Kenshi: A Tale of Beep and Skeletons

/ charlatanwonder I guess this is my job now that lockdown erased my real one
www.humblebundle.com/store/ke... seriously how have you not played kenshi yet?
Kenshi is a wonderful open world RPG with deep lore, extremely hardcore gameplay, and an adorable little bug man named Beep. It's also a place where you can go from zero to provincial governor of your own city state if you've got the willpower to survive the most cutthroat of the post-post-apocalyptic world and those nasty beak things. Don't you want to make a nice home for Beep where he can train to be the strongest warrior?
I'm not gonna lie, Kenshi is a really tough game at times and anyone who says they're gonna go through it without loading saves is either lying or hasn't played enough Kenshi yet to understand that this game WILL screw you over the second you wander into something out of your depth. It is also an irrefutable scientific fact that upon Beep dying in-game you will be overwhelmingly compelled to load the most recent save where Beep is alive or use the launch editor to bring him back to life. Did I mention that Kenshi is a very mod friendly game?
Between the Holy Nation's nastiness to anyone who isn't a greenlander, the corruption of the United cities, and the sheer violence that is the Shek Kingdom, it's no wonder that most of the skeletons have decided to do live in a place called the deadlands just to not have to deal the society at large. Also the existence of The Bugmaster is reason enough alone to avoid going outside at all costs. Kenshi is all about ignoring that and striking out to make your fortune in the wild wasteland.
Okay seriously though, that Hulu advert infuriates me. I get that it has good intention but it comes off like all those rich people who maneuvered their FRIGGIN YACHTS to say "we're all in this together" Yeah, but some people here are clearly more in it together than the rest of us. At least Danny Trejo seemed genuine about the restaurant he shouted out and Megan Rapinoe also seemed like she wasn't there for blantant "look at me!"ing.

[@CharlatanWonder]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZixqoWinJaJprs THE SEQUEL IS FINALLY HERE. BEHOLD THE RISE OF CYBERBEEP!!!

[@nomadzz6166]

BeeP BeeP!

[@squirrely_wrath]

honestly years later and with the yt add block situation, ppl who upgrade to premium to avoid ads, are part of the problem

[@giovannicervantes2053]

Man the world really changed in these past 3 years eh huh I remember only seeing your NV tier list once and then kenshi happened and things ain't ever been da same Oh also if ya ever read this can ya tell me what the music is that comes on at 19:47 would like it for walks in the desert

[@devingunnels3251]

Kenshi players be like: "this is the most horribly unpleasant gaming experience I've ever had. 10/10"

[@darkerdaemon7794]

True, until you mod it and though it's still crazy hard in the beginning, you feel like a G mid to end game and it becomes a 100/10.

[@devingunnels3251]

@@darkerdaemon7794 yeah I gotta agree. Kenshi has some rough edges but it's still great

[@fergz531]

@@devingunnels3251 nice profile picture

[@WiseArkAngel]

Beep.

[@thecharredone329]

You spend a few hours training the characters then they get unlucky against some slavers then get carted off to a city for the slavers to attacked and killed right outside by some dust bandits and then bleed out on the ground because you accidentally stood up when they were fighting and a slaver took personal offence to that

[@cameronmcallister7606]

The reason Kenshi is so great is because the entire game was basically meant to be exploited, enemy has slow attacks? Literally just step out of the way. AI is too tough? Just lure them into a trap. It's glorious, and the devs seem to get it.

[@patostrophia2948]

Gotta be honest, i love to exploit hard games

[@MiguelMedina-hb1oo]

I use the more combat animation it fixes slow combat lol 😆 😂. Mods are awesome 👌.. I use alot and i love kenshi.

[@WoobertAIO]

You mean *the* dev, since the game was made by a single dude

[@bachvandals3259]

@@WoobertAIO in 11 years...

[@lsswappedcessna]

The real world isn't completely polished and balanced. Some people are slow. Some people are REALLY tough but relatively oblivious. Kenshi is more 'realistic' in this way than some other games.

[@luisg.lazzarisdoamaral3016]

I think the moment I fell in love with Kenshi was when I was in day 3 or 4 of one of my save files and my two party members got their ass beat by dust bandits. Ruka is the one person playing dead and at that moment I decided she wasn't the type of person to stay dead. I get her to stand up and while she slowly gets back onto her two nearly broken legs she says something along the lines of "I'm going to keep my honour. Horn or not." Every dust bandit turns to face her. A single swing of her Plank knocks one of them out, the bandits have the majority of their flurry of blows blocked by her, and eventually, Ruka is the last one standing with barely an ounce of blood left in her body. She picks up her unconscious bug-man buddy and limps her way out of there on her way to many days of bed rest after snatching the first victory in a fight out of nowhere. This save file has continued to be an emotional rollercoaster ever since

[@teecee1827]

Ruka is best girl. I spent half of my first game with only her and my starting character (later on Beep, Shryke and others to go get Agnu), but she's gone from bullied weakling to unstoppable god of war that cuts limbs for breakfast and I love it.

[@zengance1323]

ruka best girl

[@jasonkulsic6262]

That’s a bad ass story loving it

[@tommyvercetti9434]

That's some anime shit right there

[@mobiusrazgrim]

Ruka is my hero man. Remember my lone adventurer first playthrough, just my starter character and her. Learned the hard way why fog islands dangerous, managed to kite fogment all the way into some hungry bandits. Main character bleeding out unconcious, Ruka 1v1ing the 1 remaining fogman. It was a fight she couldn't win - Thankfully the fogman was more crippled. She kited him away, ran back to bandage the main character a few times, stop the bleed-out. Eventually picked him up and carried his catatonic ass, limping, all the way back to stack with them both starving.

