Kingdom Come: Deliverance is out now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One with visual enhancements for PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Originally announced through a Kickstarter campaign four years ago, this story-driven open world RPG aims to deliver a grounded medieval experience devoid of fantasy elements. One of the title’s selling points, historical accuracy, comes by way of recreating the look and feel of Medieval Bohemia. This accuracy extends to various elements from accurate sound design to simulation-like first-person combat. Kingdom Come: Deliverance promises a dynamic world with challenging combat, non-linear story paths, and a reactive simulation. In addition to direct confrontation, the game offers stealth, conversations, and problem-solving that can be used to bypass combat entirely.
Martin Kilma, Warhorse Studios’ executive producer, released a statement alongside the launch trailer, which can be found below:
“Four years after our Kickstarter campaign, our game is set to be released tomorrow. The task was really big and our team although still quite small and we always wanted to deliver, to create the game we wanted and we believed you wanted. Before talking about some background, all of us at Warhorse would like to thank our community, the backers and friends who helped us to bring this dream to life by giving us the chance to develop what we believe is a unique RPG experience!
The production realities of game development mean that a ‘release’ version has to be finalised some time before the actual release date. We could have used this time to get some rest, or we could use it to create some additional content and sell it to you as DLC, but we went back to the version-to-be-released and worked on it. The results are obvious: quests are more balanced, RPG progression is smoother, the game runs faster and every facet of the game got more polish. The drawback of course is that most of the data in the old build was replaced and has to be downloaded as a patch. At a hefty size, it’s going to take some time to download and it’s a shame. Still, we strongly believe that after four years wait it will pay off to wait a little bit longer while the Day 1 patch is downloading. Trust me, it will deliver the awesome experience YOU deserve!”