How's it perform on the deck? Never messed around with one. I had kcd since launch and played it mostly on an i-5 7500 1070 and it...worked mostly fine outside of cities. It would definitely slow down in them though.
It can run at 60 fps on low (or even medium in some options) but it obviously chungs down to 35~45 in some areas and moments. I decided to cap the refresh rate of screen to 40FPS and so far so good for 95% of the time. Sometimes stutters happen, dunno what is the cause but at least is rare. But it's definitely playable.
You are correct there. It has an ES esque style level as you do things sort of way, but player skill really goes a long way in melee especially in the beginning.
The game is very good at making doing nothing and/or the mundane feel good.
Funny, because I was hunting a deer in the forest, only to run into a Cuman camp...
Hehehe, you know you're probably a little deep into the game when Henry starts seeing Cuman camps as a chance to get some clean clothes. Those clear-the-camp contracts kept me in clean laundry for a looooong time.
They nailed the atmosphere and feel of medieval Bohemia perfectly.
That you and cvv have Jews living in your heads, rent-free.
This guy gets it. Squatters are like a bad disease you can't excise, vacate, or use antibiotics to rid.
Just don't use them. That's what I did.
My best bet is master strikes not being a 1 button trick (same thing for perfect blocks). Pressing a single button to automatically peform the best moves in the game is weird.
I'm about 3/5 into the main quest.
Overall amazing atmosphere and good looking world. Impressed they managed such a feat with their budget and team in Czechia.
I got a hang at the combat but I still dislike the jankiness and absolutely hate the lock-on system. Completely falls apart when there is more than 2 people into you.
Its specially worse on the steam deck (and controllers) for specific reassons. For instance, when i'm enganging in combat with 4 cumans and one of them surrenders/kneel down, it's really fucking hard to finish him off because I have to fight against 3 things: the lock-on, the camera and the remaining thugs. So most of the time, I end up missing loot from 1 or 2 cowards because I simply cannot hit them while they are kneeling and preparing to flee.
The combat and some of the jankiness are the only few things that drag down this otherwise great game.
JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED
You peform master strikes (perfect parry with a riposte) by just pressing block as soon as the enemy moves to attack. If you are not quick enough for a master strike, you will just peform a perfect block (which you can also miss the timing if you are not quick enough).
I tried doing that already (purposefully avoided learning it from bernard) but the problem is that the AI uses them still. So any attack you make carries the (high) possibility of being struck with unavoidable damage. Higher level enemies are literally impossible to beat in melee without masterstrike as they'll spam that shit onto every attack you make.
I was asking for a practical solution, ie. a good mod.
