Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review | The Sixth Axis

TSA: "Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an incredibly ambitious game. It’s an open world adventure set in medieval Europe that has no fantasy elements, realistic combat mechanics, and little in the way of modern conveniences. Instead of starting out with some character defining power, the player is a mere peasant with nothing special about them. As an open world adventure, it’s like little else out there and I had huge hopes that this long-delayed Kickstarter game would deliver on its lofty promises."

[Father__Merrin]

This still would have stood out from the crowd if it had magic and rpg leveling up

[XbladeTeddy]

No, it would have stood with the crowd. They wanted something different to stand out from the crowd. Not everyone likes magic and fairies and flying monsters.

[madforaday]

Exactly, it is cool how this game is grounded! One thing I look for in a game is combat and the videos I seen with combat, it just looks flat. I am also not a fan of this being in first person. That is my preference though.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I agree I actually think this game is ironically setting itself apart by not actually having those elements.

That was one of the things I really really appreciated and liked about hearing about this game. So the way I see it a fresh perspective is Simply Having a game about regular humans and the politics that surrounded this time period. I think amazing stories can still be told that are not in the fantasy setting.

That being said I hope this game does well and I'm hoping the developers are able to patch up and fix the technical issues.

[Professor_K]

So it's basically just Europe in the dark ages?

Ew

[Mr_GoolyPunch]

Europe in the dark ages is the sexiest!

[Relientk77]

A shame, was hoping this would be good.

[Twinblade]

You could try it and decide for yourself, instead of letting a bullshit site tell you to dislike it.

[DrShoe]

Absolutely, sixaxis is on polygon and kotaku levels of distrustfulness. Trust them to your own peril.

[Bleucrunch]

how can he do that without having to purchase it outright first???

[Imalwaysright]

If only demos were still a thing today...

[Twinblade]

Bleucrunch, there's always gamefly.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I mean I don't disagree that somebody should try the game for themselves before making a decision but lots of the reviews that have been releasing have been very consistent regarding the technical issues of this game so in my personal opinion I believe someone should still pay heed to warnings regarding technical issues that fundamentally hurt the game.

Keep in mind this is not talking about any of the conceptual ideas about the game, trust me as somebody that plays dragon age ,Baldur's Gate ,pillars of Eternity, Fallout ,Elder Scrolls ,The Witcher etc I enjoy games like this but to hear of the technical issues from a new developer is very worrying in definitely something that people need to look into before purchase.

Once again just to be clear so people do not misunderstand what I am saying I am not talking about the the concept of the game, I am simply mentioning what we're hearing about the actual real legitimate technical issues surrounding the game at the moment.

From what I'm reading the game is absolutely amazing when it is actually working in regards to concept and design, so I do not want people to debate that is what is being questioned.

What is being reviewed is regarding the technical issues in terms of bugs so I believe it is very legitimate when you're seeing a score of 4 out of 10 that is how these people feel regarding the game's current state.

If they patch the game who knows maybe we'll get more reviews. I'm not hating on the game I just have to be a realistic customer and I just can't justify spending full price on a game. Knowingly has issues I cancelled my pre-order of Mass Effect solely based on the negative reviews about the technical aspect and I actually still ended up purchasing Mass Effect months after release to avoid those issues.

Who knows I'm probably going to purchase this game once more patches fix issues. I just don't want people on this site to misunderstand the negative reviews as a negative reaction as someone not liking the concept or design.

For the most part I'm reading it is just based on the technical issues which like I said is legitimate.

[Snappy]

It is, I am enjoying it

[xenz]

You should read IGN or PCGamers review in progress on this game. They say its very immersive. Questing are good and the game is deep as hell. Only thing holding it back as far as I can see is some bugs really. It's also around 50 hours in length.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I agree

that's exactly what I'm hearing for the most part is that the concept and ideas around the game are amazing simply that it has lots of bugs.

[xenz]

True @Edmix. Even Downward Trust says the game is good even when he doesn’t like realistic RPGs. ACG says its good aswell, but then theres those damn bugs :/

I’ll pick it up anyway. I think this studio show much promise. Its their first game, remember that. And for it to be this good is quite a feat if you ask me

[slasaru01]

it IS good, the reviews are a revenge for lack of colored and gay characters first and absence of big publisher (like EA, Ubi, etc)

[MadLad]

Recieved code. Guess I'm still on some sort of list from my writing days a few years back.

I find the game pretty fantastic, honestly. It has its rough spots. No doubt there. But it's a great, fresh experience, as far as I am concerned.

[amnalehu]

I've seen nothing but outstanding reviews. 4.5/5, even a 10. Just goes to show you how subjective games are. If a game is not a broken mess, I don't think a game should get the equivalent of a failing grade just because the reviewer doesn't like it.

[XbladeTeddy]

Just got the collector's edition in the post, now downloading the patch. Hopefully will like it as I always wanted an RPG game with no magic and stuff set in history. If it sucks at least I got a nice statue of Henry lol.

[Snappy]

Same, got mine yesterday and I’m enjoying the game too. I’m playing on pro and out of the 3 hours playing only come across one bug. The hair on one of the NPCs was there one minute gone the next lol

[Twinblade]

Does anybody really take these sites seriously?

