work consistently. My guess is that your window between MS and the combo is too long.
@@banzaiduck The problem isn't your own timing, it's that the enemies regularly perfect block your own strikes, which invalidates a combo. This isn't something you can really control. You just have to get lucky. And the tougher the enemy, the more likely they'll invalidate your combo, all while easier enemies dont really call for combos to begin with.
NPC interractions and their daily routine are so immersive and probably one of my favorites part :D
I really love how the dialogue are based on the consequences of Henry quest ot circumstances like during Johanka's quest , Sasau cizen will talk with each other about their POV of Johanka , both agree and disagree and the dialogue will chanage as the quest progress!
Nice review. I recommend playing Johanka's part of Woman's Lot DLC - it is one of my favourite questlines in any RPG. The Theresa part is pretty good too although there is one annoying part (having to find some herbs) where I recommend a guide, it can be frustrating without it. Regarding masterstrike, there is a mod that basically removes it from both player and enemies, and it makes the combat shine since you can actually do the combos without getting masterstriked all the time. KCD2 will have this reworked too.
@8Paul7 you gave me horrendous flashbacks to the herb section of A Women's Lot. Ill definitely get back to Johanka's eventually. Also there really is a mod for everything! Can't wait to see how they rework the combat in the sequel.
1:45 In the grand scheme of things (speaking of the war or locations) they took barely any liberties. The protagonist and most of the characters you interact with directly are of course fictional though.
ah okay! that's so cool. i really want to read up on these locations and events more now.
There is many videos from ppl who travel to Czech republic and make comparison videos of game areas and real ones. I recommend to find and watch, its incredible
@@stasektarkowsky7683 I'll find one! Maybe I'll end up adding something to my travel list hahaha
A Woman's Lot DLC is one half Theresa, the other half is Johanka! Definitely try her quest too
@@Geeler didn't realize they were part of the same DLC! Definitely will get to it eventually.
@@catalystiic Johanka's part of the DLC is supper interesting IMO. It has multiple possible endings. Do be prepared for some shocking bits near the end.
After trying out several of them, I only ended up using one combo through my entire gameplay. It was fast and easier to execute because it had a lot of the stab moves, which is the easiest move to execute in a combo. Plus, I don't know if it's faster overall or if I just got lucky, but it seemed like the opponents were way less likely to counter when I used that combo compared to the other ones.
The most annoying bug I had was after you meet the bandits at the mill, who are trying to find Timmy. I send them to Rattay and then killed them one by one as they were leaving. However, it seems like if you do that, there's a very frequent bug where the game doesn't properly register that you've killed them, so they actually appear in Rattay later on, but because they are technically dead, he guards don't register them properly. So the bandits can kill people in Rattay, but if you try to kill the bandits, the guards will see that as a murder. The only way to get rid of them as far as I've noticed was to have the bandits attack someone right in front of a guard. That's when the guards agro. So I reloaded several times until the loss on lives was minimal and I managed to bait the bandits into attacking in front of a guard. I was really happy I managed, because if I had to go back to the mill, that was actually a big chunk of my gameplay, since it took the bandits a long time to get to Rattay.
Oh geez that bug sounds like a pain. Really grateful i didnt run into anything like that during my run.
I think the difference is that women are portrayed as women of the time. You have a noble lady with an aging husband and she desires love and companionship. A woman who helped the sick and wounded people and she had to fight against the troubles of this time and the church. A woman who lost everything and survived severe trauma and still helped Henry. Isn’t it better to show the hardship of women at this time rather than a portrayal of women like Jeanne d’Arc who were the absolute exception or women who are just a modern fantasy?
The same is with gay people. There is this monk who is obviously gay and had no other option but joining a monastery.
@poppi510 I completely agree with you! I wasn't expecting a game like this to have stereotypical "powerful" women, honestly women being portrayed as only strong can get dull! We need variety. But i loved the way Warhorse portrayed the women as strong but in grounded ways. As you said they're of the time, making due with what they have. And I can't believe I didn't mention the gay monk, you're the second comment to mention him. Literally such a sad discovery to make within the monastery yet it makes perfect sense for the time period.
