I used to listen to this while falling asleep during a tragic time in my life 4 years ago, something about the desolate setting and narration brings me comfort. I still come back to it from time to time.
Damn, same here. A few years back, had a suicide in the family. Something about this series definitely helped out. I'm a lot better now but it's still nice to come back. Soothing, in some way. Thanks, Rycon.
my way of escaping rebirth 1.train your thievery up to 80 2.steal the guard's armor and wear it as a disguise 3.steal food rations (Optional) 4.pretend to be a soldier and train with dummies 5: train assignation high enough to knock out guards 6:put the guards into cages and poles (you're the slave now bitch)
I've recently found it's very easy to just run out of Rebirth thanks to food. Surprisingly there's quite a bit of food just laying around, all you have to do is pick it up and eat when no one is looking (usually sneaking out of your cage at night). Just grab a bunch of bread/foodcubes/etc. Let your man eat and overtime he'll be perfectly fine nutritionally. That's when you sneak out towards a gate, the guards will catch you doing so, but at that point you're able to sprint full speed. While the guards are fine nutritionally, their armor slows their Athletics, while your character, assumingly, isnt wearing any sort of thing. All they can do is watch you sprint off into the distance.
Best game I ever had in Kenshi had me quickly lose my left arm. I acted as a one-arm bandit from that point, stealing anything and everything of good value to purchase clothes, food, and ranged weapons. I eventually replaced my arm and amputated my legs with mechanical upgrade that had me move at insane speeds throughout Kenshi. Only time it sucked is when I went through Holy Nation territory I had to take off all my prosthetics and be carried by my loyal friend so we wouldn't be attacked as they considered me a hated robot with all my augments. Thanks for resparking my interest in the game. Redownloading it now.
had a game where I was a slave and during a escape attempt where I let loose every prisoner (similar to the amount in the video if he managed to release all of them) lost both of my legs but 1 other prisoner came back and picked me up and carried me with her to safety all while the others scattered to fought back. I don't know what happened to the others but me and the 1 other person made it back to non Holy Nation grounds and from there on my character had to constantly be carried because.... no legs. That was until we could get new legs and begin building up our bandit army to raze the Holy Nation to the ground
Everyone's whinging about Rycon setting his run speed to Jog, but even with 16 athletics Sand wouldn't have had a hope in hell to out run the Holy Sentinels which have a base athletics level of 40. His run speed is like 17 to maybe 18 MPH, theirs is 20 to 21 MPH. Rycon setting Sand to Jog doesn't really matter.
Kind of a late response, but actually it really would have helped. Since there are no running attacks in this game, the AI tries to get infront or next to you and line up a hit in order to catch you. You can actually dodge those attacks quite well and even end up getting some distance if you aren't quite as fast as them, so a small difference in speed of like 3-4 can still be compensated for. But with too big of a speed difference, it becomes much harder to escape.
@@darthplagueis13 yep, sprint mode still would have given him just a little more distance/speed to juke the attack, even if his run speed isn't higher than the guards
the intro... the character building... the way sand managed to escape even though his first attempt was foiled. PARK AND RIBS OMG. this is a masterpiece thank you for all your effort ✨
He had no idea how long he'd been there. He didn't really think it mattered. His pride as a warrior, the one thing his race held in the highest regard, had been broken utterly. Mindlessly, he dug and carved and carried for his captors, who hadn't needed so much as to threaten anything to get him to comply. Then he was given to the Overseer of Rebirth. Then, then he met Sand. He hadn't thought much of him at first, a willful fool at best. A spy placed to ensure loyalties kept at worst. Then Sand tried to escape on his own. He failed, of course. With at least five guards per gate, to say nothing about patrols, he really had no chance. He was punished, and everyone lost some rations, nothing out of the ordinary. But then he tried again. It was a month or so later, true, but he tried again. At first, Park was incredibly confused. This human was beaten badly, had lower rations than the rest almost constantly, and yet he still tried to escape not even a month later? Was he trying to kill them all by ration-induced starvation? It was only later, when he was mining on a shift with Ribs, one of the more veteran workers, when he finally found out why. "Saw how you were lookin' at Sand." She whispered next to him, picking away at a copper vein. "Yeah," Park grunted quietly, "What's his problem?" Ribs shrugged. "Dunno, they brought him here bout twenty years ago, sneaky bastard hasn't given up on gettin' out." Park risked a glance at Ribs, raising an eye ridge as if to say 'Really?' Again, Ribs shrugged. "Hey, the guy steals some food from the guards every now and again and gives a good portion to the rest of us, so we try not to knock him too badly-" One of the nearby guards smacks the hilt of his weapon on the stone nearby. "No talking, beasts." Thus left to his own thoughts, Park tried to reason it through. He couldn't, and it wouldn't leave his mind. Days, months, perhaps a year later, it happened again. And again. Like clockwork, to the point where he could learn to tell which month it was by another of Sand's escape attempts. Then, almost suddenly, they stopped. For one reason or another, Sand stopped his attempts. For a while, Park decided that nothing was coming of it. Of course, that was before he was woken in the middle of the night. "Hey, Park, get up!" Came a harsh whisper, startling him from rest. He then heard a small click as the shackles on his legs came off. Dumbstruck, Park could simply ask quietly, "How did you-" Sand shushed him, before untying him. Sand then whispered, "Come on, this time we'll make it! I know it!" Park looked at him, then decided to follow. He... Was not stealthy, to say the least. He could barely see Sand move in the dark, but they managed to get to the gate, where Ribs met them. Then came what he regretted dearly. the mad dash out from the fully manned gate. Needless to say, they were thoroughly beaten. But, by some miracle, they were left laying on the crags where they fell. Ribs... Didn't get back up, and Sand was too far ahead to know what happened at first, but he had been bandaged and shackled. Without guard. He took his chance and ran, the last cinders of his warrior spirit reigniting, and went to find Sand... (/\) So, how do you think of this little lore bit? I would've written more, but this was getting to be a bit much for a comment, eh? Sincerely, Hunter Redflame.
