Henry is completely broke from the start and basic resources and weapons are hugely expensive. Money, or lack thereof, is another major issue that slows your ability to make headway early on. The game affords very little direction to players in the opening quarter, and since you’re almost straightaway faced with juggling Henry’s rampant appetite and tendency to fall asleep on the job, there’s a steeper learning curve and much more time spent trying to get a grip on all of its survival and role-playing systems. The prologue alone is a two or three-hour experience, and you’ll find yourself doing tutorials well beyond that number. The story of Kingdom Come: Deliverance really is a breath of fresh air in a genre that is often criticized for repetition and tedium.īut it certainly takes its time to get going. That it manages to succeed in this manner is thanks, in part, to Henry, the game’s likable main protagonist, and an interesting cast of supporting NPCs, but mostly due to some superb writing that isn’t afraid to mix the serious with the whimsical. Rather like its modestly sized but superbly detailed open world, the plot is a zoomed in affair that concerns itself more with presenting an authentic slice of lowborn medieval life rather than a save-the-world grandiose spectacle. But what makes this particular rendition of that familiar plotline special is that it manages to achieve its impact without blowing the scope to a ludicrous scale. On paper, the story of Kingdom Come: Deliverance is just another video game tale of revenge. Yet in the end, despite it ultimately feeling slightly like a case of missed potential, there’s a charm to this experience and a level of immersion virtually unparalleled in video gaming that makes it worthy of a spot in any RPG fan’s collection.

Sometimes, overwhelmingly so, to the point that the developer’s rigorous commitment to realism often frustrates, especially in combination with a host of technical issues and one or two poorly executed gameplay systems. On the contrary, the inclusion of various survival mechanics, ultra-realistic sword combat, and the sum of hundreds of tiny but impressive details in the name of authenticity have made it staggeringly complex. But the absence of fantasy elements certainly hasn’t made the experience any shallower. To that end, every inch of its intricately crafted open world has been designed with realism and historical accuracy in mind. It boldly aims to stand apart from a well-trodden genre of fantasy RPGs by removing spells, dwarves, and dragons, opting instead to realize an authentic European Middle Ages setting. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an ambitious game.

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