How do you escape at the start of the game?

[fefnir3284]

There is no way to escape. I get hit once and die. Im not even trying to fight anyone. I got one guard with a sword on my ass, two appear in front of me (one with a polearm, one with a bow and sword) and I always run out of stamina before I even get to any of the horses. Hell there are 3-7 MORE enemies between me and the horse. How the hell am I suppose to do this with no armor and a sword?

[theo]

Either you're going the wrong way, or there's something wrong with your game. Check youtube playthroughs to compare. There are multiple horses to take snd you're not supposed to run into any enemies you can't avoid.

[mrmainevent2306]

are u on normal if so u should just be able to sprint to the horse whitsle to save theresa and ride for talmberg

[Noeat]

are u running?
are u running on the small road as they tell u?
are u running on the small road as they tell u, to horse and Theresa with few Cumans?

[MacSuibhne]

I remember that. It seems so long ago, a lifetime ago. I was so young--so ignorant, so full of myself (as the young so often are).

I ran down the hill, shortcutting the switchbacks when I could. I knew I was being followed, I knew if I stopped I would die.

When I got to the stable where Theresa was being attacked, I felt helpless I couldn't fight three soldiers. Worse, I couldn't ride a horse. But it was my only chance. I got on the horse and went up the cliff and back towards the soldiers and into a fence and a ditch...all just trying to get control of that fractious beast.

Somehow i found myself running down the road, the horse seeming to know better where to go than I did. I rode into a creek and couldn't get out but it kept me going in the right direction. To this day, how I even made it to Talmberg, I don't know.

IRL, I played that section a half dozen times...a dozen times...several of them deliberately, just to practice steering the horse.

When I finally got to Talmberg, I knew that I was gonna love this game.

[MacSuibhne]

Originally posted by udUbdaWgz:

😂 “up the cliff” almost spewed my coffee ☕️ 😅

We’ve all been there! In fact, if I remember correctly, didnt you have a thread about not being able to ride the horses?! hehe

I think this intro is perfect in all honesty. The early struggles, skalitz jail, attempting to fight those cumans—> die, reload, bumble our way down the path, theresa and its choices, the horse, those dang riverbeds, a blood red screen—> die, reload, how to get back to skalitz to bury, the credits.

Personally, I think its one of the best ever.

I still cant believe I had this game for over a year before playing it.

Yup, I imagine it would have been hilarious if I hadn't been trying so desperately to survive, much less escape.

When I started the thread you mentioned, I was trying to play the game with mouse and keyboard. Up until I came to the horse, even running down the hill, where I pointed the mouse is where I went. I couldn't get it through my thick head and into my fingers that with the horse, the mouse is not needed ... in fact, it just confuses things. And either I was looking to the south on a east bound road (and ending up in the ditch) or over-steering so bad that I was literally going around in circles.

Tough intro but totally in keeping with the game's philosophy.

[bewest169]

the horse controls where very clunky for me on keyboard,since you need to get on the horse and ride like hell to out run the enemy for once I had to use a Xbox arcade controller first time in years but that helped to get to the next level once I did that I dumped the controller

[Humpenstilzchen]

When you come down the hill from skalitz castle make a wide bend around the cumans who are attacking theresa, then when you are near the horses whistle, that will call in the horse you are supposed to take plus distract the cumans from theresa. Then jump on the horse as fast as possible and ride away.

When you are riding and they are following you jump with your horse over that little stream to your side whenever they come too close, the ai will struggle to follow you and fall behind. Do this maybe two or three times whenever neccessary and you have gained enough space for the rest of the ride to get to talmberg in safety.

[Noeat]

Originally posted by bewest169:

the horse controls where very clunky for me on keyboard,since you need to get on the horse and ride like hell to out run the enemy for once I had to use a Xbox arcade controller first time in years but that helped to get to the next level once I did that I dumped the controller

next time u can just read tutorial over whole screen how to ride horse..
it helps

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by fefnir3284:

There is no way to escape. I get hit once and die. Im not even trying to fight anyone. I got one guard with a sword on my ass, two appear in front of me (one with a polearm, one with a bow and sword) and I always run out of stamina before I even get to any of the horses. Hell there are 3-7 MORE enemies between me and the horse. How the hell am I suppose to do this with no armor and a sword?

I died about six times before learning how to ride the horse out of the stables and then died a few more times galloping through the country side while being chased.
On PC; don't try and point the camera (mouse) in the direction you want to go like when Henry is walking or running, you have to move the horse with WASD and sort of leave the camera alone. Then move it as a secondary function once you are heading in the right direction.

It feels strange at first but later on becomes like second nature. Riding a horse is actually one of the easier things to learn. There are much tougher challenges a bit later and the game will throw you into them before you are prepared. This game is brutal but rewarding if you don't give up.

[vine]

Originally posted by Lateralus:

Originally posted by fefnir3284:

There is no way to escape. I get hit once and die. Im not even trying to fight anyone. I got one guard with a sword on my ass, two appear in front of me (one with a polearm, one with a bow and sword) and I always run out of stamina before I even get to any of the horses. Hell there are 3-7 MORE enemies between me and the horse. How the hell am I suppose to do this with no armor and a sword?

I died about six times before learning how to ride the horse out of the stables and then died a few more times galloping through the country side while being chased.
On PC; don't try and point the camera (mouse) in the direction you want to go like when Henry is walking or running, you have to move the horse with WASD and sort of leave the camera alone. Then move it as a secondary function once you are heading in the right direction.

It feels strange at first but later on becomes like second nature. Riding a horse is actually one of the easier things to learn. There are much tougher challenges a bit later and the game will throw you into them before you are prepared. This game is brutal but rewarding if you don't give up.

This feels a bit strange, like people never drove a car or rode a bike. In that you still have the ability to move your head and look around, while your hands steer the heading of manned vehicle or animal. Like.. piloting a tank in one of many many FPS games where you steer the tank but also have the turret with cannon that you look around using mouse. And pew pew with left right mb, grenades and mg. The usual trope.
How hard it is to project this kind of control to riding horse in KCD. I can't imagine how hard, honestly. It comes easy to me.

[theo]

Anyone who played Mount&blade, or any GTA game, or any vehicle sim, or probably just any game with vehicles must be familiar with KCD horse controls. It's a very old and common scheme, there's just 1 extra button you need to use.
I think problem is that more and more people start playing video games on PC lacking even basic keyboard and mouse skills.
I mean I was there, too, and it probably took some time to work out my WASD muscle memory but I was a kid and I can't imagine blaming a game for my clunkiness with the controls, as some people do.

Anyway this is irrelevant since OP couldn't even get a horse.

[BrentONI]

i actually hit each of them and ran off to the closest horse