Worth playing now?

[Despiser]

Usually I skip the EA phase for the most part. I put in around 8 hours quite a while back and found it mildly entertaining. Kind of surprised to see it's still in EA. Is it much better now? There seems to be a burnout sentiment midgame judging by some posts, which is not something you would expect from a game rated overwhelmingly positive.

[Haerken]

It sounds like you better wait until game is done. Wait it out, if in doubt. I will not try to convince you either way.

[Rezznor7]

"quite a while back" is a bit ambiguous, so I couldn't rightly say if it is "much better now" than when last you played. Best thing to do would be to just give it a try again yourself.

As to burn-out; some people do get it whilst others are able to play past the mid-game. I just read a post where it seemed someone got burn-out still at the early-game portion. Myself, I think I am just about in end-game (a hair's breadth from Nuclear Power) and feel the need for a break for a short bit. Gonna do Tropico 4 for a spell, though perhaps wait a bit longer until Update 8 has run through Experimental for a while and has reached EA.

[Die Hand Gottes]

For some players, the game is probably too hard no idea why I do not know when I completed the phase 4 was about 1000 game hours and am currently at over 2300 hours and now have a longer break but will look back in when update 8 runs stable and most mods or my most important mods run again.

[Dan]

Under most circumstances with EA games I would suggest you wait. It is extremely rare that I find myself regularly playing the game, particularly to the level of Satisfactory. I'm approaching 480 hours and am eagerly awaiting Update 8.

I would say Satisfactory is one of the extremely rare examples of Early Access functioning.

[Die Hand Gottes]

Originally posted by Vallenwulf:

Under most circumstances with EA games I would suggest you wait. It is extremely rare that I find myself regularly playing the game, particularly to the level of Satisfactory. I'm approaching 480 hours and am eagerly awaiting Update 8.

I would say Satisfactory is one of the extremely rare examples of Early Access functioning.

I can only agree
I have also waited a long time that it goes out of the EA because I actually do not buy EA games but here I did it then but and not regretted is also my first EA game.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

I've put the game on a side,.
But stating that someone shouldn't because of overwhelming status...
In my case I've ranked way over 800 hours of play. I think that with that much I can say that is a good game even if I'm not playing now...

And anyway I count to start again with new update....

[The Big Brzezinski]

I'd wait until update eight is confirmed to not be on fire. Hopefully that's by the end of the week, but, who knows?

[Wood_[OBC]]

8 hours, quite awhile back...

I'm dead LOL!

[Despiser]

Ok, thanks for the feedback. I'll wait it out for a while and finish off Valheim as I have limited SSD space set aside for gaming.

[ChickenMadness]

Some people just aren't into factory / logistic games.

If you've played factorio and completed it without getting burnt out then you won't get burned out playing satisfactory. Some people just find it too difficult and tedious when the production lines get complicated in end game.

[Heiinz]

Originally posted by Despiser:

Usually I skip the EA phase for the most part. I put in around 8 hours quite a while back and found it mildly entertaining. Kind of surprised to see it's still in EA. Is it much better now? There seems to be a burnout sentiment midgame judging by some posts, which is not something you would expect from a game rated overwhelmingly positive.

The game is much better now.
The burnout happens if you go into the game with a "i need to finish it" sentiment.
The current endgame can take a long time or can be a lot of work. depends on how you tackle it.
If you just setup a basic production for stuff and find something else to do it can be quiet relaxing. If you don't know what to do next, taking a break helps.

It is not a game in the "gamey" sense of things.

[magik tho]

The game's update scheme has almost entirely been on bolting on more content and progression - that you have to get to and unlock - with some universal quality of life stuff along the way. So for the most part it won't be "better," as the start of the game is set. That said, it's a tedious single player game but a fairly good multiplayer-with-the-gang game.

[Auftragsmoerder]

Originally posted by Despiser:

I put in around 8 hours quite a while back

When? How shall people tell you what improved if no one knows the version of your last playthrough?

Originally posted by Despiser:

overwhelmingly positive.

Because it is an excellent game. And always was (tried first on version 5)

[RemyRollo]

I feel like only you can answer that question. 8 hrs into this game really isn't that much, and there have been tons of updates thru out the EA. I personally have 2k hrs in it and love it. But i like to wipe out my worlds and start over alot, so i don't really run out space for this game in my head.

[maestro]

I don't really think it's a mid game burnout as much as a lack of progression in the later game. I think if they can nail the final act, it will be a much more complete experience.