so i don't own the game

[corbet]

how does your base being attacked work. i am familiar with clash of clans, if it is not player vs player, i may find it more boring than clash of clans, but i have no idea how this game works.

[Nailfoot]

There is a free demo.

[Scratchicus]

Basically as you build it pollutes. The more you do the more it covers them and pisses them off. They seem to grow to. So while at first it may be just a few of them they increase as you go along. Plus as you go you'll use up resources so you have to expand.

[Senanima]

You will definately find it more boring than clash of clans. It's about base management on a very deep micromanagement level more than it is combat.

[Twelvefield]

The combat isn't super dramatic, until you realize that you may not have enough stuff to survive the next wave. Even so, it's just alien bugs charging at you and you finding soe way to gun them down. Towards the end, there are a ♥♥♥♥ load of angry aliens and your defenses ought to be well-automated.

The last time I played very far, you kind of had to build your defensive wall close to the aliens to get at their nest. Now I think there are options that allow you to bring the fight to the buggers more pro-actively.

There are few games that will challenge your creativity or imagination more than Factorio. I'd say it can damage your soul if you let it get to you, the incredible amount of detail and automation that you create is truly unparalleled in any game I have seen. I imagine a smart person could psychoanalyze the maps can come to some interesting conclusions about the players.

[szametu]

mobile game vs pc game. RLY mate ?

[IamNic]

This game does not work like CoC at all ;)

I would suggest to play the demo as others here suggested.

[archangelita]

Originally posted by szametu:

mobile game vs pc game. RLY mate ?

^

[Mark]

Originally posted by jiggly johnson:

i am familiar with clash of clans,

lol enuff said! :)

[Nailfoot]

Originally posted by Malorey:

Originally posted by jiggly johnson:

i am familiar with clash of clans,

lol enuff said! :)

Don't bash someone's choice of game, afterall maybe a cellphone is all he can afford.

Wait.

Today's cellphones cost 10x what a PC that would run Factoria would cost. Hmmm.....

[Mansen]

So basically Aliens spawn from bases and make a beeline for your base - Biting, shooting, clawing their way through your defences. In realtime.

Initially they will generally ignore you - until the pollution you cause spreads to them, which makes them... angry.

So basically you start out with a short breathing room - and once they attack, things slowly grow worse and worse. So you'll have to up your own defences - and eventually hit their bases (which makes the other bases stronger)

[.banana]

Originally posted by jiggly johnson:

i may find it more boring than clash of clans

The facebook-mobile-gaming-generation gives me tears. These games are as complex as gamble-games they put into bars for the drunken folks.

[AlexMBrennan]

mobile game vs pc game. RLY mate ?

I really wouldn't call any of Skinner box traps "games" at all.

[Eddie]

Originally posted by AlexMBrennan:

mobile game vs pc game. RLY mate ?

I really wouldn't call any of Skinner box traps "games" at all.

CoC isn't ENTIRELY a skinner box trap. Sure it has tons of it, but the game does have some really redeeming gameplay and community interaction.

[szametu]

Originally posted by Mansen:

So basically Aliens spawn from bases and make a beeline for your base - Biting, shooting, clawing their way through your defences. In realtime.

Initially they will generally ignore you - until the pollution you cause spreads to them, which makes them... angry.

So basically you start out with a short breathing room - and once they attack, things slowly grow worse and worse. So you'll have to up your own defences - and eventually hit their bases (which makes the other bases stronger)

with some mods, you've got air filters - so no polution

[tomwithtime]

Originally posted by Nailfoot:

Originally posted by Malorey:

lol enuff said! :)

Don't bash someone's choice of game, afterall maybe a cellphone is all he can afford.

Wait.

Today's cellphones cost 10x what a PC that would run Factoria would cost. Hmmm.....

True. I'm impressed with this game's development. I am running it perfectly on a 2012 apple laptop!!

But I guess that's not too hard to believe since the game is made with allegro. Dat native performance.

--edit

Before any comments about my owning a 2012 macbook and using it for something like gaming, I also own a windows 10 desktop with a titanx in it. That's what I use for demanding / unoptimized games like ark.