Kenshi review ign12/26/2023 Personally, a lot of these ruins just simply aren't worth exploring because the loot can be found elsewhere in the world or crafted yourself. There are various ruins and faction HQs, but they are small, and the biggest threat is they are often filled with extremely powerful enemies like robot spiders that can one-shot you if you aren't careful. There are no caves or underground sections of anything in the entire game, I assume this is because of some sort of limitation with the game engine. And beyond the cities, there is very little to discover. ![]() I hope the cities in sequel games can be bigger, more diverse, and fun to be in. Each culture feels very well defined and varied but the cities themselves somewhat empty and lacking things to do in my opinion. Cities are very similar to each other, they all use the same style of buildings and there is only a few buildings that they have, it is not rare to see a city with 2 or even 3 bars, yet in the entire game there is no buildings like a school or blacksmith, etc. Although there is many beautiful places in nature to discover, it is extremely desolate, both in terms of design and gameplay value. Its actually a shame that in the beginning of the game you are too weak to properly explore most of it, even now after playing for over 100 hours I haven't explored many parts yet (though, I have started over multiple times as well). It's really an amazing world, and the developers did an excellent job to flesh out so many areas and make them interesting. There is so many unique biomes, amazingly tall mountains and canyons and lots of mysterious objects and ruins that tell part of this worlds story without ever needing to say anything. ![]() Expanding on the world some more, although the graphics in this game are alright at best, the physical design for the world itself is something I've never seen before in any other game. There is plenty of good people too which balance out the bad and make the world feel realistic, and not just like a complete hell. You come across many people with tragic stories, you see people doing crime, and just walking around the world for some time shows you how unique but also desolate it can be. This game is very challenging and not only that, you can feel that the world is hard to survive in for NPCs too. Now that you know the basic premise, I will dive deeper into the good and bad of the game. This can eventually lead to having a small outpost of citizens you control or a small army. Additionally, while you could feasibly beat the game solo, its nearly impossible and you are meant to have a squad of characters that you train up. You also need food to not starve to death, and will need to train to take out even just a small group of starving bandits on your own. The world is massive and you can travel anywhere you want from the beginning, just don't expect to survive if you do. It is a challenging RPG because your character starts at level 1 in all stats, which is typical for an RPG but what's atypical about this game is that about 99% of everyone else in the world has stats higher than 1. It is an open world RPG with base building features as well. This negatively affects the game but I will dive deeper into that later on in my review.įirst off, the premise of this game is pretty simple. However, This game took 12 years to develop and didn't have a full release until 2018, so as you can imagine some things are severely outdated like the game engine. If this game could have came out in 2006 in the state it was in when it came out in 2018, it would have been as revolutionary as Oblivion was that year. However, what it does well makes the game worth playing, and I easily got 100+ hours of enjoyment from it.Ī bit of perspective before I dive deeper into the details of this game, development started in 2006. It isn't perfect, it does some things very well, and then other aspects of the game are lacking, empty, or simply non-existent. ![]() Do you feel the same way, or disagree? What do you want to see improved in Kenshi 2? etc. If you manage to read all of it, I would love to hear your thoughts too. I have just written this review for everyone including those who might not know what Kenshi is at all. If you are aware of what Kenshi is and it's premise, you can skip the first bit. I ended up writing a damn novel but I still wanted to share it with others to see what they think in case anyone is interested. I really wanted to pin down exactly what it is I love about it, as well as it's flaws and what I want to see in Kenshi 2. Hello everyone, I love Kenshi and it's one of the most unique games I've ever played.
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