30 hours into the game, I give it a 7/10. The graphics are gorgeous, the music and sound all fit perfectly, and the story is entertaining and immersive. Its very much a story-led game, swinging more to the side of Bioware's Mass Effect and Dragon Age than to Bethesda's Skyrim and Fallout. (It even includes reputation ratings, similar to Mass Effect's Paragon-Renegade system.) There are certainly things to do in the open world, but the story is the meat and bones.

There are two parts that keep it from being a 10/10:

• -1 for annoying bugs. Sometimes the game will crash after a conversation or fast-travel, losing significant time spent since the last autosave. I'm stingy and don't like using my limited saves (Savior Schnapps drinks), but sometimes I'll need them if I've gone a long time without an autosave.
  
  
• -2 for the combat. The system is a clunky mix of Mount and Blade's different attack directions (6 in KC:D) and the target lock-on of Assassin's Creed. The system works decently for duels, but is frustrating against groups of 2 or more. Your character will always focus on one person in front of him; you can change who you focus on, but it will always be on one target. There is no third-person mode like there is in Assassin's Creed, so if someone attacks you from the side, you won't see him and it will be incredibly hard to block him, even with a shield.

With better combat and fewer crashes, this would be by far the best game I've played. Without those improvements, it's still among the best. The combat is hard at the beginning, but it's fair. You are the son of a blacksmith and you fight like the son of a blacksmith until you are taught how to really fight. The fun begins when your education begins. I'm still learning, and having a lot of fun along the way.

30 hours into the game, I give it a 7/10. The graphics are gorgeous, the music and sound all fit perfectly, and the story is entertaining and immersive. Its very much a story-led game, swinging more to the side of Bioware's Mass Effect and Dragon Age than to Bethesda's Skyrim and Fallout. (It even includes reputation ratings, similar to Mass Effect's Paragon-Renegade system.) There are certainly things to do in the open world, but the story is the meat and bones. There are two parts that keep it from being a 10/10: [list] [*]-1 for annoying bugs. Sometimes the game will crash after a conversation or fast-travel, losing significant time spent since the last autosave. I'm stingy and don't like using my limited saves (Savior Schnapps drinks), but sometimes I'll need them if I've gone a long time without an autosave. [*]-2 for the combat. The system is a clunky mix of Mount and Blade's different attack directions (6 in KC:D) and the target lock-on of Assassin's Creed. The system works decently for duels, but is frustrating against groups of 2 or more. Your character will always focus on one person in front of him; you can change who you focus on, but it will always be on one target. There is no third-person mode like there is in Assassin's Creed, so if someone attacks you from the side, you won't see him and it will be incredibly hard to block him, even with a shield. [/list] With better combat and fewer crashes, this would be by far the best game I've played. Without those improvements, it's still among the best. The combat is hard at the beginning, but it's fair. You are the son of a blacksmith and you fight like the son of a blacksmith until you are taught how to really fight. The fun begins when your education begins. I'm still learning, and having a lot of fun along the way.