Kenshi

This game is rough around the edges but it is one of the greatest gaming experiences I've had as an adult. A lot of the edges can also be smoothed out with mods if you like. (I recommend you play it vanilla first but I do suggest "Slopeless" if you're going to build a base)

Not the best game in the world, but it doesn't need to be. You're free to start however you want, modify the game however you want (mods), and there isn't anything you aren't allowed to do due to stupid arbitrary rules put in place by the devs.

You wanna kill the leaders of some faction? Assuming you're strong enough to actually do it, you can. There is no BS invulnerability because they are part of a quest line, they die just like your characters can. You wanna go to a a place you can see? Just click and you'll get there (assuming it's inside the playable area). There are no invisible walls to stop you from going where the devs think you shouldn't go.

One of the few games that offers true freedom and I couldn't be happier.

Perhaps the quickest I've ever been fully drawn into a worlds lore. This game makes me feel like I'm a researcher surveying a foreign land. I've started a journal to keep track of all of my knowledge, and gosh, I feel so giddy learning all about this world. The way it presents information is so refreshing.

within 30min i have died- to dust bandits, to dust bandits but in horde mode as i didnt think about spawn rates, to 60 doggos because i yet again didnt change spawn rates, big bloody robot thing i got mod for that was cool af, being knocked out for too long as a skeleton that somehow had all damage taken to stomach, and a death i have no idea what happened as i was researching afk (i got dinner irl).

10/10 gonna play more

Kenshi is a masterpiece of freedom and exploration!

This game offers an unparalleled open-world experience where you can carve your own path. Want to build a thriving settlement? Go for it. Become a wandering trader? Sure. Start as a lone wanderer and lead a band of misfits to greatness? Absolutely. The possibilities are endless, and the journey is as rewarding as the destination.

The atmosphere is gritty, the world feels alive, and every challenge makes your progress feel earned. Sure, the learning curve is steep, but that’s what makes it so satisfying when you master it. Whether you're managing survival or creating epic stories, Kenshi delivers on every front.

If you love sandbox games that let you craft your own story with no hand-holding, Kenshi is a must-play. Highly recommend it!

4.3 hours in. Character #1 died from bandits after 5 minutes of playing... Character #2 whoops pulled a sword out in public got thrown in jail for 3 days...not learning from my mistakes this time it came at a cost... another jail senescent ....... this time determined to make an escape."life is to short" so he thought not knowing the fiat that was laid out in front of him. He proceed to hone in on his mastery of lock picking only to come to his own demise as he got caught mid escape suffering a fatal wound to his gut. Character #3 thought to him self..."whats the best way a man can make an honest living." For he was a nobody with more lack of knowledge and resources than most. Determinate he was. He started to mine till his pockets were full enough to provide him the education it took to learn the skills that would reap him the prior invested funds ten fold . Development was his main focus and still is....... to be continued Day #11. this game tells a story that you get top create. I've never and i mean never have seen such a well executed approach of a game before in my life. At first you will say to your self, is it worth the learning curve? Then as you strive to understand the unknown you will discover a life that will become an extension of your own.

Spent 200 hours making a party and attempting to end cat-lon. Gets destroyed time and time again... Rage quit and become a drug lord in shen.... Oh hi there beak things - move to the swamps, oh hey blood spiders!.
10/10 wish i could firstplay this again.

Many folks say this game is difficult, but the truth is, it doesnt reward skill so much as it does high levels of imagination. So for creative types, it can be both fun and relaxing.

One of the best games i have ever played. So many different ways to play. Warrior for hire, spy, assassin, thief. Great free roam game.

I love my walk around aimlessly and fucking die simulator.

This game will subtly show you that in the end there was never a good or bad guy and if you try to be one or the other you see the opposite effect

A rough gem. One of the best open world, squad and base builder RPG in weird apocalyptic world.

