An Epic RPG - Kingdom Come: Deliverance

There are many things missing in modern RPG games.
Taking a bath.
Getting some sleep.
Having a good meal.
Thing like that.

Well, they’re all here in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

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One cannot help but feel that this game is really about living the life of the main character, Henry… along with all the drudgery that might be included.

What Kingdom Come: Deliverance doesn’t have is magic, elves, dragons or otherworldly dimensions. It is more of a historical simulation, set in the turbulent 15th Century Bohemia (which is now called the Czech Republic, in case you were wondering).

In some ways, this concept – the idea of living the life of an ordinary person thrust into extraordinary circumstances) is great. Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a wonderful feeling of authenticity to it, and an attention to details (like NPCs commenting about it if you are dirty) that is lacking in the epic, sweeping fantasy RPGs we have become accustomed to.
But that very epic nature of those games feels like it is missing here; Kingdom Come: Deliverance makes you feel like an ordinary person with relatively small problems.

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Once again, it is a unique approach, but the lack of grandness may not sit well with everyone. And then there is the pace. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is, in a word, slow. You’ll spend the first few hours learning how to do things in the world (it is a long tutorial, yes) like interacting and fighting. Some of the systems are great, but others feel overly cumbersome and unwieldy.

And the combat, well… it is also a slow paced, methodical affair (which is probably more realistic if you consider the strength required to batter someone with a lump of forged iron).

Other systems, though, seems needlessly laborious, making playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance tedious at times.

One thing that must be handed to Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the sheer scale of the game. It is an incredibly ambitious title, with absolute tons to do during its almost 100 hour play time. The downside of this, when combined with the fact that the game is as close to a living world as you’re likely to get these days, is that certain technical aspects have been negatively affected. The world, at a distance, looks great, but up close a lot of the detail is lost, thanks to lower-resolution textures and the like.

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Another great thing (which won’t necessarily sit well) is that Kingdom Come: Deliverance considers actions as final. What the player selects for Henry to say and do will help define his character and the world around him, but what’s done is done.

There's no quickly going back to reload (you can only save when sleeping, bathing or having a quick drink) so undoing a perceived mistake will take a lot of time. And that is possibly one of the best parts of this necessarily pedantic title. It, once again, makes it feel as though you are really living Henry's life, and your actions have some long reaching consequences from time to time.

If you’re looking for fast paced action and tons of combat rolls, not to mention sweeping tales of saving the world while slinging fireballs at enemies, then this game is not for you. If, however, you want to experience something that feels more authentic, and doesn't rush, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a decent option.

The game is not without its faults – no game this ambitious could be free of technical issues. And it is very slow paced. But if you can get past those, it can be surprising entertaining.

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