Holy crap, the quality voiceover, the cinematic shots, the story/plot, and that’s just in the first ten minutes?! This is nothing short of an indie masterpiece, thank you for putting this much work into it.
that beginning chase was rough cause you had Sand on "jog" instead of "sprint" oof. Also when you're juking, it's best to juke towards the swing rather than away as swords have a good reach. Also enemies have to move in front of you to attack as Kenshi doesn't have a run a slash sort of mechanic, so it's also good to run in reverse at times as well. It's a little tricky to get a hang of but it's possible.
@UCf9s2nMNW1Fe1zL2EKY2NMg But also check his running indicator, it's set to jog as well. So either way he was still going slower than he could've been. Not saying he would've gotten away, but would've certainly made it easier.
@Sebastian Tully Slashing does exist but what I was referring to is a running attack. There isn't a system in game where a character can chase you and hit you from behind while running. They have to intercept you from the front, stop, then attack. That's why it's pretty easy to dodge a cheese NPCs
Lmao I was dying when that happened "*cycles throught; clearly a higher option than the one he was on* Im just making sure we're going as FAST as we can..."
you know it might have been a butterfly effect thing. Maybe if he sprinted another chain of events would have happened and he could have been enslaved again
Rycon, you are the only one who can adequately quench my Kenshi thirst. Edit: Also please don't rename Park, he earned the right to keep his name I think.
I say don't name them off the player list, but let them come up with their own names based on their experiences as Freemen. They should definitely throw away their slave names, though.
As someone who does Kenshi Cinematics for youtube also, I can tell this must have taken a LOT of effort and time. Well done man. There's not many people on youtube who do Kenshi with this amount of style and effort. Props.
Oh man i like your voice and all this speech about "freedom on the horizon". But you know... Okran's Eye see all! He will guide his Holy Nation's childs to find and banish you into the Void!
Seeing you switch to not max running when checking if at max running right at the entrance of rebirth killed me ahahah, i knew you werent fast enough! Oh nooo
Yes! Been waiting for you to play this for quite a while Rycon. Hope that the long intro is a sign that at least you enjoy what Kenshi has to offer... honestly it was one of the best "cinematics" I've seen, made me wonder if you found some kind of tool to make those floor level panning shots :D Hope you didn't spoil yourself much while making the backstory, one of the best things of Kenshi is to slowly find out more about the world by playing it, but it makes sense for a person in that world to atleast know about the HN and the UCs. Have fun in this coarse, rough and irritating sand landscape!
This is awesome, was literally playing kenshi when dropped frames ended and checked to see what else was uploaded, and lo and behold Rycon uploads this! Thank you for being amazing in all that you do!
That bloody f****** angel made my soul tremble and excitement for the series when there is still shivering gray as we speak goddamn that intro was a 10/10 making me cry and you damn that was a good intro I told you make a damn good video game voice actor if not you will be a damn good voice actor
If this game keeps it up, IT WILL DEFFINATELY BECOME A CULT CLASSIC. I hope the dude that has wasted 10 years of its life does not give up. This already IS but I say IT will become a Marker on how a Vision can become reality, I hope the mastermind keeps expanding without loosing his INDIPENDENCE! This game is a true GEM!
Just wanted to say this series is a banger. Kenshi is my favorite game, bar none. I have yet to watch the new blade kenshi series, waiting for more episodes so I can binge. But this format was amazing, and I'm sure I will come back to binge this series for many years to come.
For your big escape at 28ish minutes, you can click the block button and have a ton of extra defense as your running away... also if you click passive, i believe it makes them target other people first, so i believe they would target the other two. Either way, sand just wasnt fast enough... Poor starving little guy
I gotta say after having watched whats out so far of this series: This has got to be my favorite of your let's plays. I think mostly because your narative style seems to fit for this kind of game best. I do like your fallout lets plays as well adn what ive seen of the other games so far seemed pretty neat as well, but it feels more, i dunno, cinematic in this, and the only reason I can explain myself for it is the fact that its more of an RTS mixed with rpg elements, as well as the ease at wich one can create cinematic scenes. Mad props to you for all the work and dedication you put into your series, having them run on the side has become almost necessary for my own gaming now, always looking forward to more of your content!
Yes! I love me some Kenshi, even if my PC struggles to run the darn thing. Can't wait to see what's in store for Sand and Park, it's very tough being in Holy Nation territory when you're wanted by them.
"What is Kenshi you might ask? It's a little bit like a Real Time Strategy mode blended in with a kind of Adventure/RPG styl-" "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!"
I vaguely remember watching the first few episodes of this series as it released, and today I felt the urge to some back and watch this again. I recall really enjoying the initial breakout from Rebirth and the dangerous trek across Holy Nation territory, as a very cinematic experience. I'm pleased to see my memories were correct! Even after all this time, still one of the best Let's Plays of Kenshi on RUclips!
