Is Kingdom Come: Deliverance REALLY That Good?!

[@chumaj001]

Thank you for the kind words! You are a great man and I wish you all the best. I am proud, that the game made your life easier in such hard times. ❤

[@4Core100]

Naprostá božárna... esence krásy.

[@Hauggyful]

Are you THE Daniel Vavra? I just wanna say I'm a big fan :D

[@maxzapom]

​@@Hauggyful yup he always interacts

[@Viflo]

Tak to uz hej ;) Je to osviezujuce vidiet zapadneho zurnalistu ospevovat KCD, zatialco Eurogamer zas zavesil tu svoju sracku o tom, ze Olomouc je na Hodvabnej ceste, a ze tam ma byt smudla na kazdom rohu.

[@T3RM4S]

Thanks for the fantastic first game looking forward for KCD2.

[@dinokezo7744]

I usually dislike common mechanics added for immersion that don't really work or are annoying. But damn this is the first game that made me think "I'm meeting an important person, better wash myself and my gear"

[@maalikserebryakov]

Blackpill confirmed

[@soleo2783]

The only game where i cant bring myself to be a mass murdering psychopath to make money

[@slynt_]

That's so true. No other game makes me automatically think "I'm going to visit a nobleman to convince him to do something, I'd better put on a silly hat and gold chain and pay the bathmaids a visit. And I'd better make sure not to step in any puddles on the way back!"

[@jamesturner4090]

LOL There should have been a washing perk. I got so anal about it. I could not help myself.

[@_Meatball_]

I like the idea of whenever Lock is talking for an extended period of time an overlay of "Where's Matty???" slowly fades in 🤣

[@josiahmccallister3150]

“Where’s Marty?” Got me rolling 🤣

[@stephencrompton4352]

8:10, the fact that they made that guard's dialogue at all, when most develepors wouldn't even have thought to, tells all

[@8Paul7]

FYI, Dan Vávra posted about your video on his private facebook page. He wrote "You watch a video that kind of pretends that maybe your game isn't good enough, but then it turns out that it literally saved the man when he was going through a terrible life trial. And it's such a strange feeling of great happiness and pride and terrible sadness."

[@somm150]

Dan Vávra watches these review videos within a day of them being posted? Yeah, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is gonna be amazing for sure.

[@waketp420]

​@@somm150Fr. Literally every other studio is silent. They say they read the comments under reviews, and message boards sometimes, but they sure don't listen or respond as such.

[@martinmyggestik292]

Dan is for real.

[@pdraggy]

@@waketp420 Civilization devs also do that (Not including games that have their own forums where 7 times out of 10 you'll find the devs or a community interaction manager there ofc), they're also quite great. Gives me a wonderful anticipation for KCD2.

[@okayillcatchyoulaterthen.762]

@@somm150they love this game so much man kcd is the definition of a passion project and i just know it’ll shine through in the sequel. so much love for warhorse

[@thefunkymonk4528]

Really well presented and complete video, Lock! I loved the history lesson in the beginning, had no idea the Warhorse founder also created Mafia.

[@Blisterdude123]

It makes so much sense though, now I think about it. The DNA is there.

[@lowang9708]

I love the part where the video turned into the editor opening up, you're a great man, Matty is lucky to work with you because you genuinely seem like very reliable dude, amazing video btw

[@LockPlays]

Aww I appreciate that so much, thanks man!

[@DavidJones-kx6eb]

I don't usually like or comment on videos but this video is far more superior than any popular youtuber. Entire video was well explained, with fun details and even the personal life story was relatable. I am new to this channel, I don't know Matty but you have earned a follower

[@michaelacriscione3834]

I love the addition of these videos to the channel’s content! You guys are killing it and working so hard across channels. Thanks for the awesome stuff, these videos in particular have been making my Fridays

[@retrorebound8887]

So happy to hear that! Thanks for embracing what we’re doing.

[@yochrisnelson]

Yooooo Lock in the Thumbnail art style is epic. And that voice memo from Matty is killing me 😂😂😂

[@n64luke123]

I just started playing this game a few days ago, and I agree 100% with your thoughts. What really got to me was your dads brain injury story. My dad was in a peddle bicycle accident over 8 years ago with a severe TBI and is a completely different now, an angry person who just yells at me if I even say hi to him. He believes stories that never remotely happened about me or my mom, won't accept any sort of help from me or anyone, hates my mom (who has cancer, 1 leg and has been slowly dying for the past 7), refuses to buy her groceries (I've been doing it the past 9 years). It's been completely and truly horrible and a nightmare and I have and have had zero family for all those years to help at all. It's very, very hard. This game has become in recent days a challenging escape as well. Thanks.

