Absolutely phenomenal automation game and the feels like a new standard for the factory genre. The way recipes balance at certain machine counts, massive flexibility in how you can build your factories, and the first person viewpoint make for quite the sense of scale and accomplishment when you step back, sip some congealed coffee, and see a complex factory come to life.

This is also the first "sandbox" game that I spent any extra amount of time in besides just finishing the objectives. Extra time spent decorating, optimizing factories, or just goofing off with friends was all well spent.

And my absolute biggest gripe in the game of running out of materials while setting up new assembly lines and needing to trek back to your main base to pick up 5 motors or whatever is completely solved with the new tech trees released in 1.0.

I typically don't replay games, but I'm already looking forward to playing again down the line with some mods. Amazing game!

Absolutely phenomenal automation game and the feels like a new standard for the factory genre. The way recipes balance at certain machine counts, massive flexibility in how you can build your factories, and the first person viewpoint make for quite the sense of scale and accomplishment when you step back, sip some congealed coffee, and see a complex factory come to life. This is also the first "sandbox" game that I spent any extra amount of time in besides just finishing the objectives. Extra time spent decorating, optimizing factories, or just goofing off with friends was all well spent. And my absolute biggest gripe in the game of running out of materials while setting up new assembly lines and needing to trek back to your main base to pick up 5 motors or whatever is completely solved with the new tech trees released in 1.0. I typically don't replay games, but I'm already looking forward to playing again down the line with some mods. Amazing game!