Over two years ago the open world sandbox game
we all know as Kenshi was released. During its time there's been plenty of things going on and
revolving the game especially considering it's just a single player game. When most single-player
games end up getting uninstalled after the first or second playthrough, Kenshi is a game that keeps
players returning to it time after time again. I personally have kept it on my pc since getting
it I've put in a lot of time into the game and made plenty of videos on it so I felt like it'd be
worth giving my opinion on why the game is worth playing even in 2021 or even later I'd say. So
this video is gonna be mostly for new players or people that are on edge about picking up the game
but it could also be used for returning players. If you like content like this leave a like comment
subscribe check out my channel and my other videos it helps me out a ton let's get into the first
topic and that's the world of Kenshi. The world of Kenshi will draw you in just from hearing stories
about the game or the gameplay trailer alone, but if you've yet to play the game and experience
it for yourself I'm sure you're wondering how the actual game world environment works and I have to
say it's one of the most unique and interesting game worlds I've personally played in. The game
features four main races that you can choose from these all have different factions and
civilizations as well as sub races and all these different factions go and spread
up across the map they all follow different rules have some religions or ways of life. Starting
the game you have a lot of variety and choices in your adventure, it may be difficult but it's
going to be a rewarding experience whenever you survive and thrive in this world. Aside from the
different factions that you can interact with and different towns, there's a huge map full of
places like ruins and points of interest like say the vault of the emperor for the united cities.
The world is a great mix of interesting things to do so much so that i myself haven't even explored
the entire full map yet, I'm still working on it. Depending on how you play the game your adventure
could end up taking hundreds of hours and the entire time it's up to you on how you want to do
it if you want to be a normal guy who gets strong you do that you want to be a traitor who wants to
barter you can do that be a husband who beats up, we're not going to make that joke you get the
point. Moving on though in Kenshi there's lots to do when you consider the amazing modding scene
the game has to offer. If you're a fan of add-in mods to games like Skyrim or Fallout, this game is
going to be very good for you as it basically has a built-in feature in the game that allows you
to make mods. Some of these mods are very basic and using other things you can actually do a lot
more like add in new textures or new characters to the game. Over the past couple years there's been
steady progress towards new cities, way stations, bandits, enemy factions, weapons, armor. So if
you feel like the world or the wasteland is just getting too familiar or you want the single
player game to be a little bit more spiced up then consider just checking out some of the mods
that the community has put out. Whenever I've played Kenshi there's almost never a day where
i don't check the workshop quickly to see if there's any interesting mods that have been added
that day. Because especially the past year we had some of the biggest if not best mods come to the
game yet there's a mix of between like thousands of new characters weapons types of armors,
ways to change the game exactly to your liking and aside from mods you can always take your
creative endeavors into making your own and adding new characters or weapons that you want in
the game. Modding is one of my favorite parts in Kenshi and definitely deserves to be checked out
as a lot of these mods like the next one I'm gonna share a with you briefly can drastically change
the game. If you haven't seen it already project genesis is possibly one of the biggest mods to be
made for almost any single player game. The mod is a compilation of a bunch of mods to expand on the
vanilla world, if your first full playthrough of Kenshi wasn't enough you might want to feed more
hundreds of hours into the game by using this mod. Just to shortly give you a description it adds
a lot more life to the game, makes places like the hub a little bit more functional you'll see
shop traders on the streets plenty of different characters from factions, there's even more
buildings and shops to interact with. Project Genesis is a standalone reason to buy Kenshi or
give it a second playthrough as this playthrough will include thousands of extra lines of dialogue
and a bunch of new content. For a single player game this is definitely a mod that tops a lot of
Skyrim quest mods that I've seen in my opinion as it completely changes the game and gives you
a new kind of experience. And next i just want to talk about learning, mastering the game and
a bit about the game's mechanics while currently there aren't really speed run categories for the
game that doesn't mean you can't try and speed run this game or at least try and be more efficient
and figure out the game's mechanics. Things like RNG are a little bit at play sometimes as you
can maybe find a small bandit group which is reasonable and that's you some nice xp making you
stronger or run into a massive groups of cannibals who kidnap you and eat you alive. Depending
on where you are both on the map and in the game and level of stats this will determine how
great of a chance you have surviving and making it back home each character in your faction has
their own stats potential to get [ __ ] killed which makes a personal storytelling for the player
a unique and engaging experience. On top of this the game has base building and base defense as you
deal with the factions and races inside of a game this is one of my top favorite parts about Kenshi
