Frostpunk

Apart from the severe starting problems you have when you have not installed every update available for Windows 7 it runs fine. Be warned if you like Sim City or similar and expect something like this - it is nowhere in that direction. You will play scenario only and the game is made up like a browser game and not like a simulation. Events are scripted and you will always follow the same goals. The atmosphere is fine - postapocalyptic and if you like those kind of sad stories you will probably like this one. Gameplay, handling and everything seems polished and I had no "wtf" moments once you got the grip of it. Difficulty is very well balanced, sometimes you fail if you do not set your priorities right but not so much it would seem to difficult. You are essentially stuck at your city with a small defined space to build on - no map, no world. Outside events are just story and sending scouts to locations on a larger map. Gfx: Very good Sound: Very good Usability: Good Gameplay: Mediocre Story: Good Replayability: No Comparable to: Browser games but better Gfx and stuff. NOT like: Sim City, Fallout, Siedler

One of the few games on gog.com that I just HAD to buy after trying it. This game is bone chilling and exciting at the same time. Dire situations where you have to think fast about a solution to the problems that occur frequently. I haven't tried the 'Endless mode' yet, but all of the campaign I completely adore. And the music.. Wauw! From the moment the game starts you are bombarded with beautifully composed string instrumentals and powerful atmospheres. It was simply a no-brainer when I had €5 in wallet-funds from gog.com that I should, of course, spend it on the original soundtrack: https://www.gog.com/game/frostpunk_original_soundtrack HIGHLY recommend this game to anyone who loves winter, chilling atmosphere, exploration and city building.

Really, the mechanics of the game are fun. They know how to make a fun game. The trick is to force the gamer to make constant choices. But this is what I consider game fatigue. There is no free time in a game, there is constantly some kind of trial. Most of those trials are negative events, not positive ones. I pay money to play this game, but there are more irritations and trials than positives in the game, so while the game mechanics are enjoyable, the game scenarios are not. The trials are endured and the town develops, but the citizens don't know contentment. The game lacks positive feedback. It's becoming more of a chore than my life and I'm not enjoying it because there's no reward for solving so many problems. Why should I get involved in something that is more trouble than my life in the name of a game?

As a fan of survival and city builder games, Frost Punk feels like the perfect crossover of my two favourite genres. While I was initially very excited and quite hooked to it, this city builder, sadly, got old quite fast. Like its name suggests, in Frost Punk you'll have to deal with a lot of cold, snow, and ice. Set in an alternate, post-Industrial Revolution steampunk world, you are tasked with helping a fledgling colony survive in a world where the warmth of the sun we know has gone and a landscape of permanent frost and snow takes over. In order to survive, you will have to balance your people's needs with practical decisions, while facing the increasingly harsh climate and the terrible snowstorms that befall your small population. However, that's where the fun stops after a while. After you've started establishing your city and making a couple of difficult decisions here and there, you'll find that the whole game starts to become repetitive. The problem lies in the in-game economy, and this one runs on coal. Because coal is what keeps your settlement running, expect to spend almost all your time either managing its production and stockpiling for the next snowstorm, or finding ways to produce or obtain more coal as you expand your population. While the game's economy also includes other resources, such as wood and steel, those are generally used for building and upgrading and their respective industries can be left alone to run by themselves. All that mattered in Forst Punk, is coal. After more than 30 in-game days of looking at my coal production spreadsheet and the neverending quest for coal was starting to feel tiresome and old. You'll never have enough workers in the game, so you'll always have to find a compromise between coal production and fulfilling your other needs. In the meantime, the weather is only getting harsher so whatever decision you make, in the end, the coal industry always wins.

Another 11bit game, another masterpiece. How do they do it? As I read the negative or partially negative reviews I see one common complaint - not fleshed out enough. Potential not fulfilled. I think people want this game to be something it is not. It's not a city builder. It's not sandbox like Simcity or Skyline. Frostpunk is the exact opposite from a sandbox where sky is the limit. Frostpunk is all about limits. It's a survival strategy game, maybe the first of its kind. That's why I think the Endless mode was a mistake. The developers caved to a popular demand but this game was not designed to be and endless sandbox and it shows. Where it absolutely excels though are the story-driven, scripted scenarios. Frostpunk is basically This War of Mine, only scaled up to a city level. Instead of a few refugees you're trying to keep alive an entire city, while scavenging around for resources. As such, it's glorious.