[@cryojudgement2376]

Kenshi, the only game where you get treated the same way in the game as you are in real life.

[@jostonpowell1346]

Best explanation I have ever heard lol

[@wagman68]

That doesent sounds like something I'd play

[@evagrius8377]

@@wagman68 welp here you are playing real life anyway..

[@magicoddball1452]

I too, kidnap people and store them in cages only to take them out and beat them up to the point of them nearly dying, only to heal and feed them to do it all again

[@leephilips5781]

Damn I wished I could make millions with my nakama. Irl I just got depression and suicidal tendencies

[@muggins2279]

That upon dismantling a faction they actually splinter off into separate little factions honestly blows my mind

[@JoshSweetvale]

That's a mod.

[@snowball7990]

@@JoshSweetvale what mod lol?

[@diegonunez3492]

@@snowball7990 reactive world I think it's pretty high up so just check most popular on the workshop

[@leephilips5781]

The Reactive world mod adds this and a load of other world changes

[@starwarsnerd5524]

Kenshi modding community is really good 👍 👌 👏

[@percher4824]

"Kensi: A Tale of Beep and Skeletons" Ah yes, Kensi. My favorite game.

[@astrilianth]

Rattle six doot

[@CourierSpycrab]

ist not kensi ist kenshi

[@percher4824]

@@CourierSpycrab The title used to be misspelled.

[@declanhinshaw4791]

@@CourierSpycrab i get you're doing the warhammer death korps thing but at least commit to more deutsch than "ist"

[@CourierSpycrab]

@@percher4824 oh

[@mushu1247]

"If you are SLIGHTLY unsure if you're ready to put down roots... You are nowhere near ready." I have heard this advice spoken across videos and guides so many times in so many forms, yet this one hits the best.

[@Morhgoz]

I did start in Hub, mined copper and bought waystation ruin, 12.000 moneys, then mined more copper to get over 20 building parts for it, then some more for first research station, then more for Iron plates and books etc. Took about 12+ ingame days, but now I have lvl2 research station and both weapon and clothing stations. Need mine more for even more books and Iron plates to get good at thinks. Can make Blanks, spiked maces and heavy polearms already. Shame is that you can't make ore smeltery inside houses even if your house would big enough for it...

[@immortalartisan4724]

@@Morhgoz indoor industry allows you to place down anything indoors if space allows

[@Morhgoz]

@@immortalartisan4724 building I own looks like you could hsve 2 or more them inside but game don't let them builded inside of it...

[@Morhgoz]

@@immortalartisan4724 or is it some skill? Indoor industry?

[@immortalartisan4724]

@@Morhgoz mod I consider it basic nescitty for economy and shop keeping based play through

[@Gadoguz1991]

Carry bodies around at all times, in stealth mode, one backpack for you and one for a corpse, fill your inventory with copper or iron and you will be insanely strong after like a week

[@Laughing_Dragon]

I HOPE you mean an IN GAME week XD! because I've tried looking at ways to get decent stats, and a lot of people were mentioning in under or a "REAL LIFE" week XD!

[@Zamolxes77]

@@SomeGuy-qh6rw Is a good idea. But when you start, you don't have the funds available to invest into a pack animal. And even if you do, is wiser to invest in gear or another companion. STR can be trained to 50 easily enough, using a wooden backpack that costs 500 (ore stacks in it) and iron or copper ore, plus a body, which can be mined/obtained for free.

[@SomeGuy-qh6rw]

@@Zamolxes77 True enough. Though once you have the strength, I find pack animals are much better back packs. lol. Also, once you get stronger, if you are only wearing light or medium armor, it can be hard to get a heavy load. I find only things like armor plates tend to be heavy enough at that point. Ore is too light. But yeah. Early game, a back pack is definitely better. Especially if you're not cheesing thievery by putting something on the ground and picking it back up.

[@solomonreal1977]

@@Zamolxes77 I don't have a repair kit

[@krissianvictir1291]

......Or you could just download the passive training mod to have your guys train and improve their stats while you go off exploring/fighting.

[@omenmarin7903]

The best way to enjoy kenshi: 1. Recruit Beep 2. Sell drugs 3. Mess up with everyone 4. See the world burn, get beat, stronger and destroy everyone in your way 5. Stealing and thievery as you ninja way, your way to the top

[@visionaeon]

Standard Playthrough.

[@NA-vz9ko]

Counter point... Mods

[@ReaverTheSurvivalist]

The best way to enjoy Kenshi 1. Recruit Beep 2. Only play as Beep

[@bruh7895]

>Get beat by beak things >Get eat....

[@hodarov1564]

Chadbots > beep

[@Hurtbarn]

Btw you can change your walk/run speed by clicking the arrows on the movement icon bottom right When you select multiple people, you can set it to the *match speed* one that will have them all go the same speed So nobody gets left behind.

[@THE_Glass_Grizzly]

You can but this tends to bug out more often than not, the method he mentioned is more reliable IMO.

[@pinbox5814]

@@THE_Glass_Grizzly How does it bug out? They always run at the same speed.

[@THE_Glass_Grizzly]

@@pinbox5814 if they follow the person they run the same path. If they don't, sometimes they get stuck in a loop of running back and forth along a straight line. It breaks their AI for some reason. I just find the following tactic to be more reliable. If you don't get this bug then go nuts.

