Buy now or wait for Kenshi 2?

[Laptop]

Hi all,

Looking into buying Kenshi, but I've seen posts that say Kenshi 2 is in development will be released at some point in the future (not exactly sure when).

Is it worth to buy Kenshi 1 now? Or just wait for the 2nd game to come out? I'm aware the current game is still getting patches.

Cheers

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

the engine upgrade in Kenshi 2 will also be ported to Kenshi 1 ( as per the Dev )
as for time frame for Kenshi 2, i would put that at 2 years or more before we get access.

You can also try the Demo, it's listed in the pinned topic

[jabberwok]

The 2nd game will be set in a different time period, and so will probably be completely different content. So buy and play the first game, then get the second game when it's released. The first game will get an engine upgrade, but you'll get that even if you buy it now, so there's no reason to wait two years.

After all, you could die before that happens. We all could.

[CrumbleCat]

Well Kenshi 1 took 12 years to make, so don't hold your breath on the sequel coming any time soon. :P If you have a fairly modern PC, kenshi should be a good time.

[bunny de fluff]

You are missing out man, like other said get this game now, you won't regret it.

[THANKS OBAMA]

Originally posted by Gamerfss86:

^^^^

yes do not wait. game is alot of fun. devs added (not very long ago) some kinda gladiator dome near one of the main shek kingdoms its pretty cool. even got women milking themselves to feed the gladiators LOL

That's it. I'm invading the Shek Kingdoms for the Shrek Milk.

[Quint ¤ ς ¤]

Originally posted by loubre:

Originally posted by Gamerfss86:

^^^^

yes do not wait. game is alot of fun. devs added (not very long ago) some kinda gladiator dome near one of the main shek kingdoms its pretty cool. even got women milking themselves to feed the gladiators LOL

That's it. I'm invading the Shek Kingdoms for the Shrek Milk.

i think he means "mods" added XD

[CrumbleCat]

Originally posted by Gamerfss86:

even got women milking themselves to feed the gladiators LOL

Wait what! Tell me more. Or link me that mod. :P

[Shidan]

Hmmm... Not aware of any such addition myself, got a screenshot or location? Not any other reports of it either, which makes me skeptical of it being vanilla.

So my bet is still a mod, even if it doesn't say it makes such changes. Unfortunately, some authors put in tons of completely unrelated changes in their mods sometimes.

Edit: Ninja'd by an edit. :P

Edit 2: Indeed, nothing of the sort in vanilla around there. So 100% mod.

[RustledJimm]

It is a mod.

Though the first game took 12 years most of that was because the developer was one person working on it part time for much of it.

There is now a whole team working on it and they have the base game already to work with and add things too. It will be much faster but still a few years of development.

[Shidan]

Yeah, the base to build off of is something very understated when talking about Kenshi 2. Something like 8-10 of the years they were working on this was focused on building those core systems, and a decent chunk of those remaining years were refining and making changes to them.

By building on top of the work done, we're gonna see a very different time table for development. Not to mention the expanded team allowing for faster progress.

But yeah, it'll still be a while before we see anything of major note, largely because of the engine upgrade they're doing first which takes a while Though, not all the devs are going to be working on that, it'll be interesting what the other areas have to show when the time comes. :)

[RocknGames]

definately looking forward to Kenshi2 ,and Kenshi 1 is definately worth the price imo.DL the demo and make your own decision though.

edited for typo ...2 lil sentences and still made a typo lol "walks away shaking head "

[Gamerfss86]

sorry all for the mislead i posted before. others play my steam account games RL friends. didnt know someone else added a mod called the thunderdome lol (i did not add it)

thought this was added cuz of a patch download for this game not to long ago and was kinda big (big enough to add something like this)

here is the workshop URL

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1749974790

[Retro]

I wonder if KENSHI 2 is going to be an EA game I also wonder if they'd do a kickstarter so they could hire more of a team..it would probably be an astounding success. I know they could do it themselves but to have the community bump it up would be interesting.

[Shidan]

I don't think they'd hire too many more team members. From the sounds of things, they liked the small team size before. They've already hired some new faces on, so I can't see them grabbing many more even with the funds to do so.

As for a Kickstarter or something, we'll have to see. Last one didn't go that well, and yet Kenshi made it in defiance of that. I think early access is likely, it was the life blood of Kenshi, and to not would seem odd. It provides a great source of feedback, produces money for development, and allows fans to get involved in development.

[FilthyCasual]

Now.