THCarmack

Kenshi is an open-world post-apocalyptic survival RPG with a captivating 870 sq km world map full of vibrant zones and lore of an ancient era to discover. Think SIMS but instead of worrying about your character's hygiene and social life you have to worry about cannibals, slavers, blood spiders, religious zealots, bandits, ninjas, and evil robots. Explore alone with an old rusty katana, or with a thirty-person squad armed to the teeth with polearms and crossbows. Live as a nomad or create a network of farms and forts and secret towers. Trade goods, smuggle hash, or steal. Collect bounties on wanted individuals, or free slaves from captivity. Raid ancient ruins for powerful forgotten technology or get eaten alive by swamp raptors. Kenshi is a non-linear experience that leaves players with a plethora of different playstyles to explore in a chaotic and unforgiving sandbox of possibilities. The allure of the world has blinded me to the dated graphics, but there have admittedly been some bugs I couldn't easily overlook. I have had to use Shift-Alt-F11 to unstick characters before, so keep that in mind. Not sure how this works to unstick them, this is just something I found online and it has worked several times. Also, I have experienced some crashes when the game speed is maxed out and I am walking from one map zone into another. Pausing briefly and allowing the game to load (when it says "loading" but still lets me move the camera/take actions) and saving before walking a long distance has all but completely negated the frustration I was experiencing with these crashes. If this was an [insert AAA developer here] release with a massive studio and team behind it, I would have lowered my rating due to the aforementioned performance issues. However, Kenshi was created largely by one person and deserves as much slack for its shortcomings (I doubt they had an army of play testers) as praise for its innovations. All that to say that I am having a wonderful time playing this game and you probably will also. 10/10.