Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Video games often play with history in interesting ways, but few games try and stick as close to their historical ties as Kingdom Come: Deliverance, an open world title set in the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1403. Everything about Kingdom Come tries to stick to its historical inspirations, from the gorgeous period appropriate art in the map and UI, to the way that each weapon and piece of armor changes the way you fight. This can be things like a certain helmet obstructing your view because of the eye slots in it, or needing to equip another layer of clothing under plate armor so your character doesn’t get crushed by blunt weapons.
Kingdom Come follows the son of a blacksmith, who’s family was killed by an invading army. There’ll be plenty of choices to make, sidequests to complete, and battles to fight. Warhorse Studios says that there are multiple ways to approach almost every quest in the game,and you’ll be able to build your character however you want. With a release date of early 2018, Kingdom Come could be one of the big open world RPGs to watch out for next year. If you want to see more ways the game embraces its historical setting, you can take a look right here.