A game where you start from zero, To end up dead after a long journey that you make on your own.

me my packdog and someone who wanted to go on an adventure traveling through the desert awesome sauce we loot omw to sell loot get jumped by giant giraffe with a beak pack dog and friend dead. i some how live but missing leg holding hope crawl across 2 and a half deserts avoiding bandits slavers cannibles and more beak things to try and by a prosthetic and get back on my feet (im so funny) get jumped by rabid dogs like half a mile from the town. die. 10/10 peak gameplay i love this game

One of my favorite games of all time. I've played as a mercenary, a traveling trader picking up scraps from a recent fight, a warlord amassing large groups to defeat the Okranites, a hemp farmer/drug dealer, The world is expansive and you learn the lore by just exploring and listening to NPC convos. You are not the main character but if you get your ass kicked enough even beak things are child's play. The point of being a nobody in a harsh world that can be beaten up by a starving bandit to a godlike being that can pretty much solo anything is so satisfying. Base building is fun but not my main focus like for some people. I recommend playing as green-lander or skeleton. Go straight to Squin to mine copper ore for starter gear and food. Fight the occasional bandits and train your skills a bit then go to vain to train. I know beak things can kill you easily but you get a bonus for fighting stronger enemies. If you survive your encounters you'l have a bad-ass in no time. Go to the fog-islands and recruit Beep I promise you will enjoy his dialogue.

Kenshi is honestly one of the most unique games I've ever experienced. When I first played it, I actually hated it. I thought I got suckered in by a recommendation from a friend who said it was one of the best games he's ever played. After I quit the game and let it sit for a month or two, I had an inkling to return and I'm glad I did.

This game will have you getting your ass kicked by starving bandits for the first week, until you can eventually take on and kill the bandits yourself. Then you upgrade to the next tier of bandits, so on and so forth and before you know it, you and a ragtag group of misfits are spending your time making illegal narcotics for profit, destroying entire civilizations, or making and selling food.

My only real advice is that going into this game blind is an absolute treat and I wish I could experience it for the first time again. That and to save often.

Absolutely worth even full price.

Yes with an asterisk.

The graphics are simple, the animations a bit basic, and the UI kinda harsh. But honestly, those are all fine - the complexity of this game is pretty high, there's a lot going on at any given time, and the world is positively enormous.

That said...the AI is still really derpy on both sides. I've had defensive characters just sit there while the base gets attacked, and then the enemies get inside and race into the only building in the outpost and just stand there doing nothing.

My biggest issue with the game is the difficulty balance. And yes, I know that the difficulty is partly the point - you're intended to start weak and useless and slowly build up. But the game's unforgiving pacing in some areas means you can't actually build up - you spend most of your time unconscious or in bed recovering from injuries, and then as soon as you get up and go somewhere you get attacked again. Training options to safely increase your power are nearly nonexistent, and can't help you survive. Armor crafting is expensive to research and requires materials that are hard to safely obtain. And you eventually hit a progress wall that forces you out into the wilderness without direction or guidance, risking incredibly dangerous places that you may not survive in order to find Ancient Science Books that will let you research further.

I absolutely think this is a good game for a small/solo dev, with a lot of thought and worldbuilding depth to it. It's kind of the Dark Souls of RTS/simulation. If that's your jam, play Kenshi.

But if you want to have any idea what you're doing, how to improve, and where it's safe to build...or if you want to spend less than a third of your playtime just watching a character run through the empty wastelands between two cities...maybe give it a pass. After 33 hours, 10 of which have been spent with 18 of my 20 characters in bed because I keep getting attacked and thus can't even really work on my defenses or base, I think I'm calling it for me.

Tek bir kişi tarafından yapılan ve kendine has dünyasına sahip olan bu sandbox oyun baya keyifli

some guy said he was the boss around town in a bar and told me to watch myself I challenge him and knocked him out, later I see him crawling on the ground and he asked if I came back for round 2.... there won't be a round 3

The thing about this game is that it's staggeringly ambitious especially when compared to contemporary games where the list of "things you can do/affect" is low and the core loops are shallow or repetitive (but often still pleasing). Kenshi is one of the most thorough sandboxes ever crafted and you really can do a lot of crazy, fun stuff in this game. It plays like an even more open/flexible/diverse Mount and Blade game and people will see similarities right away. If you like losing yourself in a world, an emergent narrative, a character or characters you create, or meet, and grow attached to... Kenshi has a lot to offer.

It's a CRPG, a base-builder, a lifesim, an RTS, a survival game, a strategy/conquest game, and even has dungeon crawler elements on occasion. You have an impact on the world, if you want to, and that impact is reflected in various "world state" functions and other interactions that can slowly but surely alter the landscape of your run. The world of Kenshi is mysterious, unique, and bizarre. It has its own strange, obscure lore and secrets to discover. It also has its own "samurai/ninja punk" aesthetic that reimagines the "weird wasteland" as a fusion of cyberpunk, post-apoc, and anime in a bleak world that can be made even bleaker or maybe a little less bleak... it's up you.