[@pinbox5814]

@@THE_Glass_Grizzly I think your pathfinding got screwed somewhere on the map. This happens to me if I take people to go to the Hub from the rebel base.

[@irish3641]

Ohhhhhh, I knew there was a better way to move everyone without having the fastest of the group just pick them up the whole time.

[@jesusimpersonator1648]

>not being a skeleton trained in martial arts by fighting gorrillos so he can kill armies of starving bandits with nothing but his hands Weak

[@creepy620]

Im doing this build atm, I go out just to get beat and train thoughness👌

[@galacticterry3838]

Do skeletons get something that improves martial arts damege ‘?

[@PhantomClock]

@@galacticterry3838 Skeleton's fist's cause a minor amount of cutting dmg which helps level their dexterity as well.

[@xxgodfire6xx]

@@galacticterry3838 They dont get damaged when they hit armor and swords with their bare hands.

[@OM-ig4fj]

>Picking skeleton and not a male green lander Fug off normie

[@PuddingXXL]

Pro tip: Always have some stealthy bois at hand on an expedition. Ancient towers are soooo much more relaxing when you just need to squeeze that one 80 stealth doggo/boi in and loot the shit outta the place. "limb loss and other fatal injuries upon being discovered will not make this comment liable in any juridictive way ossible. Stepping on a mechanical spiders toe may result in intense headache and accute missing-limbs syndrom."

[@teecee1827]

Ancient towers are piss easy if you have one guy with a decent crossbow. Get in, get out, bait spiders out and pepper them with crossbow bolts. Spiders are slow and don't have ranges attacks

[@Winslow19]

The joy of Kenshi, there are multiple ways to deal with everything. Me? I run around alone because it's fun as hell.

[@PuddingXXL]

@@teecee1827 I know this comment is 3 months old but your tip led to my 2 of my 5 man squad being ripped to shreds lol. "They are slow" didn't really hold.up to the iron spiders 30 mp/h or the alpha gurglers murder squads lol. You're right though. If I don't roleplay I use a fast boi as distraction while the rest of my squad loots the surroundings. I think the worst luck ancient tower I've found was the one in reaver territory.... I'll never forget how I broke the seal on that accursed tower and 30 blood spiders sprint out immediatly. I remember having my skeleton crawl to the entrance to lock it again. I lost 7 very well trained party members that day...

[@teecee1827]

@@PuddingXXL sorry to hear that, I considered them slow cause I use hivers (naturally faster with a higher limit) or my starting character (who's usually in the high 70 athletics by the time I got a nicely sized squad) as my dedicated crossbowmen and bait, while the rest of the squad hangs out as far as possible. Also compared to Beak things, any decently trained character can outrun spiders, not so much a beak thing.

[@PuddingXXL]

@@teecee1827 No worries. I'm just teasing because my idiot bum made the great decision to scavenge another ruin and keep all the loot on me with just throwing off the backpacks. I also used a squad with 60 athletics but far too little strength to actually utilise it. The blood spider ambush scared the Fuck out of me tho lol. I also didn't know of king gurgler. I just scavenged the tower and calmy walked to the top floor. Imagine my face when I saw 30 gurglers surrounding the lovecraftian horror that is king gurgle. Needless to say that squad was devoured but damn that weirded me out like no other game can. Skin bandits are nothing compared to him lol Anyway thanks for hyping me up for kenshi again!

[@xenasaur520]

i want to let everyone know that when he says every playthrough is different, he means it. for example, i also allied with the shek and conquered the holy nation, except in my playthrough i did it by myself. that's right y'all, u can absolutely level up high enough to wipe out empires single-handedly. please do not ask me how long it took

[@SnowyHakone]

sooooooo..... how long'd it take?

[@xenasaur520]

@@SnowyHakone imma be fr with u I was gacked out of my mind so prob like 24+ hours without any breaks

[@CharlatanWonder]

I have an announcement: I have finished writing the script for the sequel to this video. Even with drastic cuts, it will be the single longest scripted video I've ever done.

[@Y2Kingma]

Holy shit I just started getting into Kenshi and this video really helped me! Can’t wait to see the sequel!

[@walkingglasses6264]

Holy shit I was rewatching this banger video for the funsies and I see this. Very awesome, I will await the sequel patiently!

[@danielgriff2659]

@@Y2Kingma Save often is my best advice.

[@ANukeWithLegs]

Lucky for you I just got recommend this video

[@Arkimedus]

the true meta for kenshi is high lockpick, stealth, thievery, and import scumming. 🤡

[@harbl99]

29:00 -- Fighting your way into an ancient science lab? I mean, yeah, you can. If you like CBT. Or, you could wander in with three high stealth people kitted out in ninja gear, rob everything out from under the security spiders, and ghost out of the door without them ever knowing you were there. Or, if you're feeling really cheeky, you can kite the whole lot out of their tower and across the landscape until their 'Home Territory Aggression' programme switches back to passive waiting. Then have someone else wander in with a Garru and recover all the goodies. Did all that early game cowering, sneaking, thieving and body looting teach you nothing?!?!

[@Warhamer116]

I just juked the spiders into beaky things or equavalent wildlife and had the two of them duke it out while I go and loot the place

[@Kc40k]

Ah yes, a fellow chad

[@greaterdanemark2397]

The rat

[@brosephnoonan223]

@@greaterdanemark2397 *RAT ATTACK!! HAAATCHAAAH!!!*

[@marcoboscarol2420]

CBT?

