I wanted to like Frostpunk 2, I really did. But alas, it was not meant to be. When it comes to making a sequel, I don't get the whole idea of doing something different to keep it fresh, but sometimes I just doesn't work, especially for me. And this is a subjective review from my point of view just for the record. Other people's experience's will differ! Instead of being a proper city builder, it's now a Civilisation/City Skylines-esque game. Instead of building individual buildings you now just zone areas and they're filled in which just doesn't inspire me. The whole large world and everything being made bigger doesn't always mean better! That's what made the first Frostpunk brilliant! A micro city survival builder with lots of charm and challenge. And a good story too! But this larger scale managing a big city with little control other than hexagonal zoning paths just doesn't appeal to me. The main aspects of the game seem to revovle more around politics than city building with lots of different factions wanting their own things. I just want to build stuff and survive damn it! Graphically the game is nice but I could only get decent frame rates with FSR and Frame Generation, but admittedly, my gaming system isn't the most high spec. It does seem like it needs optimisation though. And pre-paying for DLC is a bit cheeky to put it mildly. This game will appeal to others, just not me. It looks great, still has that fight of survival aspect of the first, but on a far larger scale and it's more about faction control than building. Personally, I will just stick to Frostpunk 1 and keep my fingers crossed they make DLC for it again! (It will never happen fof course).
