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After 12 Years in Development, 'Sword-Punk Sandbox RPG' Kenshi Launches - MMORPG.com News
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After 12 Years in Development, 'Sword-Punk Sandbox RPG' Kenshi Launches - MMORPG.com News
Kenshi has officially launched after 12 years in development by lone game designer Chris Hunt. Kenshi is described as a "huge sword-punk sandbox RPG" that mixes in a healthy dose of squad-based control and city building features. In four years of early access testing on Steam, Kenshi has earned itself nearly 6,000 Mostly Positive reviews, with the most recent 800 coming in at "Overwhelmingly Positive".
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It is difficult to put my finger on what exactly make it so great but I think perhaps its the way its a sandbox world where you are not the central character. The post apocalyptic world runs entirely independently of you.
All I can really say is play it and give it a proper chance (3-5 hours) and It will have you hooked like an early mmorpg!
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Who thought DF 1 disappeared lol.
Open world survival game,yeah we seen a lot of these,empty games ALL of them.
Giant world?Well i can make my own giant world in about 5 minutes on any free engine,like the UDK kit.The world needs substance and LOTS of work to make it feel like a homeland.
Open ..open ..open,yeah sounds nice but USUALLY/Always what this means is one thing.I don't have enough manpower or money to fill this game up so i'll just call it an open world.It is the exact same reason devs aim for stuff like Fallout,APOC world,easy excuse for why the world is so devoid of content.
It i nice that there is no artificial leveling,but shops/npc's SHOULD have some kind of AI system,example ,the prices change depending how often people shop.
I did not hear anything about crafting,but seems there are modules to plot down,i am not a fan of module planting to be honest.I don't like all those games that plant down modules because they look like FAKE worlds,like the Starcrafts and Command N Conquers.That stuff was mildly cool 15 years ago but not anymore.
I guess the keyword in all of this>>>IMMERSION,you have to do enough work on your game to make people feel immersed from the minute they step in the game.More pvp gaming in open world sandboxes lol yeah Darkfall here we come,this model has come n gone,it is NOT very popular.
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It's showing as $29.99 for me.
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Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
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Steam is listing it for $42.95 AU
GOG is listing it for $31.59 AU
Before release, the game was advertised at $20 AU which I thought was very reasonable. So it seems there's been a bit of a price hike for release day.
I'm still going to get it, but I'm going to wait a bit till the price comes down.
Also... singleplayer? I'm looking for a game where real people invite me to team up with them.
Squad-based? Sounds like leadership/management headaches. I'd like to contribute to a team, not take responsibility for one.
Also the videos all seem to have a somewhat distant, ortho/overhead type view, and I'd prefer to switch from 1st person to over-the-shoulder, being or being right there for my avatar.
Know a game like Kenshi but with these differences?
Developer made a sandbox where he wants you to play HIS way...its probably one of the most linear sandbox RPGs I can think of. The world is open, but how you progress is super linear. For me, there is a lot of playability...but its still rather linear. Mods do a lot to fix that though.
its hard, but its a GOOD thing to lose. The more your party loses, the stronger they get. You can set permadeath to be super tiny chance (like 0.5 chance or something). Its really literally impossible to perma die for one of your characters...I tried super hard with one character and still couldnt do it lol. Its super super hard to perma die. Mostly geat beat up and taken as a slave or left for dead. But its a good thing to get beat up in the game because it makes your characters better at fighting
The game is the most grinding game I've personally played. Good/bad depending if you like grinding.
Game map is massive, but traveling isn't too slow because you can speed up time...still to get from one point of the map to the other can be a drag, but there is no stupid moronic autoteleport to marker on map like so many games have. I hate that feature, so its good the game doesn't have it.
The base building is awesome
Mods are awesome and really add a lot to the game.
It'll take you literally if first time playing a MINIMUM of 10 hours to figure out the game and know how to progress etc. It personally took me around 15 to get a good idea of the game. HOWEVER, even if you know the game, it'll still take a minimum of 5-10 hours to start getting to the point of making a base and what not
Losing is good, yeah I said that, but this is the most important thing new players get mixed up...because other games losing is bad, in Kenshi losing is good. Gotta stress that point...you WANT to be captured, beat up, left for dead...its GOOD in kenshi
Game has racist/sexist/slavery undertones, and I know no politics, but it literally has it.. so unable to leave this point out. Its literally one of the main "features" of the game. One of the factions hates females (there are subtle "ra** statements and subtle scenes involving cages against female characters), they also hate robots or anyone not "man" and "human". If you play a female in the game, except for the lizard people, everyone else treats you like garbage. The desert people just see you as a slave. If you play a robot...well lizard people are okay with you, but that is it besides other robots. Game also simulates slavery to a VERY high degree.
Developer despite being hardheaded in his very pinpoint vision of how he wants the game to be played never gave up after over 2 decades (literally I heard about this game 2 decades ago, no joke)...he really spent a lot of time and work and money into kenshi.
Economy in the game is bar none best SIMULATED economy of any sandbox RPG (that is NOT in space) that is singleplayer. It puts any bethesda faux economy to shame. I'd compare to if X series, if the X series was not space based. Mods further greatly enhance the simulated economy in the game
Most lively game world of ANY non-space based singleplayer sandbox game. I'd dare say its as good as Ultima 7, which is quite a feat as even bethesda can't get their AI anywhere near as good as ultima 7 did. Ultima 7 for so long remained the kings of a lively AI realistic world that no other company even came close to. Kenshi might not be 100% there (but it does outpace it in certain areas like taking over factions and entire cities and game world changes based on that), but the world really feels natural and alive, in a realistic fantasyish-post apoc theme.
And...well I think that is it. Yeah its super hard, but not as hard as one would think. Dark souls is hard, this isn't like that at all. Its easier in a way cause losing is rewarding in Kenshi. You can also make it easier/harder. But its also harder in how grindy it is and how long it takes to progress.
BUT
If you think the grind is too bad or game is too hard...MODS...answer to any moddable game :P Game is also actually super easy to mod. Even I can mod it...easier than modding skyrim lol
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I stumbled to the nearest town and was immediately arrested and thrown in jail for being naked and poor. I learned to pick locks on my cage door and escaped. After about half a dozen times being beaten and thrown out of stores to bleed almost to death I finally got my stealth and thieving skill high enough to get out of a store with some clothes and food.
This is the best game I've played in years.
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