[@Nolaris3]

I like how the dev had a philosophy in building this game where NPCs should be reasonably able to do what player characters can. This is why, for instance, enemies tend to become unconscious rather than "killed" because the dev didn't want the player character to be killed the moment they are defeated too.

[@F0r3v3rT0m0rr0w]

Yeah ... i love kenshi because of these reasons as well. its such a unique game.

[@343sinbad]

And feels like a dark souls at the beginning

[@Doomguy617]

Renn It’s not just that. The setting is unique, the game prods your morality and makes you feel either bad or good without going “YOU DID BAD” like fallout, the combat gets more and more satisfying as you go on, and the storytelling is extremely subtle (I found myself looking at people’s stats to find out more about them and their history, such as how the Armor King has an armor smithing skill of 1 yet sells the best armor grades in the game)

[@johnstorm9314]

It's a once in a decade kind of game, phenomenal in one word.

[@TheDigitalWatcher]

@@johnstorm9314 Primarily because it took over a decade to make, and the sequel will probably take a decade.

[@100kejimaeda]

Game could have so much better if it have side quest on each town and campaign story which is not mandatory.

[@kingdonut8272]

My favorite part of this video is him calmly saying: "I'll do that later though, there's countries to dismantle."

[@VermilionMage]

The Holy Nation are a massive faction and have some of the best lands for farming on the continent. By definition their beliefs aren't fringe. Tinfist's anti-slavers are actually the weird extremist fringe group in Kenshi because about 90+% of the population in that world thinks slavery is okay.

[@InquisitorThomas]

Yeah also the Holy Nation is the oldest human faction in the game and has had generations to indoctrinate people into the beliefs of the Holy Nation.

[@caralho5237]

We are living in dark ages, brother. Who would've thought we would have to say slavery is ok, whats next ? Saying the earth is round ?

[@nicoleboudreau2646]

if they aren't fringe, then you just aren't finished yet. stamp em all out

[@Nutmegp]

Based

[@brunos6599]

People forgot what a democracy is and think a democracy is all fluffy agreement.

[@Kc40k]

Here’s another way to take on tech places: stealth. Just train it in a town and you can loot some of those places with little cost.

[@Kc40k]

Punished_Luke Stealth’s broken bc the training has no risk. So it makes sense that others do it.

[@kyfy24]

I commented awhile back. It's been 108 hours. This is the best game. I even learned how to use mods for the first time. Mama needed a beak thing in her party. Fug is Beep's personal body guard.

[@ethanpayne9162]

Nice.

[@ethanpayne9162]

I just recently made a skeleton crew (haha) I got only 12 guys, but they are BAD. ASS. every one of 'em lol. Also.. 10+ Iron Spiders/Sentry Spider things and growing. Looking for some Mkll's. This playthrough has been so satisfying.

[@kyfy24]

I stole four spiders from an armory. I named them after the Golden Girls. Something oddly satisfying about watching S_OFIA wreck shit 😁

[@ethanpayne9162]

Those things are insane aren't they? Never worry about a base raid again with a handful of elder Security Spiders guarding the gate. Never even have to close it any more lol.

[@kyfy24]

Truer words have never spoken ;-)

[@GaleHUN]

"The Bugmaster's treasure was really something else though." Me, who knows what's that treasure is: Press X to Doubt

[@harbl99]

OP doubts the magic of 'the friends we made along the way'. Shun him! SHUUUUUN!!!

[@papabless790]

I love this game, its amazing how in reality this is a true sandbox game because while you have gone the route of nation building I've gone the route of the swamp criminal. You out there making power moves while I'm working my way up with criminal factions so that I can begin to make power plays and take the swamp for myself once I'm built up. The games story is truly up to the players imagination in terms of achievable goals and I love that.

[@npc8253]

I became a bounty hunter who's goal was to caputer every named bandit and convert them. Soon we were a nation of bounty having bounty hunters. I finished by defeating the holy nation and making pheonix a robo convert

[@madmanvarietyshow9605]

Man imagine if you could have co-op. Like you guys could both play in the same world space and didn't need to be on at the same time and the world state updated when you hopped back on to see that while you were making power moves to conquer the known world your friend had basically made the swamp into mafia territory.

[@agentace1476]

@@madmanvarietyshow9605 that would be amazing

[@RVBFan182]

This game sounds crazy hard and you've taken me from zero interest to an immediate must play.

[@rcrhinehart66]

I have 800 plus hours and recommend the 10x experience mod.

[@LenTos1337]

@D Dichev leveling up is quite slow

[@LenTos1337]

@D Dichev makes sense :D should definitely try it

[@aokiri3064]

@@rcrhinehart66 after trying out 5x exp for my first pthrough i can verifyably say that 10x experience is a horrible experience and completely breaks the game destroying any sort of fun or natural progression, if you wanted a neat and simple experience then play the sims lmao

[@rcrhinehart66]

@@aokiri3064 I'll play any fuckin way I want to see ya.

[@PHILeeOPE]

*mentions Sseth in the first 5 minutes* Me: “ah yes, a fellow intellectual” subbed

[@patostrophia2948]

HEY HEY PEOPLE!

[@JhoTerra]

This is the video I'm going to share to describe this game, it properly and humorously explained why I'm obsessed with this mount and blade looking RPG/RTS/Sims/whatever sandbox game. I called it a story generator in a review and the hour long description of your travels proves it. I also wrote a bullet point journal of my first playthrough to preserve just how unique this game was to me. Ty!

