Factorio

Think Settlers game: In order to make bread, you need Grain farm to produce grain, then Mill for flour and finally Bakery for bread. Factorio took this simple concept of making bread and added fifty additional steps into it. Problem is, that there is simply no point in this. You just build things for the sake of building things. And most of them are nothing more but a pretty picture in your inventory. I am sorry, I know that this is still an early access game and there will be additional content, but I just didn't have fun. Playing Factorio feels more like going to work than having good relaxing time with a game.

No discounts and they even higher the price? Funny developer.

get it. mindustry.

This is an early access game, and they are charging $30 here on GOG. If you buy here, you will NOT have access to public games, or updates direct from the vender. You will only get updates through GOG which may be delayed. To charge $30 per single used on an early access game is rediculous. To not even provide single access account to the Factorio.com resources is theft. I do not recommend purchasing this game, nor will I ever buy from this developer. Bad business practices.

Factorio is a game I've tried to "get". I understand the individual pieces, but then attempting to make them all fit together is where I get a bit lost. Your ultimate goal is allegedly clear: Make a rocket and send a signal into space to... Well, it's an endgoal. The problem so happens to be the million or so steps between that goal. And several distractions, even though it also feels like there are logical things missing. Like weather. Picture this: You've crash landed on a planet. My first concern would be a shelter. The game says: "Build a drilling rig". Instead of attempting to tame the alien fauna, the game says: "Bust a cap in them like a G." The only use for water is to power your industrial machines, the only use for food is pithy healing. But hey, it's implied that you're some kind of alien in a biosuit, maybe you're silicon based and don't need for what we take as basic needs. The building of a rocket is a massive logistical undertaking, even though gunpowder, liquid oxygen, and ethanol are conspicuously absent from the game. Speaking of conspicuous, there are several superfluous systems included in the game. Never during my many times of playing the game did I think, "Boy, I sure could use a wire speaker here!" To wit, the many items included in the game often distract or detract from your final goal, and there are many research branches that while required, themselves often contain nothing worthwhile. And...this is a game that relishes in being a zeerust industrial hell. There's very little in the way of colors, the OST is minimal at best, and the circumstances of the planet gives the impression of being primeval or past the prime of itself. It just isn't the kind of game for me. There's a few other factors here or there, but I feel that mentioning them is beyond the scope of reviews.