@@catalystiic yes and that’s what I love about this game it is way more subtle but it fits. It feels natural and those stories seem believable. I don’t understand why people re so obsessed with the modernisation of history? In my opinion it completely disregards all the actual lives of these people. Assassins Creed Odyssey completely whitewashed the ancient society for example, it doesn’t make it a bad game, but can’t it be possible that there is a game which takes historical authenticity more seriously? Does this really make the creators of this game and the people who like this game bigots and racists like some say ?
I grew up in the border region of Bavaria (Germany), Austria and Czechia btw.. So this story takes place quite close to my hometown.
@poppi510 I had a different reading of Lady Stephanie.
To me, it seemed like Sir Divish got physically ...damaged... in captivity, and she's trying to get him an heir with (basically) the only outsider she trusts to keep her secret.
If you allow your He ry to be seduced, she no longer interacts with you, so companionship seems off.
She knows Divish won't come in, and when you leave, he is in the chapel down the hall praying.
(Praying for a son? Praying for forgiveness?)
Not having an heir would be a deep shame for him. Also, a childless widow, at the time, is in a very vulnerable state, (and as she says, her husband is old and in not great shape) but the mother of an heir has more power and influence over what happens.
We're kindred spirits. Even though I'm a 72 year old grandma I have been a gamer for a few decades, KCD and Dragon Age are two of my favorite games. Have you played Horizon: Zero Dawn? It's wonderful with a very intriguing story.
@@barbarakessinger6965 wow amazing! i always love seeing older people who have continued the hobby :) and i got Horizon through PS Plus so it's definitely something I want to play eventually! Maybe I'll try to get through it next year.
@@catalystiic Great! It's a very good story with lots of twists.
@@barbarakessinger6965 well I'm definitely looking forward to it then :) thanks for the recommendation
This game is now my favorite game of all time, but when the game first came out, I ended up losing between three and five hours and it wasn’t always my fault. My first attempt at hard-core mode left me dead and wasting about four hours. I’ve now completed hard mode and finish the game, the beginning was rough. I’ll never forget learning how to make potions in this game.
Im always so impressed by people who can do higher difficulty run especially on this game i cant even imagine.
In my latest game, I was able to finish game with 0 death in fights on fully explored hardcore with all negatives. My only deaths was by bugs of being stuck, then catapulted high from bushes, or bad reacting on cliffs.
This is only game, where running from impossible fight is reward itself, and attackers do not follow you across entire map (hello Bethesda).
Being Czech myself first time I played I wasnt that interested in it but later on I got tottaly catched on and couldnt stop playing. Great dudes game. The Music in the game is totally the best Jan Valta and Adam Sporka did very great job.
I love the music! It's so nice to listen to when youre just exploring everything.
I discovered combos are difficult to pull off as most opponents will dodge or block/counter your combo attempts anyway. Master strikes and clinching-then striking is the way to go. I used the mace for quite a while because it ignored armor protection and it was leathal with the Headcracker perk, but it was very slow. Then I got Stinger, and now I just rapidly stab my foes in the face.
The Nutcracker perk really helped me a lot on my run to and i pretty much exclusively used maces in the end game
Stinger is mad overpowered. lol
Liberties were taken with the shoes. Otherwise it's historically fine.
Was fun watching you struggle 💪
@@asian101rice how rude 😭
This was a 10/10 for me. Lockpicking aside.
Cant wait until KCD2.
Saw right at the start there was a skill that gave strength experience every time you pick up herbs, this sidetracked me massively and I proceeded to pick every herb in skalitz. Spent many more hours after the tutorial learning to read so I could then abuse my massive amount of herbs for big alchemy and money gains. 10/10 would recommend getting sidetracked by seemingly useless little skills again
@@fosterbennington6405 hahaha I started doing the same thing with the herbs! Alchemy is such a great way to make money too, especially once you unlock the automatic brewing perk.
He looks like he's aged "5 years, even though, it's like right after the first game"
Also this generation: "Gen Z looks older than they are because they're so stressed out all the time."
Master strikes are an important combat mechanic but if you are good and practice, every mechanic becomes viable and feels quite flashy. That being said you technically do not need anything other than master strikes which is kind of boring.
