factorio

[Andycyca]

Legit question for people who have played it: how does Factorio comapre with shapez.io? Asking because I "finished" it a few weeks ago and now I'm aching for something similar, everybody seems to recommend Factorio, but I have some doubts

[Andycyca]

I've played both, although The biters in Factorio definitely provide a challenge that is missing in shapez (at least, I think it is? I haven't beaten shapez, so for all I know you have to fend off angry pentagons later?), but they can be disabled if you don't want to deal with them.

There's no threats in shapez, unless you count self-inflicted head injuries (but that's a given with this kind of games, right? )

That's precisely why I ask. Someone on Steam left a shapez review as

"Factorio without the stressful critters"

or something like that, and I wonder whether that's really the case. I'm obviously up for a challenge, but not unnecessary stress, given that real life is bad enough as it is. Just how much "extra" challenge does these biters add? Do you need to plan for defense in all your "hubs"?

[Andycyca]

I see... the main thing that worries me is inserting RTS-like elements into the game (not that I don't like RTS, but I usually turn to games like shapez to slow down and not worry about immediacy)

[Andycyca]

The only other problem that tends to fall into that category is a power outage - and even then, the worst that happens is "Your factory shuts down until it's fixed" rather than "Parts of your factory have been destroyed."

Upon reading this, I realize that what irks me is pulling me out of "the zone", rather than the threat of losing progress. Games are supposed to be escapism!

But I digress.

Maybe it's not so bad as I fear---I'll see if it ever has a sale now that it's out of Early Access