Kingdom Come, Deliverance, a medieval enthusiast investigates!

[@massaweed420]

I can just picture Shad meeting his wife for the first time like, "So what is your stance on SWORDS? Does your father's castle have any M A C H I C O L A T I O N S?"

[@massaweed420]

LOL That's even better, why didn't I think of that?

[@joannewatson3416]

... And what about DRAGONS?

[@johannesdolch]

"What is your stance on Swords" I see what you did there.

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

@Battered Boggart answer: a spear.

[@drewpamon]

@Battered Boggart a fatman

[@anthonymigliaccio3492]

Comes to a shad video, listens to a rant of roofs for 10 minutes

[@Trump2024forAmerica]

666 likes…

[@720pgang8]

I wish my parents loved me as much as Shad loves these comments.

[@aaroncsoka7294]

Correctly rated comment 👌😂😂😂

[@brotherknight9484]

Shad: "I wanna kill this guy" Runs into a group of like 5 people in mail armor whilst having nothing on but dirty peasant clothing.

[@DanielGalllego]

TehEpicViking also, dirty peasant against a trained and well equiped soldier in an rpg, there's no amount of crits that would help him when the character only knows how to fight but does not have the stats

[@helgenlane]

He doesn't even know how to fight. He knows only how to swing and block.

[@Nerobyrne]

that's the great thing with video games, you can just do weird things like that because nobody actually dies

[@jamoecw]

they were picking on an innocent civilian, what else is he to do? he saved her by the way, so at least his death isn't pointless (or completely pointless as she probably got killed off after that).

[@markloeffler85]

You can save Theresa just by getting close, whistling, and than running away on the horse.

[@cokiPRIME]

"Thou art a hag, farewell!" I need a shirt of that quote.

[@tomecat]

I would buy the hell out of it. Tee, hoodie, and car sticker/ iron on patch for by back pack. Mostly due to living in Florida.

[@zaodedong9935]

@@tomecat as a fellow Floridian, I must agree for there are many meth hags here.

[@CavTanker88]

@@tomecat Motion carries. Florida is the meth hag state. Shad, we need that t-shirt, now!

[@aaroncsoka7294]

Begone!

[@HarbingerOfTruth1]

Imagine Shads wife walking in on him at that very moment

[@chaptermastertushan3576]

Shad, in real life I generally find my biological need to eat and sleep an annoying distraction... _feel my pain!!!_

[@lordmuhehe4605]

Yeah, eating and sleeping is much more annoying in real life than in the game. So much wasted time!

[@luddwess212]

SALAMANDER gets distracted by the need to eat and sleep... SEE, that's why the ULTRAMARINES are a greater chapter. heuheuheuheu

[@ronin1648]

@@lordmuhehe4605 Not to mention bathing, luckily that one is optional.

[@tropicallife4449]

The NEEDS may be annoying, but the fulfilling of those needs are great pleasure.

[@JohnAndJohner]

It's worth noting that while Henry's father ignores armor in the cutscene, armor is very strong in the actual gameplay. Once you've got every armor slot filled, Plate, Mail and Gambeson, you're practically invincible to swords and only the enemies with maces and axes do damage.

[@LordVader1094]

That's honestly great! It's so historically accurate, and will feel properly satisfying to be in full plate and feel impervious to swords.

[@JohnAndJohner]

It really is marvelous. It took me a bit to realize why I kept blocking automatically and subsequently I was quite displeased when I got whacked in the head with a mace and lost half my HP just as I had gotten used to my armor blocking for me.

[@chadhill455]

I.G to take damage when fully armoured, as well as against other opponents in full plate, your stamina bar must run-out (Blocking and attacking drains stamina. If you use a flurry of attacks an opponent and all they do is block, their stamina will drain first, so then you can deal damage when they have no stamina). Weapons with a high enough blunt damage will bypass a certain amount of armour damage reduction, but they still don't do that much until your stamina bar hits 0.

[@templar684]

It all collapses late game. You become a terminator, you can kill anyone in 3 hits max. Slaughter entire towns with ease. Kind of redundant. Oh, look a guy in full plate armour. Cut him twice on the side and he is dead for some reason. Late game is absurdly unbalanced at the moment.

[@JohnAndJohner]

That's true, which is why I swapped to mace and shield after reaching lvl 13 on sword.

[@DeusExMachina130]

I feel like you invented a new kind of lets play, like a historical documentary lets play.

[@yulilisantimel2793]

Would it be called "Let's Document" ?

[@makebritaingreatagain2613]

Arch did something like this too, it's a good formulae, I want moar. Do want. etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXW6pY1jeM93abM

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Let's Historia

[@jasonb6860]

Not a lot of games this would be good for. But it's definitely appropriate to this one!

[@clandorangaming]

Not a bad idea, I'd watch it.

[@sf90001]

I seem to have encountered a glitch where there are no Dragons in my game. Pls halp.

[@sf90001]

Ah thanks for the favorite! Deutsch is German for German by the way.

[@kevinhamutov8778]

sf90001 remove disc, insert TESV Skyrim, boom....dragons.

[@oljimeagle]

Glitcher

[@gregsheehan3541]

That was great, you almost killed one of her attackers with like 6 guys standing around going "Can you believe this guy is fighting back!"

[@Robisme]

Wow, even people who sound like Sean Bean don’t get plot armor.

[@MajkaSrajka]

That's funny how their gameplay-combat is more realistic than their cutscene-combat :D

[@milanstepanek4185]

Yeah.. there's plot armor and then there's plot not-really-armor.

