I hadn’t really thought-about Kenshi can be getting a sequel. After six years in Steam Early Access, I imagined builders Lo-Fi Games would have a look at doing something however reliving that course of once more. But engaged on the unusual sandbox RPG should be fairly enjoyable, as a result of they’ve received themselves in one thing of a jam. Lo-Fi Games need Kenshi to be one of the best it may be, porting it over to Unreal Engine 4. At the identical time, they’re prepping a sequel.
Worried that the replace will considerably stall work on Kenshi 2, the devs are asking: would you like a model new game, or a greater model of what you’ve received?
The builders have put collectively a comprehensive Steam update detailing why this trade-off might be so extreme. With a transfer to Unreal 4, Lo-Fi promise “amazing graphics” and “better performance” for comparatively little effort, with fewer engine-specific bugs to fret.
However, CEO Chris Hunt reckons this implies much more work within the quick time period than even ranging from scratch on a brand new game. Assets must be reworked into an unfamiliar framework, one they’ve much less management over than Kenshi’s present home-built engine. Modding assist might get tough, however will nonetheless stay a precedence for the group.
“Personally I feel like it would be better to focus on Kenshi 2, which will have exciting new features, new content and world to explore and mechanics to play with, rather than remaking Kenshi 1, which would be essentially the same game.”
To that finish, Lo-Fi have arrange a Straw Poll, letting the neighborhood determine what they need subsequent from Kenshi. If the followers vote for Kenshi 2, the primary game will obtain bug fixes however largely stay as-is. Otherwise, the sequel will sit on the shelf as work continues on porting Kenshi to a brand new engine.
Despite it’s brutal weirdness, Alec fell in love with Kenshi in his review. It’s an open-ended mess, and all the higher for it. Would you need Kenshi stripped of its uniquely ugly attraction in an Unreal replace? How can a sequel increase on a game the place constructing an empire is simply as seemingly as ravenous within the desert?
I suppose that’s what the ballot is for, actually.