Ahh, awesome to see you playing Kenshi, you are one of my favorite youtube gamers. And I just so happen to have been experimenting with what I call "asshole slave" training methods. Its a good way to train your character as you will basically be kept alive and fed by your enslavers. What I do is a get them captured, if they are low on laboring and/or strength I let them work for a while while carrying the heavy shackles like you did. Then when I am satisfied I also started sneaking to train that. The guards might get angry, but if you get beaten up, then next time you are send of to work you can just go to a camp bed and sleep to heal up quickly, they might yell at you but mostly leave you alone. You can sleep until night, they will not get angry if you don't return to your cage so use the opportunity to sneak around and steal stuff like food to build a stash and keep you healthy. Oh, and if you stay in a cage near a barrel you can put your shackles and other stuff in there and steal them back for thievery training (or just drop them on the ground if its stolen items). If you feel like being a real dick you can head over to one of the mounted crossbows for some turret training and start shooting your guards, do it right and they don't really get that its you, they will just run around like headless chickens and heal themselves. Next step is starting to knock out your fellow slaves while working to train assassinations (just quickly sneak, knock them out, stop sneaking and back to work), your guards are likely to skilled for you yet, after a bunch of knockouts I start knocking out my guards and removing their stuff (you could do that, hide it, and justify it as building a stash.). A hilarious thing is to then put your slave clothes on them, they will never pick up the stuff you took of and will remain in slaves clothes. If you put shackles on them and put them in a cage they will become slaves too if you want to be a dick to them (have been thinking of locking up a whole mine just to see what happens). Did that with some of the slavers, but the game tends to get really confused and start treating them as both slaves and guards and they will do the slave routine while still attacking you if you escape. Actually, I wonder if I could kidnap the phoenix, give him slave stuff and stuff him in a cage and see if he will become a slave to holy nation then. Once I have replaced all the guards armor and weapons with nothing I start to fight them for toughness and martial arts training. If you use stolen weapons then of course it also trains that. Why now? If you do what I did then you have no weapons and armor, you won't train your fighting skill much if you get knocked out in one blow, so disarming them works well. You can keep doing that until you are satisfied with your progress and escape. Basically, being an asshole slave I have found I can train all stats, and most combat and thievery skills. Only skills I haven't found a way for is mostly crafting skills.
omg you are exactly what i've been searching! most "roleplays" i've came across were goofy, weirdos obsessed with their toons butts,and baad,very baaaaad storytelling. you're playthroughs are even better than most shows that comes out of neflix and others! you're a god!i wish i could do what you do!
the first like 10 mins I thought it was a cutscene of the game and didn't realize that the narrator was rycon till after the title where he said "guys, gals, and legionnaires rycon here" seriously I legit thought it was a default cutscene and narrator till then. brilliant narrating man
I just want to say what a great job you’ve done. I have seen no other videos that do such a job like this. I’ve tried watching some other people specifically kenshi gameplay and it’s just not the same. I come back here to rewatch yours again I just want to encourage you to tell you what a great job you have done, but you probably already know that. I would love to see you do another run like this where you include all of your role-play and narration, but you also show the details of what you’re doing. That’s what I have appreciated about this series. Thank you.
My dude, if kenshi got an official book I would want you to read the audio book. Your script writing work on the epilog is just perfect and your voice compliments the mood perfectly.
I finally remembered why this first episode feels so familiar to me! That intro, with the way your voice sounds all gravely and that accent, it sounds like were entering the mad max Fury road universe
I spoiled myself watching episode 1 season 2 for a few minutes but I never thought park would be part of a long and glorious journey and still alive till this day
It's been over 4 years since I've watched this series that helped spur me to buy and play Kenshi, and now that the Kenshi bug has gotten to me again, here I am back for a rewatch.
Great mix of narrative and gameplay. This Roleplay makes it so much more enjoyable then to watch through the whole set of a standard gameplay. Quite an eye opener :-)
The skeletons are their own faction, separate from the tech hunters. However, they can be found in other factions as well. They were created by the second empire. Wonderful content. Been a fan since I discovered your F:NV work!
Oh thank goodness. I've wanted to play this game but have not found the time. I've tried to watch people play it, but they failed to capture my interest for long. Finally my favourite You-Tuber has started a series on this awesome game. This game is perfect for your unparralled talent. All the thumbs up!
The editing in this video is brilliant. You really captured the feel of this game in the first 10 minutes. I am hooked, and looking forward to this series. Kenshi is such a unique gem.
Been watching you for a while , this is my school account for what I use during my free time , my other account has a Labrador retriever as the icon . Anyway , so glad we are getting another roleplay , I mean zomboid and outlast were great , and skyrim was God tier , glad we are getting a new series .
Holy ... no words can say how happy this makes me. Love this game so much and this looks like an amazing series, cant wait to follow. This should be the official intro to Kenshi hands down by the way. Awesome job!
