Posted on: April 11, 2018

Early Access review

fuinril

Games: 205 Reviews: 7

One of the best game ever !

Build a rocket to escape the planet on which you crashed.... Silly concept. But, for this rocket to be built you have to go through a long and complex road of automatization. And here Factorio shine ! the possibilities are awesome ! Some are obvious, some need devious, clever way of thinking but the possibilities are limitless ! Not an easy game to be sure. It will challenge your sense of organization, you will learn that Murphy's law is not a vain word and you will even, at times, be discouraged from the complexity.... especially when you will need something you did not forsee and need to rebuild half your factory... But be assured it's fair (you do not loose anything save for time when rebuilding) and rewarding : the launch of your first rocket will be a great moment for you ! That is Factorio : a clever game where you have to carefully think, plan, test patterns, balance ressources and items you craft... Understand what work and what does not work on a (very) large scale.... A true gem ! Special note for mods : the game is fully moddable and some change drastically the scope of the game, making it challenging again even for the most season players out there !

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Posted on: May 28, 2021

eisi123

Games: 100 Reviews: 4

No time for writing...

...I was low on plastic and needed more oil. So I had to extend my train network. And as I had to touch it for that, I wanted to give it that overhaul I had planned anyway. Now I have to really extend my logstic network, because who wants to build a new train network by hand?! Thats why I need more plastic and have to rebuild my train network by hand!

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Posted on: July 28, 2021

merkavro

Games: 225 Reviews: 9

a game that has set it's own standards

I bought this on another platfrom when it went on sale. Like most people, I do have accounts on other platforms and I buy things when they go on sale so I can afford to play. Aside from platform issues and work arounds, when reviews are looking at other factory games, they are always compared to Factorio. This game has pretty well set the standards for factory games and that alone says pretty well everything. It's like Lego (c) for adults and emerging adults. I have hundreds of hours played on this game and I can loose track of all time as I engage in puting the pieces together how I like. Playing this game unlocked a whole new genre of games for me and now I simply love playing factory games; but I still always compare them to Factorio. BTW: I do not think that there is another factory builder game that can do as much as Factorio in what it does (regardles of 2D, 2 1/2D, or 1st person). So whatever platform you can get this game on I would recommend to get it and give yourself a long block of time to relax, watch some tutoiral videos and just start slow.

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Posted on: January 2, 2017

Early Access review

Lamech90

Games: 119 Reviews: 1

Great game & timesink

This game is problem solving and puzzles in a way, Build and expend all you can, but remember to secure your fronts or you will pay for it! Vanilla is OK, but Factorio with mods? Holy fuck! I have games with over 100h no problems And don't turn of the enemies... Or well when you know who the game work more or less. Play the game with enemies, it forces you to rethink and not forget to protect your stuff. And with mods, the game will be more complex and sooo much more stuff to do and things to figure out. But heck, it's a lot of fun!

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Posted on: June 16, 2016

Early Access review

Drasnov

Games: 69 Reviews: 1

Addicting - Turn back now!

Don't do it! Save yourself RIGHT NOW and click away! This review is based off the "off the website" version from Factorio.com which I got a while ago. I have been playing Factorio since the early days (before oil refining was implemented) and after what I am embarrassed to say might be ~200 hrs I still find myself looking up from the game 5 hours after I loaded up my map to "just check on my steel production real quick" and wondering how it happened again. I've played this game on a windows machine as well as on a 2013 MacBook Air and it runs beautifully on both. (After about 70 hours when it takes several minutes to DRIVE across my factory and I have hundreds of robots dashing about the MacBook Air will start getting hot, that's how I know to start a new map.) The game is addicting, I'm constantly learning better ways to play the game, new tricks and designs to try out. The modding community is amazing and has some incredible support, and once they drop .13 it's only going to get better. The developers are always putting out meaningful updates and bug fixes regularly which makes me come back to play more every few months if I somehow move on to another game. Make sure that you look up some information just to get the start of the game down or run through the campaign/tutorials (I've never played through them but I've heard they are good) I don't review things, but this game and these devs deserve as many good words as I can type out on a page. If you like worrying about how you are going to get ammunition to your remote mining bases on your train system while still getting the raw ore back efficiently to your Mega-Smelting block, Buy It. If you like seeing waves of Bugs crash against your walls and melt in front of your turrets, which then get automatically repaired by automatic bots tied to your production line, Buy It. If you want to fall asleep wondering if you need to add in another oil refinery to increase your rubber production, Buy It. Just buy it

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