[@Oz07]

So many good things dropped. First Lock video, hilarious intro, and the surprise that the Mafia game writer is the same for Kingdom Come Deliverance?! Amazing

[@8Paul7]

Amazing review. I teared up when you spoke about your dad. So sorry to hear that. What a masterpiece of a game. KCD2, if it comes up in great technical state and USUK journalists don't whine too much, could be Warhorse's BG3 moment.

[@abnushagnasty805]

It’s one of the best games ever made. It’s in my top 5 best games of all time. Raven’s beak and Bailiff’s mace are still my go-to favorite weapons. After every hiatus, I do several rounds of training with Bernard just to get acclimated with the amazing combat system. I can’t wait for KCD2!

[@Bassalicious]

yup same for me. I prefer a metal plated battle axe over the mace but I'm right there with you with the raven's beak. joinking a halberd and absolutely decimating can be fun too lol

[@muhammadbilalkhan9870]

More of this guy PLEASE, Matty make it happen❤

[@flower2382]

This game saved my life during the Covid lockdown, it was the only escape I had for almost an entire year.

[@hannesgreen638]

Incredibly underrated channel

[@PlayLaughLogan]

Honestly if Lock made his own channel I'd definitely sub to it!

[@marinostheo]

Amazing video man, I adore this game too and I’m glad you did it justice with your video! I’m also sorry to hear about your father, huge respect to you for enduring through that, stay strong and I can’t wait for your next videos.

[@EddieTHead2266]

No offense to Maddie but I like listening to your content. I'm old and like old games. I also gotta admit I've grown found of how deep your voice goes om almost ever end syllable of a sentence. Thx!

[@retrorebound8887]

None taken! That’s why we brought Lock in. He can do many things I can’t 🙏

[@larryjilesjr9358]

Well done! I’m sorry to hear about your dad 😢. Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us! I’m downloading now and can’t wait to find out more about myself within the Kingdom 🤴

[@olekryko9704]

Sir, you are great narrator. And you have such a good taste in games!

[@jasondetilly5647]

Great video! I just finished the game yesterday night. What a journey... It was rough at the beginning because Henry is bad at everything, but once I understood that and watched Henry grow, man was it satisfying. And thank you for sharing your personal story. Wish you the best.

[@PunkRockZombie205]

Such a great game. I definitely gotta replay it before the sequel drops later this year.

[@elfnino4878]

Downloaded it today. Gonna start my adventure tomorrow. Thanks for sharing something so personal. I'll pray for you and your family.

[@sanzhikdg883]

So?How do you like the game?

[@maxzapom]

Wow that part at the end was very heartfelt, hope you're a little feeling better now

[@ShinkuAura]

I heard of this game in 2018 and was hype to hear about it back in the day. Only to my horror that the game was bugged as hell. This killed my hype for it as it was waiting for the game to come out. I forgot about it until we had the lockdown in 2020. I remembered the game and saw that the game was now stable and decided to get the Royal Edition that included ALL the DLC and boy was it worth it. I was beyond impressed with this game and how many hours I have put into it. I played it on Console first and put in probably 80 hours. When I decided to build my PC I got the game and I have at least 35 hours into it, I took a break from it. But Now I'm putting in a lot of hours again after KCD2 Announcement and it's still amazing and beautiful. This game is an immersive one of a kind game. I just hope they do not botch the launch again and deliver a seamless experience.

[@havoknkhaos91]

Great video ! I hope you and your pops are doing well💙

[@violet_indigo4926]

This was an epic show of love for KCD and I’m all for it!!

[@tbone2049]

Great History lesson and I’m glad your doing well KCD2 is my second most anticipated game now

[@thewhitewolf7728]

He man, thank you for sharing all of that!! I'm will you and I LOVED KCD and in a way saved my life as well. That year I found my wife was cheating on me got divorced, gave up my house and lost all contact to my 2 step daughters that i had helped raise for years. Losing everything you had and starting over with Henry was such a perfect escape for me and eventually I, like Henry, learned to be my own hero.

[@Swisba]

Discovered it in 2019 when i was living in the barracks in the military. definitely help keep me sane. One of if not my favourite game ever.

[@thatdude7102]

Just bought this last weekend it was on sale with all the dlc for 4.00. Had it on wishlist for a while. Going to be jumping in it next weekend.