[@DaweSlayer]

Sometimes it turns to classic movie where realism goes aside :D I'm from Czech rep. so I'm following game aroud the youtube, it's an interesting journey.

[@OverlordZephyros]

Actually the combat sucks, not realistic at all. 2/10

[@lewisconnor2820]

Lord Zephyros The combat is Ace, I don’t know what you are on about.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

If you are referring to the cutscene after you defeat Runt, those are all real techniques.

[@WLagosz]

Hey Shad. I must disagree with you on the "plank problem". As far as I know planks where made by splintering logs not by cutting. Its a relatively fast process. I'm a re-enactor myself (10-11th century middle Europe) and during one event in Poland I've seen this done with very primitive tools. I still think your right that covering a shed with planks is a waste of material.

[@DruncanUK]

WLagosz My thoughts exactly. Trunks were usually split using wedges and mallet and then trimmed with an adze. An experienced “carpenter” could do this very quickly and efficiently and was probably much more cost effective than dragging all those extra logs to the location. I love your videos though, keep them coming.

[@GCurl]

It depends, nowadays and also throughout the medieval sawmills did exist to cut planks, but since we are talking about a very rural setting in Czechia it might as well be produced as you said.

[@helgenlane]

No, it's not a fast process. And it's definitely less effective, than using a saw. But by XV century saws were already fairly spread. Yet it was still not an easy process to produce planks. I have no idea how am I supposed to find any information about it in English. But I can find lots of information in Russian(also Polish), because woodwork and wooden architecture are a huge part of our culture.(I'm Russian) That's one of the ways to do it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f161k4arhZmnbpo That's another: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3LIqWmqmJiKkJY Then they did this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3unmnqrhNd7d6c And that's an example of how they made boats back in the day: pro-vladimir.livejournal.com/238614.html But I'm not an expert, it's just something I found in a few hours. Two things I can say for sure: planks were common, but they were hard to make and a lot of material was wasted in a process.

[@flawedreality]

In this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIi9iIetf8Rod8k (starting from 11:10, about 2 minutes) planks are made by splitting wood with wooden wedges. It does not look very difficult or time consuming!

[@TheWampam]

The problem with splitting wood for planks is that they won't be really flat, so you can't put them edge on edge without extensive work. But sawmills were around at that time and made it possible to build new kinds of ships that would be used to discover the world.

[@Lancor84]

Wow! I'm seriously impressed that you managed to get hits on the cumans. Tiny spoiler: Henry doesn't really know how to fight until after the long prologue section when you finally get some real training by a soldier. So don't give up, it feels way different when you actually leveled his combat skills up a bit. You will be able to read the enemy and react, parry and riposte etc.

[@NickPoeschek]

I actually really liked the aspect of not having customization and BEING Henry. I think Kingdom Come and The Witcher are good examples of the possible benefits of giving limited choices over character creation. Don't get me wrong, I also like games with tons of customization but having one character to plan dialogue options for makes the story that much more in-depth than having to make things more generic to suit many characters.

[@guywithknife]

Nick Poeschek for me, if I play whatever role I like (as you do in, say, Skyrim) then I want to be able to customise my character, but if I’m placed in a role then it makes sense that I do not, BUT if I don’t get to choose my character then they really need to make use of that and give me a good story and character development. Kingdom Come and The Witcher do this masterfully. Other games do not and there is no worse unused potential than forcing a character on me and then not doing any deep character development on him/her (looking at you, The Surge, as one recent example). I mean, if the character doesn’t get well developed and/or written into the story deeply, then why not let me choose as t helps me immerse, but if it is then I’m cool with playing as someone else. I’m thoroughly enjoying playing as Henry and I thoroughly enjoyed playing as Geralt.

[@Dragon_Lair]

Ender, there is customization in Kingdom Come. It's just not character creation so much as custom character development. I recently did a quest where I had to scout a bandit camp and possibly do some sabatoge before a big battle and had been developing Henry's skills to be more of a knight type. I got really good with the sword, learned how to read, wore heavy plate and I currently wield the most expensive sword from Rattay's swordsmith but tried sneaking in and I kept dying over and over, but when I charged in as a scout in full plate, the way I had developed Henry, I ended up completing the mission as well as all the optional stuff and killed about 10 or so guys before escaping into the woods and only lost a quarter health. There are also options to play the game almost exclusively without combat at all if you develop your stealth, charisma and speech skills. To me, there is a whole world of customization, but it's not in the character creater but in the character developer. I've seen the opening Skalitz in a few let's plays and it is remarkable how many different ways people come up with to do the exact same thing. Do you throw dung? Did you beat Kunesh in a fight or convince him....or rob him? Did you buy the charcoal or steal it from the big pile, did you round up your friends to beat up Kunesh as a group? The options are many.

[@Arkalidor]

Create your character whichever way you want, or live the life of a specific character and accompany him through his adventures (making whichever choices you want in his name)... These are two fundamentally different approaches to story telling, each with their own pros and cons, and it kinda bothers me when it's adressed as "something disappointing about the game". It's not an error the developper made, or a feature they forgot to include, it's a design choice that they made. But then again, those two approaches are both labelled RPG's and I can understand that someone might come to the game expecting one and be disappointed to find the other. I guess we're gonna have to come up with one or two specific terms to differentiate between games where you play the role of a specific character, and games where you design your character and do whatever you want with it.

[@HugeESmalls]

While I love character creation in games (its one of my favorite features), there is a reason why you can't in this game. And even then,Henry is a great character, no matter how you play him it feels authentic to his personality, and his growth is great.