I rarely used the masterstrikes myself, perfect block and riposte was my sword fighting technique. Definitely used horseback archery and sometimes the sword on horseback as well to take out bigger groups (used a long-sword during my play-through)
At face value it does look like a game for "the boys" but the moment you start playing you notice that fighting isn't the sole way to go about things. It's still part of it, but you can 100% get out of a ton of fights. I've lost over an hour of gameplay once... But since I knew what I was doing the next time I could get it done in 15 minutes flat. Still bummed me out though, but I shouldn't have forgotten to save. Plenty of savior schnapps in stock always!
@@TheDutchTexanGames I've heard people say that sword on horseback was so helpful but i never tried it. Archery on horseback sounds mad! I'm very impressed you could pull that off.
@@catalystiicthe trick is ride away, stop so you can take aim and shoot them as they approach. Keep your distance though since they can and will pull you off your horse and then you're cooked. With the sword you have to ride past them and swing at the right moment so they don't have a chance to pull you off the horse. Just takes practice... Like about everything does in that game LOL!
@@TheDutchTexanGames thank you for the tips! And you're right practice makes perfect especially in a game like this lol
This was a great review. Cheers : )
You can get away with not using master-strikes if you are a hyper-mobile character. It's quite easy to dodge attacks.
I didn't interact with the dodge mechanic much! If i ever replay maybe ill try to experiment more with that.
@@catalystiic Master strikes are still so much more effective, cuz you not only get the damage strike with the master strike itself, but it'll basically always give you one free normal attack right after if you follow it up immediately. This is what makes them so devastating and allow you to drain stamina/health in a nice big chunk. Dodging doesn't really give you this and is harder to pull off.
@@maynardburgerDodges give you nothing, you really just avoid the attack,the enemy isnt open to a counter or anything.
Great review! Watched a lot of reviews but your is truly unique! Your point of view is very interesting to hear, even for old school players and veterans. Very informative about your point of view as someone who has 0 idea about the world and history, maybe not recognizing kings etc. but your video showed how good of a job Warhorse Studio did while building this wanna-be realistic world. First time watching you, hope to see your point of view on the second title! Keep up the grat work!
@@Huperdome thank you so much :) I'll admit that i haven't taken as much time to appreciate lots of history but I'm glad that this game, as well as others, were able to show me there are plenty of interesting strories in real life. Super super excited to see how the second game unfolds!
Warhorse commented on your video!!
Really really crazy 🤯
9:34 .. gay mechanics .. 🚗🧔🧎♂
In the monastery quest there is even one homosexual character wich was handled in very good way, he's one of the monastery brother.
Oh my god i cant believe i didnt mention him! He was done very well and really realistic for the time period but it made me sad :')
there is one same sex couple too. will not say more to avoid spoilers.
I bought this game an the Witcher 3 while it was on sale an didn’t touch it for 2 months lol but man once I finally played it I instantly fell in love with the game, especially coming fresh off the Witcher it had the same vibe… minus the monsters lol everything to the music, gameplay, and world building was absolutely fantastic, I didn’t think much of it when I bought it but now it’s easily one of my top favourite games. Also loved the Witcher Easter egg you can find in the game lol
@johnnyy5327 I'm glad you enjoyed! It was definitely an unexpected highlight of this year for me :)
When did the idea that this is just a game for the boys come about? I finished the first game twice over the last 3 years and never heard any such sentiment until recently with the reactions to the trailer for KCD2. I still don't understand why people are saying that about either of the versions of the game. KCD2 seems like a continuation of the first game and it should be great for all kinds of audiences that like immersive RP games, no?
@@ThSkBj that was my impression from the set of fans I saw that were playing the game and the way they portrayed it. this isnt a genre i usually play so when i see people talking about the game a certain way that's just how my initial opinion formed. Also to be real i didnt see many women playing it either at the time i became interested in it, but overall glad i was proven wrong :)
Jesus Christ be praised
The Kingdom of Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman Empire and the King of Bohemia was a vassal of the German King with the state offical titel "Arch Cupbearer".
The German King was an elected King by the votes of an electorate of 7 Prince Electors.
Those 7 were "the Arch Cupbearer" + "the Arch Truchsess" + "the Arch Marshal" + "the Arch Chamberlain" + 3 Arch Bishops who also had administrative power being chancellors of the Empire = 4 noble men + 3 clergy men who all had "state officials status" and elected any head of any aristocratic House of the Holy Roman Empire to become German King. And that elected German King got then announced "Emperor" by the Pope in Rome. To know that is important to understand what is actually happening in KDC.
