After over 150 hours, I’ve finally completed KCD. I’ve loved this game…for better or for worse.
I’ll admit, Warhorse got off to a real rocky start. I can’t remember a game I’ve had as much of a love/hate relationship like I have with this one.
The immersion breaking parts were the things I’ve hated. Missing cutscenes, minimum random encounters (during most of my duration with this game), graphics not loading properly, feeling invincible because of a poor character upgrade system, and stupid character animations when they pitch their arms when speaking during cutscenes.
I loved the environments! I really felt compelled to explore. I witnessed NPC’s brawling in the streets, random grave sites to dig in, humor, well written dialogues, a challenging combat system, great story, atmospheric mood lighting, and of course…Henry.
Henry, at first, felt out of place for me. I did however grow to really appreciate the voice acting and really solemn nature of his character. Henry was exactly the character I needed and didn’t even realize it at first. It’s easy to be thrown off with him, because he isn’t a John Marston, nor a Geralt. But…Henry’s evolution into a “hero” is where Warhorse won me over. His evolution happens so slowly…kind of aggravating, but the pacing is really perfect. It wasn’t something I appreciated until after completing the story.
I am excited for whatever content Warhorse brings to the table. This game is truly a gem and I can’t say enough how privileged I feel to have played this game exactly in the time of my life when I needed it.
I would give this game an 8.5 out of 10.