[@arthurtwa]

That is very true. KCD is even bolder than The Witcher since is based on novels and inspired by the books. Couldnt actually change it. But by defining a male character is a bold idea in this day and age. I always go with the default apparience in games, or the more basic one. I don't really care much about it. But for some reason, I take up to1 hour to make a character in The Sims

[@joe3897]

uh oh, fire arrows... somewhere, lindybeige is outraged

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

well, the fire arrows they threw did look like they dropped pretty hard so they may have been constructed just for lighting stuff on fire over a wall like Lindy imagined it to be (as you would need a lot of material for the fire not to extinguish itself in the travel). If you think of it, houses with straw rooves are perfect for starting a big fire with just a small one so I can excuse the use of it unlike in most other media.

[@joe3897]

well argued sir!

[@amitabhakusari2304]

Or throw a torch, that works too.

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

we're trying to excuse the use in something, not to find a better way to do it. besides, a lobbed torch will go less farther than a really heavy arrow as it's still shot from a bow

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

I... don't really think so: for ship burials they would've just lit a small fire in the raft and the flames would then reach to more fuel, slowing heating up the bigger branches to a burning point later on (in fact it would really suck if you tried to light the raft on fire by shooting, like "hold on, I've got it this time.. aand I missed again, can anyone reach the raft and light it with a torch?"). Gladiator bears little to no historical accuracy and it should be written off from any serious example and real life tests proved you'll need quite a bit of fuel for the flame not to get blown away as the arrow gets accellerated in the air so it would have to be much more head heavy than how it's represented. There is evidence for the concept to have existed as well as some artifact that look like they may have been it, but there isn't nearly enough of it to say that they were popular in warfare even though in this specific situation the idea may not be as far-fetched to say that they have never been used on any occasion.

[@IPostSwords]

So you could say Kingdom Come really... Delivers.

[@shadiversity]

Ha ha ha, lol. I love bad puns.

[@IPostSwords]

Shadiversity the more it makes you cringe, the better it is

[@JonaD757]

"Here I thought thou was't a fair maiden... but now I see that thou art a hag, farewell!" This line seriously made me laugh.

[@9308323]

Love that the part's pretty accurate in real life too.

[@FollowMe12B]

That would be known as a 50 footer. Looks good from a distance until you get up close.

[@CavTanker88]

@@FollowMe12B I call those ladies Sand Wedges. Good from about 80 yards.

[@korbin58]

I honestly would give full attention to a Shadplay of this game. Also, to the palisade comment. In most instances the palisade would indeed hold off the enemy longer, especially due to the failure on the part of the attacking army as I did not see any siege engines and what I believe to only be a ram. Though from the cutscene it is implied that the attack was rather sudden and the townspeople and the guard may have only had a minute or two at most to realize they were under attack. Though in all honesty the fact that a massive army was missed that easily up until they were practically on top of them is a bit absurd. But if everything was perfect and there were no mistakes, then we wouldn’t have a story or it would have at least been a different tone. Maybe less about revenge and more of a obligation to serve his country. And yes, LIGHTSABER is prominent in the cutscenes! Though it’s likely simply for cinematic purposes, which I honestly don’t mind when compared to the absurd amounts of attention put into detail. No reconstructions are perfect but this is the best by ‘far’. Edit: Ah, never mind. Apparently that horse swallowed the pommel when someone attempted to end them rightly in battle, then converted the energy and used to knock the gate of its hinges, the dastardly beast!

[@Seriously_Unserious]

YES! YES! YES! YES! Shad, you know what you have to do, let's see a full let's play!

[@metakin9426]

Shad I beg of you do more of this game

[@amitabhakusari2304]

I can't believe they would make a door that flimsy after taking all the trouble to construct that very awesome palisade. Not to mention there would be sometime to organise a defence since there was a warning and whole bunch of stuff near the gates to barricade it.

[@quaintgentleman344]

Game logic: Warhorses are not afraid of hitting wooden gates, and can act as battering rams.

[@henrygeyer101]

You should whach the hobbit

[@WlLDEHlLDE]

This is something I thought often during my playthrough of this game: The actual combat REALLY takes armour into account, you can whack a knight for an hour with a sword, without him taking significant damage. In the cutscenes though, all realism evaporates.

[@SheenaTigerspielt]

I was shaking my head a bit as well ... but then... how would you make it look like Martin knows his stuff, giving him a moment of heroic... making it look like he might make it... Surely not when standing on the street, failing to do some real damage and ending his life only slightly better than any of the other villagers. It was cinematic, it was 'cool' ... even though it puts a dent into "historically accurate". The whole scene gives it some more emotional impact, I really like it from that point of view. ^^

[@diegonatan6301]

Well, they could have him face at first some unarmored or poorly armored enemies, beating them with slashes, then some armored enemies come and he would still fight them by hitting the exposed parts, like the face, and using some half'swording like in the video, but then he would end up being overwhelmed by their numbers.

[@helgenlane]

Not completely, though... First enemy he strikes on the helmet, stunning him, kicks him on the ground. Enemy is mostly unhurt, just probably has a concussion. Second one: it looks like a somewhat tapered sword and it hit mail in the belt area and the thrust itself was strong... So it's not impossible. But in the previous versions of the game cuman mail was split in the bottom, right in the belt area, they also wear only tunic beneath it. That's where this animation comes from. Third guy was cut in the neck. It's not that obvious from the animation, but blood particles come from the neck. Fourth soldier doesn't have protection of his mouth area and was definitely cut in the face. If you slow it, you can see sword tip clipping through his cheek. And fifth... It's stupid. But there is a video from their mocap studio, that shows that this guy was supposed to turn his head back and then get hit in the face. So in the game version it was just a very strong whack to the back, and it could've possibly been painful enough to make him drop on the ground. With sixth we can't see his helmet quite well, so we can assume that he didn't have much face protection.