KDC is imbeded in the historical events of Wencel of Luxembourg and his half brother Sigismund of Luxembourg.
The Bohemian King Wencel of Luxembourg got elected for the German Kingship and became Emperor but then happened to be a weak ruler or way better said he didn´t rule at all. = Didn´t rule his Aristocratic House of Luxembourg, didn´t rule his Kingdom Bohemia and didn´t rule the Empire but solely lived a life of "fun" so to say instead "doing his job"...at least in the view of some noblemen both in the Empire and in his Kingdom Bohemia. (=Although the fact that his ruling was heavily questioned is a sign of weak ruling anyway, isn´t it)
His half brother Sigismund of Luxembourg was King of Hungary which - wasn´t - part of the Holy Roman Empire (that is important to understand) but he had the ambition becoming Head of his aristocratic House = the House of Luxembourg and as such becoming an influencial nobleman in the H.R.E. (= a candidate for the German Kingship the requirement for Emperorship + with the Bohemian crown even becoming member of the electorate/a Prince Elector = the Arch Cupbearer).. and some few noblemen of the Holy Roman Empire who were not satisfied with Wencel´s Emperorship + some local Bohemian noblemen who weren´t satisfied with his Bohemian Kingship supported Sigismund which opened the opportunity for Sigismund to follow his ambitions because he had enough support.
And because Hungary wasn´t part of the Empire Sigismund simply - needed - the Bohemian crown in the first place to be "in the game" in order to become a nobleman - within - the Empire + also simultaneously become head of his aristocratic House and as such a candidate for the German kingship which is the requirement for getting announced Emperor + even becoming a member of the electorate which is already 1 vote for himself when a new German king got elected after the current one /Wencel died =The Bohemian crown was already in the hands of the aristocratic House of Luxembourg therefore Sigismund´s powergrab attempt is "a pure family matter/affair" so other Houses had officially no right to interfere without causing a civil war in the entire Empire so it was just local in Bohemia - and it also was "no attack of Hungary against the Empire" which it would had been if Sigismund weren´t familiary tied to the Bohemian crown or if he had invaded somewhere else in the Empire.. That is basically the actual historical background for the story of KDC = "very simplyfied explained" .
Henry is a subserviant and what then got exposed during the game a secret/illegitimate son of a nobleman (= Sir Ratzig) who supports Wencel = a totally fictional story imbeded in actual historical events
The historical outcome of that "feud between brothers" if Sigismund succeeded at the end or if Wencel succeeded at the end or maybe both basically lost at the end you can read in history books.
@michaelgrabner8977 wow I can only really say thank you for the informative comment! Definitely learned some new stuff from it :)
No you're exactly right - the Master Strike is critical and the difference between it and a Perfect Block and a Parry/Riposte are not explained well enough, unfortunately. Getting the hang of the Master Strike gets you through basically any one on one encounter, and then the real challenge will come from fighting multiple enemies at once on your own, at which point you should be using potions /poisons to help thin out the herd at the start. And combos are very hard to pull off cuz any enemy that you might want to actually use them against(a tougher one you want to kill quickly) will likely Perfect Block/Master Strike your attacks at some point in the combo and you have no real control over that.
I feel quite hungry!
Many people miss judged this game because the start is pretty damn rough, you're a peasant with no skills, you can't even read for f sake. But is the best medieval simulator out there.
I genuinely do not know how someone can mistake KCD a fighting and fucking game.
@@evilajax5657 it's just the way i saw it portayed the few times i saw it on my timeline 🤷♀️
@@catalystiic fair, no hate btw. It just confused me lol
@evilajax5657 all good! sometimes it's hard to tell tone with text, but you definitely weren't outright rude like a few other people.
Father Godwin shows up to chat...
About saving.... or u can install a mod.
That game is about growth and developing relationships, don’t tell other women.
Killing ppl and getting on with mades is only a quarter of the game.😅
Honestly! I didnt realize that at first 😂😂
Great video I appreciate your point of view I love this game and I can’t wait for the sequel