Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 1, 2022

  I have many hours into Factorio and Satisfactory, this is absolutely a game in my wheelhouse. First and foremost I am partial to the game because I respect the dev's attitudes in discord and their approach to their game. Simply top notch. Second, I did not watch gameplay (beyond what I saw in Steam as published by the dev's), nor did I read about stuff I would want to know. With that out of the way; just bravo. Well done and I absolutely recommend this game. Cons: 1. Regular play button speed will often feel slow (or it did to me). I was absolutely grateful for the ability to speed up the game. 2. 4 hours went by QUICK!!!!!!!! 3. No (I may have missed it) Colorblind mode. In the overview for resources, I would have preferred an Icon for hte resource type (main resource type) available. I really had to play hit and miss with that (or had to call my wife over). Pros: 1. I love the detailed animations. It makes it feel so alive and special. The first time I saw the molten iron pass through, I was just enthralled. It wasn't just that I saw it, it was that it felt just perfect. 2. Thank you, a million times thank you for NOT having your sounds set to 100% so I was blown out of my headphones when starting the game for the first time. 3. Thank you for not forcing me into a hand held tutorial. The information popped up right when I needed it AND I could go back to it whenever I needed to be reminded. Those saying there is no tutorial = no tutorial that walks me through it by playing the game for me. I will say I found the tutorial on the pieces to be perfect. 4. Depth of play. I absolutely adore how its structured and how it plays. I had to really pay attention and stay on it to be sure I wasn't putting myself into a death spiral. Already I am looking at ways to be more efficient. Something I attribute to Factorio and my hours of playing it just to get better and more refined in what I am doing. Thats very very satisfying. 5. Environment - I love the rain. I love the thunderstorms. Made it feel really great. Made me realize I was missing that as a part of Factorio. 6. Map details when selecting. Thank you for proper descriptions that let me know what I was in for. I chose a hard map but not the veteran map. Turns out it fit my play style perfectly. I will report again after I have played 100 hours and see if I feel different. Very simply if you like Factorio, you will feel at home here. You will find yourself REALLY attached to your island; I know I did. That means A LOT to me. Happy gaming o/ ~Brehon
• gamedeal user

  Jun 2, 2022

  I almost didn't buy this based on the very early influx of reviews stating that it lacked a tutorial and that it was a very steep learning curve, shame on me for being even slightly swayed by the impatient modern day gamer! I can as many others have already stated confirm that it does indeed have a tutorial the giveaway being the word TUTORIAL when you open up the message centre and at each new discovery. There is an element of self discovery but in my case I find that far more rewarding than the generic 'place that here put that there' hand held experience. I am only a couple of hours in but can quite confidently state that this game in its current form is a gem and with the enthusiastic Dev team taking on board community suggestions surely it can only get better. Having played DSP and Soviet workers and resources I would say this is at the very least as good as both those titles and probably better the further I get into this, thankfully I have 5 days off of work now to get stuck into it. I'd say that if you're at all interested in this genre then at 23.99 its a steal.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 3, 2022

  Awesome game so far. This is a new style of a factory base building game. The game just came out on early access so there isn't a tutorial yet. If you are looking for a good one I would recommend Nilaus on YouTube. He is currently doing a lets play tutorial for the game. For those of you giving bad reviews do to lack of a tutorial I recommend that you don't purchase any more early access games. Early access means the game is not finished. Its for those who wish to take an early look at the game and leave some feedback on forums such as Discord for the developers to be able to know what sill needs work. complaints about what has or has not been added yet really doesn't belong in a review of an early access game. If you don't like to deal with incomplete games and possible bugs I recommend you wait until Game is fully released.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 4, 2022

  It's a 'definitely' from me. I dunno that the price point is where it should be (yet), but this is a solid game. It can be confusing at first and there are some QoL changes that need to be implemented (like the ability to see which buildings are producing what (like 'alt' in Factorio)), but it has good bones and is a lot of fun. I also wish the 'seed' changed the maps themselves. Playing the same map over and over again (only like 5 options) is 'meh'. The others are ridiculous challenges due to either having cliffs or no space, or little access to the water, etc. I also feel like belts need to be accessible earlier because I end up having to redo a lot of things. There should also be an upgrade for the smelters so that it can PUMP the molten metal up the molten pipe (so we don't have to have it on flat ground, or, have to build the smelters high). If you like Factorio, you will probably like this. It's definitely EA but it has huge, and I mean HUGE potential.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 4, 2022

  Addicting. Prepare for Death Spirals. I've spent 5 games and 16 hours dying to a different supply chain bottleneck. And I still am not even a quarter of the way through the map or the tech tree. Reccomended if you suffer from autism and/or Factorio enjoyment.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 5, 2022

  If you like logistic game like Factorio, Satisfactory, or DSP, buy this game. This game provides tons of fun of logical thinking. If you're hesitate to buy this game only because it's early access, buy this game. There're tons of contents in current state. Around 100h contents included that devs mentioned is not a lie. If you like challenging resource management game, buy this game. There're 3 difficulties and hardest one is quite challenging. If you worry about game ui or complexity, buy this game. Tutorial document is very detailed and easy to understand. UI is easy to use and some QoL mechanics are already implemented.