[@helgenlane]

Also, in the beginning of the attack there was one guard, who was shot in the back side of neck with an arrow. Arrow pierced one layer of mail and neck completely. Arrow is a bodkin point and if it missed spine and cartilages, than it's plausible. Unlikely, but plausible. To me, it doesn't look absurd.

[@helgenlane]

But you know what nobody noticed? Flaming arrows.

[@Taiyama2]

I love how Shad was so focused on what he was talking about that he ended up attacking his own teammate near the end of that fistfight.

[@RBermuda1]

The reason why you keep dying so easily is becuase at this point in the game your character actually hasn’t learned proper sword techniques. There is a mission later in the game where you train with a captain and more combat mechanics open up like feinting and parries and proper blocking. Right now any fight you get into your going to lose. The game is going to bash you over the head over and over again saying “ what makes you think a peasant can beat a trained mercenary? You suck at sword fighting, look how bad you are” so don’t bother right now wait until you meet the captain then you can have a chance at actually winning. Tip: also a good way of getting yourself killed is going up against more then one guy in a fight, don’t try it, a tip of advice.

[@SuperExodian]

good, i'd hate it if a game that tries to be realistic allows a peasant to 1v5 soldiers. granted it did with his father, but idk how trained his father is.

[@ambrosiogiovanni6952]

In his backstory his father was a master swordsman, he was a soldier before settling down, so it's ok for him to be a good fighter, he at least knows the techniques.

[@helgenlane]

Also, he is a blacksmith. Blacksmiths hit hard.

[@Javidom14]

well, with tons of training on player side, a bit of "grinding" inside the village to get as much as possible out of it, and tons of luck, you can be able to kill those soldiers in the beginning; and god it feels so satisfying ^^

[@Max1990Power]

@Tranhoang Long i also like what the father said in the end. Even if you are a master swordsman, an archer or even a peasent with a crossbow could kill you. This game punish you if you overestimate your capabilities.

[@l0rf]

Some serious lightsabering in the cinematic, that's for sure. There's almost none of that in the game, armor makes a huge difference and in later cutscenes you don't lightsaber nearly as much, away least from what I've seen.

[@dylanmerrix5904]

l0rf lightsaber?

[@Debilinside]

Meaning sword cuts through armor like its not even there. In the cutscene the characters dad slashes armored soldiers like nothing.

[@TheNetsrac]

Yes I was really disappointed by that. Not far into the story yet, but seeing your father cutting down soldiers in mail armor with a single slashing attack seems so wrong for a game like this.

[@l0rf]

Dylan Merrix that's something Shad came up with I believe in the Narnia review videos, meaning a single slash of a named character is enough to defeat an armoured and trained but nameless henchman.

[@YouTubalcaine]

I didn't like the first kill, but judging by the spray of blood the third one was definitely to the exposed throat. I think that was actually superb swordsmanship. With the strength of a blacksmith the half-sword thrust would be sufficient to penetrate maille and take that warrior out of the fight, so I have no problem with that one. However, like the first warrior, the slash to the back wouldn't have killed his father either. Even without armor there's too much heavy bone which would prevent anything more than a severe laceration. It's difficult to reach vital organs from there even with a thrust, and adrenaline would probably have kept him on his feet. That one I rank with the "stabbed in the gut and instantly drops dead" cliche. Armor matters a lot in this game though, and one of the things I love that they got right is that, unlike Hollywood, failing to wear a helmet will get you very dead, very fast.

[@charlescortez3544]

"Here I thought it was a fair maiden, but no it was thous a Hag, FAREWELL!"

[@cookiecutter4431]

Charles Cortez A HAG!

[@cookiecutter4431]

Charles Cortez Are pitchforks belong in the medival period?

[@charlescortez3544]

Conan 118 does pitchforks exist medieval period? Yeah they do, why you ask?

[@cookiecutter4431]

Charles Cortez NOTHING.

[@charlescortez3544]

Conan 118 it ain't nothing if you brought up.

[@DominusSphinx]

As for the woman game idea, i compleatly agree it would be cool, but i think it would be best having it as either a second game or as a stand alone dlc, so it could be 100% based around how it would have been for a woman to do these things,

[@nd5875]

Dominus Sphinx I may be wrong, but I’ve heard rumors that there will be a DLC where you take the role of a female (I’m assuming Teresa). I hope this is true, because it would be very cool to see this time from a female’s point of view.

[@nd5875]

I believe in early development there was supposed to be a mission where you played as a female. Also, on Warehorse’s last way update video, they said that there is more in store for us.

[@nd5875]

Ben True, it would have to be smaller in scope. Maybe a 5-10 hr DLC.

[@nd5875]

And like I said, the playing as a woman thing is just rumors and playing as Teresa is my own speculation.

[@tibfulv]

Indeed, women were probably rare, but women soldiers were not entirely unknown either. Joan of Arc comes to mind, after all.

[@YouTubalcaine]

Skalitz is a rich town - remember, there's a prominent silver mine on the other side of the river. The devs may have reused assets in other locations where the criticism is still valid, but in this case I don't think it's surprising to see some period- and class-appropriate extravagance. That's something I wouldn't have noticed though. I really appreciate the insight, so I hope you continue Ye Olde Medieval Village Tour! :)

[@fanta4897]

Actually. No. The town is rich, but the peasants in there... it depends from person to person. And in the game, if you talk with the character that you need to get money from(Kuneš), then it's pretty clear that he's not skilled, and therefore that he's not rich. If he's not rich, then he can't acquire it... unless he got that house from his parents or something. And of course, those planks could've been some remains from other building of a richer citizen. So... it's complicated.

