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

[MerchantKing]

I managed to kite an entire nest of Beak Things into that slave market Eye Socket, then used the confusion to kidnap and imprison the noble. Pretty sure this isn't intended, but hilarious nonetheless!

It is intended.

I actually went for the pathfinding mod and it's helped a lot. I'm not touching the rest of the game because I want to see it "as intended", and I'm guessing the AI pathfinding is more bug than feature. My drug running operation has definitely benefitted!

A nice trick to smuggle drugs into a city is to put them into a backpack then unequip your backpack. The game doesn't check the backpack's inventory when the guards decide to arbitrarily put you through customs.

 

[kangaxx]

I can't put this damn game down. Base building aspect is a lot more fun than I expected.. I've set up in the Fog Islands and will be producing food cubes, grog, and raising dogs.

The fact that this was mostly made by one person blows my mind, truthfully.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

It's one of those things that just keeps going

 

[PlayerEmers]

I can't put this damn game down.

I got a bit burned out playing the game and stopped playing it a few weeks ago, but I still think about it from time to time even tho i know and have seen 99% of what the game has to offer.

I think this reinforce two things in my mind: game is one of its kind and does amazing things despite its huge flaws... and i might be severely autistic for liking it that much.

 

[toro]

I managed to kite an entire nest of Beak Things into that slave market Eye Socket, then used the confusion to kidnap and imprison the noble. Pretty sure this isn't intended, but hilarious nonetheless!

Everything is intended in Kenshi. That's why it's such a glorious game

 

[toro]

The fact that this was mostly made by one person blows my mind, truthfully.

He worked by himself on the project until 2013, when he was able to hire a small team that helped him with the project

https://lofigames.com/about/about-us/

edit: that's the current team. not so small anymore.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

The fact that this was mostly made by one person blows my mind, truthfully.

He worked by himself on the project until 2013, when he was able to hire a small team that helped him with the project

https://lofigames.com/about/about-us/

edit: that's the current team. not so small anymore.

Well, I hope the new folks are as big a fan of the original Kenshi as the rest of the fucking internet is. And I hope the guy doesn't blow his budget on a massive team.

 

[PlayerEmers]

Well, I hope the new folks are as big a fan of the original Kenshi as the rest of the fucking internet is. And I hope the guy doesn't blow his budget on a massive team.

Kenshi sold like 2.3 million copies which I think its enough to sustain a team of 10~ for a couple of years. But Chris will probably seek aditional funding (like Epic Mega Grants since kenshi 2 uses unreal engine) if things take too long.

 

[toro]

Well, I hope the new folks are as big a fan of the original Kenshi as the rest of the fucking internet is. And I hope the guy doesn't blow his budget on a massive team.

Kenshi sold like 2.3 million copies which I think its enough to sustain a team of 10~ for a couple of years. But Chris will probably seek aditional funding (like Epic Mega Grants since kenshi 2 uses unreal engine) if things take too long.

Fuck. If they are using UE5 then it means that everything they've done for Kenshi is gone because there is no way to import stuff from Ogre into UE.

They will have to reimplement all game mechanics and ... I guess the feeling of Kenshi's world will be different.

 

[MerchantKing]

Well, I hope the new folks are as big a fan of the original Kenshi as the rest of the fucking internet is. And I hope the guy doesn't blow his budget on a massive team.

if things take too long.

When was Kenshi 2 announced again? 2019? Based on Kenshi's development cycle, Kenshi 2 is right on schedule. We might see it at the end of 2029 if everything goes right.

 

[PlayerEmers]

They will have to reimplement all game mechanics and ... I guess the feeling of Kenshi's world will be different.

Yeah its very likely things will feel different, but I trust Chris will make the right decisions. The fact that he worked solo for years is really telling that he deeply care about the game and want to make things right with the sequel.

When was Kenshi 2 announced again? 2019? Based on Kenshi's development cycle, Kenshi 2 is right on schedule. We might see it at the end of 2029 if everything goes right.

2019, yeah.
I think we wont have to wait till 2029 because the team is bigger, but we are definitely a couple of years away from release. My optimism says late 2026.

 

[Zariusz]

I wonder if new engine will make modding harder, Kenshi has this great option to reload whole map so you can insert mods that add lots of stuff midgame while in other titles you would have to restart because of crashes and thosr mods wouldn't function correctly anyway. You can even restore state of the world so all killed bosses will respawn but your characters, items and base will still be present. Not sure if this option would still be possible.

 

[MerchantKing]

A horde of starving bandits following me near a Holy Mine. Geez, I wonder what's going to happen.

