RedVIper
Banned
Factorio is a game in which you build and maintain factories.
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working, and protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Modding:
To me modding has elevated this game from really good, to excellent, so here are a few noteworthy mods that change the game.
Krastorio 2
This is the closest thing we have to a Factorio+ experience, extremely polished, extremely pretty, the man responsible really is a good artist, some of the things he adds with this mod surpass even vanilla. It increases complexity ever so slightly, but nothing overwhelming. Can be combined with Space Exploration for an even better experience.
Space Exploration
This mod really changes the game, it allows you to build spaceships, build space stations, visit entire new planets and establish inter planetary factories. The official devs talked about doing something similar, but after they dropped the idea, the community made it come to life. Some of the chains can be somewhat complex, but it's mostly focused on end and post game.
Bobs&Angels
This combination of mods from two different authors is meant to take the vannila game and turn it into a much more robust and complex experience, with many more items and processes to set up, this modpack will let you sink another 200h into the game while you try to optimize you factory. Complete overhaul.
Pyanodons
The most complex mod to date, most engineers haven't dared to try it, and those who did didn't live to finish it. This mod really is extremely complex, where many processes are almost identical to their real life counterparts. This will be hard even for the most experienced of engineers, not recommended even if you already beaten the vanilla game, give one of the easier mods a go first. Expand every stage of the game, beating one of the first games challenges (automating tier 1 science) takes me almost as long as it takes me to finish the vanilla game. Be warned.
Reviews: (Most are somehow outdated, but they're still relevant)
Where to get?
The game can be purchased at the official website, Steam Early Access, GOG and the Humble Store. There is also a demo available.
I personally recommend buying the game from the official site directly, you'll still get a steam key if you do this, and the developers won't have to pay the 30% steam cut.
Requirements
The game is unfortunately PC exclusive as of now, it can be played on Windows or Linux. The games requirements scale with the size of your factory, even the mightiest of CPU's will crumble to their knees if you build big enough,, but the game has been extremely optimized to allow you to play even on weak CPUs. VRAM limitations can be an issue on the biggest modpacks. If your CPU can't keep up anymore the game will literally slow down.
So long and thanks for all the fish |