[@oi_its_corky]

Frank Teryngel you may notice that he doesn't have nice things (his home is pretty bare) , the thatch on his roof isn't manicured and he's got the most unkempt appearance (clothes included) of everyone in Skalitz. His poverty and incompetency is well reflected.

[@oi_its_corky]

Frank Teryngel in short: actually, yes.

[@YouTubalcaine]

They're not so rich as to be showing off tapestries and silver dining services and other accoutrements of nobility, but if peasants in one town are a little wealthier than others I can see how they'd want to flaunt their status to visitors with a higher grade of exterior lumber. Kuneš might have built the house for his wife, before she left and he stopped caring about appearances. He isn't broke because he's unskilled, he's broke because he's a drunk who ran out of fucks to give. :P

[@oi_its_corky]

YouTubalcaine drunks tend to become unskilled. Skills deteriorate over time if you aren't using them. I'd assume the same holds true if you only use them in a drunken stupor. That is where my incompetency comment came from. Meeting the man, I can't say he's good at anything. Seems like a useless fart to me

[@OgeiDennepeL]

About your wood planks comment,they didn't have power tools,but if i'm not mistaken (it might be a later invention) they did have bandsaws powered by water/wind mills,so making planks would have been easier than sawing them by hand. But,as i said,i might be mistaken and that technology might have been invented in a later time period.

[@hugomontgoery]

Diego Lepenne saw mill technology did exist in this era but was very rare and expensive. However planks can be made in a similar fashion to shingles using splitting techniques. The primary tools for splitting planks were wedges and froes to split out before a carpenter would flatten the planks with axes and planes.

[@MrAapasuo]

The importance of wood in house building would also most likely be dependent on where one might have lived. Im not entirely sure how prevalent and extravagant it wouldve been to "peasant" houses but for example Scandinavian countries still have beautiful wooden churces, built somewhere 1600-1700 if memory serves, that were built that way due to a. easy access to good building wood. b. tradition of woodworking that rose due to high wood usage and c. because it was cheaper than alternatives.

[@fg09403]

you actually see a wood mill in this game. and it's not far from this location, less then a day south on foot in Sasau just south of the monestary .

[@helgenlane]

Game is filled with handsaws, carpenter's axes and other useful tools. And it's a Slavic country after all. One of the traditions in this culture - wooden architecture. There are technologies of producing planks with just an axe.

[@Fuzzycat16]

I love your gameplays. You're actually enjoying the game instead of nitpicking the negative parts. Keep it up!

[@Judokastt]

I love love love hearing medieval enthusiasts and historians talk about this game and describe a game like this. Something like Skyrim not needed but a game that says it is as historically accurate as they can for a game yes for sure love hearing these discussions, even about planks!

[@Deadastronauts]

Can't wait for the nerdgasim you have when you get to Rattay, and love your channel man! Learning alot

[@thepariah3516]

Best part of the video was Shad talking about wood.

[@Reffie2]

14:50 What does that guard think when he sees Henry moving back and forth, talking about wood, dragons and machicolations?

[@dawildbear]

Honestly he must have been really confused when Henry started talking about "Planking" because I'm pretty sure kids in those days didn't spend much time Planking.

[@frederik7338]

Keep them coming. I like the highlight/rant format your playthrough is taking, although a full lets-play would also be welcome :)

[@lucklord7]

Yes, I was hoping you'd continue on this, I like seeing you gush and how the medieval period would look and be like

[@ourtube1128]

i would love to see more of this shad!! please give me MOAARR

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Maybe they did the roof for that cart out of planks because they were rotten old twisted garbage from old house but they still had some life in them so they used them for that :) If you are going to nitpick every detail you will never make it out of that village :)

[@Javidom14]

exactly my thoughts; even if something was expensive, it is trash/waste, you repurpose it ^^

[@josephdedrick9337]

Guys have been trying to get girls to play with their toys since the beginning of time....well then what toys are we talking about again...?

[@DemonXGames]

Also please keep covering this game till the end. I'd love to watch more. it's so much more fun than watching certain other youtubers cover this game cause they stop talking when the cut scene happens. also don't really know much about the stuff. so i kinda get to learn a little bit watching you. i'd love to watch you cover the entire game. And i'm sure other people will too.

[@brennanhearn6342]

That arrow that killed that one guard in the cutscene looked like it was through the neck, actually. But yeah, lots of LIGHT SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER! in that cinematic.

[@helgenlane]

You should have problem with it going through spine and cartilages, not mail, lol. This type of arrow with this type of bow can definitely penetrate mail.

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

+TheTekOr Oleg It might have slipped past the spine, but I doubt that it would have stuck out that far on the front.

[@lordmuhehe4605]

Well it's still a game targeted at more mainstream audience, they can't completely get rid of rule of cool. And It's still more historically accurate than basically anything on the market right now.

[@helgenlane]

Yes, it's unlikely, but not absurd. Doesn't take immersion away.

