Frostpunk

Why this title with 5 stars ? Because this game is so intense, so breathtaking, that it cannot be long enough ! Play it and you will want more, so much more !!!

Very immersive and well balanced.

This is the game I cannot start playing after 10PM or I'll end up awake at 5am still playing it. I cannot say anything that other reviewers have not stated already. Setting and premise are great. Tone is spot on. Controls good. Mechanics will kill you. Think about actions and consequences. You can try things, experiment, run your city into ruin. You can slaughter all your people. It's upto you. Or if you want, you can play a game, hate it and start a new one. The bugs are there yes and there is not a lot of meat on the bone yet. But YET, the developers are working to fatten this turkey up and make sure it's got the flavor to keep you there. If you see this game at full price, I will advise the price is a little on the higher side. If you see it for more than 10%, then snag it. Either way, the developers are making the updates free for the very long term and forseeable future. And so far, they've kept their timetable.

First...i was surprised, i expected a citybuilder/survival hybrid but Forstpunk is more special...i would call it a eventdriven crisismanager. You have a special setup, story, city&World-events for each scenario, modified by the things you(as a leader) do, the difficulty and the "meta"-situation. Many Events can't be avoided,but if you payed attention you will see most of them coming and can prepare yourself&yourcity...and with every event&action you will form your story/your city and the "way of live"...well expect your changes made the people to angry and the come at night with torches&forks... I.The lenght of the scenarios! is short and through the fixed Events there is a limited number of ways you can play them(5 for the 1) but the scenarios are very different with nice lore/intersting story/events. I read some reviews stating they neeed only 2-4h for the game..well...from the description they made a speedrun of the first scenario, skipped the events, ignored the story&the lore...I can only say...if you don't like storyevents, if you're no interested in lore&atmosphere and you play only the managerpart with 10*speed the game will be short but you choosed the wrong game. Why playing HOI or UI if you don't like grand strategy... II.UI&Infos...i read several comments that you don't get enough info and the bad controlls...all infos are there...theres a biig button that gives you all statistic data..like how much coal you have, how much you gather per hour&day, how much you use how the coal is used, how long the storage last...you can even see the temperaturechanges several days ahead...the only thing i found annoying is the buildgrid but well..the big stove is the heart of the city..it makes sense to build around him..i just don't like it :) III.Law&choices Most comments about the Law&Choice-system showed me...the people either didn't play the even first 20days or they did not progress through the Lore/Story (or ignored it). Out of letters:(

Hard decisions, played a lot.