The Legend of Khiimori

Bait and switch, the game's kickstarter and road map mentioned nothing about corruption being added. Game lags in forest biomes. Devs have refused to listen to feedback.

No longer as advertised, corruption update ruins it completely.

The developers don't respect the original players or historical Mongolia, only the amount of money they can scam from prospective buyers. It broke my heart how thinly the historical setting is veneered over a cheap Ubisoft-style clone with generic fantastical elements. No respect for the actual culture, history, or even ecology of Mongolia. Disgraceful. My deepest wish for this game is for the developers to course correct and restore the advertised product. I wanted to spend time in a faithful recreation of a time period not often used for modern storytelling. There are so many people who agree, and many, many more who want the horse game they were promised. It's not too late. Please.

so sad to make a review that doesn't recommend this game because honestly when I first got it I was having a lot of fun.. but as many other people will tell you, adding corruption to this game has ruined it. I was recommended this game and watched a few content creators and was given the overall view that this would be a realistic courier sim sort of game, I don't mind combat and in fact I often play games with combat in them but.. the way it was descried to me, it seemed like this game was meant to non-stressful, and the corruption is the exact opposite of a non-stressful experience. I feel like this game was on the right track to become a nice past time, something to play when you just want to unwind and don't want to worry about having to battle or solve puzzles or whatnot. I KNOW that without the corruption it kind of felt like a glorified fetch quest simulator, but I liked it that way and I thought that was the intention. at the end of the day the corruption features fully break any immersion, how am I supposed to get immersed in this world as realistic if the very world itself is turning hostile against me and literally attacking me with magic. My suggestion to the developers (because at the end of the game, I DO want to see this game succeed) is that if you are trying to make your game more exciting, focus on the realistic ways to do so. You have wolves, you have bears, why not focus on those? Work on their ai, make them more realistic and work on making them tie into the actual game instead of just being an obstacle you barely come into contact with. I would love to see the creatures as an actual part of the world, and not just a nuisance that wont ever leave me alone if I come close enough for it to pathfind to me. I just feel like there are so many other aspects of this game you could focus on and improve, but instead your pouring your efforts into a feature that most people dislike, hoping to win them over, but it wont win them over because its just too out of place in the game, it doesn't fit in at all and it makes me feel like I was just dropped into a new game that I want nothing to do with. Yes, theres an option to turn corruption off, but every time you close and reopen the game you have to turn it off again because its automatically turned on, the game assumes you want this, assumes you want y our world to be unlivable, why would I want that? Why would anyone want a game that actively blocks you from playing it (cannot go to waystations that have been corrupted), the answer is, we don't.

Downright disappointing. Was promised a delightful exploration courier experience but it's become some strange magical combat game. It's messy, buggy, unfinished, and honestly boring. The horses, the supposed MAIN feature, look weird and move unpleasant on M&K, but the combat is almost impossible on controller. Maybe it's a fun game for some people once it's done, but it's absolutely not what was promised. Edit: Looking at the kickstarter page, I paid 49 euros for my name to be in the credits. Said credits aren't even in alphabetical order so finding your own name is impossible in the sea of thousands. Even the added features are a letdown.

This update has entirely killed the vibe and I wish I hadn't purchased it. I was looking for a Mongolian-themed wilderness-travel and slow paced game. Evidently, that's no longer on the menu. I had played a few times and liked what I saw, waiting for some refinement before I continued. What they've gone into now is beyond the pale for the game I was initially advertised. No thanks.

I recommend waiting until this game has fully released and figured out it's identity crisis. When I wish-listed this game it promised to be a NO COMBAT game, just courier verses the environment. When I bought the game they'd added hunting, which was gray to the original promise but fit with wilderness survival in a historical setting and animals are were not throwing themselves at you willy nilly around every corner. You had to go looking for things to hunt and the predators only got angry when you invaded their dens. Still a realistic game with little combat and the elements being the primary adversary. Now they have added generic purple bad magic bull$ and boss fights. To a game that promised NO COMBAT. No matter what anyone else is saying, this was NEVER the original plan. I wish I could refund for this bait and switch.

I’m really frustrated with the corruption mechanic. The fact that you can’t permanently cleanse areas makes all the effort you put into clearing the map feel pointless. Breeding is a crucial part of the game, but whenever I skip time for breeding, the corruption simply spreads again and undoes all the work I’ve done. It basically turns breeding into a choice between actually using the feature or leaving the game running just to avoid making the corruption worse. And inventory space has honestly become a joke. With all the new items you’re expected to carry around just for this repetitive cleansing mechanic, there’s barely any room left for actual cargo — let alone basic resources like wood or stone that you might need to repair a bridge on the other side of the map. The map is already huge, horses get tired, cargo deteriorates, and travelling back and forth takes a lot of time. Now you also have to sacrifice valuable inventory space for cleansing supplies while constantly returning to areas you’ve already cleared because the corruption comes back. All of these mechanics combined make exploration feel unnecessarily tedious rather than challenging or rewarding. I really enjoy the game, but I wish cleansing an area could actually be permanent, or at the very least that corruption wouldn’t progress when skipping time for breeding. Right now, it feels like the game is actively punishing you for using its own core mechanics: breed your horses and lose your cleansing progress, carry cleansing supplies and lose your cargo space, or leave useful resources behind and potentially have to cross half the map again when you need them.