[@XmiderX]

what he said "be careful, keep a low profile", what i like "Torsolo".

[@TheAmubis]

The Man, The Myth, The Legend Torsolo

[@harbl99]

"Mmmmmhello."

[@FloridaMeng]

Yes my man, my first playthrough I went with skeleton and googled how to make him a martial artist, it told me don't die but lose all the time. Best advice just grinded it to level 50 with 80 toughness and ran from everything.

[@thealienlife]

PLEASE DO MORE. There is honestly NOT NEARLY enough kenshi content on youtube and you are one of the rare good and funny ones please for the love if all things holy make another video!

[@Yurei83]

Yes do more! Warlock, Seth and this are the best Kenshi videos 😁👍

[@JessiDeerSims]

Kenshi is effing amazing. I didn't think I'd like it, but I absolutely loved it. I still remember my first time playing when I sold cups and trash for some food.. finally got enough money to buy a bone puppy and then he got torn apart by skimmers. Poor Poppo

[@stuglife5514]

RIP poppo

[@Krystalchan2009]

For those dissuaded by the price, in the description of both the Humble Store and Steam store link to the Dev's form with a torrent link for a demo.

[@deevee5327]

"You need to build your gates in a concave" Hmm, if only this was a thing our ancestors figured out some nearly 1000 years ago while building big wall-surrounded fortresses. Hmmmm.

[@alexoelkers2292]

i actually disagree with how he built his gate walls. In my game they are concave so that my guys wont shoot each other but they are concave in the opposite direction going outward from the main gate, not inward from the gate. So I have walls long enough to post up 3 turrets on each side of the gate that enemies have to pass by on their way to the gate. The gate walls then run straight into a large tower on each side. So that any enemy that wants to get to the gate must first pass by two corner towers with turrets on top and the wall turrets.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

@@alexoelkers2292 I had 3 gates and a turret execution batallion

[@Invizive]

They did, you can see this in Japanese and some medieval castles. It's just that such walls are much less efficient in terms of material/protected land and most of attacks on castles were more about starving your opponents rather than wasting valuable troops (that should return to work on land next season) against thick gates anyway.

[@MagicHjalti]

Is it not older?

[@Aereto]

Mine's are steeply angled, and supported with twin watchtowers armed solo-harpoon turrets and manned by the best turret operators of the group, becoming the best 1-shot snipers. A pair of 6-barreled harpoon turrets at the placements closest to the gate to maximize DPS and make the best of its lowest precision. Followed by pair of crossbows in case of power failure, pair of dual barrel harpoons with spotlights to directly spotlight enemies that might not be covered by floodlights illumunating the zone. Then another pair of crossbows. I try to keep someone or two as the heavily armored gate guard at full coverage and as much projectile resistance as possible. Tempted to just deploy crabs as guards, but they are better off as my heavy travel party since they can't patch themselves up, though they offer impressive toughness experience.

[@veronica-vs8kw]

speaking on the moral choices, i remember a time when i was running a small squad whos goal was a guerilla war against HN. they were traveling in okrans valley & came upon a small farming settlement. i sent in my squads thief for a little harmless property alteration in their storage room, just to keep my already well squad in the green for a while longer, & then i thought "hey theyre just farmers, why not just take everything so i really dont need to worry about this expedition in the worst possible situation?" so sure, because i considered holy nation citizenry as combatants we send in the group to grind the bigots into dust, while in the middle of this, theyre having dialogue blurbs asking for mercy, asking why we're doing this, & begging us to stop. i patched them up before i left but it made me think as the squad was walking away, bags so laden with loot walking was all they could do. i didnt *need* to raid the farmstead, i couldve just passed it by, & had plenty chances to walk away. they couldve just been genuinely nice people trying to get by in a safe if draconian society. little moments like that happen all the time in kenshi, its great

[@Maggerama]

A very comprehensive... review? Showcase? Examination? Anyway, it has all that I wanted to know, thanks!

[@kyfy24]

I've watched this video like five times and was so fascinated by the game I got it yesterday. Please note: I have never played a computer game with mouse and keyboard, nothing with any kind of RTS, economics or anything like this...but sir...I am all in. I have managed to somewhat control the camera, stolen several sticks, and mined 2 copper. I will see you in 100+ plus hours and thank you for this recommendation.

[@ethanpayne9162]

I am genuinely curious to know how you are progressing. Kenshi has quite the learning curve. Built my first town in cannibal territory for instance lol.

[@cyron5091]

@@ethanpayne9162 Hope your boys rest in peace

[@Doomguy617]

Ethan Payne Dont worry, I built my first outpost in the Sonorous Dark like a total dipshit and... well, let’s say the end result was extremely painful for my crew.

[@kyfy24]

So I'm 400 hours deep now lol. I still haven't made it to the sonorous dark or the ashlands. I haven't even really been up through sinkuun yet either. I've tried to start building bases a couple times but those were a hot mess. I recruited too many peeps and found I couldn't manage that much. After a few restarts, I'm now living out of the hub, traveling around with a small group of like 12 and trying to learn martial arts with a group of woen that I made look like all my friends. With our "crackhead crossfit bodies" as Ive been calling them. I will dragon punch a paladin dammnit. Sorry I didn't reply sooner

[@ethanpayne9162]

@@kyfy24 glad you're still at it. Martial Arts is over powered lol but it is fun. My MA hitting folks for 400+ damage. Broken lol. Also, this is the first I have heard of Sonorous Dark lolol. I should pay closer attention to the map I guess.

