You're not playing a blank slate, though. Despite the historical setting, you will be a character with agency and the ability to leave your mark on a place hewn from stone and bone. But still, the developer got its point across. No, this character needed money, because losing everything you own can be kind of expensive sometimes.ĭuring these opening moments, I observed a brief dialogue scene in which choices were presented, though Warhorse fast-forwarded through much of the (obviously incomplete) narrative. Next, it was time for a quest, but not to save the world or Enact Vengeful Revengeance Vengefully. When the demo began, our presenter had only the clothes on his back, but he quickly plied his trade to sharpen up a sword via a quick yet physical minigame, the effects of which were visible on the finished blade. So you start from the bottom and work your way up. Unsurprisingly, many people suffered during this time period, with your character ending up in one of the game's main cities as part of a refugee camp. Manage cookie settings Whoooo Are You? (Slash-Cut! Bang-Boom!)

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The story is deeply intertwined in a real 15th century historical conflict that saw two brother-kings (presumably Sigismund and Wenceslaus) bicker over a claim to the throne of the whole damn Holy Roman Empire. The demo began by introducing the world of Kingdom Come and its main character, a blacksmith's son whose village was burned down by the army of a warring king. But boy do I ever hope they can pull it off. Is it madness? Is developer Warhorse biting off more pie in the sky than it can chew? I went into a brief demo session thinking so, and I'm still not entirely sure they aren't. It wants to be what Mafia was for gangster games, but in a bigger, more accurate world and with combat so ludicrously detailed that no sword blow will ever land the same way twice. It wants to be Skyrim without dragons, The Witcher 3 without anything remotely witchy and also in first-person. Kingdom Come: Deliverance's elevator pitch is so simple that I'm surprised no one else has done it yet.

Can Warhorse pull it off? I checked out an early build of the game and talked extensively with project director Daniel Vávra to find out if they're on the right track. Despite coming from a relatively small team by triple-A standards, the game's production values are through the roof, and the dev team really wants it all: Skyrim-like exploration, a Mount and Blade-style world, entirely procedural combat, and choice reactivity inspired by The Witcher. The hyper-detailed historical RPG heralds from a small army of developers who once steered the creation of Mafia and Arma, among many others. Kingdom Come: Deliverance has kind of a silly name, but it's one heck of an intriguing prospect.

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