Starting with the poo-throwing escapades Henry's friends rope him into, there's a decision to be made on whether Henry joins them. I'd probably be further into the story had I not loaded different saves to test how involved the decision-making actually was, a common RPG element that is surprisingly deep in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. prev nextĪ Game Worth Replaying (Photo: Kingdom Come: Deliverance) These bugs will hopefully be ironed out in the next few patches, but they certainly don't do the realism any favors at the moment. After being rendered immobile again, the start menu only froze the game even further and resulted in force-closing the application. After restarting to a previous save that luckily wasn't too far back, my horse and I wound up in the same ditch due to some poor steering. Where other games might let you scale nearly vertical mountains, my horse got stuck in a shallow ditch and couldn't get out with my dismount action disabled as well. One of these bugs came from riding a horse, a process with a learning curve itself, albeit a much smaller one. This means that when you'll inevitably encounter a bug that forces you to rewind to a previous save, it's hard to say where you'll end up. Sleeping in a bed, autosaves, or drinking an item that's expensive early on are the only ways to save, and autosaves can be few and far between at points. It's already been said that patches are coming in the coming weeks to fix the game's frustrating bugs, but that can only do so much at the moment to pacify the feeling I experienced after having to restart the game more than once.īugs aren't uncommon in a launch, especially one with modest beginnings on Kickstarter, but when coupled with the game's peculiar save system, the frustration compounds. He's got no gifts or mentionable skills despite his tenacity, but you'll learn to love him all the same and appreciate him as one of the most engaging parts of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Whereas other games will present players with a difficult early game enemy that can be beaten with practice, Henry simply can't win sometimes. Henry will also frustrate players at times due to his inadequacies. Compared to other protagonists like Geralt and the Dragonborn, Henry feels much more like an extension of the player. He's relatable to the point that you feel a pang of sorrow during his worst moments and cringe when he embarrasses himself while also reveling in his accomplishments. He gets chastised by parents, wants to go see the world, and shirks responsibilities to visit his girlfriend and throw dung at houses with his boys, all things that players can get behind. Henry is absolutely worthless at times, and that's exactly what makes him one of the best protagonists I've seen in a while.Īs the son of a blacksmith, Henry's illiterate, mediocre at best with a weapon, and seems to be just bumbling through Bohemia. Henry Is a Lovable, Useless Goofball (Photo: Warhorse Studios) Not exactly realistic, but not something worth complaining about.
I harmed a town chicken to see what everyone would do which resulted in an explosion of feathers and a freshly plucked chicken laying on the ground. The game also deviates from the realistic formula once or twice, but not necessarily in a bad way. Perhaps I did something wrong that time, but there's also the chance that there was an RNG realism effect that just happened to be working against me that time. After getting caught and brought back to the keep, I tried the same drop, only this time Henty apparently landed wrong and received a bleeding wound that eventually leads to death.
During an escape from an allied keep, I sauntered off the edge of a bridge onto some rocks below, a short drop, with no issue. There are times when the realism seems a bit inconsistent, though.
Food and washing stations are plentiful, so managing these elements that may seem overwhelming initially isn't difficult and actually makes you feel more in control of your experience by bringing Henry fully under your control. Explanations for these stats admittedly aren't presented in a very digestible way with walls of text and icons that you'll soon forget tossed up on-screen during the prologue and tutorial (which take hours to get through), but the system comes naturally once you start to get the hang of it. The realism that the game strives for adds many additional layers to the RPG formula that makes it seem as though you've mistakenly turned on the "hardcore" mode with hunger, rest, health, sickness, and even the cleanliness of your clothes being factors to consider when embarking on any adventure.
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