It was almost a one-dev show, however, and the jank has persisted across the years. People should know about this going in -- performance and functionality can require finessing and patience with this game, especially if you mod it. The modding scene is very active and relevant, helping to sand down rougher edges as well as offering new ideas that expand on what Kenshi already does. The scene has been around for years and while there are some big egos, it's nothing like the bizarre cults of personality, cyclical "controversies" and gormless infighting that plague the Bethesda modding scene. Basically, point is, if you have issues you can be sure others have before too and you'll be able to figure it out without enough patience.

Apparently there's something hidden in this game under all the bugs, crude UI and tons of un-fun grind.
Started this game with a guide to get a head-start but the early game consists of basically running around the world for loot and getting beaten up to grind for stats, I value my time too much for that.
I like a few share of crude games but this ain't it chief.

This game is excellent for those who do not want an easy ride through a game. At all levels you can encounter enemies that will easily overpower you, so you need to play cautiously and not recklessly.

i usually only play mmo and online games found myself playing this for hours its very hard at first but once youi get the hang of the game its quite enjoyable and still challenging

If you have no problem playing hard survival games this is it!
Parts of lore and graphic quality reminds me of Morrowind. Yes it is ancient and outdated game, and you would think this is bad thing, but NO, this game looks old in a GOOD way! Brings back that hype when you played games as a child (if you are "old" gamer like myself).
Game is so open and full of possibilities that graphics are so trivial in gameplay. This game is all about creativity and craftyness, not about looking great. That being said, map is cool, huge and has its touch of uniqueness.
You have to learn a bits of lore in order to survive in that world, which is very nice and realistic.

For me personally, this game is masterpiece, and if you don't mind the "cons" I have highlightened in my review, there is huge chance that you will like it too.

exit spawn get raped spawn guard saves me brings me to cage and tries kinky shit on me without consent

best game for roleplaying being eaten alive by a cannibal or being enslaved

This is one of those games that feels like it was made "just for you." Very specific, yet captivating. A blessing or a curse, but it’s a purgatory of a game. It seems like there's a huge amount of everything, yet it's completely lifeless.

It’s like RimWorld for those who have grown up, matured, and are ready to age on their journey to eternity.

There’s no goal, only the path. It's something worth trying at least once.

RImworld mixed with OSRS to deliver one of the most unique and fun sandbox RPG experience. It's a steep learning curve but well worth the investment.

Brother bought this game and begged me to buy it but i kept declining mainly bcos it didn't look like the type of game id enjoy and the old graphics. Anyway ended up giving in and buying it months down the line and oh boy I have not got off it! wish i bit the bullet sooner...Buy it and do not be put off by the harsh start. Great game!

In many ways, the game is weird, unapproachable, and brutal. On the other hand, this is easily one of the best games I've ever played.

RTS/RPG hybrid gameplay. Your characters start as dirt, and you have to find the means to survive, grow, and thrive in a brutal world. Kenshi has a Dark Souls style worldbuilding delivery, with the player sifting through the wreckage of forgotten and destroyed empires, piecing together fragments of the world's history.

This game will test the power of serious gaming rigs, while looking like it came out of 2005, but the charming artstyle goes above and beyond the graphical fidelity.

Kindnapping, slavery, drug dealing, racism, mutilation is a blessing, zeal, Sam Jetsream mod, Dante and Vergil mod and Bip

Once you figure how leveling and combat work in this game, the hardest challenge that's left is not to turn your character into 80 Athletics hash trafficking machine or/and thief
Kenshi's equivalent to Skyrim's stealth archer

Game gud, soundtrack slaps, writing funi
10 "uh-oh not enough memory" crashes out of 10

Do you love endless grind? Do you love trying to navigate a world where you might be robbed, beaten and cannibalised at any given moment? Do you love managing a city where the worker AI is barely functional and enemies stream through your walls like water through a pasta strainer?

Probably not, and all of that is in this game, but there is so much more as well. Explore a strange alien world and learn of it's many cultures and it's mysterious past. Go from fearing every form of wildlife to being able to defend your self and best all of them. Live by the rules of strict theocracies, slavery-based economies, militaristic expansionists or strike out and make your own society. Progress from being a lone struggling day-labourer to a military force to be reckoned with. Remake the political order of the whole known world for good or ill.

The term 'Bethesda game' is often used to denote that despite the drawbacks of Bethesda's games their unique qualities more than make up for them. Kenshi is essentially a one-man (literally one guy made it) Bethesda game where the fanbase quickly dismisses all of it's very real shortcoming shortcomings for the same reason. It's likely that you will have to use debugging tools to get members of your party unstuck from the environment, get AI pathfinding to work, repeatedly rebuild the walls of your settlement till they actually work (I did this a dozen times) and make vanished NPCs reappear.