SPOILER ALERT!!!!! continue reading at your own risk you have been warned this is probably the best break out possible from Rebirth so i (re) tried a slave run and managed to get out after 14 days and 5-6 attempts (not sure anymore) to break out behind me. the key is having at least 2 other slaves with you (one stayed back weirldy enough to fight the guards) and i got out without damage. the best exit lies east but you should use it to reach the road leading to the main gate south.once that is passed just go all the way around west to reach the lonely shack, where you will find enough food for 4 people to get plump, a few clothes and medkits as well as a few interresting messages for runaways. from there if you head north you will find the only base around you can stay at riskfree (if you go south like rycon you have the whole holy lands in front of you, and nowhere to hide). this is the HQ of the flotsam ninjas, basically composed of ex-holy slaves (a lot of women). you can join them for free and theres a ton of mining to be done in relative safety to get your crew up and running (there are 5 (!!!) potential recruits in this base). for training there are regular raids by cannibals and bonedogs. you should use the dog corpses as food in order to spare expenses. enjoy
My hiver didn't stick around the village long. One of the guards kept coming over to me and mentioning that I was bothering the Okranites by being there. I didn't want him to reach some type of threshold where he would attack me. Had a scorchlander that I took to that village on another game and I ignored a guard's questions while I was mining. Dude goes hulk on me and slices me up with his ninja sword. DON'T TAZE ME BRO! (Yeah, I bled out, as they don't imprison their victims...)
I have yet to find another kenshi gameplay as good as yours Rycon... There is one that comes close as he does a narrative but this one is absolutely amazing dude!!! Your voice really just seals it lol
Man, I gotta say, you are a criminally underrated channel. If only someone would signal boost you. Can’t wait for the day you go viral, man. Then I can tell everyone “Ha, I knew about Rycon *before* it was cool.”
I don't like sand... It's course and rough, and it get a everywhere
-a very wise skywalker
*koifish
i love luke hes so wise
I dont'a like'uh sand, it'sa course and a rough'ah and it get a everywhere!
@@hellodarkness5644 Mama mia, Mario
@@joeyu498 It was Anakin Skywalker but alright lol
"We need someone with high toughness"
*ignores a man with 30 toughness*
"We'll take this one"
*takes the one with 14 toughness and no martial arts*
came for the game stayed for the movie
Same here...ended up subscribing as well lol love the content
same
I'm 5 years late.
I dont think we should name characters. Not Park at least, he's made a great journey on his own.
Yeah Park and Sand is like Amos and Andy. It weirdly rhymes and anything else just sounds wrong.
The characters are currently nameless and I assume they’d want to adopt different names than the ones they’d been given by the Holy Nation slavers
Freddy Manchild calm your tits
@@Messingblaas *Tits flapping wildly in the wind* Excuse me? How dare you!
@Freddy Manchild really living up to the username bud
Rycon:
-The world... has eroded
Me:
-Hell yeah, subscribed
same
Same
and the same goes for me also... as well... too.
Same
Same
"I'm just a useless slave."
"No you're not, don't ever say that...
...But pick me up and carry me where I want to go."
See? You have all sorts of uses.
@@PMauvais boy that was destructive...
@@PMauvais LOL
Amazing
I used to listen to this while falling asleep during a tragic time in my life 4 years ago, something about the desolate setting and narration brings me comfort. I still come back to it from time to time.
I fully understand that, hope that time has been kind to you
I come back to these videos as background noise a lot as well. It doesn't feel like so much time has passed.
holy shit same
Damn, same here. A few years back, had a suicide in the family. Something about this series definitely helped out.
I'm a lot better now but it's still nice to come back. Soothing, in some way. Thanks, Rycon.
still my favorite kenshi series i think i’ve watched it 3 times, and on a forth now
my way of escaping rebirth
1.train your thievery up to 80
2.steal the guard's armor and wear it as a disguise
3.steal food rations
(Optional)
4.pretend to be a soldier and train with dummies
5: train assignation high enough to knock out guards
6:put the guards into cages and poles (you're the slave now bitch)
Pulling the ol' Uno reverse card there. Very clever.
I've recently found it's very easy to just run out of Rebirth thanks to food. Surprisingly there's quite a bit of food just laying around, all you have to do is pick it up and eat when no one is looking (usually sneaking out of your cage at night). Just grab a bunch of bread/foodcubes/etc. Let your man eat and overtime he'll be perfectly fine nutritionally.
That's when you sneak out towards a gate, the guards will catch you doing so, but at that point you're able to sprint full speed. While the guards are fine nutritionally, their armor slows their Athletics, while your character, assumingly, isnt wearing any sort of thing. All they can do is watch you sprint off into the distance.
Did you just say slave rebellion
How do you train your thievery so high? I can barely steal anything without getting beaten into a 20 hour recovery coma.
@@chrisb5005 just grab random stuff at nightime when the guards are sleeping
Best game I ever had in Kenshi had me quickly lose my left arm. I acted as a one-arm bandit from that point, stealing anything and everything of good value to purchase clothes, food, and ranged weapons. I eventually replaced my arm and amputated my legs with mechanical upgrade that had me move at insane speeds throughout Kenshi. Only time it sucked is when I went through Holy Nation territory I had to take off all my prosthetics and be carried by my loyal friend so we wouldn't be attacked as they considered me a hated robot with all my augments.
Thanks for resparking my interest in the game. Redownloading it now.
Imagine some guy getting carried like a king because he had no limbs XD
Can you really just lose an arm in the base game forever?
@@drewdabrew4745 Yup. Or a leg. Bit more difficult to do anything if your leg gets yeeted off, though
had a game where I was a slave and during a escape attempt where I let loose every prisoner (similar to the amount in the video if he managed to release all of them) lost both of my legs but 1 other prisoner came back and picked me up and carried me with her to safety all while the others scattered to fought back. I don't know what happened to the others but me and the 1 other person made it back to non Holy Nation grounds and from there on my character had to constantly be carried because.... no legs. That was until we could get new legs and begin building up our bandit army to raze the Holy Nation to the ground
@@a-drewg1716 that is like an isekai prologue where mc is summoned to a world and enslaved.
This is Sand.