[@90lancaster]

I agree with Shad that using some of the elements of this game and adding fantasy elements would make something similar even more fun. As it is interesting to add ethics when dealing with non-humans (for example). I was always kinda fond of Two Worlds II - even though it's old and glitchy I had the feeling of being there to a pretty decent degree - and the relative lack of conversations actually was a help it actually made me feel more like I was doing what I wanted to do and not what the game wanted me to do - that was true to some degree with Borderlands too - just wondering around was more satisfying to me than questing. some of the games with more developed quests often left you with nothing to do at all once you'd done them all where as some others where the goals are less defined you can hang around in the world for years.

[@user_____M]

1/3 crying about women characters, 1/3 crying about planks, 1/3 redoing the previous video. 10/10

[@darksunrise957]

"If that's Sean Bean, we know he's going to die." Hah Hahahaha HAHAHAHAHA! You called it. XD (Not even sure if he's voiced by Sean Bean)

[@MatejSunavec]

Darksunrise Matthew Wolf

[@raphaelperry8159]

He initially sounded a little more like Paul Copley for me although it could have been Sean. It doesn't quite sound like him 'though.

[@daanwilmer]

It's indeed Matthew Wolf, according to imdb

[@Aussie.Owlcoholic]

Awesome! Glad you listened to the fans :) A couple tips most let's players seem to miss. You can store things on your horse by selecting in inventory and pressing a button listed at the bottom. It'll appear in the horse tab. Also make sure to spend perk points for stats, combat skills and misc skills. And lastly once you get proper sword training (you'll know what I mean when you get there) you can revisit the same location and get further training for the power strikes and combos. Its very important and makes combat a lot better! Also in a clinch you can keep pressing attack to try to overpower

[@liquidhazetv8756]

Owlcoholic Gaming Yea clinches can be annoying at first but once you get some training and the right perks you can win them more often.

[@mikeinthemiddle]

I just found your channel and I am so glad I did! I've been binge-watching your videos since this morning! All this medieval talk really reminds me why I got into history in the first place - love it! Cheers!

[@daftpunk672]

oh my gosh shad i love learning all these tidbits about medieval history from you! I'm gonna keep coming back for more and more!!

[@nobodyknowsimgay]

I've only discovered your channel since the first KCD and both these were fantastic. Going through the rest of your uploads soon. Keep up the excellent work.

[@Nerobyrne]

hey Shad, looks like NOBODY LIKES YOU!

[@nobodyknowsimgay]

ayyyy

[@miles6283]

New for Fantasy Rearmed: What would a H E N R Y use in combat when fighting humanoids?

[@Xbob42]

I believe this marks the first time I've seen a notification for a KZbin video and went "YES!" out loud. My wife is very confused.

[@ryannygard3661]

I really enjoy watching you play this game, I like your little critiques of the historicity of it

[@SmigGames]

I have a feeling that the artists working on that cinematic weren't as involved with the game's philosophy as the rest of the team. It's like they ordered a cutscene with a heroic death for that character to some external team and they delivered quite a few tropes that the game was meant to rebel against. Even if they were all feasible kills individually, it would still be quite an unlikely chain of events to dispatch so many trained and well equipped soldiers just one swing each. Nevertheless, I haven't encountered more of that later on so I'm hoping that was an exception.

[@Inferryu]

If that's the case, I'll do them well to remade that cutscene, Is not that they can given the resources they may have, but it'll be nice if they find a way to play such drama in a way that fits their goals better.

[@danilooliveira6580]

actually as it seems his father is quite a badass, every noble in the game seem to know him in the past. I feel like he just managed to get them so easily because they underestimated him.

[@MandalorV7]

I know. It's like he fought quite well for a blade smith. Just because they made the weapons doesn't mean they were at professional soldier's level of combat skill.

[@danilooliveira6580]

Henry father wasn't always a blacksmith. as I said he was very famous in the past, even before becoming a blacksmith in prague.

[@kashk42]

It's implied in a bit of the dialogue that Shad didn't show that the father had some kind of mysterious past. Haven't reached the end, so I don't know if/when the main character ever learns more, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if he was a soldier/"adventurer" before becoming a smith.

[@jamesgordley5000]

You started punching one of your buddies in the middle of the fight? Well done. :p

[@nightshade6334]

actually, one thing he missed during the father fight cutscene was on one of the solders (the one he says that got hit in the shoulder) if you look at where the splatter came from, he was actually hit in the neck and the guy didnt have many sort of helmet or neck protection so i think that one would have worked?

[@simonemastrovito6315]

1 minute into the video. "I'm gonna be taking out those sections that I find..." OH MY GAWD HE'S GONNA SAY IT!!! GO, SHAAAAAD!! "... INTERESTING!" Instant like

[@Jimmy_Sullivan]

I'm really enjoying these videos, can't wait for your view on other towns like Talmberg or Rattay.

[@MasterMahan-qm8hu]

Enjoying these very much, can't wait to try it out myself!!! Cheers

[@jancz357]

devs said in czech interview that they are working on all kickstarter stretch goals (mainly the female character missions - there will be several mission playing as Theresa IMO)

[@tarnvedra9952]

Objective Started: Obey your uncle!

[@sarblader]

Can't wait to carry wheat all the time.

[@itsjonesh]

Was looking at the pledge, and by the looks of it, playing as Theresa would be during the time period between she escaping the Cumans rapists and she saving Henry's hairy ass from Runt, so about two in-game days worth of playing. A little short, but i would welcome it. Plus, while Henry's more focused on fighting, it seems that Theresa's incoming DLC would be more stealth focused.

[@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg]

Yeah it is fairly short, the first time round was a slow start as I wasn’t 100% on limitations in regards to combat and equipment.. but it plays out more like a stealth chapter where frontal fighting is basically pointless. The biggest take away from it all is the dog, essentially you’d want to start this as soon as you can to make the most of the dog and of the shield you get, which in the early game will be a welcome addition to most.