[@lowresgamr]

I was thinking the other day about how there needs to be an rpg where u aren't some big hero, i guess I can change that to more games like this, since this is exactly that....I'm gonna pick this up since I somehow didn't pick it up earlier.

[@Razor_Afterlife]

Get outward too

[@Doomguy617]

To be fair, you do become a bit of a hero after awhile, but you’re also a villain in the eyes of the people you’ve taken down. Killing the Dust King or random dust bosses will prompt dust bandits to always attack you, mentioning how you killed their friends. Kidnapping Emperor Tengu will cause the anti-slavers to praise your name, but the Samurai will brand you a terrorist and try to outright kill you for abducting the Emperor, rather than imprison you. It’s very well crafted in that regard, even the strongest of your characters will never be a messiah of good who restores order and lets everyone live happily ever after.

[@GymBossAniki]

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Games and especially the standalone Anomaly fan sequal are a good fit aswell.

[@pluribusunum2727]

Outward is great. Also I love the way dark souls games make you feel. You start out as just another contestant in the trials to later become a god slayer.

[@qee4617]

Gothic 1 and 2 is a thing but only halfway through your playthrough, after that it's bit of a power trip

[@sc18594]

Pro gamer tip here, instead of having 3 of your guys take damage from one swing, put them on hold and spread them apart, the enemies will come to your guys and it will be more efficient.

[@JoshSweetvale]

This. Especially when fighting biiiig boys. Leviathans and Cleanser Units and Crimpers and giant Gorillos hit in a wiiide cone.

[@raphael8951]

Holy nation soldiers : Brother bring me the Bolte- I mean the sword.

[@tauempire1793]

*I see what you did there hmmmmmmmmmmmm*

[@axelfirekirby]

The imperium and especisly the mechanicus whould hate the holy nation

[@stuglife5514]

@@axelfirekirby *tech and educational texts banned* *angry tech priest noises*

[@alexandrus1550]

The first time i recruited beep he ended up being captured by cannibals and being eaten alive as he screamed "BEEP!"

[@domonator5000]

Beep is like the most adorable autistic friend who gets through life on sheer determination and I guess his autism special ability is sheer perseverance and combat.

[@shosroy]

I found this game in quarantine as well and when I saw where your base was I was like. Wait did he build where I did? Yup. It's a great spot. I did buy 2 buildings in the hub and repair them first so I had more research than you I think but yes. Every experience of the base was nearly the same. No money to bribe the dust bandits , holy nation purging my base because my main. Was a skeleton and I didnt know any better and ninjas staying in my base for extended periods of time. Really like this video. Good work!

[@shadoweddragonfilms4424]

Hey, that's around where I put my first base too! If you find my review on the Steam page for Kenshi, I go into a lot of detail as to my first run in with the Black Dragons... Fuck those guys.

[@Greenley013]

Ah yes Beep sure is determined. He even went on to become stronger after I put him in the peeler machine for entertai-....I mean toughness training.

[@56Werdan]

Small tip for the early game: buy a few houses in a town and start building some basics there, like a research station and the like. Keep making cash and the like so you'll have a slightly easier start when you do go ahead and make a proper outpost

[@lokken23]

In ALL of my playthroughs, Beep is always my #1 cyborg slayer. On my latest playthrough, he could hit upwards 500+ damage on fogmen and could solo a leviathan easy.

[@Doomguy617]

I want to know what you’ve pumped Beep full of to make him able to solo a leviathan

[@joelmilten]

This seems a bit too brutal for me, but it makes for a super entertaining video. Thanks CW!

[@StarkeRealm]

The game isn't actually that brutal. In context, the world of Kenshi is horrific, but the gameplay itself isn't. When you hear things like, "physics based combat," you get the wrong idea. The game is still, functionally, a real-time with pause RPG. If blends at the edges with RTSs, because of how well it scales into larger forces. So, my advice would be to take a look. It's difficult to come to grips with, but it's not like this is some kind of Dark Souls style experience.

[@Alex_Barbosa]

Yea it's actually pretty hard to die if you have more than one person. And still unlikely with just one. You will almost always just be knocked out for a little while, unless you were fighting carnivorous animals. Getting beaten up, knocked out, and patching yourself up is literally the fastest way to increase your stats and champion the next fight.

[@captain_buggles]

@@Alex_Barbosa If you're a weak enough solo guy then it actually is pretty likely that any fight against sharp damage will put you into ""dying" territory, so I would kinda argue against that "still unlikely with one" thing, but yeah once you have backup it's not so bad, and 3,000 for a new recruit seems like a lot at first but it's really not. I had a greenlander dude, so I just made all my starting money by running around outside of a holy nation city and looting every river raptor kill the guards made. Those pelts seriously add up quick, so it wasn't long before I had some recruits and then trained them a bit so I could start fighting the raptors myself.

[@captain_buggles]

@D Dichev Fair enough, since in my case I just started playing a month ago, chose the lone dude and his dog, so at that point I didn't fall into the category of "knowing what you're doing" at all. I knew about places like the ashlands, but I was still dumb enough to end up becoming a criminal entirely by accident, which got me killed once or twice when nobody bothered to tend to my wounds fast enough. And my spawn was some crappy ruin a little to the west of the UN cities, so I spent a bunch of time trying not to starve and getting chased by the giant desert bugs. At one point they caught my dog and I didn't feel like save scumming for him, so RIP starting dog. That whole fiasco was why I decided to go down to the Holy Nation instead.