It's a sandbox game.
There's a lot of sand.
I don’t like sand. It’s coarse, rough, and irritating, and it goes everywhere.
Simple as
"Making sure we go as fast as possible" >Proceeds by toggling run speed a little slower.
that was absolute murder to watch
Edit: He took off the shackles, I'm dumb.
I'm pretty sure the shackles were slowing him down too
I don't think so. He did remove his shackles before breaking out, so yeah, the fact that his speed is set to jog failed him.
@@NayrAnur Yeah, true, guess I was too sleepy when watching it lol
@@NayrAnur When he was in combat he was still runing at full speed tho.
Everyone's whinging about Rycon setting his run speed to Jog, but even with 16 athletics Sand wouldn't have had a hope in hell to out run the Holy Sentinels which have a base athletics level of 40. His run speed is like 17 to maybe 18 MPH, theirs is 20 to 21 MPH. Rycon setting Sand to Jog doesn't really matter.
No but still it was fastest then he went shower
Kind of a late response, but actually it really would have helped. Since there are no running attacks in this game, the AI tries to get infront or next to you and line up a hit in order to catch you. You can actually dodge those attacks quite well and even end up getting some distance if you aren't quite as fast as them, so a small difference in speed of like 3-4 can still be compensated for. But with too big of a speed difference, it becomes much harder to escape.
@@darthplagueis13 yep, sprint mode still would have given him just a little more distance/speed to juke the attack, even if his run speed isn't higher than the guards
he could have actually escaped straight up like that, though even better would have been to try and sneak there
the intro... the character building... the way sand managed to escape even though his first attempt was foiled. PARK AND RIBS OMG. this is a masterpiece thank you for all your effort ✨
He had no idea how long he'd been there. He didn't really think it mattered. His pride as a warrior, the one thing his race held in the highest regard, had been broken utterly. Mindlessly, he dug and carved and carried for his captors, who hadn't needed so much as to threaten anything to get him to comply. Then he was given to the Overseer of Rebirth. Then, then he met Sand.
He hadn't thought much of him at first, a willful fool at best. A spy placed to ensure loyalties kept at worst. Then Sand tried to escape on his own. He failed, of course. With at least five guards per gate, to say nothing about patrols, he really had no chance. He was punished, and everyone lost some rations, nothing out of the ordinary.
But then he tried again. It was a month or so later, true, but he tried again. At first, Park was incredibly confused. This human was beaten badly, had lower rations than the rest almost constantly, and yet he still tried to escape not even a month later? Was he trying to kill them all by ration-induced starvation? It was only later, when he was mining on a shift with Ribs, one of the more veteran workers, when he finally found out why.
"Saw how you were lookin' at Sand." She whispered next to him, picking away at a copper vein.
"Yeah," Park grunted quietly, "What's his problem?"
Ribs shrugged. "Dunno, they brought him here bout twenty years ago, sneaky bastard hasn't given up on gettin' out."
Park risked a glance at Ribs, raising an eye ridge as if to say 'Really?'
Again, Ribs shrugged. "Hey, the guy steals some food from the guards every now and again and gives a good portion to the rest of us, so we try not to knock him too badly-"
One of the nearby guards smacks the hilt of his weapon on the stone nearby. "No talking, beasts."
Thus left to his own thoughts, Park tried to reason it through. He couldn't, and it wouldn't leave his mind. Days, months, perhaps a year later, it happened again. And again. Like clockwork, to the point where he could learn to tell which month it was by another of Sand's escape attempts.
Then, almost suddenly, they stopped. For one reason or another, Sand stopped his attempts. For a while, Park decided that nothing was coming of it. Of course, that was before he was woken in the middle of the night.
"Hey, Park, get up!" Came a harsh whisper, startling him from rest. He then heard a small click as the shackles on his legs came off.
Dumbstruck, Park could simply ask quietly, "How did you-" Sand shushed him, before untying him.
Sand then whispered, "Come on, this time we'll make it! I know it!"
Park looked at him, then decided to follow. He... Was not stealthy, to say the least. He could barely see Sand move in the dark, but they managed to get to the gate, where Ribs met them.
Then came what he regretted dearly. the mad dash out from the fully manned gate. Needless to say, they were thoroughly beaten.
But, by some miracle, they were left laying on the crags where they fell. Ribs... Didn't get back up, and Sand was too far ahead to know what happened at first, but he had been bandaged and shackled. Without guard. He took his chance and ran, the last cinders of his warrior spirit reigniting, and went to find Sand...
(/\)
So, how do you think of this little lore bit? I would've written more, but this was getting to be a bit much for a comment, eh?
Sincerely,
Hunter Redflame.
Hunter RedFlame this is really cool!
Love it! If you have the time and patiance please keep it going :)
An amazing supplement, please continue
It was a great addendum, very nice.
That was great, I hope I find more of your comments in the next episode.
Holy crap, the quality voiceover, the cinematic shots, the story/plot, and that’s just in the first ten minutes?! This is nothing short of an indie masterpiece, thank you for putting this much work into it.
Rycon: [lists all the races except the skelebros in the intro]
Me: [is excite for Sand's first time meeting a skelebro]
that beginning chase was rough cause you had Sand on "jog" instead of "sprint" oof. Also when you're juking, it's best to juke towards the swing rather than away as swords have a good reach. Also enemies have to move in front of you to attack as Kenshi doesn't have a run a slash sort of mechanic, so it's also good to run in reverse at times as well. It's a little tricky to get a hang of but it's possible.