On my playthrough I tried to minimise any use of guides or wikis so that I got the nearly the full experience of discovering everything myself, this led to some very subpar and slow choices for leveling skills (training my guys on captured Holy Nation soldiers well past the time the XP was worth it, not switching to Beak Things or iron spiders
earlier, not training toughness with dust bandits). Picking a base location mostly by ear resulted in tons of cannibal attacks and Holy Nation raids kicking my ass repeatedly, so much so I had to abandon my base to survive at least once. Despite all of this and the many frustrating things listed above I still enjoyed it immensely and recommend it, here's hoping Kenshi 2 is released in our lifetimes with fewer annoying drawbacks.

If you find the prospect of a *completely* open-ended role-playing game with base building, survival and squad management systems, then this is the game for you. It has an incredibly invested modding scene with many different options to tailor your experience to your liking; from progression-breaking madness to the lore friendly weapon expansions, there's mods for it all.
Fair warning: the base game (and modded, depending on how you play) will not hold your hand and will treat you like any other random nobody in the world.
Play the game, make a name for yourself and build up your squad. Change the world, my final message, thank you for reading!

Absolutely one of my favourite games of all time. There is never a shortage of things to do and see in this game, one of my biggest gripes however is how many exploits there are. One example of this is the fact that the AI will never steal things off the ground if you're beaten unconciouss. This means that you can just drop everything you own on the ground when you're about to be downed in order to never lose anything. There is a lot of general jank here, but when everything works it can be a truly magical game.

There is no other game like this and no other game as brutal to the player as this. Everything in this game is unique right down to the UI. It takes a bit to get the hang of but if you stick with it you'll be building cities full of playable characters soon enough.

You start with a "main character" but soon you'll be hiring people into your party. I don't think there is a limit to how many people you can have as long as you can feed them all.

You can play any character at any time and organize parties however you like. Characters start with stats that make sense to the character themselves. i.e. Swordsman has swords skills, miners have mining skills etc. However, what ever a character does, they gain skill in it so you can level people up however you like.

The best part about this system is that everyone will become your main character as they all have their uses.

Combat is absolutely brutal. You will get your face caved in over and over and over again. But the magic of Kenshi is that you gain skill in things like blocking, increase your health pool and level up your combat skill in the weapon your using every single time you get owned. It may be tempting to load your save when you "wipe" but DONT DO IT. Wait for your unconscious bleeding character to regain consciousness and apply first aid before you bleed out. Get up, run over to your other unconscious team mate and stabilize their vitals. Get everyone back up on their feet, even if one (or two) of them are crawling because both their legs are broken or they're limping because of a crushed leg. They will eventually heal as long as they didn't have a limb severed (but there are cybernetics for limb replacement so even then let it play out as it plays out). So long as you dont die, getting your ass kicked is actually progression. If you load your save to avoid the ass woopin, in the long run you'll have weak characters because they won't have any resilience, poor combat skills and virtually no first aid skills which you 100% are going to need once you get deep into the wilderness.

Only advice I have for you early game is make sure to have healing items with you and become a scavenger. Watch for two roving bandit clans to clash and wait it out. After the victors loot and leave the loosers to die, run in and take whatevers left to sell or use. Hell, even heal one of dying to level up your first aid.

You'll learn quickly that running away is a completely viable option and should be used frequently, even in the later game. Unlike most games, taking on 2 or more opponents with only a single character of yours is just stupid unless they are an expert in combat (and even then it's risky). If you do fight when you're outnumbered, be prepared to have both your arms and legs broken then left bleeding and unconscious while you watch as the bandits loot your stuff. But hey, as long as you don't bleed out or have your limb(s) severed, like I mentioned earlier, you will have leveled up your skills and become stronger. Use shameful tactics if you have to. Start a fight and run toward a town. Those idiot bandits will follow you and the town guards will smash their faces in. Then run over and scavenge what you can from their corpses.

Content you ask? There is crafting, base building (city building really), crop growing, trading, stealing, crime, bounty's, being sold as a slave (or buying slaves), boatloads of gear (high end stuff being rare and highly coveted), boat loads of items, crafting materials, consumables, trade goods, etc. Several different animals to raise (attack dogs, cargo carrying beasts, etc.) Countless recruitable characters, boat loads of shops and traders. Enemy strongholds, factions... I could go on but I wont, lets just say the game is rich with content.

