TheUnnamedStranger
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DO NOT LOSE HOPE.

IF YOU CAN READ THIS, WE STILL NEED YOU.
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>Build defenses for my squishy humans so they stop getting eaten by wolves

>Don't realize that the defense towers lower happiness for some reason

>Reach minimum happiness

>Riot breaks out

>Ungrateful little bastards are trying to destroy the water supply

>Smite them with a single bolt of lightning

>"Stop it!"

>Riot suppressed

>Build more parks

>Humans are happy again

Fun game/10

Unfortunately I do have to take points off for how wrongheaded they are in regards to Nuclear power. Normally I wouldn't care, but this game is going to great lengths to push an environmentalist message and this kind of misinformation can be genuinely harmful. The game purposefully makes Nuclear reactors unsustainable, causing them to output ♥♥♥♥ tons of pollution. In real life, not only are Nuclear power plants far less polluting than coal or oil, but modern reactors are incredibly safe. The few known incidents of them melting down were largely the fault of deliberate negligence or freak accidents.

Of course they're not risk-free, but the long-term risks of fossil fuels are far worse. The reality is, humanity needs energy that is both reliable and does not harm the planet. Wind, solar, etc will never be reliable enough to replace fossil fuels entirely.

I will give the developers the benefit of the doubt and assume they only designed the Nuclear reactors the way they did for the sake of game balance and they are aware of everything I have said above. If that's not the case, I sincerely hope they take my criticism into account. Thank you.

Anyway, still a fun game, still recommend.
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LeadPoison 11 Oct, 2023 @ 6:24am 
A fellow supporter of technological advance
+rep
Ash Wednesday Valentine 1 Sep, 2023 @ 6:01pm 
Another one here to thank you for calling out evil superstitions. They make me as angry as the last guy.

G I V E
US OUR
NUCLEAR
PARADISE
QuirkySmirkyIan 28 Aug, 2023 @ 6:03pm 
Thank you for making the nuclear power review on The Universim. I am a huge fan of nuclear power and I genuinely feel that media portraying nuclear power as AAAAAA so bad and scary are indirectly KILLING millions of people and it makes me upset.
<0>Tanos the Phoenix 7 Nov, 2022 @ 4:17pm 
Don't worry about it, I appreciate the message tho :)
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊♡ 18 Nov, 2021 @ 9:30pm 
+rep
Teheeee~ 14 Jan, 2018 @ 12:46pm 
In response to your comment on my review: http://www.pcgamer.com/paranautical-activity-developer-resigns-over-gabe-newell-death-threat/

tl;dr: one of the devs was upset that the game was released as Early Access due to a mix up and sent death threats to Gaben on twitter. He then resigned from the company realizing his mistake and the game was put back into the store after being picked up by another publisher.