Kenshi

Hi Guys, it was 2018, i had one of that >>what-should-i-play-Moments<< and stumbled upon this weird looking indie. Kinda bad to mediocre graphics and a RUSTish setting. Definitely not cheap... but i was hooked and after 2 days i bought it. At first it felt very clunky, unpolished and unoptimised. May its just one of that MEH-Games that want to ride the survival-Trend-Wave... Kinda disappointed i kept going, but then something happened. I got it ;P There were these postapocalyptic scenarioes. Random. Brutal. Emotinal. At first it is hard and unforgiving, until you learn the rules of this world and it becomes a lot easier. Anything could happen and death was just the quickes outcome, perhaps the best :P This game is realy old and you feel it everywhere, but its a unique experience and you get lost in it. I'd say, its more like reading a book, where your imagination has to build up, than a normal modern AAA-Titel. I love this game, but i cant play it ... you need a real good PC to have large gangs in more than 3 locations on the huge map. My i5 6600k and gtx 1070 where working real hard. You can get it a cool cell-shading look and get borderlands-feels. Concept, lore and sound are facemelting (good). Gameplay and bugs are a wall to get over at first Graphics are okish, but sometimes beautiful. You have to imagine, there is a small team behind this project and these guys pour their heart and love into it. Almost perfect

A fantastic, immersive world where you can survive, build, trade, battle, and explore. There is nothing else like quite this out there.

There's too much about this game to cover in a review. It might not be much to look at and the camera jank is some of the worst I've seen, but there is so much content. The quaint graphics and wasteland vibe of large portions of the map as well as the click to move controls make it feel like some combination of Morrowind and Runescape, but it is also quite unique and not really like either game. There's no real story surrounding the player but there is a lot of lore in the form of books and overhearing conversations at bars. You develop your own story as you adventure and make a name for yourself. You're no one special at the start but you can change that and play any way you wish. The map is huge, but even more importantly, every corner is filled with content and stories just waiting to be told. Over 100 hours in and I've barely even ventured out of the starting areas. There's just so much to do and see. You can build a base, buy a house in a local town, or be an adventurer just wandering the lands with no true home. You'll encounter friends who may want to join your party and you may be glad for some friends when you're left bruised and bleeding from a bandit raid, or worse, the dreaded Beak Thing who'll happily eat you while you lie there unconscious. The "world states" also means that you can have a real effect on the world. Taking out leaders could mean their enemies take their cities or they turn to ghost towns. You can make allies of local factions by turning in bounties. Hate the racism and misogyny of the Holy Nation? Take their lord Phoenix to the Shek. Not only might their kingdom fall but the Shek will becomes your allies. Or you can ally with the Flotsam Ninjas, a group of mostly female outcasts tired of being mistreated. Want a real challenge, try starting as a slave and build up your skills to escape or start in cannibal territory and try not to get eaten. The world is your oyster and you can do almost anything in this living and breathing world.

Amazing concept and very promising. The snag is that its development is s l o w .... making a game takes time but if you buy this right now you are literally betting that someday it will be finished and there is still a very long way to go. This is by no means an early beta, it's more alpha version.

Excellent game, immersive dwarf fortress like pain simulator. Haven't seen a single bug yet, contrary to what the reviews indicate.