I played FP2 before FP1, so my experience was fresh and exciting. I loved it! I went on to spend 55 hours enjoying the main story and a few utopia builder cities to see more of the factions, locations, and experiment with new strategies. Exploring the frostland to establish colonies you can fully build for resources is particularly fun. I was utterly hooked and now I'm looking forward to whatever the future DLC will be. Writing this now, I have also played through FP1's main story and am working my way through all the scenarios, so my perspective has shifted a little overall in an even more positive direction. I can now see the origins and concepts that were expanded on to give this game the feeling of a larger scale sequel with the same core. I'm sure some people won't appreciate how utterly different the city building and politics aspects are compared to FP1, but I love it. FP1 is about building your city to survive. FP2 feels like you continue to build your city to thrive. You saved New London from the storm, now you must expand and survive the whiteouts while playing politics. TLDR No, this is not just FP1 with a few updated mechanics/graphics. It's a new experience you can enjoy alongside FP1 that still feels familiar. FP2 will only get better from here as the devs continue to update and release new DLC to add more content.
I played FP2 before FP1, so my experience was fresh and exciting. I loved it! I went on to spend 55 hours enjoying the main story and a few utopia builder cities to see more of the factions, locations, and experiment with new strategies. Exploring the frostland to establish colonies you can fully build for resources is particularly fun. I was utterly hooked and now I'm looking forward to whatever the future DLC will be. Writing this now, I have also played through FP1's main story and am working my way through all the scenarios, so my perspective has shifted a little overall in an even more positive direction. I can now see the origins and concepts that were expanded on to give this game the feeling of a larger scale sequel with the same core. I'm sure some people won't appreciate how utterly different the city building and politics aspects are compared to FP1, but I love it. FP1 is about building your city to survive. FP2 feels like you continue to build your city to thrive. You saved New London from the storm, now you must expand and survive the whiteouts while playing politics. TLDR No, this is not just FP1 with a few updated mechanics/graphics. It's a new experience you can enjoy alongside FP1 that still feels familiar. FP2 will only get better from here as the devs continue to update and release new DLC to add more content.