@UCf9s2nMNW1Fe1zL2EKY2NMg But also check his running indicator, it's set to jog as well. So either way he was still going slower than he could've been. Not saying he would've gotten away, but would've certainly made it easier.
@Sebastian Tully Slashing does exist but what I was referring to is a running attack. There isn't a system in game where a character can chase you and hit you from behind while running. They have to intercept you from the front, stop, then attack. That's why it's pretty easy to dodge a cheese NPCs
my ADHD kicked in i really wanted to punch the screen for that "Jog"
Lmao I was dying when that happened "*cycles throught; clearly a higher option than the one he was on* Im just making sure we're going as FAST as we can..."
@@MDHDH-iy7nm Pretty sure that option means that the character goes as fast as the slowest in the party.
How you checked, if Sand had maximum speed before the escape attempt and then switched from sprint to jog! No wonder he didn't make it.
Diodoron yeah I saw that it made me laugh 😂
you know it might have been a butterfly effect thing. Maybe if he sprinted another chain of events would have happened and he could have been enslaved again
He also didn’t take the shackles off of Sand. Shackles don’t allow you to run
We need more of these type of games, We have forgotten what a true gaming experience really is.
YEEEESSSSSS!!!!! I love this game. This is a brilliant surprise.
Hehe surprise surprise
Rycon Roleplays A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
did NOT see this coming!!!
@Obi Wan Kenobi *since no one in a year has said this*
General Kenobi!
@Obi Wan Kenobi Wow, that was a fast reply for a year old comment! Thank you, you master of the force.
Es wird auch nicht langweilig sich diese Serie immer und immer wieder anzusehen. I will never get bored watching the Series over and over again.
30:45 poor guy man ..
the intro really gave me a very MAD MAX vibe to it
really love the road warrior :}
So do I
I watched first 10 minutes, then stopped the video, dropped a like, subscribed, and continued watching. Great work, good job!
Rycon, you are the only one who can adequately quench my Kenshi thirst.
Edit: Also please don't rename Park, he earned the right to keep his name I think.
I say don't name them off the player list, but let them come up with their own names based on their experiences as Freemen. They should definitely throw away their slave names, though.
As someone who does Kenshi Cinematics for youtube also, I can tell this must have taken a LOT of effort and time. Well done man. There's not many people on youtube who do Kenshi with this amount of style and effort. Props.
Oh man i like your voice and all this speech about "freedom on the horizon".
But you know... Okran's Eye see all! He will guide his Holy Nation's childs to find and banish you into the Void!
Nobody outside of the Holy nation fears your vegetable god! Here in the UC we eat okra soup!
Hell yeah. Been playing this since 2013. Love it when my RUclips subs play games I know and love..
It's so cool that many of them started playing it after 1.0!
Yojimbo Kenshi and Kurosawa movies go surprisingly well now that I think of it
I only found out in 2019
The intro alone has me hooked to this series. Thanks for making this
"We are running as fast as we can" - as he proceeds to lower running speed.
Seeing you switch to not max running when checking if at max running right at the entrance of rebirth killed me ahahah, i knew you werent fast enough! Oh nooo
The fact that Park was carrying Sand all around is adorable
The world has eroded. Thats f*cking metal dude.
Yes! Been waiting for you to play this for quite a while Rycon. Hope that the long intro is a sign that at least you enjoy what Kenshi has to offer... honestly it was one of the best "cinematics" I've seen, made me wonder if you found some kind of tool to make those floor level panning shots :D
Hope you didn't spoil yourself much while making the backstory, one of the best things of Kenshi is to slowly find out more about the world by playing it, but it makes sense for a person in that world to atleast know about the HN and the UCs. Have fun in this coarse, rough and irritating sand landscape!
This is the third time I'm watching this series. It's my comfort series to go back to.
"Why do they call you Park?"
"Cause imma Park my ass right here."
This is awesome, was literally playing kenshi when dropped frames ended and checked to see what else was uploaded, and lo and behold Rycon uploads this! Thank you for being amazing in all that you do!
I think it’s easy to forget how beautiful kenshi can be, it’s landscape are fantastic.
That bloody f****** angel made my soul tremble and excitement for the series when there is still shivering gray as we speak goddamn that intro was a 10/10 making me cry and you damn that was a good intro I told you make a damn good video game voice actor if not you will be a damn good voice actor
If this game keeps it up, IT WILL DEFFINATELY BECOME A CULT CLASSIC.
I hope the dude that has wasted 10 years of its life does not give up.
This already IS but I say IT will become a Marker on how a Vision can become reality,
I hope the mastermind keeps expanding without loosing his INDIPENDENCE!
This game is a true GEM!
3 days playing kenshi, 3 months in game, 3 minutes into the video and I know I'm gonna love it
Just wanted to say this series is a banger. Kenshi is my favorite game, bar none. I have yet to watch the new blade kenshi series, waiting for more episodes so I can binge. But this format was amazing, and I'm sure I will come back to binge this series for many years to come.
Kenshi? Best birthday present ever. Thanks Rycon!
Happy Birthday!
Happy bday Codreanu!
Happy birthday, Coddykins
Happy birthday!
This looks incredibly cool. Just back visiting the channel after a long hiatus. Hooked.
Hey epower!
"We are running as fast as we can, just making sure that we are" *sets from run to jog*
For your big escape at 28ish minutes, you can click the block button and have a ton of extra defense as your running away... also if you click passive, i believe it makes them target other people first, so i believe they would target the other two. Either way, sand just wasnt fast enough... Poor starving little guy
This video is so theatrical, it's just like a movie. The way the youtuber narrates is very emotional.
