Per Aspera

honestly super interesting. Like the gameplay, but its wayyyyy to slow. Ill have hundreds of extra resources and however the workers are programmed, it takes years to just build 5 buildings, and yes I have PLENTY of workers. almost a 1 worker for every 2 buildings. the focus ability also is just not weighted high enough. its just ungodly inefficient right now. but thats the only complaint. so if they fix that would be a great game. just a slog right now.

Good game, sometimes a bit tiresome. What I like, is the story (could be a bit more complex), thechnological progess. I havent tried higher levels yet, should be fun. This 90hrs is just to finish one game. Overall: Very good, worth buying.

Neat little game for logistics enthusiasts. Coming from factorio, the "hard mode" was fairly easy. It's just a relaxing game where you set up your base and watch the little robots do all the work. One thing however that I thankfully realized very early in my playthrough : THE DRONE WORKERS DO NOT TRAVEL ! You have to set up one worker hub per worker, and it will establish the working perimeter for that one drone. It works well but you need to know about it or else you'll wonder why 9 of your drones are on their ass watching one drone do all the work (which is a fair representation of an earthen construction site but the game happens on Mars). The whole terraforming part feels quite realistic and scientific which enhances the satisfaction of actually completing steps (which take years at a time !). Oh and there is a story too. I totally ignored it because it was humans rambling around which had absolutely no benefits for me or my drones. There is some RP choices to make and a plot twist.

go green

Low-pressure progress; events seem to be keyed to achievements so things don't happen unless you are able to deal with them. At the risk of it becoming a nag, the computer might give actual progress hints instead of simply encouraging the research you are already doing. It's a nice, chill, city builder, which scratches my "watch things you make crawl around the screen and make more things" itch. The "power grid" is a nuisance, but the colony doesn't seem to have discovered power transmission cable; so be it. And i guess it's nice to know in advance that half my colony is doomed because i built it in a flood plain, but again, so be it. Maybe we'll invent undersea domes; i haven't checked the tech trees in detail.

mar