I installed Factorio 4 times, and uninstalled it three times.
The slow pace at the start, and the somewhat lifeless 2D isometric graphics simply didn't do it for me.
But the blog posts were fascinating, and people kept raving about it, so on that 4th install I decided to soldier on and actually get somewhere.
I now rate it as one of the greatest games ever made. It is insanely technically impressive, able to run megabases with trains and belts and robots and inserters and all the rest of it at 60 FPS. It doesn't crash. It's incredibly fun and very addictive. Amazing mods, amazing community.
I can't wait for the expansion. I'll just assume from the start it will be as polished as Factorio is.
I apologize in advance for introducing the risk of ruining your life.. but I highly recommend checking out Captain of Industry.
It has a faster start, real world processes, terraforming and I believe is better than Factorio in every way. I consider Factorio a genre defining game and while Satisfactory and DSP comes close to surpassing it their 3d nature makes the game's puzzles easier to solve. Captain of Industry makes the puzzles just as difficult as Factorio despite having more dimensions. CoI has a lot more resources you need to manage as well.
The slow pace at the start, and the somewhat lifeless 2D isometric graphics simply didn't do it for me.
But the blog posts were fascinating, and people kept raving about it, so on that 4th install I decided to soldier on and actually get somewhere.
I now rate it as one of the greatest games ever made. It is insanely technically impressive, able to run megabases with trains and belts and robots and inserters and all the rest of it at 60 FPS. It doesn't crash. It's incredibly fun and very addictive. Amazing mods, amazing community.
I can't wait for the expansion. I'll just assume from the start it will be as polished as Factorio is.