There is a story here but it's told by the world itself and it's up to you to piece it together by talking to people and seeing the sights. The lore runs extremely deep and there are many secrets to uncover.

The world is absolutely massive. I tried to run from one corner of the map to the other doing my best to avoid party wiping on extremely dangerous wildlife that will chop your legs and arms off and leave you to die (beware the desert), or the elite warbands that will hunt you down and kill you if you don't either prove to them or trick them into believing you follow their religion. After about a two hours I just gave up on crossing the map, I made it about halfway and was like, "Welp, it's safe to say it's fricken massive."

Boiling it down, the thing I love about this game is the satisfaction you get when you achieve whatever it is you set out to accomplish, You have to put in some serious work, think smart and play hard to get anywhere. For example, when you're getting ready to go on an adventure you have to think about what you need to bring based on the mission you're setting out to accomplish. You have to think about how long you'll be gone. You need the right amount of food, water and healing supplies for all of your characters and animals. The right weapons and ammo. Check every party members gear and group everyone into squads you intend to use. What I'm saying is you actually have to prepare your "caravan" before you leave unlike most games where you just dump your inventory back at base, slang the junk to a vendor and then take off again with no real worry of any consequence.

Some things I think some people will not like are:
- There is a bit of copy pasta with some of the buildings but there are enough of them that it never bugged me.
- The game is a serious grind. If you want to get somewhere in this game you have work for it and it's going to take time. (But I love to grind so to me that's a good thing.)
- Death is permanent for a character. If you don't stop them from bleeding or they get really jacked up in battle, it's over. Save often. (I love the risk of it though. It makes me play smart and be careful about my choices)
- Learning curve is steep. You'll do it wrong so many times before you do it right. Let the pain guide you to success.
- UI takes a bit to figure out. There are so many things going on in this game and communicating them all is complicated. That said, once you get familiar with it you wont even notice it's complexity anymore. I think they did a really good job of cramming it all in with subtle visual ques to draw your eye to what needs your immediate attention.
- Graphics are old. That said, they all fit together and deliver a certain atmosphere so regardless of the graphics age, it still looks good to me.

Anyhow, sorry for the book. I just think this game deserves a hidden gem award and I want to get it out there to as many people as possible. It's so incredible and rewarding if you have the time and take the time to learn how to play.

Brother buys kenshi and plays for hundreds of hours while i watch and say nah not for me.
play it once to get him to stop talking about it.
play for six hours.
keep asking for a wee bit of kenshi time.
play for hundreds of hours.
buy my own kenshi.
life is complete. i don't need any other game. (give me kenshi 2)

Very nice, very open world, it's not the kind of rpg where you choose a lot of dialogues (it's mostly absent) but it's like the sims in a post apocalyptique where you can also play age of empire ish.
It's very hard to start so I highly recommand watching a tutorial otherwise the brutality of the game will take you down.

you start as nothing, you are nothing, you will always be nothing, unless you do something about it, so what do you do you try to kill a lone bandit. ASS BEAT. you try a starving guy. ASS. BEAT. you try steal some bread to live and a guard sees you, next thing you know you have 6 ninja guards all chopping you up.

you havent even left the first town.

In Kenshi what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Get your ass beat? Now you are slightly tougher.

Haul some looted weapons into town? Now you are stronger.

Smack a starving homeless person with a stick? Now you can hit better.

Do this over and over and eventually you become an anime protagonist.

Now I'll tell a story about the mighty Beep.

See Beep was a weak pathetic little twink living in a city shrouded in fog. Then one day a group of travelers came into town. Beep went up to and "beeped" at them. They took a look at him and decided to adopt him. They managed to traverse the foglands without much trouble and only had to deal with a small group of fogmen as they left. And then the bonedogs attacked. See bonedogs are large and hungry creatures and they felt they were in the mood for hiver. So they came at Beep and his merry band. The party fought to the best of their ability until one of the bonedogs ripped off Beeps leg. Now Beep may be weak of body, but he is strong of heart. So Beep crawled towards the bonedogs yelling "BEEEEEP. BEEEEEP. BEEEEEP." he was down, but not out. Luckily the youngest bonedog got excited and ran off with the leg, and well the other bonedogs just could not let that stand, so they ran after him leaving the party with their severe but survivable injuries. Beep had to be carried, but he eventually got a new metal leg, and he took that will of his and his new leg to become a master swordsman. Just like he always dreamed.

