Kingdom Come: Deliverance - is Skyrim without Magic @ HardcoreGamer

Kevin Dunsmore about Kingdom Come: Deliverance:

Ever wanted play a realistic, medieval, open-world RPG that has no magic in it? Warhorse Studios has the game for you. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is that open-world that dares to exclude magic. I got a sneak peek at the upcoming game at E3 2015, and I think any fan of The Elder Scrolls or The Witcher franchises has something to be excited about. (...)

In Kingdom Come: Deliverance, you play as a young blacksmith who has lost everything to war. Fate drags him into a conspiracy involving a kidnapped king, which would inevitably lead to another war. That’s the gist of the main campaign, but players don’t have to rush through it. Much like The Witcher and The Elder Scrolls, players can feel free to wander the world and pick up sidequests. During the demo, the developer opted to wander off from the campaign objective and accept a new quest to investigate a recent murder.

This isn’t going to be a short game by any stretch of the imagination. At launch there will be sixteen square km of land to explore and about thirty hours of gameplay. There will be sprawling cities, castles, forests, and numerous villages to explore, though I was only shown a forest and village in the demo. Warhorse is bringing the world of Deliverance to life by giving every NPC their own role in a community. You’ll see people wondering the streets and doing their jobs during the day, and then see them retreat to their homes at night. This isn’t a new idea, but it’s nice to see such attention to detail.

Deliverance’s combat is very unique in the fact that it strives for authenticity. With melee weapons, players will be able to aim at five different spots on the human body; head, right-side, left-side, lower-right and lower-left. To counter, you’ll need to watch the enemy’s animations and angle your sword in the correct direction. Warhorse is working with martial arts experts to nail 15^th century fighting, and it looks to be paying off. The swordplay I witnessed looked slow and methodical, but severely intense. One wrong hit and you could die instantly. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is not for those who love to rush in and annihilate enemies with a few well-placed combos. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is, however, for those looking for realistic and strategic swordplay. (...)