[@ksubota]

There always is a question "What about dragons?", and there always is an answer "Because SWORDS!!!"

[@AKRex]

Hmmm.. very interesting! XD

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

I like that Shad in this video gets into a fistfight and decides to go and beat up his friend Fritz for no apparent reason, other than there being a fight.

[@Kameeho]

Well. Thank you Chad, as native Europeon. I can now forget about going to bed early, as I now have a very important video to watch, and because SWOOOORDS!

[@gallifreyarchives4434]

Part 3! Part 3!

[@Psenda38]

As a Czech Im very proud on devs and Im very glad that you like this game as specialist about medieval times. Thx for your honest review.

[@giorgiannicartamancini3917]

We definitely need more European games, some are on par with the USA/Japanese industry like the witcher 3, Mario + Rabbits and, of course, this one

[@Psenda38]

Giorgianni Cartamancini Czechs also developed Arma series or Samorost series and dont forgot Mafia 1 & 2. And what I really like on this titles, that with minimal budget, they can develope such classics.

[@2COD3]

Seems like some eastern companies actually try to make good games with low budgets rather than 5% quality and 95% easy $$$$$ . This has been gaming in my eyes for the last 2-3 years. Very sad.

[@giorgiannicartamancini3917]

Bart MK I'd say that the success of Hellblade (which is also developed in Europe) is very important in establishing this trend. Although there are of course good companies in the USA and Japan too

[@2COD3]

Yeah of course, there are exceptions. I played some really good recent games coming from everywhere. I hope it keeps going that way after these couple of "dark years".

[@massaweed420]

The houses being a bit larger then they were in real life is all well and good, but... *WHAT* *ABOUT* *DRAGONS*

[@StraightUpGrimeTV]

massaweed420 and what about the droid attack on the wookies?!! I thought this was relevant with all of the lightsaber moments lol

[@patchselg4310]

I love how long he spends on wood

[@thegloriousdude1645]

*SWORDS*

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Them planks are *T H I C C*

[@Noone-rc9wf]

The planks arent the only THICC things around that bar IF YA NO WUUTAMEAN

[@DrunkMichael]

I fought that first guy far too many times. Did get him down to half-health once.

[@panpiper]

I took him down with two arrows, to the head, point blank. It was round two though.

[@DrunkMichael]

I didn't have a bow at that point. (I can't hit shit with it anyway lol)

[@panpiper]

When I say round two, it's when you meet up with him again later in the story. He's still really tough, but by that point, depending on how you played and developed your character, so are you. That said, I didn't want to give him a chance to melee with me, so I used terrain to mess with his swinging and used a weapon he couldn't block, a bow. By that point I had a decent one and some skill with it.

[@Lardian]

I have been waiting a while for this video, thank you!

[@Vladdie777]

5:30 I agree 100%, but that's not the narrative Warhorse Studios wanted their game to have. I for one would like to see developers abandoning character creation entirely in narrative driven games like this. Just focus on designing and writing a compelling character in an interesting setting and I will be immersed in that world. Kingdom Come's script is 1 million words long and we wonder why triple-A RPG games like Bethesda's have shallow narrative quests. Not to mention what has become of Mass Effect, the big budget RPG genre needs mixing up and hopefully we see the big boys learn lessons from Kingdom Come if it keeps selling. I'd love to play a female protagonist as a whole new DLC story or new game but I doubt SJW's would let Warhorse Studio get away with having her be treated as though she were an actual female character from the time. It would not be pretty but would have some excellent brutal drama and gameplay as she fights against the worst men of the harsh time period. Warhorse Studios wouldn't pull a Disney and go the Mary Sue route for a female protagonist (Rey is fucking lame and we all know it).

[@_jj_9820]

Yes, I've been waiting for this since the last video ^^

[@_jj_9820]

Aww, thanks for the heart Shad ♡

[@krankarvolund7771]

Well, a game in the medievl period which allowed you to incarne male or female is Mount and Blade Warband, the land is a fictional one, but they try to represent a quite historical medieval period, and the female character is really the "hard mode", with the fact that it's more difficult to get lands and an oath of vassal from a king, and things like that. Of course, something more depth will be far more interesting ^^

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

New shads wideo? I have to CZECH this out.

[@darthplagueis13]

I love how that cuman just cut Shad to size and he was like "Can´t touch me!"

[@orikpio6826]

[@immelmannace4067]

I just started playing this game and after my brain understood that it's not Skyrim, I REALLY started to enjoy it.

[@orikpio6826]

the kingdom (of shads analysis of the realism of crossroads signs) has come

[@michaelomalley1856]

Honestly i'd just love a Video of you going on more about the Architecture its really very fascinating castles, defenses, villages, Town layouts all that good stuff!!

[@michaelomalley1856]

oh and i almost forgot if you can find them, MACHICOLATIONS!!!!!

[@truslew8089]

In the perfect world I would wake up to a full let's play of KC:D by you :D

[@helgenlane]

* after 60 hours he finally starts main quest line, by accident *

[@chronoflect]

I keep seeing things while I play that make me think "I bet Shad is going to love this!"

[@DHeaco7]

I just noticed your backdrop is just wallpaper XD Points for decorative effort.

[@jamessarvan7692]

I don't really mind not being able to fully customize the character... But PLEASE warhorse, let us change the hair and beard at least!!

[@LordVader1094]

Absolutely! Especially the beard!

[@stevie_ily]

James Sarvan I was hoping there would be a system where the hair and beard would grow over time and you could have it styled depending on the length.

