Your people are made up of English immigrants from an alternate 1886… maybe the Punk movement is… erm… no. Name Side Note – Ok, I thought about it some more. Still, even with clear presentable knowledge Frostpunk presents an unceasingly stiff challenge. It’s brilliant that you can only blame yourself for your piss-poor management. The resource menus are clear and simple and a glance will show you of any potential production problems. You have no excuses for depriving the people of food… apart from ignoring this because they are freezing to death. The whole games interface is that intuitive. How the hell do you find them? You can hover over the people tool-tip for an overlay showing you where everyone’s working. If you’re doing alright, your colony will become a sprawling mess and there will be times when you need to track down that group of engineers you foolishly chucked down the mines. The main scenario’s expertly balanced and gripping.įar too much praise has been thrown around hasn’t it? So let’s look closer at the games interface.Įrm… that’s pretty damn fine. You are regularly building towards a goal and you’ll need to throw scouts into the wasteland to search for survivors.
It’s rare to have a strong narrative thread whilst constructing a city. The people don’t know what’s required to last the storms.
I’m busy man and this pot noodle won’t cook itself.ĭespair is a strong enemy and it would be unwise to ignore it. What do we do? Gives them hope or grub?Ĥ people are homeless and I have sufficient resources to house them. Maybe consider passing a law to put the lazy children to work, which… for some reason… is frowned upon, but we are running out of food and the temperatures about to drop, again.
Frostpunk londoners upgrade#
Frostpunk is a series of tough decisions.ĭo you research the ability to mine coal or upgrade the generator, which in turn, requires more fuel. I know, this doesn’t sound like a nice relaxing little game. Juggling the finite workers and engineers gives you an additional concern you’ll rarely have to consider whilst researching a sawmill.
You might also need shelter and a means to upgrade everything if you want to endure the coming winter. In temperatures of -30 you’ll attempt to survive by continually scavenging coal to feed this hungry device.
Frostpunk londoners generator#
What’s the opposite of an empowering fantasy?īrought to you from the minds behind miserable survival game “ This War of Mine”, Frostpunk has the bright idea of putting you in charge of a desperate colony on a rapidly freezing planet Earth.Įmigrating to a generator housed in the arctic is a pretty desperate act. Where does Punk come into it? Anyway, on with the review. Scott Pritchard Short Game Reviews 0 Comments SHORT REVIEW: PC VERSION Wait.