What is this game like to play?

[jason.goemaat]

This game is on sale now and has an overwhelming positive rating, but every time I think about buying it I just get turned off by the videos and images used for the game. What's the actual gameplay like? All I see is mildly humorous cutscenes basically. Is the game actually fun? Do you control the people or just build? I saw some short clips at the end of the video looking like there were actually huge bases built but bases of what? In the sample image I see two people getting a massage. Is this just some silly game or are there real resource management and building aspects to it?

[Dixon Sider]

Its kinda like The Sims meets Kerbal Space Program

[jimmy neutron]

its a very very complicated colony management game. you do not control the colonists them selves and you are tasked with keeping them alive and well (which is a lot more complex then it seems) so, if you like colony sims you will love this game more then anything. and yes there is a lot of resource management... like a lot a lot.

[Dixon Sider]

If you dont look anything up and play the game organically, you can probably get 200+ hours out of it before you even get the huge base. There is like always something new to learn or some new way of doing things outside of the box.

[POWER WITHIN USER]

It's an automation game, Factorio but antfarm view though it's way easier.
You issue orders to several worker units which have a constant upkeep and need life support + other services to live.

real resource management

The game starts you off with vast stockpiles of most resources but those eventually run out and until that happens you're supposed to figure out long term solutions to your machines' consumption which involves using universal components (solid tiles, power/pipelines, machines and logic wires) to set up infrastructure in order to recycle or process the output of infinite -but relatively low throughput- resource nodes each providing their own challenge.
For instance you'll need water but there's 4 sources, one is boiling, another is extremely hot, one is normal but bad and another is too cold.

Sounds hard when you read about it but it's a extremely condensed summary and you'll learn this stuff in parts, one at a time.

[heckypecky]

It's like Dwarf Fortress with physics puzzle solving and without combat.

You mark what to do and the dupes start working, you don't control them directly. You dig out an asteroid with different biomes, gather materials and use them to build a base, including power and food production, ranching critters, recreation, production...

It's a sandbox that throws problems at you - not with artificial events, just cause and effect - that come with running your base. Germs in your water supply, your metal smelter heating the base up until your crops die, running out of mined coal on the map and so on. It is up to you how to solve those problems with the tools the game gives you.

[PepeMilagro]

It's a time sink

[Jan]

Rimworld+Factorio+Physic Simulator+Kerbal Space Program

You can play it casually but it can be very complicated at the same time.

[kingjames488]

it's like dwarf fortress kinda...

[Dixon Sider]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

it's like dwarf fortress kinda...

My review literally says it's a 2D Dwarf Fortress but without bearded children lol

[Barbarian]

Originally posted by jason.goemaat:

This game is on sale now and has an overwhelming positive rating, but every time I think about buying it I just get turned off by the videos and images used for the game. What's the actual gameplay like? All I see is mildly humorous cutscenes basically. Is the game actually fun? Do you control the people or just build? I saw some short clips at the end of the video looking like there were actually huge bases built but bases of what? In the sample image I see two people getting a massage. Is this just some silly game or are there real resource management and building aspects to it?

It is a great and complex colony builder. Klei are simply one of the best developers as I see it. I have around 480 hours in the game and have not yet been able to build a rocket. I have all the DLC`s but I need to get better to play those.

You give orders and dont directly control the Dupes. It is a fun game and you are bound to think "Just one cycle before I log off". It is immersive, deep and you kind of create your own problems. Fun and recommended!

[Johnathon Fortnite]

I've been wondering the same OP. Except my issue is I really dislike the art style lol. Wish there were more games like it but less.. whatever this look is. Where my gooner devs at for real for real on god fire emoji

It's cheap at least and this thread has convinced me to give it a try.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

Where my gooner devs at for real for real on god fire emoji

what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DsF1TRBSg

[Johnathon Fortnite]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

Where my gooner devs at for real for real on god fire emoji

what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DsF1TRBSg

Kids today like to say that in slang form. "Fr fr ong 🔥" most notable in the tiktok generation demographic

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DsF1TRBSg

Kids today like to say that in slang form. "Fr fr ong 🔥" most notable in the tiktok generation demographic

evidently. ;p

[Barbarian]

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

I've been wondering the same OP. Except my issue is I really dislike the art style lol. Wish there were more games like it but less.. whatever this look is. Where my gooner devs at for real for real on god fire emoji

It's cheap at least and this thread has convinced me to give it a try.

Give it a try. You might like it. Dont get fooled by the cartoonish style. It is a disguise for a very deep game. Cute but deadly if you dont follow the game rules.