A terrible factorio fortnite ripoff.

[abcdif]

It's called satisfactory: https://www.satisfactorygame.com/
And to make it worse, it's only avilable at epic game store.

[abcdif]

Wube Software have to sue them.

[Geirfinna Lieselotte]

Tried it. As things stand, it's bad. Really.

[Richard]

Well we shall all be able to see tomorrow as thats when the streaming NDA is lifted so should be able to watch people play it

[Warlord]

Originally posted by abcdif:

Wube Software have to sue them.

Factorio has a world-wide copyright on the concept of conveyor belts? huh, interesting news to me.

[MXK]

Originally posted by abcdif:

Wube Software have to sue them.

Why sue? If they can do it better more power to them and more choices for gamers. Why do I as a gamer care if someone copies someone else's idea? You still have to put time and effort to actually put it all together. An idea is just that, and idea.

[AlexMBrennan]

Why sue? [...] Why do I as a gamer care if someone copies someone else's idea?

You do not get to sue anyone because you do not hold the copyright.

The copyright owner gets to sue, because copyright violations reduce the copyright owners income. The copyright owner does, in general, not give a damn about "choice" or "gamers" - they just want to collect the maximum amount of money from their intellectual property.

[pat]

I already made this observation in a previous post. You'll be hearing from my lawyer.

[Qim]

BS, I love Factorio but the more management sim games there are out there the better. I support Satisfactory as well.

In fact, I like the idea of a competitor to stimulate Wube a little bit. IMHO, they have been mired in an overly-extended period of stressing over minutia. It's gotten boring. I play games and have a job, I cannot be strung along in an endless dev cycle.

I consider Wube visionary in their big and small ideas. I want them to wrap up Factorio and move on to their next big vision already. I have derived far more value than my $20 paid for as it is.

Same with the Epic store. Valve has been ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up every single thing they have been up to for years now (Artifact? Steam Machines? VR? Hahaha). Epic Games is great for getting Valve off their asses just sucking up cash. I will gladly buy games from Epic.

[Qim]

Originally posted by Jean-Pierre Coffe:

Tried it. As things stand, it's bad. Really.

To be fair, it's still Pre-Alpha.

[Lunacy]

It's by Coffee Stain who made games like Sanctum 1 & 2, A Story About My Uncle, Goat Simulator, and Deep Rock Galactic. So I'd guess it's probably in good hands.

[MXK]

Originally posted by AlexMBrennan:

Why sue? [...] Why do I as a gamer care if someone copies someone else's idea?

You do not get to sue anyone because you do not hold the copyright.

The copyright owner gets to sue, because copyright violations reduce the copyright owners income. The copyright owner does, in general, not give a damn about "choice" or "gamers" - they just want to collect the maximum amount of money from their intellectual property.

Duh! I was merely replying to the op's position to immediately report it to devs attention about a copy cat and cut a branch he is sitting on! It just stupid.
And I seriously doubt they can sue over similar ideas. No more than first action movie director could sue all the other action movies that followed.

[Geirfinna Lieselotte]

Originally posted by MrQim:

Originally posted by Jean-Pierre Coffe:

Tried it. As things stand, it's bad. Really.

To be fair, it's still Pre-Alpha.

Yes, that's why I said "as things stand".
Actually, I have the following mindset : my budget is limited, which game would I buy ? Which one would I recommend ? A pre-alpha tasteless game, or one that's tons and hundred of hours of fun ?
Of course, as the game evolves, I'll take account of it. But for now, I would never recommend Satisfactory which is more expensive than Factorio and has less to offer. And not because of lack of content, but because of mechanics that make me pull my hair and ask "have they tested their game ? Have they seen how the current master of the genre (Factorio) is handling this and why it works ?
When I first saw the trailer, I had a high expectation towards the game. I wanted to like it, because it was cool to see something new in the area of Factorio-like games. And it is a huge bummer.

That's why I'll be patient and will wait for further updates to revize my review. I want the game to be good and I hope it will be. But for now, it is not

[Nailfoot]

I have an alpha invite but may STILL not try it. We will see!

[Rattlesnake8]

Game companies can't sue other companies for copying or using the same genre. All developers take inspiration from other games and hopefully take ideas and then innovate and build upon those ideas. Regardless if Satisfactory, Town Factory or any other of these games that pop up succeed, Factorio has already been a huge success and will continue to be.

[Trainminator]

I'm hyped for the free weekend to try it out :D