I started an outpost and mined for a few in game days. A person got knocked unconscious by a skin spider. I nursed him back to health. He was running away from his life because his wife was overbearing. I told him he could join my group with a wink. He seemed to think this meant he would get sexually pleasured and joined without hesitation. I got raided by a local bandit faction. The nearby guards didn't like that. I suddenly became rich when the bandits "donated" their gear to me and I sold it to the local bar. I dismantled my entire operation, joined a thieves guild, bought two buildings in city and repaired them. A wandering band of starving people chased me for miles to another city where the guard pulverized them and jailed them. I barely get enough to eat, and only have 3 people to expand my growing faction. 10/10, would run from cannibals again.

Kenshi is a Gem of Exotic Beauty

It is not a game for everyone, but for me, it is one of the best RPG survival games I have ever played. Does Kenshi have its weak points? Several. It is a game obviously developed with outdated technology. The graphics are outdated, the camera and character movement controls are clumky, and it lacks several common elements in similar games (such as a thirst system and fatigue/stamina system). However, the positive points far outweigh the negatives in terms of scope.

The map is a masterpiece. Despite the poor graphics at short distances, at medium and long distances, everything looks excellent. You can see cities on the horizon, kilometers away. You can see mountains many kilometers away. And if you can see it, you can get there by traveling. The feeling of exploring and venturing into the unknown is taken to the maximum. Every centimeter of that map was planned, yet it is so large, so savage, and so diverse that you have the clear feeling that it was not made for you. It simply exists, with or without your insignificant presence. It is very common to find yourself traveling between two cities on the road and arriving at a crossroads where one side of the road enters a winding unknown mountain range and disappears into the distance. It is an irresistible invitation to explore.

The battle system is real-time and autobattle, yet it manages to be fun. You can command your characters' movements, but who they attack and how is automatic. There is an okay system of weapons and armor. Nothing too complex but okay.

The stats and skills also follow the usual script. Stats influence skills, and you can level up everything by doing the activity. Any activity you are doing will develop one or more stats and skills.

There is no campaign or storyline to follow. You can find some "quests" to do, such as bounty hunter services, but these quests are not ends, they are just means for you to get resources. The objective of your character is up to you to decide, as well as how to achieve it. You can do anything in any way, but you will have to face the consequences.

There are 4 biologically/physically different races, all humanoid, with certain diplomatic relations between them. However, each race can have numerous independent factions with their own diplomatic relations among them, and you enter this scenario, able to take sides or remain neutral. You can even increase your party by recruiting different races of NPCs, forming a group of dozens of characters like a personal army. Each one with their own inventory and independent stats.

I am feeling exactly like Bilbo Baggins: I'm going on an adventure!

Beep is strongest warrior.