as well, picking a nice spot on the map figuring out how i want my base to look and then trying
to survive there, i really like sort of tower defense games in general but this makes it another
gameplay mechanic along with the many others. The possibilities are really up to you if you want
to set up a base and try and thrive in the wild, stay in the city there's lots of stuff to keep you
playing and feeling rewarded as you make progress in the game. Kenshi is a very big game so when
putting all the mechanics in factor my advice for replay value is just try different things
or strategies as each playthrough can be a lot different if you play it differently. I spent most
of my playthrough for Kenshi let's struggle season two in the southern end of the map and mainly just
exploring all of those zones. I've dabbled to the north but i haven't really done much there but now
that I've done almost a full run in the south i kind of want to make a new run and go up north as
the factions over there are a lot different. It's like starting a new game can be a completely new
experience while also being familiar and being the same game that I've been playing for hundreds
of hours. My best examples of this are looking at my first save files video. Other than the game's
journey being similar but also really different for each players, there's lots of reasons and
moments in this game that have stood out to me and made it some of my favorite moments in
gaming to share. Everything you're going to do in the game is just going to make your character
a bit better running gets you better athletics, fighting better fighting, building makes you build
faster, it's very simple while also innovative as very few things in the game you can do will
actually make you lose progress you're almost making progress every minute you spend inside of
the game. & finally leading on the last point is the game's community both on YouTube videos and
other platforms like reddit, discord, Facebook, etc. Kenshi is played by thousands of different
players every day and with so many players who have gone through to make videos on the game
ranging from mod videos to guides tips and tricks as well as many different playthroughs to
choose from. I saw the Kenshi Facebook group which isn't really that big it's still pretty active it
has a lot of people in it and they were doing some parody Kenshi news content which I'll try and find
and throw up for you guys. Along with this I've talked to a player who was on day 3000 in game
and had over a thousand hours on a save file. When I started making Kenshi videos or when the
game first came out there were quite a few people making content for the game but not that much.
Mod videos guides any tips and tricks especially commentaries were basically unheard of for the
game, and if you compare it to now you can almost find out everything you want to know about
the game from written guides to video guides. Everything has been being worked on and being
done by passionate players like myself. The game isn't as big as something like Minecraft but it's
definitely got its own niche and its own community around the game across many different platforms
so even though it's not a multiplayer game Kenshi will always be like a single player World of
Warcraft to me. As the feelings I've gone from playing the game day to day and the different
struggles and challenges I'd have to face makes the game the most unique video game I've
ever played. I've talked to people probably more about this game than I have any other online game
and whenever i try and compare it to any other game that's out right now it's just i can't really
do it the game is so unique it's in its own field. It's kind of like Rimworld, kind of like this kind
of like that but it's not it is very different from everything. So if you see the game on full
price it's around 30 bucks but on sale it's around like 20 in Canadian at this time, so the game's
an absolute steal. I myself have around 500 hours of play time in the game and aside from that I've
also made a lot of videos on the game which take just about as long to edit so that play time could
probably be doubled. Now if you're looking for a unique and interesting open world sandbox game
to play and choose, I definitely think Kenshi is worth picking up it's not for those slifer
slackers. if you see games like Rimworld and they just make you want to [ __ ] chop your ball
sack off and they piss you off don't pick Kenshi up this isn't you're going to be your game. If you
think you're going to enjoy a game that's going to give you a lot of punishment as well as a lot of
rewards then Kenshi's definitely in your alley. There is a Kenshi 2 in development but that's a
long way away so I'd definitely suggest playing the first game first to see if you like it, and
then if you do end up liking it well there's a second one to look forward to so your money went
to a good cause. I've got plenty of videos on Kenshi 2 on my channel as well as different videos
on the game in general so feel free to check those out if you guys want. With that though that's my
reason and opinion on why Kenshi is still worth picking up or playing today. I would say even
if it's a couple years ahead like 2022 or 2023 and you haven't played Kenshi before it would be
worth picking up even then, but anyways my social medias are in the description subscribe
and I'll see you in the next one peace.
kenshi is fun and there is no game like that
Kenshi will be worth playing in 2050. No one other game allows me to sell drugs to a highly corrupt feudal society while being apart of a technophobic, racist, and utterly sexist theocracy with my army of amputees, cyborgs, murderous cows, and martial arts masters.
you can instantly down heavily armored paladin with sword weighing over 50 kilos and fight giraffe-avian , eyeless monsters while wearing samurai armour
Bruh, this is still going to be playable even if it's already 2077