[DafunkyRebel]

So they didn’t like it because it’s realistic, hard and has no magic

[_-EDMIX-_]

To each their own but I actually feel that the game not having magic makes it more interesting.

I love games that try to incorporate realism into the gameplay design.

[PygmelionHunter]

I’m still looking forward to playing this after the game receives some (from what I’m reading) very much needed patches.

It’s obviously not gonna be everyone’s cup o favor tea; add performances issues and bugs to the mix, and I can see why’ve the game would be received so poorly, so I’m not gonna critizise reviewers.

[GamesMaster1982]

Well who would of thought that this game would bomb. Oh well at least i have Survive ordered for next week.

[Mr_GoolyPunch]

:D

[Ashunderfire86]

This would be a great class project, the game clearly needs more polishing. Plus the game world look to empty! Makes me want to play Skyrim instead.

[j15reed]

I'll buy a few patches down the road loving the game world its set in.

[Nodoze]

OUCH.

[Bleucrunch]

I would love a demo, how does one try a game out these days without having to fork over 65 bucks. The gaming industry needs to address this. This is a game where it would serve to help the audience if they could try it out before paying that money.....Gamefly anyone??

[Elwenil]

Steam and then refund?

[Yohshida]

Horrible review honestly. I pledged the game back in 2014 and followed the development whenever I could. The amount of Details and Love that went into this well researched game is amazing. All this was done by a Indie studio with little funding. Rating this game the same as one would rate a AAA game is 100% wrong.

[Imalwaysright]

I'm not judging this game has I never played it but reviews don't exist to serve studios no matter if they're backed by the biggest publishers or if they're indie studios with limited resources. Reviews exist to serve consumers so they shouldn't pull their "punches" if they feel that the experience they had game A, B or C isn't the best.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed

I have no clue what this person did not take the consumer into consideration because the majority of the reviews I've been reading I've been talking about all the same technical issues so there really isn't justification for this even if this is a small Studio I believe they simply could have delayed the game to fix these issues.

It was an okay for The Witcher 3 to Launch with all those issues that had literally corrupted game saves, just like it wasn't okay that Assassin's Creed Unity was launching with people's faces missing in arms and limbs disappearing ,no different than it wasn't okay when Mass Effect Andromeda launched with a host of issues, just because somebody likes a game does not make it fair for the games were released with bugs are issues because of the studio they like.

Someone needs to know this in the reviews needs to reflect this so consumers are informed regardless of how much they like or don't like the game.

[_-EDMIX-_]

the game still needs to be functional so the way I see it is why should any reviewer feel the need to not talk about the technical issues regarding the game?

The way I see it is it does not really matter the circumstance under the studio or the games development at the end of the day they're simply telling you that the game is not performing well. I don't think anything was wrong about that because consumers still need to know. Keep in mind I still plan to play the game when they're able to iron out the bugs but reviews like this help me save my money so why should I spend money on this and take away time from Monster Hunter? Just to deal with a series of bugs?

Come on bud.

[Yohshida]

Have you ever played a Bethesda game at launch? Why do they get a pass?
I played this game for a good time and the problems arent that big honestly, just the usual day 1 bugs EVERY game has these days.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@video- except you're talking about the developer from Last Generation as opposed to now , Fallout 4 still launched mostly functional and I actually personally didn't have much issues with Fallout 4 compared to the Studio's previous games at launch.

Keep in mind that it's not as if Fallout 4 did not get reviews that brought up the technical issues from that game. So I'm sorry but it wasn't a pass because most of the reviews for Fallout 4 talked about glitches and bugs.

That doesn't sound like a "pass" to me. Even for argument's sake if we're going to say that reviewers overlooked something broken in Fallout 4 why on Earth would that even warrant this game releasing this way and reviewers not talking about it? So it helps you somehow for the game to release with technical issues and consumers don't know cause reviewers hide it?

So for argument's sake even if we say Fallout 4 got a pass ,that wasn't okay just like this isn't okay.

So we're not debating that a reviewer has pointed this out , we're debating if it's right or wrong. So someone giving Fallout 4 past doesn't excuse this games technical issues if that's what you're trying to claim.

So just to get this straight this is not about Bethesda. This is simply about reviewers letting it be known if a game has technical issues to the public.

I don't really understand why you thought bringing up another developer with somehow going to excuse this games technical issues lol

[--bienio--]

Well I’m not surprised. No magic? No 3rd person view??its just few things for me I pass this game right in the beginning. Sad.

[Elda]

The game imo looks uninteresting & boring.

[Shotcalm]

called it...

[HyperMouse]

Havnt seen any slow down or performance issues on XboxX only a couple hours in though, agreed the load times are not great, ive only encountered two bugs, one trying to stab some rapists in the back and once after sword training instead of waiting i spoke to the guy again and he went through his beginning dialogue....other that that no slow down or stuttering etc.

[BeOpenMinded]

This review does not do the game justice. It's a refreshing game that's fascinating to me anyway

[2ndhandcorn]

Will still buy as i hate magic and dragons , this will be a nice change.