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Posted on: October 10, 2021

Gsom900

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Games: 183 Reviews: 22

Incredible game, but low replayability.

This game is outright awesome. The steampunk cold apocalypse shown just right, visuals, sound and music in this game is the main selling point. This is true art right there. Gameplay is solid as well, its a very time limited city builder with strong emphasis in resourse management and foreplanning. It offers original map of the city where it is necessary to build around core Generator. Keep your citizens fed, healthy, warm and calm. Hope and discontent add a good headache to captain you play as on top of everything else. The minmal goal is to survive for 50 days, by any means. Sounds exciting and it really is! But this is clearly a spiritual successor to "This war of mine", another game from the same developer and sadly, it has the same problems. First is replayability, game offers several scenarios with various goals and starting conditions. You can even play in the greenery of the Last Autumn. But after first playtrhough you dont really have to play it again to see something new. Most likely you'll visit all the map markers, build most useful buildings and upgrades, try everything except for one of two mutually exclusive path of restoring hope which you pick every run. Second is keeping your citizens calm. This war of mine had very big issues with mental health of your characters. Same happens here, poor captain tries his best to keep everyone ALIVE yet these morons nag and cry about horrible living conditions. In 'A new home' scenario there are even Londoneers who want to go back to dead city they barely escaped from! WHY?! I understand game design decision behind this player task, but it's really stupid. Or my expectations from people in such dire situation are way overstated. So you quickly find out the most effective ways of running the city and abusing several exploits in the game and thats it. Still, compared to 'war' and on its own, this game is worth taking a look and several hours of your time. If not for gameplay but for style alone. Very well done 11bit

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Posted on: December 20, 2023

GeneraluStelaru

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Games: 363 Reviews: 7

It gives me angst and I like it

When I showered this morning, I genuinely felt grateful for having internal heating. I'm only ~30% into the main game, and it's entertaining, even if it's taking an emotional toll. The challenges that arise, be they due to shifts in temperature, events, or miscalculations, will force you to adopt social changes (laws) that you wouldn't have otherwise. That being said, Frost Punk plays like a roguelike in a sense. You'll most likely fail miserably the first time and become more adept at managing and facing the hurdles better and better on retries, especially since the beats happen in the same order. Also, most event triggers are under your control. I would generally see this as a negative. Still, FrostPunk includes several additional scenarios (more w/ DLC), all featuring different maps and circumstances, which appear to be fresh experiences in and of themselves. I wouldn't know for sure as I'm writing this. But for 80% off, the primary campaign is totally worth the $. Took one star off because I'm edgy and wanted to grab your attention.

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Posted on: February 2, 2020

dmkgman

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Games: 139 Reviews: 7

Its alright, but buy it in a sale

I will keep this short. The game is relatively simple to play and each game plays out much the same. Each campaign is relatively short and is over in a couple of hours and once you get to grips with the gameplay, you will realise its all rather shallow. The interactive "story" such as it is has no actual depth and after you get over the initial impression formed by the look and style of the game, you (if you are like me at least) will swiftly discover that the game is very much a case of "style over substance". Dont get me wrong, there is some fun to be had with it, but its not at all worth the full price and all in all, your time would really be better spent in a game that is genuinely good.

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Posted on: April 4, 2020

mum666

Games: 58 Reviews: 2

Disappointing

I really wanted to like this game, the idea is great, music is great, the graphic quality is ok too... but it is soo boring after a few hours, I had to force myself to play. It's just too much of the same stuff over and over again. If only it had more choices in the law and technology trees, and also more buildings etc. it justs ends too quickly and then it's only expeditions and snowstorms, nothing else.

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Posted on: March 11, 2022

GENLTD

Games: 45 Reviews: 12

Very much a one shot play

At the very beginning its great, new choices, new directions and things to explore, but very quickly you start to realise that exploring is all the same and so is the weather, predictable even. Once you've completed the 'mission', your left with expansions which are just tedious and boring. Even if you succeed at the 'endless', it really is endless with no rewards and just more of the same. There is no user contributed content, only the 'expansions' and I have yet to find any multiplayer features meaning, this really is all there is. Finally, things that annoy me the most; the sound effects are really poor, then endless prompts which are all the same, and finally the 'demands' which are as predictable as the rising of the sun.

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