  TL;DR

  Buy this game if you're interested. You won't regret.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 6, 2022

  English: There are Factorio, Satisfactory, Dysonsphere Program, Sim City and games such as the ANNO series and there is Captain of Industries. Captain of Industires is a great mix of all thoose mentioned games which compines them to a single perfect game. I have never been so surprised by an indy game which totally outshines all the mentioned games by the way. One of my favourite feature is the possibilty of terra forming with bulk material. For example, if you want to build a high mountain out of your garbage or hide it in deeper underground... this is totally up to you. Even the fact that you can do it makes it more awesome... The game is so well thought out that again I have to praise it... Even the turbines in this game have a high and low pressure side. A dream for every engineer <3 The ones who are into bulding games and also have an affinity to mechanical engineering will complety fall in love with this game. Please keep it up, MaFi Games! You have created my new favourite game and therefore I have to thank you at this point :D German: Es gibt Factorio, Satisfactory, Dysonsphere Program, Sim City sowie die ANNO Reihe und dann gibt es Captain of Industries. Captain of Industries ist eine Mischung aus all diesen genannten Spielen und vereint Sie zu einem perfekten Spiel. Noch nie hat mich ein Indy Game so derart überrascht, dass es sogar die zuvor genannten Games in den Schatten stellt. Eines meiner Lieblingsfeature ist die Möglichkeit des Terraformings mit Schüttgut. Ob man z.B. nun seinen Müll zu Meter hohen Bergen aufschütten möchte oder diesen Tief unter der Erde versteckt, das ist jedem selbst überlassen. Alleine die Tatsache, es machen zu können, macht es so genial ! Das Spiel ist an allen Stellen derart gut durchdacht, dass ich es nur in den höchsten Tönen loben kann. Alleine die Turbinen haben wie im wahren Leben eine Hochdruck- und eine Niederdruckdampfseite . Ein Traum für jeden Ingenieur<3 Wer auf Building Games steht und eine Affinität zum Maschinenbau hat, kommt hier voll und ganz auf seinen Spaß ! Weiter so, MaFi Games ! Ihr habt mein neues Lieblingsspiel geschaffen und dafür nochmal mein Dank an euch an dieser Stelle :D
• gamedeal user

  Jun 10, 2022

  It's complicated. Your first playthrough is doomed. Unless you study some guide first you will die very soon once you run out of starter oil (on normal difficulty). You can't fail Satisfactory. You can hardly fail your first Factorio or DSP playthrough. You will easily spiral to death here as long as you didn't figure it out fast enough. Even if you come prepared theoretically (knows what to prioritize), your first build is very likely to be a huge spaghetti that would make you want to restart. So... just play casually and restart. Or find some guide. THIS IS NOT FACTORIO. Main bus won't work. Buildings are like Satisfactory and belts are like DSP (but with very low support limit , bad throughput and power cost, so you can't run them wherever you like). You could design your factories as separate city blocks with trucks running between them. Use tons of chests. Get T2 vehicles from village fast. Dump into ocean from the very beginning. Then things...might...work. Still I did not enjoy all this. It's wayyyy too much complicated with tons of recipes all over the tech tree. You literally cannot know the way until you find out the hard way (probably in your last save). It provides too many problems with little tools to solve them in an entertaining way. You will have a hard time balancing all your oil intermediate goods with tedious double chest setup. Chests are also very small, which leaves little to no room for error and countless opportunities toward another death spiral. Also, hardly anything you build will last. New tech will unlock better stuff but there's no way to upgrade to them in your messy belt lasagna. You could stare at the tech tree for ten minutes and plan ahead before you build every new factory, but again, not very entertaining. Overall it's more like playing Anno 1800 but with limited resources, belts and robot cars. I would say that they limit the resources for a more "designed" progression, yet fail to provide the necessary hints and tools to make that "designed way" accessible. I have more than a thousand hours in Factorio, Satisfactory, DSP and Anno combined, and It's still very confusing and not much fun. It feels like you progress only to delay getting defeated by your limited resources. And the mess just keeps inflating. Satisfactory can be tedious but you won't fail a 20 hour playthrough for not doing it fast enough. DSP is easy but has a much more reasonable tech tree. One could argue that Factorio is still too simple, but adding all the city management and survival puzzle does not bring more fun. Also I played through Space Exploration and enjoyed it a lot. Things can be complicated and engaging at the same time; This game being Surviving Anno with belts and bots... maybe this combination doesn't really work that well together. Yet I still recommend this to someone looking for a different take on this mixed genre. It has its depth, I don't enjoy its way but it's still solid stuff. Maybe you will like it.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2022

  Stop reading reviews and just buy it. You saw the pictures, you're interested, you know what genre of game it is, just do it. The game is great! Come back and thank me after! You're welcome.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 18, 2022

  I made the mistake of downloading this at 9PM. 8 hours have passed, the birds are chirping. I need to sleep. But the factory must grow.