Survival in a frozen wasteland is understandably brutal, but Frostpunk leaves no challenge unpresented. From the start you'll find yourself with no shelter, no heat, and a huddled masss of refugees with no direction. Make no mistake, if you're looking for an easy game this is not the one. However if you enjoy the struggle of overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds and leading people through their darkest times, this game has no equal. The audio track is phenomenal, with every sound providing not just notices of activity but also pulling you further into the game. When you make decisions of life or death, they feel important and finite thanks in great part to the carefully planned and keyed sound layers. The game sounds appropriately cold and forboding when it should, and even when people are happy there is an air of melancholy. The story (especially for the first scenario) feels somewhat short but it's also understandably that way for a reason. The game has serious replay value because the story is one of survival, and having taken multiple shots at winning just one time on normal I can see the replay value with even the minor variables applied. Whomever balanced the tech tree in this game should consult for other companies. Everything matters, everything has a purpose, and if you intend to iron man this game with only one tree you can expect to lose. Even in the end game I'm still exploring new technologies and combinations because everything has a precise purpose and endless ways to combine them.
