Frostpunk

The game itself is OK, if not somewhat simplistic. It's really a easy game right up until the finale. Then the "coming storm" game mechanic can ruin your ending without warning. It tells you that you have 3 days to rescue some people, then without warning with still a day or so on the clock the site becomes inaccessible due to the storm. If you are going to set objectives and attach time frames to them, be honest about the time frames especially if the player's entire game depends on it. Fatal flaw to the game.

I cannot give a bad rating because I spent some memorable hours playing with this. But yeah… So, the game is basically very enjoyable. Especially if you like steampunk and city builders, in that case you will love it. On the game-play side there are only a few flaws, like the tutorial is kind-of not well designed, I had to restart the game a couple times so my people don’t die off in the first 3 day, because I did not know what to do or how to do it. There are some bugs though not really annoying ones. And some mechanics feel a bit forced, like hunting. It is unclear to me what they are hunting. People are freezing and dying inside a heated shelter, what could possibly survive outside? The story is interesting, it presents you with some difficult decisions, which also happens to be its undoing because after a while it becomes rather depressing. I could not force myself to go on after the second scenario. And I do not like the “development cycle” either. The “let’s divide the game into many parts, sell each for a half-game price, and get loaded” philosophy. I really miss the old days when devs were releasing one game for the price of one game. I am not saying you should not buy it; I did. But I really do not feel good about supporting this type of game development.

I never thought of it much when i saw it on steam. thanks too xbox game pass I have never felt such strong emotions of fear, depression, morrally caring, and guilty. You feel responsible. Just that opening cutscene with the music is so powerfull. Especially when you get to the end all you can think and feel is "HURRY!!! HURRY!!! HURRY!!! WE NEED TO SRUVIVE!" because the game is really....really. challenging, and if you love challenges. Do give this game a shot. You can easily make the wrong decision in the very start of the game and you'll choose to restart for so many will quickly fall ill, starve, rapidly increase discontent while equally loosing hope, with the constant church bell of deaths, lastly the game is about morals do you think children should help become light workers to eventually passing a law to work heavy jobs, or build a child care building that can lead to aiding medical facilities or engineers for boosting research. Should we build a cemetary or snow pit for dead bodies? If one falls gravely should we use radical treament or just sustain them just to become a burden. Should we make alternative food (saw dust) we can fill so much more but they will more likely fall ill or soup to produce so much but they will constantly grow discontent and eventually rebel. Twords the end you have to choose for your city to believe in either religion or authority. If you're going to buy this game just buy the game of the year edition. Looking through the reviews here i just want to pull my hair out to anyone that gives this game 3 stars or less. It's a magnificent game an a experience you can't find much anywhere else.

This game is amazing. It's impactful, beautiful, and challenging. The soundtrack is spectacular and I can't get enough of it. The visuals are great. This game can make you care about each and every citizen as a person if you invest enough, and challenge your morals when it comes to the harshest conditions. The main story is gritty and can be quite difficult when you have to make tough decisions to try to keep everything balanced. I'm also a big fan of the circular building grid in this game. It was the first thing that drew my attention when I first saw a preview of it and boy is it interesting to work with. My only complaint is sometimes it's tough to line up buildings within a space that, visually, looks like it should fit according to the grid lines but doesn't. Only seen it happen twice, though, and might've been a bug. I hope this kind of idea gets used again because I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are a fan of city building games, especially survival ones, you have to give this game a try.

Great game, was surprised how deep it is, very changeling on high difficulties.