Kingdom Come Deliverance is janky but I enjoy it

I have enjoyed playing Kingdom Come Deliverance and I think you would too. I wanted to try it before the second game is released and although I made this video only around 20 hours into my playthrough I have since played more and plan on beating the game. This video is a summary of my thoughts of the game so far. I hope you enjoy.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a 2018 action role-playing game developed and published by Warhorse Studios, and co-published by Deep Silver. The game is set in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia, an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire, with a focus on historically accurate content

[@mrtguero]

You have been chosen by algorithm gods.

[@ImWelly]

May they continue to bless me 🙏🏼

[@Jordan-rb28]

Fun fact, real life Hans Capon and others are still buried in the real life Rattay cemetary.

[@ImWelly]

That is very cool!

[@RiverRockXIII]

top 3 games of all time for me.. gunna be top 4 when the second one comes out.

[@tobiashunt1923]

Real. Most immersive game I’ve played, even more than the Witcher

[@medicsoff]

KCD is my favourite game of all time. I used to live basically right next to Dan Vavra in Prague and i've spoken to him multiple times, super cool and nice guy

[@RiverRockXIII]

It is janky.. but my god if it isnt the most passionate and immersive game i have ever played. Literally just take a walk through the woods and look at all the signs of past life.. human and animal. secrets to behold.. the lighting. just all of it. makes me so damn happy that there is still passionate game Dev's other than Fromsoftware

[@ImWelly]

It definitely feels like the game is the 1st of a special series. If they build and improve upon this one in the second, than it’s going to be a great game

[@Skim_beeble7125]

Here's the thing its janky and real life is kinda janky so like is accurate lol

[@chatteyj]

KCD introduced me to the word 'janky'' I assume its a common american word? (im british). But honestly I don't think its that bad i'm about 45 hours in and not encountered anything janky or buggy really. In fact nothing. I feel a bit cheated lol.

[@sydgerald]

Have you ever played the beta? Or seen videos of the beta forest? Those were great, too bad WHS had to trim them a bit in order to get better performance. I really wish they could bring back those forest used in the beta. But I agree 100% with you, KCD is a work of passion, and let's never forget that it all began as a kickstarter.

[@bdleo300]

It's not janky, 90% of 'problems' are entirely on players. I watched a few streams, people doing incredibly stuuuuupid things then complain how the game is janky, unfinished, difficult, whatever bs.

[@M-Rayan]

Man, the music SLAPS and i actually have it in spotify, Jan Valta and Adam Spolka did a great job 👏🏼 BTW grat vid! I love to see my 3rd favorite game of all time getting the love it deserves!

[@ImWelly]

Thank you for the kind words! The music is insanely good and definitely adds to the immersion

[@FrancJ5793]

KCD 1 is my favorite game of all time, and I've been gaming for over 20 years

[@ParanoidAandroid]

same

[@Executi0ner246]

Yeah I've always said Resident Evil 4 was my favorite of all time, but this may be it (or a close second)

[@by_ford]

6:07 There was two whole side missions with that guy, one being about a forbidden love :), which I just encountered while wandering. It was one of the most captivating and unforgettable quest chains for me due to its randomness. He is Hermann the Executioner.

[@Cbart23]

I bought this game after seeing the trailer for 2. It’s like a puzzle game in a lot of ways.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

6:20 YOU KILLED HERMAN? WHY? I got him a girlfriend.

[@ImWelly]

hahah I actually never killed him, I ended up just knocking him out after dying to him and taking the ring!

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

@@ImWelly Thank god. Hes a cool guy, unfairly marginalised. After i got good at alchemy i put poison on all my weapons, which led plenty of npcs to die after the cutscene of me showing them mercy... Like that German knight you fight in the charcoal place. I'd beat him, spare him but he'd die from the poison so i had to load, thankfully saviour shnapps can be made with alchemy. Love this game.

[@user-ci9gy2do1z]

You could always sneak at night and lockpick the door and the chest. Although I prefer the straight talk approach. Just tell him without sugarcoating the truth and you are fine at the cost of 20 groshen.

[@ImWelly]

I ended up dying to him, I never actually killed him. lol

[@billypaxton9295]

I guess at this point I don't know what the word janky means. Because I don't think this game is janky.