[@resellingwithjon]

Haha me too. What a great deal. Now all I need to do is get through the 3 years or so of backlog so I can play it.

[@AleksiJoensuu]

​@@resellingwithjon It's better to play the backlog first. I made the terrible mistake of playing KCD before the backlog. Now, I'm so obsessed with KCD whenever I play something else I just want to go back to Bohemia. 😂

[@MortalReaver]

Don't forget to do as much training as possible with the guy at 13:06. Otherwise you will not be able to parry, which makes you super weak. I saw quite few people skip him and then say combat is just button mashing to kill people as soon as possible.

[@resellingwithjon]

@@AleksiJoensuu haha yup this has been the trap for me for a couple decades. So now I’ve planned out my games to play for pretty much the next 2-3 years so I have some sort of structure. Otherwise I’ll just get distracted by the next shiny thing, again.

[@AleksiJoensuu]

​@@resellingwithjon I was secretly telling you this game is so good it ruined other games for me a bit :D Not everyone feels the same obviously but for me KCD shot straight up to my best games ever - and I've been gaming for several decades, too. It makes getting through a backlog hard: I played my first playthrough of KCD and was absolutely floored. Then I thought "Okay, I never replay games. I have to do something else." So I played The Witcher 3 from my backlog. When I finished I fired KCD back up straight and smiled for two hours picking herbs because I felt "home". Went on to replay KCD twice after that, for a total of three times, and I still want to go back.

[@motionpablo]

beautiful review! I agree with every part of it. Will be replaying 1 soon 😊

[@rados6826]

KCD has won my heart. I can't wait for KCD2.

[@chrisdell2072]

Oh sweet, this is my first retro rebound

[@eddielopez6796]

That intro 😂. I love the LSM staff. Y’all are a bunch of best friends giving each other shit and I love it. Great video Lock! I always enjoy you opinions in games and I can’t wait to watch more of you content. I can’t wait for KCD2. Might have to give the first one a replay to prepare. As a history nerd and someone who’s into HEMA, I enjoyed how the developers used real, historical techniques in their combat. I just hope we can use polearms in the next one. The spear was the most common weapon back then, it was kinda weird that the polearm could barely be used and when it was, its like they didn’t what you to have it. Other than that, I loved it!

[@eddielopez6796]

Also as an archer as well, i appreciated how you needed to level up strength to use certain bows. Thats what most ttrpgs and rpgs get wrong. You need strength to use a bow, not dexterity. It’s one hell of a work out lol.

[@kiwi3085]

@@eddielopez6796 I know it's a 4 month old comment but just wanted to say, you do see a lot of polearms in the first KCD, it's just you can't hold them in your inventory because they're too big. Most town guards and quite a few bandits (both low and high ranking alike) will carry spears, halberds, glaives etc. that you can pick up and use. You can even train with polearms if you visit a certain knight!

[@eddielopez6796]

@@kiwi3085yeah I know they are and that you can train with them. It’s just crazy how you can’t have them in your inventory and get skills with it like every other weapon. I mean you can carry multiple lbs worth of armor but you can’t store it or run with it?

[@Wolfsheim23]

Wow Lock. That story about your dad is the roughest I've heard from anyone. That is such a difficult situation to be locked into. Big respect for you having endured that. And you did a great review and I want to hear more like this! Even better, i'm finally going to try replaying the game now which I gave up in boredom and frustration back when it came out and even later after it improved. I was just too into other games then like Divinity or Prey or something taking away my attention. But now I think Ill be able to get into it finally. I want to before the sequel comes out which looks amazing!

[@AHouser86]

Have the game and want to play it as well. Also, ty for your personal story. I appreciate it greatly. Love the video, sir

[@bowsewr7074]

Damn. What a review. Especially that last bit with the personal connection. Take my sub and ill be getting this on sale

[@gregkral4467]

The difficult combat makes it feel much more realistic. Every success in this game feels well earned.

[@Demovement]

U telling me that my 2 favorite games had to so with the same guy? Masterfull

[@danielcapata5984]

medieval dragostea din tei playing in the background

[@basicallytorture]

This review style is so much different from Matty's - I like it. Matty's vids are like kickin back with the homie and gushing about nostalgic memories, whereas this video straight up took me to school

[@didyoubot]

Just bought this on sale for PS4 and I can’t wait to install and play it! Thank you for this video.

[@jamesturner4090]

Just finished my 4th playthrough, still finding unique dialog. One of the best games ever.

