Is it hard to understand ?

[Arkhanor]

Just saw the game on sale, always wanted to try it, I don't mind if its hard to play but I don't want to spend time looking for guides cause when im not working I just wanna play. Do I need guides to enjoy it ? o I can just start and play ?

Sorry for my probably broken english.

[jynx]

It's unforgiving, frustrating, and rewarding at the same time. To thrive you'll have to spend some time learning the mechanics, and at least some of the meta. If you're easily frustrated you won't appreciate the game, it enables masochists. If you like a challenge, and a game you can get lost in, this one's for you.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

Understanding comes with many death's.
Kenshi is not like other's but it is super easy to get into.
Guides are not really needed. Long as you understand that you are not the hero. You are no one. And you start as nobody. Takes time to work up to the point you survive.

Once you do. Use my mod, "Stronger Group Combat" which doubles the difficulty. In some cases even more. Depends on if you take their weapons or fight the goat's.

[GIJoe597]

Download the demo, it is free and will give you an idea of what to expect.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/233860/discussions/0/1639792569855836658/

[Zee_]

Think of Kenshi like you would Soulsborne type games. The game isn't easy, there is tons of info and tips to be found in guides all over the internet, but you don't need a guide to play. It's not Dwarf Fortress.

Here are the 4 most important things everyone needs to know when starting out in Kenshi, everything else you can pick up on your own.

1) RUN! No matter how confident you may be of your abilities or your characters abilities... just run. You can murder everything later, early on you need to run rather than stand and fight. Especially make sure to drop whatever you're doing and run for the hills the second your legs take even the slightest amount of damage.

2) Avoid animals at all costs. Like in #1, you can murder them later, early on animals of all kinds will murder you instead, and gutters will eat you alive.

3) Don't build an outpost or city until you know for a fact you can defend it. Most people get overconfident and start building because they can reliably take on a small group of starving bandits, and then the first base invasion rolls in...

4) Even if you follow rules 1 through 3 perfectly, your characters will get the crap kicked out of them and some will die, it is inevitable. When the worst happens just roll with it, bruises and scars make for good stories and toughen your characters up.

[Nightlistic]

The game can be a bit confusing at first. I bought it last month on sale, and have currently put about 350 hours into my first play through. The help tutorial is pretty good at explaining things, and there are many guides, and videos on how to do just about everything online. Starting off you are pretty much made of paper mache, and death chills out on your shoulders. Mine iron, and copper to save up some cat's to get you a starting shack. If you see bandits early on run to a bar, and let the Trade Ninja's, and Merc's handle most of the work but get yourself some of action to build up your toughness and melee. Don't be afraid to run, and be tactful. It's not a game really designed to rush from what I've experienced so far so don't be impatient. To me the reward is taking your time, build up your character, then build a team, a venture out little by little to get more familiar with the world because no matter how strong you get there is always something stronger than you out their to remind you how dangerous the world is. Ultimately its your story, and there is no right or wrong way to play it.

[キールス]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

Download the demo, it is free and will give you an idea of what to expect.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/233860/discussions/0/1639792569855836658/

This. I recommend trying out the free demo so you could have a feel for the game.

I'd like to say that one of the draws of the game is the learning part. Just expect a lot of dying.

[ZiffyHead]

Yeah, try the demo!

It's totally open world, so you can do anything you want... and most of it will lead to perilous adventures (Hey that Dust Boss is the one that killed my father when I was young... I will raise a band of brothers and make the local bandits pay for their crimes until I have his head!)

Just know going in that your characters will be knocked out in battle often, but that is okay, because what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

If things are uncertain, keep a fast guy on the edge of the battle and if you are going to lose, have them run away and hide until the bad guys leave (there is no shame in surviving!), then go out and bandage everybody up.

As long as slavers aren't in the area (or carnivores!), the wounded can recover on the ground, but slavers will enslave downed people they come across, and animals will eat them.

So, if it isn't a safe recovery area, make sure to pick them up and carry them until you can find a bed for them to recover in.

Have fun and anything can happen, if as long as you can imagine it.

[crtaylor1]

After playing over 3000 hours of Keshi, just play. You don't have to read about it. No levels, spells, or super bad guys to defeat. Just survive. Its a journey, not a destination.

[Spack Jarrow]

the quickest guide
You can Mine Copper for early money
You can run from almost everything if you train running
you can buy a house in town and set up shop/base in town

Everything else about the game is pure exploration
any time you get lost you come back to this ABC and train harder

[Bandy]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

Download the demo, it is free and will give you an idea of what to expect.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/233860/discussions/0/1639792569855836658/

^This!

As others say, persevere and you will be rewarded, but the game is not for everyone.

You will be frustrated if you don't watch at least a 10 min intro for new players, after that should have the basic tools to play on and learn deeper mechanics by yourself.

[happy]

No guide needed what so ever.
In most games, you usualy do a first run you quit early just to get a grasp of things,n then restart and do your real run, in some of those games you end up reading either a wiki or a guide because mechanics are a bit too dictatorial and can be summed up by the existence of a meta.
No such things in kenshi, no meta.
You'll die, but there is no game over.

As a matter of fact, kenshi is the only game where my initial test run ended up being my real run, I died, lost charcaters, learned, scrtewed up, but never felt the need to restart.

[Bandy]

Originally posted by happy:

No guide needed what so ever...

How long have you been playing Kenshi?

[happy]

2718.2 hours

[Bandy]

Originally posted by happy:

2718.2 hours

Exactly, your advice is biased.

The game GUI (second nature to you) is likely going to be frustrating for most new players, depending on what they normally play. A 10 min intro just to orient a new player to the GUI and a few basics is what I recommend, rather than a 'get gud' attitude.

EDIT: do not get me wrong, my advice is simply made for more to enjoy the game, rather than put it down in frustration. If you are a player that eschews guides, then that is a personal choice.

[happy]

you can't disqualify what I say because I know the game now, as a matter of fact I have experience and quite a clear view of the game. Being experienced is not being biased, it's having lived the different phases and stages that players with less hours encounter.

I have been a new player, I remember quite vividly that time, and...I had no need for a guide, i only frequented wikis when I wanted a bit more in depth/lore info, that came after several hundred hours.