Any news on ACS 2?

[Consul]

They've updated this game, which means they still exist. But there's been no news about ACS 2, which was delayed in 2023 and supposed to release in 2024. But now it's almost 2025...

[Kelandus®]

no

[Rayeneth]

Dang, that's a shame. Reminds me I need to check in on how little news Kenshi 2 is releasing.

[Sempai]

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1kjzwY7Eww/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0 watch this

[Lock]

Originally posted by Sempai:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1kjzwY7Eww/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0 watch this

Any tl;dr because not everyone knows chinese?

[Rogue]

Originally posted by Lock:

Originally posted by Sempai:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1kjzwY7Eww/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0 watch this

Any tl;dr because not everyone knows chinese?

Not much, no dates, just that they are still working on it as the 3D system is too hardcore for them to handle so even more delays.

[Andrey]

I've been waiting this game since it's announce it's crazy how something that was suppose to be released at 2023 it's not even being given a date to 2025 (Since we are almost there anyway)

[WaveZ]

Originally posted by Lock:

Originally posted by Sempai:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1kjzwY7Eww/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0 watch this

Any tl;dr because not everyone knows chinese?

I took the transcript from the video and got ChatGPT to summarise the key details here: https://chatgpt.com/share/674daf99-3d8c-8003-b7c0-90a8e130878a
I'm not yet fluent in Chinese so I'm unable to verify it personally, but I've tested it with translations before and it's pretty good so I'll assume it's fine, unless there were issues with the original transcript (which was auto-generated by BiliBili but seemed to mostly match the hard-baked subtitles).

To summarise it:

In essence, they've been working hard and are gradually moving towards completion, but since their team only has 20 people, they've been quite constrained in how fast they can progress. They said most of the core systems have functional for about two years now, and have mostly been focusing on making sure everything feels natural and well-connected since. That has taken longer than they had initially expected though. In any case, the fact that they're taking their time with it and not trying to force it out seems like a good sign - they probably won't release it until at least they are happy with it. I wouldn't be surprised by a 2026 release though.