[@jamessarvan7692]

Agreed

[@juanisaias8308]

@ that was added un an update.

[@pieshka4509]

With the gender thing they'd pretty much have to have 2 different games/stories depending on the gender you choose which would be cool but since they are indie devs only sticking with 1 thing is understandable, but a female dlc version would be cool.

[@the_dropbear4392]

Pieshka Coltic why make a female dlc for the same story, you will want to play as the character you know rather than some random

[@JoeMartinez18]

Like, when choosing a girl she is forced to dress as a lad, and slowly raising up normally... but once her gender is known, it will backfire, but then BOOOM... she becomes a Joanne of Arc :D

[@pieshka4509]

Female dlc as in it uses all the resources of the game to do another story to have a female perspective of the 15th century in the holy roman empire

[@LordVader1094]

I would love a female story DLC, involving you playing as some noblewoman so that you have a headstart in the things you'd be doing. Or maybe just have it Joan of Arc style with you pretending to be a man as a peasant girl.

[@ubique6859]

I cant see the problem, Can someone not make a story based on about a male character anymore?

[@christopherhernandez4440]

I'm finding it really great to watch videos of this game from the POV from a Let's Play channel and then another from someone who understands the setting and how accurate it is or isn't, creates two very different yet satisfying viewing experiences. Also, to hear that the Devs commented on your last video in regards to some of your comments, that's awesome to hear they seem to definitely seem to care about this game.

[@martinwillumsen2574]

Came for the swords, stayed for the planks....

[@fsnap4423]

I love how the enemy just keeps swinging and doesn't give you a chance to counter like in real life, and not just swing a couple of times and then stop and let you attack them like they do in other games.

[@TheSpoonyCroy]

actually I think it depends on the weapons you are using. Been playing mostly with mace and shield and I rarely having them swinging at me, they mostly seem to focus on countering and attacking you when you are open (which is smart). I could be wrong though

[@fsnap4423]

TheSpoonyCroy I'll take your word on that, since I've only been using a longsword for the most part, and I think I didn't clarify that I was meaning when they get a hit on you, and not just swing wildly.

[@pew-2508]

The thing with you playing games is that you usually play way too little of the game, this is evident in your impression of assassins creed origins, the format you use here works really well. hope you continue this series I'm learning quite a lot

[@Treasure_Panda_Boy]

We still use wattle fencing in Norway, especially by mountains and the like. Guess we’re stuck in the past. Haha

[@justrobin8155]

HumerusMajor97 NordikGamers If it works it works. May not look modem, but it does the job and seems really easy to make.

[@davynhainstock7503]

Sum ppl do it on there hobby farms here in British Columbia they call it earth fence no idea why

[@KaosKrusher]

yeah I've seen those as a teen visiting Scandinavia and instantly loved it way cooler than other fences imho

[@TerryProthero]

I just came so that I could live vicariously through Shad. Planks on a shed?! Love it. Fight the good fight for historical accuracy.

[@baronfum]

Shad I have to say that while I am barely down the road farther than this ends I had the best time laughing at your start of this game. It was so obviously unlike anything you expected that it was great to see the reaction. It isn't like anything I've played either, but it is amazing. But, yeah, watching you begin was hilarious.

[@Raller__]

The main issue with also having a female character option is that the story would need too many changes. Though it could be pretty cool to have two completely different stories based on which gender you are, that would certainly add a ton of replayability.

[@the_dropbear4392]

Rasmus Pedersen Also be kind of weird for an accurate medieval world

[@SheenaTigerspielt]

It seems, the very first DLC will be a female Character (theory it will be the millers daughter who had captivated Henry so much)

[@LordVader1094]

I mean, he did bring up exactly that as to why gender would be an issue, as there's no way to just switch them out and have the same story.

[@LordVader1094]

+Sheena-Tiger spielt! Wait wait wait, have the devs actually said they're doing DLC for a female character? Because I think having it an entirely separate story would be excellent.

[@reubensmith7047]

They'd have to make it REALISTIC.I'll just say it again: REALISTIC

[@malcolmjcullen]

Planks were generally split rather than cut.

[@DelishushSchrambleSchmeg]

Holy canoli would I watch you play and chat over this game indefinitely. Please sir, may I have some more?

[@_jj_9820]

That would be great indeed!

[@DelishushSchrambleSchmeg]

I got a heart! I dare say I return you the pleasantry my good man

[@sugarhighmegaming5008]

Hey man, I appreciate the work that went into the video. Love the quality of your content. Have a good weekend.

[@yuri_art_92]

At the ending it was a Dark Souls moment.

[@lordhelmchen3154]

Please do more of this! :D The game is so worth playing and I really want to see your reactions to things like the castles, the combat moves (especially master strikes and combos) and the whole darn thing really :D So please give us more of those (highlight) videos!!

[@SnusKongen]

I felt so bad for shad when he thought he had the slightest chance to kill that Cuman when he fled skallitz LMAO

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

If you look closely the Cumans he hits don't actually die and do stand back up, It was more like they were just a bit hurt and got knocked off their feet for a few seconds.

[@RYgamingTV]

There is something in a certain castle later down the road in the game that I think Shad will just love. Well, multiple things about the castle but one specific thing had me all giddy! Lol

[@Cigaristocat]

Here I thought thou wast a fair maiden, but now I see that thou art a hag. Farewell! Put that on a t-shirt please.

[@Elwood288]

This has been Shad talks architecture.

[@JK03011997]

Around the 8min mark it dawned on me, that we need a "TUST ME!" shirt