I gotta say after having watched whats out so far of this series: This has got to be my favorite of your let's plays. I think mostly because your narative style seems to fit for this kind of game best. I do like your fallout lets plays as well adn what ive seen of the other games so far seemed pretty neat as well, but it feels more, i dunno, cinematic in this, and the only reason I can explain myself for it is the fact that its more of an RTS mixed with rpg elements, as well as the ease at wich one can create cinematic scenes.
Mad props to you for all the work and dedication you put into your series, having them run on the side has become almost necessary for my own gaming now, always looking forward to more of your content!
Three years later and this is still the best intro for Kenshi that has ever graced us. Truly a work of art.
Yes! I love me some Kenshi, even if my PC struggles to run the darn thing. Can't wait to see what's in store for Sand and Park, it's very tough being in Holy Nation territory when you're wanted by them.
"What is Kenshi you might ask? It's a little bit like a Real Time Strategy mode blended in with a kind of Adventure/RPG styl-"
"SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!"
I'm just past the intro, and I feel how much heart goes into this
That intro was phenomenal. It gave me goosebumps. The music, the cinematography, and especially the narration. You're a true story teller Rycon.
I only recently discovered Kenshi somehow but already am addicted. And your video just fuels my desire to play it.
I vaguely remember watching the first few episodes of this series as it released, and today I felt the urge to some back and watch this again. I recall really enjoying the initial breakout from Rebirth and the dangerous trek across Holy Nation territory, as a very cinematic experience.
I'm pleased to see my memories were correct! Even after all this time, still one of the best Let's Plays of Kenshi on RUclips!
Ahh, awesome to see you playing Kenshi, you are one of my favorite youtube gamers.
And I just so happen to have been experimenting with what I call "asshole slave" training methods. Its a good way to train your character as you will basically be kept alive and fed by your enslavers.
What I do is a get them captured, if they are low on laboring and/or strength I let them work for a while while carrying the heavy shackles like you did. Then when I am satisfied I also started sneaking to train that. The guards might get angry, but if you get beaten up, then next time you are send of to work you can just go to a camp bed and sleep to heal up quickly, they might yell at you but mostly leave you alone. You can sleep until night, they will not get angry if you don't return to your cage so use the opportunity to sneak around and steal stuff like food to build a stash and keep you healthy. Oh, and if you stay in a cage near a barrel you can put your shackles and other stuff in there and steal them back for thievery training (or just drop them on the ground if its stolen items).
If you feel like being a real dick you can head over to one of the mounted crossbows for some turret training and start shooting your guards, do it right and they don't really get that its you, they will just run around like headless chickens and heal themselves.
Next step is starting to knock out your fellow slaves while working to train assassinations (just quickly sneak, knock them out, stop sneaking and back to work), your guards are likely to skilled for you yet, after a bunch of knockouts I start knocking out my guards and removing their stuff (you could do that, hide it, and justify it as building a stash.). A hilarious thing is to then put your slave clothes on them, they will never pick up the stuff you took of and will remain in slaves clothes. If you put shackles on them and put them in a cage they will become slaves too if you want to be a dick to them (have been thinking of locking up a whole mine just to see what happens). Did that with some of the slavers, but the game tends to get really confused and start treating them as both slaves and guards and they will do the slave routine while still attacking you if you escape. Actually, I wonder if I could kidnap the phoenix, give him slave stuff and stuff him in a cage and see if he will become a slave to holy nation then.
Once I have replaced all the guards armor and weapons with nothing I start to fight them for toughness and martial arts training. If you use stolen weapons then of course it also trains that. Why now? If you do what I did then you have no weapons and armor, you won't train your fighting skill much if you get knocked out in one blow, so disarming them works well. You can keep doing that until you are satisfied with your progress and escape.
Basically, being an asshole slave I have found I can train all stats, and most combat and thievery skills. Only skills I haven't found a way for is mostly crafting skills.
omg you are exactly what i've been searching!
most "roleplays" i've came across were goofy, weirdos obsessed with their toons butts,and baad,very baaaaad storytelling.
you're playthroughs are even better than most shows that comes out of neflix and others!
you're a god!i wish i could do what you do!
the first like 10 mins I thought it was a cutscene of the game and didn't realize that the narrator was rycon till after the title where he said "guys, gals, and legionnaires rycon here" seriously I legit thought it was a default cutscene and narrator till then. brilliant narrating man
Seeing Power Core 25k cats value:
"There is absolutely nothing down here..."
He sounds like the clone narrating in battlefront II
I just want to say what a great job you’ve done. I have seen no other videos that do such a job like this. I’ve tried watching some other people specifically kenshi gameplay and it’s just not the same. I come back here to rewatch yours again I just want to encourage you to tell you what a great job you have done, but you probably already know that. I would love to see you do another run like this where you include all of your role-play and narration, but you also show the details of what you’re doing. That’s what I have appreciated about this series. Thank you.
You don't have to run faster than the Holy Paladins, you just have to run faster than your fellow slaves...
My dude, if kenshi got an official book I would want you to read the audio book. Your script writing work on the epilog is just perfect and your voice compliments the mood perfectly.
I finally remembered why this first episode feels so familiar to me! That intro, with the way your voice sounds all gravely and that accent, it sounds like were entering the mad max Fury road universe
I spoiled myself watching episode 1 season 2 for a few minutes but I never thought park would be part of a long and glorious journey and still alive till this day
Bro! It just hit me! Over here sounding like the narrator and storytelling Spartan in 300!
