Since launch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been a surprising commercial success, selling half a million copies despite releasing to lukewarm critical reviews. Many of the game's criticisms are aimed at how its attempts at realism end up inconveniencing or frustrating players, but we now know how at least one of these issues is being addressed.

The current save system in Kingdom Come: Deliverance is abnormally strict for a modern game, only allowing players to save when resting in a bed or when drinking a liquor called Savior Schnapps. Warhorse Studios has announced a fix coming in patch 1.3, which will allow players to save and exit their game without having to rest in a bed or get drunk on Savior Schnapps.

This isn't quite the same as a standard save system found in most games, but it should alleviate at least some frustrations with Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Will Make Lockpicking Easier - Kingdom Come: Deliverance box art

Speaking of alleviating frustrations, other areas of Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be addressed in patch 1.3 as well. The lockpicking system, which has been criticized for being overly complicated, will be tweaked to have better controls when using a game controller. Pickpocketing should also be easier once patch 1.3 rolls around.

Patch 1.3 will also address a number of lingering bugs and other technical issues with the game. One of the reasons why players have criticized its strict save system is that, like many of its inspirations, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a lot of bugs that can erase literally hours of progress for those that don't take the time to fast-travel to a resting spot to save every few minutes. So hopefully these bug fixes combined with the changes to the save system resolve some of the game's bigger issues.

In the meantime, it will be interesting to see how Warhorse Studios addresses other criticisms of the game. For example, we know there are plans to simplify the lockpicking system (beyond making the controls easier), but we aren't quite sure how this will be accomplished. With Kingdom Come: Deliverance's rather sizable playerbase, Warhorse will want to act quickly on these fixes to retain its fans and potentially draw in new ones.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Source: Steam Community Forums