[@Beencheeling]

I totally did not know master Dan Varvra actually was a dev for mafia, man that's such a good game, maybe not to this day but the remake sure is.

[@kOstA8pSychO]

I don't know who Matty is but you are a great narrator and I love your video and I love Kingdome come. People who hate the game probably didn't take time to play it at all or just couldn't get over the fact you need to train your character to be any good. I honestly think the sword combat is the best there is (well for 1v1 at least) . Great job and I hope your dad is doing ok.

[@Daekar3]

Best intro ever. Also, KCD is one of the best games I've ever played despite the fact that it feels like nobody has ever heard of it. It made my COVID lock down experience more like a holiday than a torment. EDIT: I had no idea it was a Kickstarter project. I can't think of a higher praise for the KS platform.

[@shawnmorgan5221]

I’ve been going through a video game lull and this is brining me out of it. After about half an hour, I hated how hard everything was and punishing the game seemed. Spent a little more time with it - you actually get better and level up as you do things more often, like in real life. The world feels real and the game really is a 10/10. All the best to you and your family, thanks for sharing.

[@darksoubarna]

Thank you for sharing your story, as a kid who dealt with the loss of parent with video games, I can empathize with you. I didn't even know about this game till two days ago but I think it's gonna be an experience to remember. Thank you for this video. You gained a subscriber by the way.😊

[@jhvghjgjkhlihli]

Just stared my second play thru. its even better the second time because i know what to do now

[@ashwinters9315]

Grinding at the beginning and getting rich before the game really starts! I love it 😄

[@ivoperes674]

Great video Lock, looking forward to more of your euro/pc gaming perspective in future RR videos

[@joellutz4235]

Dammit lock! Now I have to buy it

[@JustinLatham]

So happy to hear Lock over on these channels! Didn’t realize some folks were shitting on his addition to the channels so now I gotta offset the man children crying that a different tone is hitting their eardrums.

[@xXAzotakaXx]

I have yet to see a comment on the Numa Numa song in the bg being played on lute?

[@MrMKR]

Seriously Lock, i cannot wait for more of these eps!

[@scottbuswell7177]

Great review and a personal one at that thanks for sharing

[@MaxyBoy435]

love this vid and the dirty work instrumental!!!

[@fmatax]

This is first video I have seen from this channel and if Matty if half as good as this guy, I will keep coming for more. Great video!

[@Do27gg]

I think it’s a great game but I also think fans have such respect for the effort put into the game which pushes it higher. Buzzing for the second one

[@travisbickle2004]

It’s not just good it’s fecking amazing and very immersive.

[@amber88565]

Lock is awesome, great video. Awesome addition to the channel

[@BluntApe]

Hardcore mode with all the debuffs is the way to go. So immersive. Can't wait for the 2nd game 💪

[@davekeyart7641]

I had this game in my steam library for almost 2 years before I downloaded it just bcs i didnt have anything else to play. Few hours in and i fell in love with this game. It can be clunky experience but damn worth playing it. Not for everyone tho.

[@EDFCentral]

I've had this sitting in my backlog for a year or more. After your description of the depth involved, I just don't know if I could do it. I'm 44, two children, full time job, plus another job on the side. If I was 20 again, I would be able to hop right into this and sink my teeth into everything it has to offer. I just don't think I can do it anymore. I am glad it was your outlet while going through your family struggles. Those types of games I can imagine stick with you for a lifetime. I still remember playing Lego Batman 2 on the Vita, while I sat in the hospital with my daughter as she battled cancer. It was my momentary outlet that helped release some of my stress and anguish of watching it pick her apart a piece at a time. That game holds a special place in my memory. The day I beat it, was also the day they let me take her home from the hospital. Which was what she begged for the entire month she was stuck there. So, it was a joyous day when I got to fulfill her wish and Lego Batman 2 is linked to that wonderful memory.

[@johnnyflannigan136]

Started playing yesterday.... Got addicted to the dice game at the very beginning.. Lost everything.. Shirt....shoes.. Sold it all

[@micho4324]

This is probably my favorite game ever. Cant wait for 2nd one

[@florihae]

I first played it 2 years ago. All the bugs are gone by now. And immediately started a game in hardcore mode. This is how this game is meant to be played if you love realism. It is sooooooo goood!

[@Mephilis78]

Lady Stephanie will help you escape Talmburg too

[@joshroark92]

Im soooo glad you did a video on this i just recently heard about this game and want to check it out !