[@greyngreyer5]

Welly's come to visit us! Anyway, for me as a Bosnian, playing this game reminded me of my countrysidde, and the best part is the setting actually still exists in Bohemia and it wasn't even urbanised so it still looks more or less the same

[@ImWelly]

That is awesome! Thank you for stopping by the channel

[@JButterZJ]

combat, next to personal skill, is a lot stats-based, but the game doesnt tell you that if you have 2 strength or 15 , is a MAJOR difference in how much dmg you do if you hit and other things. so its always worth to train combat to get the stats up, makes it more "easy"

[@ImWelly]

Good to note, I need to get my skill levels up

[@derkitheofficial3306]

Just recently i begun this game, and damn i was like what? This sucks, so clunky janky and the whole game feels unbalanced. It was like that for the first 20 hours. Then, i stealth killed a blacksmith, 7 guards fought me, and i WON. The game clicked, and since, i have been in love with this game. Best game ive played in a long, long while. Super risky game, but it paid off. I love the design.

[@caizuus7581]

Try playing in hardcore mode.

[@SakuraSuraisu]

Brother, the way you tell your experience without fancy edits and stuff... Just Incredible... I'm so happy that I discovered you by the algorithm. I'll subscribe now... I really really hope that you continue, you're AMAZING. Just Be YOURSELF! THANK YOU! 🙏🏻🤗💎

[@yannick3806]

My girlfriend is usually the type to play Lego, Plate Up and these sorts of games. Ever since she saw me playing KCD for the first time, her favourite "game" is collecting herbs. Cannot describe how happy it makes me. Concerning your wish for feedback: nice video, cool slides, you're a likeable dude. as every YT beginner lacks it the most: voice, tone as well as rhythm is really important. yours is cool and all, but you sometimes get a little quiet at the end of sentences. everything else will fall in place. hope you're cool with that form of feedback and btw, after 2021, my version of the game was never janky again. even in multiple saves (all finished). meanwhile, my best friend got a bug on his console version, making the game's story impossible to complete. it is inexplicable

[@blake3656]

I have the same experience with you with KCD, bought it, played for 3 or so hours..then never touched it again. After the KCD II announcement, I will definitely get into KCD.

[@splinterborn]

Underrated is an understatement. compare this to Starfield.

[@doposud]

Difference is that only about 10 % of capital for KCD went into marketing and 90% went to development , Starfield had like 90% marketing and 10% development.... When you do it for love vs when you do it for money

[@Reichsritter]

​@@doposudstarfield sucks

[@doposud]

@@Reichsritter everybody knows that...

[@Reichsritter]

Same, I tried it for the first time after the trailer came out, it's one of the best games out there tbh, Witcher 3 level quality, maybe even GTA 5

[@Dr4wfox]

Fun fact: I never finished this game on normal mode. I beat the first boss, found too easy, and restarted on hardcore. Most immersive game I played, I love it.

[@Executi0ner246]

Wow, respect man

[@debatable1984]

Keep up the great work 👍

[@Vaz5107]

KZbin just showed me a video about this game last week, and coincidentally i'm in my monthly medieval obsession phase, so a minute later i buy the game with my steam wallet money and now i have almost 100 hours.

[@Skim_beeble7125]

Bro I do not understand how people can't get into this game i get the problems they have with it but it's such a good game they are negligible

[@ImWelly]

This game definitely doesn't have many glaring issues. I suppose people just don't like the gameplay loop? I don't know this game hooked me the second time I tried it!

[@ultr8870]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who accidentally slept in the wrong bed in the mill lol. Good video.

[@Eugene24820]

I'm in sort of the same boat as you with this game but I have so many mixed thoughts about it as I do have like just under 60 hours. I think KCD has a lot of issues that break immersion however when it works, this game is gas. The highly complex nature of completion of quests and ones attempts to enact their ingenuity is one of the core reasons the game is loved. However, the game at many times feels extremely tedious as gamers today don't exactly like reading, having to focus so much on dialogue. The game incentives a more streamlined basis of play sessions where you're sort of not allowed to drop the game and to some people who are more casual players might feel like the game just isn't for them. Stealth to me is inherently broken, bows are way too strong, polearms not being able to be sold sucks, some instances of DLC can be just strange and needs a bit more menus to keep people who play informed to not make certain mistakes. Trying to grind to level 10 potions just to autobrew kinda poopoo in the progression, and when you max out killing people to the point you have top tier gear, trying to sell gear when no traders have enough Grochen is super ass.

[@FumblingFlingle]

Good video dude. Quality is great and your opinion is valid and grounded. Was surprised by your subs count. Get up there young fella!

