This is a classic example of a game that the gameplay outweighs the need to graphics.

I find with most games, it's common practice to judge a game by how the graphics compare to other games in the genre. To easy to compare one FPS to another, as the gameplay is the same. This game simply has such a unique gameplay and style, that there just isn't anything to compare it to. In short if you like sim games, you'll love this.

I tried the demo on their webpage [www.factorio.com] and was instantly hooked.

Few points to make

• STEEP learning curve. Don't get frusterated, just automate things. That's the point.
  
• World is INFINITE, if you don't like how something is going, you can pack up and move. Or just re-factorio!
  
• I found paitence was the key! Take your time and just figure out how to make the factories dump out your goods at the end of the line. Stockpiling goods in a chest makes for easy building!!
  
• The internet if your friend! I found some decent designs on how to lay out research factories, etc. I messed around and messed around, and finally just copied someone else's, and learnt a lot just by doing that! Was able to then see the best way to lay things out and go better at playing.
  
• TONS of mods out there, some really "fix" some things, others make you overpowered. Reddit was a great place to find out which mods were adding to the game and which were making things to easy peasy.

The only "cons" I found to this game was

• Multiplayer can be cumbersome. There is no real "LAN" play, as you need to connect to an IP, rather just see your friends game. third party tools like Hamachi might help, but I just ended up making a server to play with friends.
  
• Graphics aren't great, but as I said, they don't distract from the game.

That's it for cons. I found everything to be very well done. I look forward to seeing what else the devs bring out!


Great game as you can go in and play for 20 min and just save and leave. Or get lost for hours...

I give this game 10/10, can't go wrong for the $25. I've already put some 50 hours into it. I feel 50 cents an hour is WELL worth it!!

This is a classic example of a game that the gameplay outweighs the need to graphics. I find with most games, it's common practice to judge a game by how the graphics compare to other games in the genre. To easy to compare one FPS to another, as the gameplay is the same. This game simply has such a unique gameplay and style, that there just isn't anything to compare it to. In short if you like sim games, you'll love this. I tried the [url=https://www.factorio.com/demo] demo on their webpage [/url] and was instantly hooked. Few points to make [list] [*] STEEP learning curve. Don't get frusterated, just automate things. That's the point. [*] World is INFINITE, if you don't like how something is going, you can pack up and move. Or just re-factorio! [*] I found paitence was the key! Take your time and just figure out how to make the factories dump out your goods at the end of the line. Stockpiling goods in a chest makes for easy building!! [*] The internet if your friend! I found some decent designs on how to lay out research factories, etc. I messed around and messed around, and finally just copied someone else's, and learnt a lot just by doing that! Was able to then see the best way to lay things out and go better at playing. [*] TONS of mods out there, some really "fix" some things, others make you overpowered. Reddit was a great place to find out which mods were adding to the game and which were making things to easy peasy. [/list] The only "cons" I found to this game was [list] [*] Multiplayer can be cumbersome. There is no real "LAN" play, as you need to connect to an IP, rather just see your friends game. third party tools like Hamachi might help, but I just ended up making a server to play with friends. [*] Graphics aren't great, but as I said, they don't distract from the game. [/list] That's it for cons. I found everything to be very well done. I look forward to seeing what else the devs bring out! Great game as you can go in and play for 20 min and just save and leave. Or get lost for hours... I give this game 10/10, can't go wrong for the $25. I've already put some 50 hours into it. I feel 50 cents an hour is WELL worth it!!