Your intro is legendary. it goes to show how you can easily RP the heck out of this game.
Lmao, I love that you when attempting to ensure you're running full speed, you set it to 2/3rds speed, jogging, instead of full sprint.
Ten minutes in and I feel more invested in this series than I have any other Kenshi playthrough I've ever watched.
The river raptor attack was such a deus ex machina. This is some great storytelling.
All thanks to the wonderful game
It's been over 4 years since I've watched this series that helped spur me to buy and play Kenshi, and now that the Kenshi bug has gotten to me again, here I am back for a rewatch.
I will say, I love this game. Been playing it recently, and it's very rapidly become one of my favourites, can't wait to see you play this!
Great mix of narrative and gameplay. This Roleplay makes it so much more enjoyable then to watch through the whole set of a standard gameplay. Quite an eye opener :-)
Coming back to this... This is the most epic role play let's play series I've watched. Rycon thanks for this gold.
Holy shit take my sub!
The video as a whole is awsome as hell,but the "intro" gave me goosebumps,solid work m8!
Hyped for more content!
Rycon, I have never seen Kenshi before, but I can tell that it is a game that I would enjoy playing. Thank you for introducing me to this RPG!
The skeletons are their own faction, separate from the tech hunters. However, they can be found in other factions as well. They were created by the second empire.
Wonderful content. Been a fan since I discovered your F:NV work!
Oh thank goodness. I've wanted to play this game but have not found the time. I've tried to watch people play it, but they failed to capture my interest for long. Finally my favourite You-Tuber has started a series on this awesome game. This game is perfect for your unparralled talent. All the thumbs up!
This is so intense. I love it, especially when park escaped and join you. This is an epic story so far.
The editing in this video is brilliant. You really captured the feel of this game in the first 10 minutes. I am hooked, and looking forward to this series. Kenshi is such a unique gem.
Holy fudge.... the narration got me invested at 5 seconds mark. New sub!!!!
Been watching you for a while , this is my school account for what I use during my free time , my other account has a Labrador retriever as the icon . Anyway , so glad we are getting another roleplay , I mean zomboid and outlast were great , and skyrim was God tier , glad we are getting a new series .
Holy ... no words can say how happy this makes me. Love this game so much and this looks like an amazing series, cant wait to follow. This should be the official intro to Kenshi hands down by the way. Awesome job!
Rewatching this series, so awsome. Thanks for awsome content!
Remember to not get too attached to sand him like everyone else can die at anytime
just picked up playing Kenshi after it’s sat in my Steam Library for a year or so.
godamn it’s good.
it’s very good.
there's no words for that intro you put together, so good. The intro alone is worth watching, and we get gameplay too ? Oh my.
27:58 lol you WERE running at top speed, til you switched it!!!
So many lucky encounter and bad luck all together, this episode is like roller coaster very interesting and intense.
Watching this years late playing along only to find out there’s like 80 more episodes is the best shit
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
continue reading at your own risk
you have been warned
this is probably the best break out possible from Rebirth
so i (re) tried a slave run and managed to get out after 14 days and 5-6 attempts (not sure anymore) to break out behind me. the key is having at least 2 other slaves with you (one stayed back weirldy enough to fight the guards) and i got out without damage. the best exit lies east but you should use it to reach the road leading to the main gate south.once that is passed just go all the way around west to reach the lonely shack, where you will find enough food for 4 people to get plump, a few clothes and medkits as well as a few interresting messages for runaways. from there if you head north you will find the only base around you can stay at riskfree (if you go south like rycon you have the whole holy lands in front of you, and nowhere to hide).
this is the HQ of the flotsam ninjas, basically composed of ex-holy slaves (a lot of women). you can join them for free and theres a ton of mining to be done in relative safety to get your crew up and running (there are 5 (!!!) potential recruits in this base). for training there are regular raids by cannibals and bonedogs. you should use the dog corpses as food in order to spare expenses.
enjoy
My hiver didn't stick around the village long. One of the guards kept coming over to me and mentioning that I was bothering the Okranites by being there. I didn't want him to reach some type of threshold where he would attack me. Had a scorchlander that I took to that village on another game and I ignored a guard's questions while I was mining. Dude goes hulk on me and slices me up with his ninja sword. DON'T TAZE ME BRO! (Yeah, I bled out, as they don't imprison their victims...)
Glad to see you're playing this. Every roleplay channel needs to know of this game. It's on another level.
This is the first I’ve seen of Kenshi, looks like my sort of game, going to enjoy watching these for sure, having a new RP is always refreshing
Awesome man!! Also love the atmosphere of the music/narration at the start, really great setup.
I have yet to find another kenshi gameplay as good as yours Rycon... There is one that comes close as he does a narrative but this one is absolutely amazing dude!!! Your voice really just seals it lol
No way! Awesome! I've been hooked on this game ever since I first came across it a couple months ago. It's a wish come true to see this here.
Just discovered your channel through this series, been loving Kenshi for a decade and am very impatient for the next episode
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger is taken literal in this game
PArk is liek that homie you meet and just get along with on the first impressions and it just spirals into a tight bonded friendship.
Subscribed during the intro. This is that good. Well done man
Man, I gotta say, you are a criminally underrated channel. If only someone would signal boost you. Can’t wait for the day you go viral, man. Then I can tell everyone “Ha, I knew about Rycon *before* it was cool.”