Which one of 11bit thought that it will be a good idea to add blue, yellow red and whatever hexes to the game? What is this? Candyland? Interface looks like it was designed for future Sci-Fi game, not turn of the 20th century. I look at this GUI and I see space ships landing, transparent pipes filled with liquid plasma and rapid development robotics building masssive industrial plants withing few weeks. All the info we see on screen is so full with digits and overly complicated menus that it is changing the game from an RTS into another turn-based hex crap... In Frostpunk 1 the generator was GOD. Massive monolith-totem like structure that was providing life for its people. In Frostpunk 2 you cannot even see the generator. You only see menu with "generator" tag on it. So many people, soo many digits, sooo many pixels... And they mean nothing to you because you can see that they are actually buildings only when you zoom in. But you don't play on super zoom all the time. When I'm building any district, there is no fun in it at all. Which one of 11bit thought it will be better to replace graphics with hexes? Am I buying big ass high res monitor and freaking expensive GPU to look at hexes? Masssive walls of digits/text. I mean 20 years ago when I studied IT, it was a well known truth, that if you need to write a tutorial for a tutorial, it means you fcuked up... Which one of 11bit thought that reading walls of digits/text for hours is entertainment? I was really waiting for Frostpunk 2 for years. To play it solo, then buy copies for my sons to play it. To support 11bit and their future games. It was a mistake to buy this.
I like the game, story is way better than the one in Path of Exile. Definetly not as good as D3. If you can digest "american fantasy" which in this case means "steampunk", you will like this game. World, camera, small details in all locations are amazing and make great immersive (I hate that word) experience. But... I got to level 28 on veteran difficulty and I just could not play anymore. After spending like 50+ talent points I still got like 1 ability. That is BORING as F. I dont understand this design. Waving with my 2 hand axe and clicking swipe every 4 seconds is all that game has to offer? At level 28 in Diablo you change between different skills and runes all the time. Furthermore, gearing is really bad. The only upgrades are at the vendor. But since vendor items are randomized, you need to be lucky to get something usefull. Mind that - usefull, not good. I was gear starved for like 15 levels before I gave up. Its not fun to fight boss that has tons of summons, 20x more HP than you with gear 18 levels below your current one, only to get a reward thats 20 levels below you current hero level. I do not recommend.
Sadly, the game is really painful to play. It has cool graphics, nice sounds, well designed world that really puts you in a peacefull state of mind. So you should relax and enjoy the game, right? Unfortunately, even on easy difficulty, it is so hard to understand and accomplish missions that it just makes you nervous and angry when you fail the mission after 2-3h struggle. Mission briefing, managing your buildings and units needs major improvements. And since this game is few years old, it seems that devs no longer care so no fixes are coming. Gave up after like 5th mission. Cannot recommend this game to anyone.
