Very promising game mixing mechanics and inspirations from Anno and Frostpunk as well as Factorio with automation later on in the game. I have been really waiting for something that combines mechanics from all those game and so far I am satisfied with the gameplay as well as progression so if you liked those three games I'd consider it a buy.

For now I still have to play trough many mechanics in the later cycles that have to do with automation and I will be updating this review however I feel like there are already few things I can mention that I see room for improvement in:
- Queues for scouts. The longer I play the more annoying it gets to manage scouts since the events are for now very repetitive. Going forward I feel like being able to queue few destinations for scouts would improve the overall experience. Alternatively having more diverse events can help as well - for now it is just a popup about potential resources in the area and there are in total a dozen or so of them so you really quickly see them repeat.
- I would definitely improve upon policies mechanics to perhaps have them be more flashed out - some policy choices for now seem to be a choice between good outcome and bonuses and no bonuses or even a negative which makes some of them feel like an obvious choice to make.
- Decorations - obviously the game is in very early access and this feature is probably already planned as looking at the supporter bundle there are few statues that will be unlocked but if that is not the case I would love the devs to consider adding many possibilities to customize settlement with decorative buildings and perhaps even with different colour/style options for some buildings.

Very promising game mixing mechanics and inspirations from Anno and Frostpunk as well as Factorio with automation later on in the game. I have been really waiting for something that combines mechanics from all those game and so far I am satisfied with the gameplay as well as progression so if you liked those three games I'd consider it a buy. For now I still have to play trough many mechanics in the later cycles that have to do with automation and I will be updating this review however I feel like there are already few things I can mention that I see room for improvement in: - Queues for scouts. The longer I play the more annoying it gets to manage scouts since the events are for now very repetitive. Going forward I feel like being able to queue few destinations for scouts would improve the overall experience. Alternatively having more diverse events can help as well - for now it is just a popup about potential resources in the area and there are in total a dozen or so of them so you really quickly see them repeat. - I would definitely improve upon policies mechanics to perhaps have them be more flashed out - some policy choices for now seem to be a choice between good outcome and bonuses and no bonuses or even a negative which makes some of them feel like an obvious choice to make. - Decorations - obviously the game is in very early access and this feature is probably already planned as looking at the supporter bundle there are few statues that will be unlocked but if that is not the case I would love the devs to consider adding many possibilities to customize settlement with decorative buildings and perhaps even with different colour/style options for some buildings.