One of the most high-profile Kickstarter campaigns in the era of crowd-funded titles comes from Warhorse Studios in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. This open-world RPG from former developers at 2K games raised over 1.5 million dollars during its four year campaign.

Realism in games is a funny thing. We strive to achieve it with almost every major release, but sometimes I don't think we realise what we want. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a medieval themed RPG that's been in development for some time, with a dedicated focus on authenticity and realism.

It's clear that Kingdom Come: Deliverance intends to convey a sense of realism in a medieval setting. There are no monsters or spells here, and the game's plot involves historical figures from the Holy Roman Empire. Even the player-controlled protagonist must eat to avoid hunger.

The Middle Ages has long served as inspiration for RPGs. More often than not that inspiration has been limited to a Fantasy realm. The influence is there in Fantasy, of course, however, there are but a few that have a real historical context.

Unique combat; Great visuals; Some epic cinematics

Poor Save system; Lots of bugs

Kingdom Come: Deliverance delivers on its ambitious promise for a realistic, grounded open-world medieval role-playing game, with engaging and complex gameplay systems, weighty and tactical combat and an interesting main story slightly let down by a lack of polish and technical issues on launch.

For as long as we've been writing about video games there have been few titles that have had us as intrigued as Kingdom Come: Deliverance. After getting our hands on the game last year we came to the conclusion that this was one to watch, although that was perhaps more out of hope than expectation...

There is no shortage of RPGs set within something similar to medieval times. From series like The Witcher , The Elder Scrolls , Dragon Age and Baldur's Gate , each one brings its take on living in those old days, but they all go down the fantasy route with their design and story.

A much more realistic take on the Elder Scrolls formula which will delight some fans of that series while frustrating others.

Beautifully rendered game with wonderful sound that fans of a more realistic experience will really enjoy

The combination of the save system and the combat are brutal for casual types

To say I'm late to the party with this review would be an understatement. But such is the scale of Kingdom Come , both literally and metaphorically, that for a simple enthusiast reviewer like myself the task of A: playing enough of, and B: actually reviewing a title such as this is a tad...

Amazing world and scenery; Plenty of quests and activities; Loads of depth with combat and gear; Impressive historical insight and accuracy

Awful restriction of manual saves; Not enough direction at the begining of the game; Suffers from a fair share of bugs

Buy Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kingdom Come: Deliverance feels like it comes from another land of RPGs, a different kind of tree from the current forest of games touting "RPG elements.