Historical Medieval game, with no fantasy! Kingdom Come: Deliverance

**Almogaver** · February 22, 2018, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by DaVinci

Awesome! Thanks, zachman. I only watched the first 6 minutes of your vid, for now (will get into it later). +rep for you.

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Alright, very well.

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It would be helpful if thread-commenters who have already play-experience of the released version mention their most relevant pc specs, ie. CPU, FX Card, RAM, the game-fx-settings (ultra, high,...) and the average fps or a range.
I fe. wonder if my still used i5 3570k@4.0 GHz is capable enough, while i'm pretty sure my very well GTX 1070 is and my 16 GB RAM should do it as well (example, with The Witcher 3 i have 60+fps on ultra settings/1080p ... but i don't expect that with KC: D, while 40+fps would be appreciated).

I've got an i5 3570k 4.2Ghz + 16Gb RAM and GTX 970. The game runs fine on Very High with 60 fps on cutcenes and also most of the time but there are drops and jumps to between 40 and 60 depending on the area you are in. I've honestly never been bothered at all by all the FPS craze in gaming, I think 30 fps is absolutely fine especially in a game like this one.

When I get home this evening, I'll try to set everything on ultra and fumble with some settings like shadows and view distance and will be satisfied if I get these 30 fps (maybe even more?).

I'm sure that most of the frame drops and freezes are just due to poor optimization and will be patched. Similar stuff happened with the Witcher 3.

**Gunfreak** · February 22, 2018, 01:07 PM

I have a i7 3770k, 16gig ram and GTX 1080ti.
I have everything on ultra except shadows which are on medium. In 1080p. I get 60 stable outside of town, and 40-50 in towns during day, at night 30fps.

**zachman1201** · February 22, 2018, 04:49 PM

Next part in my KCD Let's Play!

**DaVinci** · February 22, 2018, 06:46 PM

Thanks Almogaver and Gunfreak so far, for your spec notes. Guess i have not to bother with hardware updates for this game.

I've honestly never been bothered at all by all the FPS craze in gaming, I think 30 fps is absolutely fine especially in a game like this one.

I think that's kinda a subjective item, what one hopes/expects to experience visually, especially in RPGs, where i generally* aim for ultra settings or better (via settings-file modification, etc.). *minus some certain settings which make the picture perhaps merely artificial/unrealistic
30 fps is usually the total minimum for a kind of "fluent" picture. I personally wouldn't be happy with that.

at night 30fps.

Oh, this with i7 and 1080ti, sounds not good! Then let's hope this gets still improved via patches.

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How do you guys find the playability in comparison to Witcher 3 (if a comparison is possible)?

**Gunfreak** · February 23, 2018, 01:47 PM

I enjoyed Witcher (though i liked 2 better than 3)
But I'm boring and generally prefer realism and history to fantasy.

I've played 32 hours now. And enjoying it immensely. But I've been lucky with very few bugs.

The quests and world are all very down to earth relatable. I love the cut scenes and voice acting.
I've had an easy time (some find the game hard)
People seem to forget this is a RPG. So while enemies don't have levers floating over their heads they do have levels. So you can both be under levled and over levled for quests and enemies.

A lot of people had problems taking out a "boss" while I and many other people literally kill him in about a second.

My main complaint is lack of proper polearms (only half implemented)
And that the combat/armor system kinda "stops working" when you're a high level.

Some pics

**Commissar Caligula_** · February 28, 2018, 05:50 AM

It sucks to only be able to play with 30FPS, and only on High settings at that rather than Ultra but I'm really enjoying the game. The early-game learning curve is absolutely brutal, but its fun and nice graphics.

**La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham** · March 05, 2018, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Caligula

It sucks to only be able to play with 30FPS, and only on High settings at that rather than Ultra but I'm really enjoying the game. The early-game learning curve is absolutely brutal, but its fun and nice graphics.

Couldnt agree more old bean....luckily I have the GTX 1080 TI and lots of fancy things like 32gb of ram and 500gb samsung 960 M.2 ssd.
Utra settings over 100fps and all those shenanigans

**Commissar Caligula_** · March 05, 2018, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham

Couldnt agree more old bean....luckily I have the GTX 1080 TI and lots of fancy things like 32gb of ram and 500gb samsung 960 M.2 ssd.
Utra settings over 100fps and all those shenanigans

Oh wow what a betrayal. The old duffer has a much better rig than the youngster.

**DaVinci** · March 08, 2018, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Caligula

Oh wow what a betrayal. The old duffer has a much better rig than the youngster.

Indeed ... Revolution, now!!!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**prithupaul** · March 12, 2018, 01:06 AM

I am enjoying the combat. Also enjoying the "learn by doing" skill development. The load out system is bloody brilliant, with 4 layers of armor / clothing for the head, torso, arms and legs. Hope to see this in other games.

But everything else though.....

The quests especially are so utterly tedious. 90% of the quests are fetch quests, or "find a needle in a haystack" type. Too much walking back and forth, too little action. And there are like 4-5 random encounters that keep repeating a hundred times.

The whole thing moves on rails. Your decisions rarely have any influence beyond the one quest you made it in. There is only one scripted outcome. It’s like a generic FPS story, and not a dynamic RPG with choices and consequences.

There are no tourneys with jousting, melee, and all that to have some fun in between all the tedium. How can you make a historic medieval game without tourneys and festivals? There are no glorious cavalry charges. Mounted combat is an afterthought. There is not even a major field battle. What a bloody waste of a superb combat system!

The "hardcore realism" ends up being just a superfluous and pedantic waste of time. Besides, you have a bunch of immortal characters. There was one "battle" (using that term generously) where all your allies were immortal. Settlements are full people called "townsman" and "villager". Even this very small map seems largely devoid of life outside of the settlements. Henry can go around without eating or sleeping for 2-3 days without any trouble. Its hardly realistic in a way that makes for enjoyable and immersive videogame.

The fundamentals for a great game are there already. Devs need to get their collective heads out of their respective rears, and focus on making an worthwhile game around those fundamentals, instead of marketing gimmicks like “hardcore realism”, before they start work on the sequel.

**JaM** · March 21, 2018, 04:43 PM

anybody who has issues with frame rate i recommend using this simple mod:

https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomcom...rance/mods/482

nothing extensive just optimal graphic settings within user.cfg file.. works quite well, all the stuttering in towns is almost completely gone and game is a lot more playable.