Kingdom Come - First Impressions

TechRaptor checked out Kingdom Come: Deliverance:

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Impressions – Fitting a Niche

Kingdom Come: Deliverance has caused quite a stir since its release a few weeks ago. The first Kickstarted title by new developer Warhorse Studios, and the latest game by outspoken director Daniel Vavra, Kingdom Come has already done well for itself by netting around a million sales online. For a new IP, that is damn impressive, and the sheer scope of the game has also been lauded as ambitious by many for it’s high attention to detail and historical realism.

Such a game is a long haul, however, and even after sinking 20 or so hours of being a peasant in 15th century Bohemia, the impression it has left on me is one that started strong but waned over time. In a lot of ways, Kingdom Come is a solid game, but it is a game that has a lot of problems beyond the bugs many have complained about. The least of which is the clear move to sell the game to a very specific niche of the role-playing cross section.

The most impressive part of Kingdom Come is one of its weaknesses; the world itself. 15th century Bohemia in a full medieval simulation seeped in impressive historical accuracy. As an actual historian, it is the perfect game for me. This is a true-to-life world where social status and appearance do matter, where quest design is not epic battles against dragons but instead throwing shit on lime-washed house walls. The amount of care to give the world a sense of realism is ambitious, and Warhorse should be credited for doing a good job at holding up the illusion.

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