Kenshi - open-ended sandbox RPG set in a desert world

[Angelo85]

The game came up a couple weeks back in a Thread (can't remember which one sadly). There was a video with Alpha gameplay where the player was wielding a Cloud Strife type of sword.

Aside from that I'm semi interested in the title and hope for the best.

 

[nanomagnetic]

The purchase link on the website isn't hyperlinked yet:

Purchase link (download it and play it first, make sure you are happy with it):

And the dev has a torrent link up. Gameplay aside, I like where this dev's ethics lie. It's no way to fund any kind of triple-A title, but there's something definitely different and engaging when you buy into indie-development.

I'll have to get my old Toshiba back and maybe check this out.

 

[hoverdog]

The game came up a couple weeks back in a Thread (can't remember which one sadly). There was a video with Alpha gameplay where the player was wielding a Cloud Strife type of sword.

Angelo85 casts Summon Adhaira



oh wait

 

[Angelo85]

Found it! The video that is, not the Thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXcuZV77UJY

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

It goes full retard in the end.

 

[Haba]

Lolz at denizsi's argumentation attempts on Youtube.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Denizsi's argumentation attempts?

 

[20 Eyes]

Tried the alpha, there are some really cool ideas in the game. My dude got jumped in the desert and got his chest caved in, but I had fun up until then. I'm looking forward to more, and I might even pre-purchase at some point.

Hopefully it's not vaporware. What is there seems really cool, but it's very rough at this point.

 

[nanomagnetic]

Well, I gave it a spin. I like all the ideas presented so far. Looks like he's shooting for some kind of high-tech desert scape, but all revolving around swordplay instead of guns. The animations are pretty good considering it's just one guy putting together a proof of concept demo.

Still real rough though. I mean, you can name your character, but it doesn't show up in the character panel, in-game. Path-finding must just be at a placeholder stage right now. No story or character elements to speak of really at this point.

The game would be a good candidate for some of the resource-based drama talked about in that one Codex Workshop thread. I mean, who controls the fresh water in the desert? Or the food supplies? Or the raw goods for weapons and tools?

 

[Metro]

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a mercenary, a business owner, a doctor, a bandit... the list goes on. Aid or oppose the various factions in the world while striving for the strength and wealth necessary to simply survive in the harsh desert. Purchase and upgrade your own buildings to use as safe fortified havens when things go bad, or use them to start up a business. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors. Carry your wounded squad mates to safety and get them all home alive.

http://www.desura.com/games/kenshi/news ... -on-desura

There's even a demo although I haven't tried it so no idea what kind of state it is in at the moment.

 

[Excidium]

What a weird game.

 

[Angelo85]

There were already about three Threads about this. Verdict: sounds promising, Mount & Blade in an asian setting with more ambitious features. But have to see how development goes along before buying into the Alpha/Beta.

Also we made fun of the Cloud Strife sword from the official Trailer (1:57+).

 

[Tzaero]

Apparently this has just been released on steam.

 

[Haba]

Apparently this has just been released on steam.

Still "early access".

Version 0.4?

 

[HumanTotemPole]

Will be dead in six months.

And after nearly 7 years it is finally entering beta!

I bought it when the first alpha versions came out but haven't touched it for about 3 years. Will be interesting to see what's changed when the beta is released.

 

[markec]

Bought it ages ago and played it only briefly deciding to wait for full release.

I do wonder which full game will we get first, this or Grimoire.

 

[Metro]

Don't forget Overgrowth! But, yeah, this dude's moving at a fucking snail's pace.

 

[GuiltyofBeingTrite]

This is on GOG now, what's the deal with it?

 

[Jinn]

This is on GOG now, what's the deal with it?

Looks like it could be really good someday. Hopefully we see that day come. It's been in development for a LONG ass time, so we'll see.

 

[Galdred]

So is it like Mount and Blade, with more crafting, and no mounts?

 

[Hobo Elf]

Never buy anything that has been early access for half a decade or more. Just wait for it to release, if it does.

 

[Angelo85]

In a brief fit of madness I bought the game a long time ago when it was still only available on Desura before it came to Steam or GoG. It's plagued by feature creep stuck in development hell (the one single developer dude got mad by Steam cash influx and is changing the scope constantly. First it was only Asians, then Humans of all colors now we are at different species. Same with "you can rent a store", now it's planed that you can build whole cities). I concur with Hobo Elf. Stay away for now and don't get tempted.

 

[Elim]

The city part is not planned, it is already in. I have build a village with around 5 buildings. People are farming, mining for ore and crafting. I have electricity and big-ass walls around my village.

Bought the game a while ago while I was desperate for a new game.
I would advise anyone from buying it, too.
But somehow I already played 30 hours. The game is lethal, extremely slow and repetitive. But...somehow charming.

The game is over 5 years old and still runs like shit.

 

[huckc]

So is it like Mount and Blade, with more crafting, and no mounts?

Fallout + Mount & Blade + Morrowind + city building (with no compromises).

There's pretty much no game like it to compare it to as a whole. It's a free roaming sandbox that's hard as hell in the beginning. You can play it solo or have multiple squads full of dudes. They are no instance fights, everything is seamless in the world.

It's mainly about exploration, stronghold building, crafting, and mass combat. In my game I have 20 followers in my base that craft, farm, mine, cook, build walls/bulidings, do research and another squad of 10 exploring ruins and picking fights or running away or unconscious with horrible injuries.

No level scaling whatsoever and if you get your ass beat in a fight it's not game over depending on who you fight. Getting your ass beat and enslaved or imprisoned is normal gameplay in fact.

It's 0.9x and really fun and addicting. Has more features than any AAA game, or any other game.

 

[huckc]

In a brief fit of madness I bought the game a long time ago when it was still only available on Desura before it came to Steam or GoG. It's plagued by feature creep stuck in development hell (the one single developer dude got mad by Steam cash influx and is changing the scope constantly. First it was only Asians, then Humans of all colors now we are at different species. Same with "you can rent a store", now it's planed that you can build whole cities). I concur with Hobo Elf. Stay away for now and don't get tempted.

As mentioned you can currently build whole cities with walls, buildings, gates, turrets, machines, mines, farms, etc.

There a few races in there now: humans, skeletons, shek, and hive.

The humans all look european but with crazy random skin color. The only "weabo" part is the japanese weapons but there are also european ones like longswords and polearms. The game doesn't feel weabo at all apart from that and the building architecture looks original and cool if a bit european.

The city part is not planned, it is already in. I have build a village with around 5 buildings. People are farming, mining for ore and crafting. I have electricity and big-ass walls around my village.

Bought the game a while ago while I was desperate for a new game.
I would advise anyone from buying it, too.
But somehow I already played 30 hours. The game is lethal, extremely slow and repetitive. But...somehow charming.

The game is over 5 years old and still runs like shit.

I just picked this up a month ago but they've made a ton of updates in the last few months, including some performance. The performance is still shit but they've got a huge engine upgrade planned to release next week some time which includes multithreading. It's single threaded now so that explains a lot of the UI locking and bad framerates.

This might seem like a shill, but the game is awesome I don't care. It's pretty much a Codexer classic: open world, no level scaling, brutally hard with a steep knowledge curve. I'm not much of a crafter guy but I like that aspect too.

I'm surprised it's not so talked about here, I can see it having its own forum in the future especially after it's released.

e: sorry for the double post