After buying this game a couple of years ago and trying it out here and there, I found I could never really grasp what to do in the game. Then one day, while browsing my subscriptions on Youtube, I saw a couple of Let's Plays of Factorio 0.17. I'm generally not one to watch those things for an extended period of time, usually just having a look to check out some new games. But this time, I had a look and found myself completely drawn in. I saw what they were doing, and the game started to make sense.

In the past, I didn't get too far in my tech tree, and I was doing so many different things wrong. Wasn't making enough assemblers for a start, so everything was just taking too long to do. But these videos showed me what I should be doing. And finding blueprints online(not for everything, just a couple of the big things that I seem to struggle with... circuits and research items), it just helps so much.

Prior to watching these vids, I had probably less than 20 hours in the game after a couple of years. I'm now over 100 hours, and loving the game so much. I've restarted a couple of times, and on my current playthrough(the most advanced I've been so far), I've just started with uranium, so getting some nuclear reactors seems quite exciting!

Not only am I keenly anticipating new episodes of these Let's Plays, but I keep on wanting to jump back into the game. It's so addictive. One more modification here.. one more research there.. you can get drawn in for hours at a time so easily.

If you're in a similar position to how I was, check out some Youtube videos. There's tutorials everywhere! The two people I've been watching are KatherineOfSky and Nilaus. I don't know either of these people, I just found their content to be good quality, and entertaining.

I highly recommend the game, and can't wait to see what the developer has in store for us. Excellent game!