[@martinja9953]

I was laughing first day KCD1 came out and especialy American streamers played it and left it after one stream... its not a stream game I said to myself... and now when I saw major stramers play it and even the community enjoed it on stream... jesus fucc that was strange. Its a single player game... its a lenghty game... one of the best games I ever played. I still play it after all the years... just come from work boot up PS4 (yeah), and play it for like 3 hours. Sometimes I am just wandering... now I am playing the hardcore and its hillarious. 😀

[@andrewa6786]

i appreciate when someone can say they didnt play a game, because of various trivial reasons that are stupid. (same thing happened to me) definitely enjoyed it this time around. combat definitely gave me a hard time at first, and i do love the jankiness of the game. bravo, sir.

[@TheTrueDan]

KCD Is meant to be played In a slower pace and the game invites you to roleplay In It as a badass knight. It's not meant to be Call Of Duty where you have 3.2 seconds to shoot back or your entire team dies! Good on you for playing It, If you make a series you're going to enjoy It and appreciate It for what It Is.

[@jonathonwells7934]

Good vid subbed after watching !

[@TommyLikeTom]

this game is historically accurate. things were just janky in medieval Bohemia

[@user-ci9gy2do1z]

I was an insane Witcher fan. Until I came upon KCD. Now the Witcher games look somewhat childish to me. My last playthrough I stayed a peasant for as long as possible. Did every possible side-quest, ran from ambushes, sneaked and killed/robbed/pickpocketed bandit camps. To make things harder did not buy a horse in order not to spoil the "Prey" mission. Hauled my poached game one step at a time across the map. No fast travel in hardcore mode and the "favourite" part when you drag yourself, loaded with game meat or loot and an ambush springs on you... Then you learn the safety of paths untrodden. You memorize the terrain because there is no map markers in hardcore. You learn the rivers and the landmarks, the lay of the land. You look at the time of day and the position of the sun to get direction. You follow the slope so you could get to a settlement. You curse yourself if you fail to reach a settlement before dark as you stumble through dark forests. There are so many approaches to that game - you can be a noble warrior, a disgusting thief and murderer and everything in between. With all the consequences.

[@ImWelly]

I need to try the hardcore experience! The game definitely has so many different ways it can be played.

[@SakuraSuraisu]

I feel you brother... When I play Kingdom Come Deliverance for first time, I directly selected the Hardcore mode without knowing anything about the game (because of my obsession XD) and finished game in a good struggle. I never played the Normal Mode but I must say, Hardcore is WAY BETTER than the Normal Mode. And More enjoyable too. Especially when you need to memorize the terrain, environment or overthink a bit before you do something... Man, it's the best decision I've made... I remember the time when Epic Games gave the game for free... After player 120 hours on there, I bought the game with every DLC on Steam. Best decision in my life... When KCD 2 release, I'll again pick Hardcore definitely and I must say, it's the first game that made me happy like a little child. KCD 2 trailer was again proving how Perfectionist and Obsessive Warhorse Studio is... It's the only developers I gained my full respect! Thank to them and everyone.

[@agamersjournal]

"I'll say it. Your parents are dead" XD

[@Executi0ner246]

Hey man great job on the video 👍

[@ImWelly]

Thank you!

[@sadge0]

I wouldn't call this game janky tbh. It has some bugs here and there, but they're pretty rare. It's not the best quality game out there, but it's VERY good, everyone who played Witcher 3, Fallout/TES games should try it. The world, the story, the quests, the combat, everything felt very good. And it looks beautiful thanks to CryEngine, even on low settings. Sometimes it's really frustrating because of it's camera lock during combat (it doesn't let you do what you want sometimes), but it's manageable if you don't treat it like classic FPS game. While I was talking about KCD, I remembered the game called Exanima, really underrated and unnoticed rogue-like game that's in development for 10 years already. It has fully physics based combat and movement. Feels janky at first, but as soon as you understand how to move and fight, it becomes very fun. I've spent probably 1000+ hours in this game in the past 7 years of following it's development. Try it, I think you'll like it as well. It's not finished yet, and for some reason this fact usually scares people away. If you'll figure out how to open the manual in the menu and how to open the first door in the story mode, I think you'll have a lot of fun like I did. And I want to ask you to not use the fan wiki for this game if you're going to try it, it's much more fun to figure everything out without any help, trust me. I first played it when I was like 13 or 14, and everything seemed pretty intuitive to me, but I've noticed that a lot of people have problems with it for some reason. If you'll have any problems, there are plenty of tutorials on YT that don't spoil the experience (for example, GilGamesHello made great tutorials on combat mechanics)