[@jordanmarazzi3548]

I just got this game 2 hours ago for 4 bucks and man I love the tone it’s set , I am in a different town now after our hometown got attacked :( can’t wait to explore the rest of thsi game

[@zachramthun9571]

Dude i feel like whenever i start to think about a slightly dated or classic game you make a video straight after, re-downloaded this game yesterday and here we are

[@Einuhreins]

this game (visuals included) aged like fine wine.

[@maning04]

As a player who has been looking for a good medieval historical rpg game. I'd say KCD has got to be the best ones I've played!

[@DanXcel]

LOCK!! These videos are wonderful!

[@WeiJian393]

My first playthrougth, i sucked at the combat. But eventually I won all tournaments, and fights( except ones with multiple people lmao) I felt like a badass knight.

[@matushka__]

Lockpicking is easy AF on PC btw. So if you're on PC but going to play with controller, put it down for the lockpicking sections. I've litterally never broken a lockpick after the lockpicking introduction.

[@Mephilis78]

In a lot of ways, I consider this the true spiritual successor of Daggerfall.

[@elpiquetegames787]

Amazing work Lock 🔥🔥gonna give this game another try

[@petrsvetr5271]

Hey man i appreciate your interest in our history, but let me say few things. Charles IV was very successful, but during his rule as a Czech king ( Lands of Czech kings was Bohemia, Moravia and part of Silesia) there were much more taxes than during his son Wenceslas IV. And most of people love him. He had some problems with high aristocracy and he was imprisoned by them at least two times. And it's true that at the end of his live he just resign on politic . About the drunken myth. Historian said somone try to poisened him, he survived but as a consequence he suffer for thirst and as nobel he just simply not drink water to much. All that chaos in our lands really happend after his death. And people never rebel against him.

[@cacola4823]

Great video Matty and Lock

[@dwtc69]

What a great video! Love lock, and his insane knowledge, his gaming habits are a lot like mine! Last stand media for life!

[@wasteman3259]

I played it twice. Once in 2018 and once this year for 120 hours each. Yes it’s good

[@austinwhitney7090]

You should mention it's on sale right now on Steam for 6.99 btw that would been a great idea to use in your video for those interested. I just purchased it off a review I saw and how it was basically a history lesson in a video game loosely mind you and it's become one of my favorite games of all time in such a short time.

[@Mrdevs96]

That is so funny you mentioned leaving the castle early game, my first playthrough I literally stumbled into the moat half by accident, to see what would happen. Versus my second playthrough i levelled up my sneak and lockpicking in the process of obtaining gaurd uniform, and doing it the longer way

[@oxenfurt89]

it is the purest most genuine game I played in years, can't wait for the sequel

[@dragonchaserkev]

I am a huge fan of yhr old DOS game Darklands. This is kind of a modern take on that I think.

[@InMaTeofDeath]

I've started this game at least 3 times and am pretty sure I've gotten at least halfway through the story but never finished it. Finally I have my excuse to actually finish this game. It's been long enough that I'll have to restart though so I guess I'll be spending my time picking flowers for awhile to get that skill up.

[@gunnergibson4317]

Dang mafia 1 and 2 are probably in my top 5 games. Well at least 2 is anyway. But it’s no wonder I love kcd so much

[@Gtfo_Kenny]

idk if its just me or if my locks were glitched or sumn but the lockpicking for me was extremely easy, i lockpicked everything i came accross and only got caught when i didnt realize there was someone sleeping next to the chest and they could hear my armor or the chest opening. thats another thing, i rarely took my armor off to reduce noise while lock picking, only in heavily guarded areas, either im a lock picking god or i got some sort of lucky streak.

[@jollypupyt4763]

I dig the Numa Numa as the background music xD

[@JTL1776]

Yes. KCD is that good.

[@sandorfalusi3486]

Nah. It’s BETTER!

[@David_Philologos]

In honor of Roxy, arguably one of the most ardent proponents of KCD, I must say taking care of your Dad makes you one @sexybiscuit

[@Zirus_Blackheart]

Gaming since 1983. Kingdom Come has the best lock picking I've ever used :-D

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

I just got passed the prologue and I love it!! Seen 2 coming out and tried this in 2019 but stopped

[@TheSormon]

Just replaying the game for the 4th time to refresh the skills and knowledge before the sequel. Love this game.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

I remember picking this up back when it was first coming out. As someone who loves history and the like, it was great. Janky, but fun

[@Mephilis78]

Sleipnir is my favorite horse. Roach is second.

[@Hard2Find]

Nah this is Guga, where’s the steaks?