The best way I can describe this game (or at least how I felt about it) is that it's similar to having a bunch of action figures and making stories by playing with them. You all know what I mean, when you were a kid you would play with dolls or action figures and make little stories around it and you could get lost for hours with that. That's Kenshi for me. I started a few playthroughs but failed multiple times because I didn't know what I was doing until I actually read up a bit online and played for a good 50ish hours, then I started my main playthrough where I "finished" the game. The Monks of the Fist

His name was Oji, he was part of an isolated village that practiced the ancient art of meditation and martial arts. However, one day the village was discovered and raided by the United Cities mistaking them for a far off Holy Nation farm. Oji was the only one who escaped and found refuge in the borderzone, well away from nobles eye's. He was devastated and felt survivors guilt. He would roam the Shek kingdoms with the voices of his village shouting at him. He worked for hours by mining iron to distract from the noise, walking with tons of iron on his back, it didn't help. One day he attacked a Shek guard and was beaten to a pulp and thrown in jail, he survived and stayed in that jail for weeks. He contemplated what had happened and remembered what his master taught. With much time and meditation he was able to calm himself and he realised what he had to do, get stronger and take revenge on the nobles who took away his family, his community, his master. He got out of jail and trained from there on, recruiting lost souls along the way, and soon the village that was destroyed was reborn in Shek lands. The Monks of the Fist came back. Soon Oji and his squad moved around looking for new foes to slay and bring to the Stone Golem, hoping one day to ally and bring down the United Cities. That day came. The Stone Golem, the leader of all the Shek, recognised the power of the monks and an alliance was made. War was declared once Oji and his squad kidnapped a noble and burned him in sight of the city, the noble's last sight being the city tearing itself apart. One by one the nobles fell, the slaves freed, the empire crumbled and shook in it's weakened state. The last target was the Emporer himself. Thought to be untouchable, now ashes. Oji couldn't save his village, but he avenged them and made the world a better place. He later on died from a creepy giraffe, but his legacy carries on in the village of Chi, the home of the monks.

That is why I love Kenshi, it is so expansive and free where you can make your own story despite there being no voice actors, no real story and the lore is vague in many areas. You make your own story using the setting of Kenshi, which is beautiful and dangerous and cruel. Yeah it has it's issues like the game having to load in new areas, which can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. The outpost aspect isn't all that fun unless you're trying to make money and the fact that your characters get stuck on the terrain all the time. These are fairly minor issues which are easy to overcome. Honestly, if this game interests you in the slightest then get it, you won't regret it. Just be prepared for the beginning to be tough as nails, it doesn't pull its punches. Remember though, if it doesn't kill you it absolutely will make you stronger.