[@Zamolxes77]

25:50 You DON'T have to follow lowest athletics, just use the appropriate icon for movement speed. It automatically toggles the run speed of the group to move as a cluster, at speed of lowest atheltics.

[@louissteyn6871]

one little detail that I like about the game is that the game actually shows anything you sell to shops being traded to other stores, I noticed this when I made a living selling katanas to the neighboring shek kingdom and at one point I made first time trip to a different region and and saw katanas on sale that the game claimed was made by my faction

[@CP-wv1rz]

These Kenshi videos are perfect. No idea why it doesn't have at least 100k views

[@headhumperHL2]

I spent ~1000 hours killing the holy nation, united cities and finally cat-lon solely to have a squad strong enough to walk across that sweet sweet purple sand

[@InvictusByz]

"There's no way you're taking on more than one security spider at a time" The best part of Kenshi is the eventual point where that's no longer true. One character with the right gear and skill can take out several in one go. But it takes an Eyegore level beast to do it.

[@cavemanbonk8320]

I've probably watched this video in it's entirety like 5-6 times, and more in pieces, just because it's so well done, you explain everything very well, I only have about 100 hrs in Kenshi but I absolutely love the world and the lore

[@frnk0112]

The thing I love the most about Kenshi is that there is no objective. You can be allies with whoever you want, basically no limits, and you can kill everyone.

[@gorgan6801]

"Give it up for day 70 in lockdown" Me on day 329 of Lockdown: yeahhhhh.......

[@eggbaron3968]

:')

[@KataisTrash]

Damn you... now you got me back in the mood to play Kenshi. I just managed to stop a few months ago!

[@napassagemsecreta]

This is the one video I always come back to whenever I need a good laugh (and, well, that's been happening for months now). Great content!

[@zebbediahjones5062]

Fun fact for those that have already been through the game a few times: The Enslaved start nets you an excellent way to build your ability to work, your toughness, your dexterity, your strength, your unarmed skill, and your lockpick skill if you don't mind getting your teeth kicked in repeatedly. As long as you don't get yourself killed doing it, you get all the time in the world to brawl against the bigger and tougher forces that make up all the guards all over the place.

[@MAUR19]

I recommend doing it to rh UC because the HN can cut your limbs pretty easy, especialy if you are a hive

[@Superjqp]

He didn’t even cover the stealth and thievery tree... This game is great, indeed.

[@Big_Stew]

@D Dichev it’s one of the most satisfying things in the game to sprint past 20 people for them to not realize all their stuff has been taken

[@moosecannibal8224]

34:30 "infinite wingwang"

[@JoshSweetvale]

Yep. He's an arrogant ass but a relatively competent merc.

[@OG_McLovin]

This is some of the best Kenshi content on yt. Good work. This game is crack.

[@mobiusrazgrim]

Excellent video, probably the best overview of the game I've seen on youtube. Really covers the scope of the Kenshi experience, from the individual to the endgame.

[@JClark-mz2jj]

What i Love and Hate about Kenshi is that everything that u achieve in Hours of playing can be gone in a blink of a eye just because u got distracted just for a sec. ^^

[@Superjqp]

I love how you correctly identified Kenshi as a post-post-apocalyptic setting. Most people get this completely wrong.

[@Gnagniel]

This video single handedly sold me on both Kenshi and your channel

[@chj.schwarz]

This video was a great watch! The pacing and presentation were amazing throughout, quite the achievement considering the length. Keep it up my guy!

[@SpontaneousCourage]

The misadventures of Grand Smuggler Hobbs continue.

[@alexoelkers2292]

To be fair if you use the 256 recruitment mod you can also turn up the squad size on the NPCS as well. So if I have 100 men in my army I also turn up the NPC squad size to three times the normal setting as well to even out the difficulty. I also use a popular mod that adds a lot more people to towns, this way there are more people defending it when I attack with a massive sized army.

[@korymccool7292]

What a fantastic video. Can't believe I haven't seen it until now.

[@NicholasGuyett]

I was sold on this game less than a third of the way and I want it more the longer this video goes on. Thanks for the video!

[@williamfann2043]

Hey a good tip when starting is to but a pack bull they deal quite alot of damage when they become elders usually 100-150 to armoured guys and can make extreme work on the beak things if you attack with the bull first then squad right after

[@kouikilol5833]

"taking town bug master with my best boys"- 50 stats "richer than the traders guild" - less than a million cats

[@Doomguy617]

I remember reading a story of a guy who hired like 8 groups of mercenaries to try and take down the Bugmaster. In the end, nobody except his guy survived, and thats because he ran away. All things considered, I think Charlatan reallllllly lucked out.

[@kouikilol5833]

@@Doomguy617 that man's is called brook, the guy is a legends among slaves. Edit "rook"

[@ashproof]

Cool. Since I watched you do all this, I don't have to buy the game and realize I'd spend literal years in solitude.

[@Sammasambuddha]

Good choice.

[@rangergreen1935]

Idk I guess I should just say, this is like a comfort movie for me. I love just turning this on and watching it just to relax. I've seen it so many times and I never get tired of it lol

[@davidreeding9176]

Can't wait to watch this video, I've lost so much of my life to this game, its great

[@duhsbo]

Man I gotta shacked of my job in this pandemic too and been playing a lot my backlog until completion. until the money last it has been good times.

[@merkavamkivm3373]

Dismantelling the holy nation is the sign you enterd post-end-game.

[@faceyourdemons1567]

Man its so fun to hear you just talking about Kenshi, make another video!