[@Jordan-rb28]

Damn, you went the path of Peshek hating you so he doesn't even let you sleep there LOL

[@sukiddowerks6061]

i liked executioner herman, i helped him to get a wife and then i helped him to save his job. and you just killed him. this game has lot of options. :)

[@CIrAzYIX]

I think the only reason people didn't like it when they tried is the combat. While I love the system, if you don't know anything about it, you feel that the combat system sucks rather then just your charakter being bad. So you think that combat is janky and trash and quit because of that before you can experience combat when your charakter is actually trained. Thats why I think the second one will be way more popular since Henry now has some physical strength and even though enemies might be harder combat will be fast and fluent from the beginning now. Also the diffrent sword skills, you actually have to slice from the directions that it says to activate a skill animation basically, but that too gets explained poorly but makes combat so much better if used. If people that tried it would have realized that its just their current stats that make it seem unplayable instead of thinking the system is bad then most wouldn't have left I think.

[@trivixni435]

I got the pack with every DLC thinking that i would love this game, instead i hate it. But still with hopes up for the next one

[@johnbain5543]

it does branch a lot more too... you could have helped Teresa with the Cumans.... either way, good video.. earned a sub

[@ImWelly]

Thank you!

[@Theknightman-wg1dz]

I remember the first time I played it I ended up in jail 5 minutes in and reset

[@BigPatNatTat]

I’ve played the game for almost 150 hours and I haven’t encountered particularly many bugs with the game. Not discrediting that you haven’t, but perhaps as a result of different systems?

[@ImWelly]

Yeah, I definitely shouldn't have used the term "bug" as a coverall term. It was mostly just janky NPC interaction with one bug in particular that I showed during the "The Jank" portion of the video where I was talking to an NPC, opened my map, closed it and then I was damaged all the way down to being 1 hp and the NPC just died...for no reason.

[@JButterZJ]

na its fair, KCD 1 was one of the most buggy game launches every and im not exaggarating. (if you werent here at release you may not know but it took like a year to fix most bugs) game was unplayable for some. to be fair today its in a great state, BUT games that were this bugridden, still have bugs. personally i encounter them very rarely, but it sure can happen i mean fallout4 9 years after release still has a gamebreaking but in its first mission right after u exit the vault.. its just how it is, but kcd doesnt even have those kinda bugs anymore afaik, still few can happen

[@MilanPavlovic540]

Bro, you don't need a horse in the first part, and it's not stupid to run all the way to Skalitz as you said. Just run north to the quarry - BAM - the cutscene appears and you are instantly there. As for the horse after that... you don't need it. You are supposed to walk and loot the bodies for food and some groshen.

[@ImWelly]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that and also kind of forgot that the cutscene happens even though you’re not even close to Skalitz. That’s on me. I didn’t have a horse for a bit after that though. I think I’m just dumb. Lolol

[@Chameleonis]

I see you are playing on console. PC port was also buggy, but not to that extend of console ports. I hope everything will turn out great in second game. Greetings from Bohemia :D

[@ImWelly]

This is on PC, I’m just playing with a controller. Greetings!

[@johnbain5543]

innkeeper / tavern maid ;)

[@MilanPunkt]

Amazing game.

[@ImWelly]

It’s pretty dang great

[@kovar2344]

Yeee haw! Love KCD.

[@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497]

True gamers' game

[@bdleo300]

The game is not 'janky'. It's a massive open world game with a big map and tons of scripts and as such plenty of thing can go wrong (try Bethesda). After watching streams and playthroughs over the years I say that 80-90% of 'problems' are actually players doing incredibly stuuuupid things, and then complain how the game is broken, too difficult, whatever bs. You wouldn't believe things I've seen...

[@tabarnacus5629]

The jankyness is entirely by design. It goes away gradually as Henry skills up.

[@ImWelly]

That's what I've heard and have noticed as I have progressed. It's a very satisfying system!

[@akooma3694]

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[@mandydilley3735]

Yeah payback is FUN😂

[@ilayohana3150]

henry dies

[@ImWelly]

😭😭😭 noooooo

[@goldrush49]

If you weren’t there for the release then you know nothing of janky 😂

[@Caes3r_]

i like the game but man can it be annoying

[@swart_wit_pens]

Speak UP!

[@ImWelly]

Tbf I think it was my mic setting rather than me not talking loud enough. I’ll do better next time 👍🏼

[@swart_wit_pens]

@ImWelly 😘 keep it up bro.