Imagine wanting to serve yourself a glass of water, you go to your fridge, take out a bottle, and then realizing it's physically impossible to place the water inside a cup, so the way you're supposed to drink water is spilling it on the floor and licking it off, that's what playing kenshi is like

Kenshi will always be far too buggy and janky to ever truly be my favorite game, but damn does it come close.

There's something about this game and its world that really draws me in. It's utterly alien yet undeniably human. It's not for the faint of heart, grindy, unforgiving, confusing, maybe even at times empty and lonely. But the stories this game tells stick with me.

And once you're bored, play it with mods. Fool around with the in-game editor to make prettier towns. Learn the FCS and make your own content. This game is some of the coolest shit I've ever played, truly a diamond in the rough. It's kinda what you make of it though, like any other sandbox game.

To this day kenshi really shows up modern development studios, and demonstrates that a game can be great if it isnt infected with the business investor CEO parasites demanding modern audience appeal and in game transactions

Literally one of the greatest games ever created. Absolutely deserving of the "Overwhelmingly Positive" ratings it has.

I don't know how to describe it, once you understand Kenshi, you just understand. It can go from 1 to 100 in a minute. Just give it a go...

I autistically played this game for like 2 weeks straight, giant world to explore very unique environment. Get attatched to your rag tag squad that has lost all their limbs and gotten their flesh peeled. Get chased by the holy inquisitors and run away from everything in the game that can and will kill you. The game goes on even after you die which is cool

The story stars with Dingle Joe (a slave), a greenlander working in the mines of rebirth. Dingle Joe decides he wants to escape the mine in a month. The goat started training day and night, stealth, lockpicking, assasination, strength and athlethics. Around 1 am of the 31st day, Dingle Joe escaped the mine, runing all the way to floodlands untill he lost the guards chasing him. There he found a skeleton, Burn. Burn was a retired adventurer. Dingle Joe convinced Burn to go on his last adventure. Thats how the story of two friends started.

game is a complete mess of bugs and things that make no sense but it's awesome and i can't stop playing

hardcore (not necessarily the gamemode) minecraft players will likely enjoy this game. you set your own objectives, and figure out how to accomplish them, while still being being able to maintain a sense of direction. the game is also just as modable and seems to have a dedicated fanbase

Seikimatsu style (Fin de siècle syndrome) + post-apocalypse + sci-fi background (kinda like Star Wars-ish), with survival mechanisms, loseable limbs and some pretty hardcore difficulty setup that may take a lot of patience to overcome. You either follow the laws of the land you tried to live in, or become a slave to the slave traders, or build a new place of your own somewhere in the wild and become your own ruler with your own powerful armies. Taking over the world? Yes it's possible. Trying to live a low life as a thief or slave? It's possible too! And the NPC AIs in this game is either going to make you laugh out loud at their surprising moves (these are rare even in nowadays modern games) or make you cry out loud when you fall victim to those AIs brutal decisions (If there's ever an AI crisis where AI turned on human, this is probably that simulator of how the world might become)...

Overall, it's a game one can sink hundreds of hours either being tortured by the NPCs or tormenting the world in your own brutal invasion depending on your preference and playstyle... plus, mods and community contents that adds more play time and flexibility keeping things fresh... And due to this total freedom and flexibility, there's a high learning curve for new players before they can totally feel "at home" and enjoy this game. So... i won't say it's game for everyone. If you can appreciates it, you will sure love it. If it's not your style to learn a bunch of stuffs to "settle down" in a game, then this probably isn't for you. Advise to check out the gameplay on youtube before buying (and for some people, it's probably more fun watching others suffer than suffering themselves...)

Spawn in first run as cool robot. run around for a bit while reading tutorial. While reading a group of Catholics calls me slurs then kills me

Okay

Spawn in second time as dude with dog. Starving to death in desert. Get close to a town before getting captured by naked people. They then proceed to eat me

I see

Spawn in third time as nobody in a run down town. labor for money, train against only people who are bigger losers than me, Buy friendship. Get strong. Make own base. Instantly get curb stomped by weebs and kicked out of my own house. Train more, come back stronger and faster. Politely ask them to leave after kicking their teeth in. Make most prosperous town this side of Black Desert

Now every individual in my main expedition group is capable of taking on even High Paladin solo.

This is a game about the journey. Learning where your place is in it and pushing your boundaries. It's like spaghetti western meets Si-Fi. This game is the game you told Star Wars outlaws not to worry about.
Recommended.