• Satisfactory Alpha Gameplay
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I would do but there's no PM function on Facepunch anymore because fucking geniuses run the forum... :|
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/DimpledUntidyAntelope-mobile.mp4 this is just downright beautiful
I played for like 5-6 hours and it's pretty good already. It's definitely not Factorio, but as others have stated it has some issues for being a game about making factories. For one, you can't automate the tech progression at all. You have to put whatever materials are needed to unlock the next tier into the Hub by hand. And this is needed often enough to be able to be automated in my opinion. Power can't be automated at all until you've progressed a decent ways, which is very annoying. Each biomass generator has to be fed by hand, and each one can only power 2-3 buildings before getting overloaded. This makes most of the early game just messing with getting power working consistently and constantly restocking the generators. And a lot of other nitpicky things others have mentioned here. But my biggest takeaway is from playing though is that the game feels good. It feels like they're mostly done with the game itself, but are just fleshing out the tech tree and balance. It has a lot of potential and all the problems I and many others have mentioned are able to be fixed, if the Devs actually listen to community feedback.
I played this with a friend and I can honestly recommend it. I never thought I'd like it when I installed the beta but it has a lot to offer. My friend absolutely loves factory games and I absolutely love exploration (I'm not as keen on factory stuff but I like it). We played it together and I would explore and find/collect things while he would do the factory stuff. It worked perfectly and it was really fun. It's really fun solo too.
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