[@MICKEYrenraw]

"If you can out run everybody, nobody is a threat" -Usain Bolt ... pretty sure that's a quote of his while playing Kenshi :D

[@danielismarkevicius6369]

Beeb is the best character. Such a rich personality.

[@coureurdesbois6754]

In my game, I played a bunch of skelingtons and took over and rebuilt the HUB, recruited a lot of people and built a trading empire. Once, a caravan of the Holy naiton just got in my city, saw one of the skeletons and just flipped the fuck out.

[@lj6401]

This masterpiece of a video captures the game so well after i watched i revisited kenshi and loved the game even when ive lost most motivation to play hearing like 2 seconds of this video makes me want to play again this is an amazing video in all manners i truly adore it

[@MightyPoggers]

My first play through I chose the people who have building supplies. I don’t know if the old soldier is a standard guy for them but he was the only thing that saved my play through. Multiple times.

[@KageRyuu6]

Easiest way to deal with Beakthings, get a crossbow, and someone to distract them. You can also dodge their attacks fairly easy if you move away once their attack animation starts. There is also now an Animal Feeder for animals though, and Goats and Bone Dogs can enter buildings of their own volition, so long as the door is open, not to mention they should also eat from packs as well. Pretty sure Mercs are a finite resource, so if you waste them, they won't get replaced. Not to mention most are Tech-Hunters which don't have a Pacifier, despite being a pretty massive faction present in practically every city. So if you get on their bad side, good luck continuing the game.

[@catkrieger1326]

I am really happy that people like you exist. I myself am way to lazy to work myself into the mechanics and stuff of the game. So yeah thanks for condensing the Experience and making it available to people like me!

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

I had totally forgot about Willburguer, thanks! Now I can watch a good youtuber thanks

[@nigelob96]

I love this video, I love it, I love it, I watched the whole thing. I downloaded Kenshi, and got both my legs broken. I love it

[@j.m.hughes1810]

I'm going nuts waiting for the next installment. That ending cliffhanger was well done, and I really want to see what happens next. Don't leave us hanging, plz.

[@CharlatanWonder]

It's gonna be a lil bit as I've got to log another 100 hours of Kenshi all while making other videos. I might end up streaming some of those 100 hours though.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

My rule for setting up a base in Kenshi: At least 5 people and a thoroughly scouted area. Make sure you've got enough supplies to build a storm house and walls. Also, Cactus Rum and Cotton are your friends. Cotton gets you medical supplies, which are easy to make and sell for a decent amount and Cactus Rum sells for enough to be worth it and is also easy to make. Good early money makers.

[@zakaarbovus1872]

So I have to thank you. After playing kenshi for like 3.5 hrs about a year ago and dropping it cause I felt like I didn't know what I was doing this video gave me inspiration to download it again and I've been playing a couple hrs the last few nights and I plan on putting in many more hours this weekend. It's a bit of a trudge at the moment but I feel like I'm progressing little by little. So once again thank you

[@PhriekshoTV]

I remember buying it when it came to early access years ago, accidentally attacking a guard, getting beaten and thrown in jail, put on the slave chain, trying to escape, getting beaten half to death again, then dragged to the desert and left to die. It's too hard for me, I won't lie.

[@unknownanonymous2651]

SsethTzeentach getting a shout-out DOES fill me with a smile

[@dotcom3987]

I remember setting up a base in the cannibal lands and then barely escaping, saying "fuck this iam gonna make a base a far away from these cannibals as possible". Long story short, i travelled to the other side of the continent and setup base in a lovely place caled "fishmen island". Yep, that was a horrible mistake.

[@Gakusangi]

THIS is how you do an "immersive" game. A world that's alive, with perils, and plunder, starting at the bottom rung, and just being a person in a world that moves around you without your input, and reacts to you when you DO do something.

[@coleandhisvideos]

"And dont go into the holy nation with non-white..." Me with my bronze and black greenlanders: *laughs* you fool

[@saveimageas...9352]

I didn't know Holy nation doesn't like Scorchlanders

[@teecee1827]

@@saveimageas...9352 they really don't. On the other hand, starting with a Scorchlander near HN territory is a very good way to train your toughness and labour skills, wink wink

[@tylerbryanhead]

@@teecee1827 the slaves start is probably the best way to train strength, toughness, assassination, dodge, stealth, lockpick, and martial arts which all translate into having 2 godly characters that can kick people's arms off and take bounties if you leave them in there to grind a bit

[@carlirvinenicolas7874]

We need a Part 2 of this where we see where your faction ends up in.

[@CharlatanWonder]

Enough people have asked for it to where I know I'm gonna make it, I just have no idea when. hopefully I get around to it by the end of the year as it is a nice excuse to sink another hundred hours or so into Kenshi

[@carlirvinenicolas7874]

@@CharlatanWonder Yay :D

[@gusswe12]

I want a part 2, really great video man

[@seamusmcsorley7638]

Been a while since I checked out your videos, these newer ones are a lot more engaging!

[@Anna464]

This video along with Nurse's "Surviving Kenshi" never fail to pull me right back into Kenshi. Only issue I have with the game is how everything blends into the background and makes it basically impossible to see anything. Anyone know any mods that might help with that? I tried the Cell Shading that Nurse recommended but I could never make it look even ok.

[@mycorner967]

2 years later and I still like to rewatch this adventure while my own squads make theirs

[@MarcCastellsBallesta]

Wow! Your playthrough is very different than the ones I have already seen! I like this game!