She has constructed the entirety of her base by hand, after mining for the materials herself (And with the help of about 10 others), and has manufactured everything she has worn personally. Not that she has need to do so, as she is capable of taking on entire squads of Dust Bandits by herself. After days of time investment and grinding, she is capable of carrying 87 kg as a light load, able to move nearly half a ton (1200 lbs!!!) on her own, has crafted a fragment axe that is capable of killing three men with a single blow, is fast enough to block the attacks of nearly a dozen attackers, and is able to outrun all but the most trained of opponents.

My character started out as an old soldier, having served for years for the United Cities as a captain of the guard. Strength requires either using a heavier weapon in combat (I switched to a fragment axe after grinding out Dexterity with a katana stolen off the corpse of a dead sand jounin), or dragging hundreds of kilo of materials across the sandy wastelands to become stronger. On the same hand, each use of an attack does the same for one’s mêlée attack. Each failed defense makes your character’s mêlée defense grow higher. Unlike the eponymous football team, losing makes the character better. Her win:loss ratio would make the Raiders feel better about themselves. Mainly, failure that you seek out in the game I am presently playing, my character has been beaten up and left for dead in over one hundred battles. Kenshi is a game of overcoming failure. It is developed by Lo-Fi Games, by a six person team at present, with the music by Kole Audio Solutions.

This is using the current stable (mostly) version of 0.69.2, with an option to jump to the experimental (And unstable) 0.70.x, or 0.71.x, or 0.72.x. Anything featured in this article may change with new updates. Kenshi is available on Steam, for $20 USD and is presently in an alpha state. Preface Note: Game was purchased by the reviewer, not provided by the developer. We Been Spending Most Our Lives Living in A Grinder’s Paradise… An early access review of the game Kenshi, available for $20 USD on Steam.

Kenshi review 2015