Just gonna kite em, occasionally stopping for some hits and blocks. Then run towards the camp. Got quite a bit of levels doing this. Just from the kiting.

 

[MerchantKing]

A horde of starving bandits following me near a Holy Mine. Geez, I wonder what's going to happen.

Just gonna kite em, occasionally stopping for some hits and blocks. Then run towards the camp. Got quite a bit of levels doing this. Just from the kiting.

Here we go!

 

[MerchantKing]

A horde of starving bandits following me near a Holy Mine. Geez, I wonder what's going to happen.

Just gonna kite em, occasionally stopping for some hits and blocks. Then run towards the camp. Got quite a bit of levels doing this. Just from the kiting.

Here we go!

That High overseer didn't stand a chance against 5x attack slots

 

[mondblut]

A horde of starving bandits following me near a Holy Mine. Geez, I wonder what's going to happen.

A horde? That's not a horde.

This is horde

 

[MerchantKing]

A horde of starving bandits following me near a Holy Mine. Geez, I wonder what's going to happen.

A horde? That's not a horde.

This is horde

Well. Looks like it's time to turn up the spawn size then.

 

[mondblut]

Well. Looks like it's time to turn up the spawn size then.

No need, just settle in the southern half of Skinner's Roam. It is casually patrolled by gangs of 50, with 2 or 3 often ganging up together. I've built a castle hugging the side of one of those high steep mountains, and 3 sequential kill zones are sometimes not enough to stop those fuckers.

 

[kangaxx]

Fresh meat for the mines!

 

[ERYFKRAD]

A horde of starving bandits following me near a Holy Mine. Geez, I wonder what's going to happen.

A horde? That's not a horde.

This is horde

More like that was a horde.

 

[GaelicVigil]

I liked this game at first, but then came to the realization it is just a walking, butt-rape grind simulator. Horribly overrated trash

 

[Kruyurk]

I liked this game at first, but then came to the realization it is just a walking, butt-rape grind simulator. Horribly overrated trash

You may have undiagnosed retardation, but I'm not a doctor.

 

[Lokhir]

I liked this game at first, but then came to the realization it is just a walking, butt-rape grind simulator. Horribly overrated trash

Correct. I wish I had my 447 hours put into this burning garbage back, or compensated for having sacrificed myself playing this shitty game. inb4 "why put 400 hours into a game you do not like" because it's one of these kinds of games where you don't know how to play/if it's really good unless you put a large amount of hours.

Even modded to death or with overhauls, this game is more than a waste of time, if you don't exploit the mechanics you just can't do shit. At one point I even was able to exploit and kill a full army that had twice my stats by abusing the animations, showcasing just how shitty the code of this game is. If Kenshi 2 released i'd try it out of curiosity (cracked ofc) but I think we all know it's coming out the same date as Scam Citizen, which translates to pretty much never, maybe in 2432, if we are optimistic. And even Scam Citizen has official news and blog posts, Kenshi 2 doesn't (since 2020-2022 or something idr).

 

[kangaxx]

This game is absolutely mental.

I had two concurrent raids on my base, one by a High Inquisitor and the other by a squad of Berserkers. I barely scraped through and imprisoned Valtena, only because I'd run round beforehand desperately asking Shek patrols for their help and hiring mercs.

So after the battle two of my allied Hundred Guardians took it upon themselves to finish off the rest of my mercs, including four Tech Hunters and four or five Cannibal Hunters. Why??? I assume the pricks must have accidentally hit one of them or something, but now I basically need to hope I don't get attacked for a while.

Edit: The Shek also looted my mercs, so I now have a load of naked mercenaries in my base.. the ones that didn't get gutted. In the confusion a couple of Fogmen snuck in and toddled off with some Berserkers for dinner. Madness.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

This game is absolutely mental.

I had two concurrent raids on my base, one by a High Inquisitor and the other by a squad of Berserkers. I barely scraped through and imprisoned Valtena, only because I'd run round beforehand desperately asking Shek patrols for their help and hiring mercs.

So after the battle two of my allied Hundred Guardians took it upon themselves to finish off the rest of my mercs, including four Tech Hunters and four or five Cannibal Hunters. Why??? I assume the pricks must have accidentally hit one of them or something, but now I basically need to hope I don't get attacked for a while.

Edit: The Shek also looted my mercs, so I now have a load of naked mercenaries in my base.. the ones that didn't get gutted. In the confusion a couple of Fogmen snuck in and toddled off with some Berserkers for dinner. Madness.

Reads like a grimdark rendition of the Gothic wars as told in Asterix and the Goths.