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    One of the best games I’ve played in recent memory, even during EA. Extremely polished and well designed, it’s worth every cent and if this doesn’t convince you I think it still has a free demo you can try.

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      Yeah seriously. Amazing devs who kept on their update cycle and listened to their fans. A lot of the QoL improvements were suggested by the community.

      I bought it during last year’s Steam Winter sale and it’s one of my most played games.

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        They have been amazing in terms of updates - regular meaningful updates every 2 weeks, it was amazing to see the game evolve so fast. I hope it means they just had a really good codebase and established workflow rather than they were crunching though.

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    Superb is right! Absolutely a delight, it’s become something I keep returning to on a regular basis. Each time, just enough balance between “chilled out,” familiarity, and freshness of relevant judgment/choice-making. Definitely helps that the UI is absolutely on point throughout and the music is a delight.

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        Honestly, you’re wandering into prescriptive vs descriptive grammar on this one. How we use words changes over time. For example, it’s not nearly as big of a deal to to end sentences with a preposition anymore.

        No need to be pedantic, the meaning is clear.

        Addicting, especially for non-professional usage, is perfectly fine these days.

        But I tend to be a descriptionist.

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            People really really reallllly want to believe there are laws of grammar/language like there are laws of physics and it is honestly kind of hilarious.

            The power of language comes from there being no rules or laws, language is just the sum of what people choose to write and say. You can impose patterns on what people tend to write and say, but ultimately it is no different than looking into the night sky and deciding a couple of stars makes the shape of a lion and believing you have determined something fundamental about those stars.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      Kinda. Frostpunk, I felt I had to choose between multiple bad choices. Where this is a bit more optimistic.

      It’s more RTS-feeling, where you can CHOOSE to go to that route, and just roll with the punches. And it’s so sweet when your choices line up to the danger.

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    10 months ago

    I bought it Saturday then played it for like 24 hours straight. Got close once but haven’t won yet

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      I played it a few months ago, before 1.0, and honestly the difficulty pushes me away.

      I expected for it to get harder over time, yes, but coming straight out of the tutorial I couldn’t “succeed” on the first real game. Pretty sure I had everything on easy too. Maybe it was the second game, either way.

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        10 months ago

        Interesting!

        I’m no where near an expert.

        How are you playing it?

        Not everything is important. Not every building needs a person. Not every resource needs to be made. And if you’re angering the forest too much, pull back your wood cutters. Also, don’t open a new area without being ready with ingredients.

        It’s a game of delicate balance and keeping your workforce moving, the supplies coming, and fulfilling requests.

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    10 months ago

    I love city-builders, RTS and roguelite… this looks like a fun game.

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      10 months ago

      I bought it ages ago but still haven’t booted it. I guess now is the time!

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      According to the Steam page, it does not have controller support.

      I’m waiting for that too, so I can play on the Deck or on the couch

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        I’ve played almost exclusively on my Steam Deck since early access. I’d argue it’s actually easier to play on the Steam Deck with all the hotkeys and whatnot mapped to buttons.

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        Yeah, I guess I’m gonna dogpile here a bit, but can confirm it’s pretty solid on the deck. I thought I’d hate track-padding, but it’s actually pretty pleasant. Just had to remap a couple things, like wood-cutting & a couple back paddle buttons and it plays surprisingly smoothly. I’ve played on both PC & deck and oddly I’m starting to get to like playing on the deck a little bit better actually.

        Give it a try!

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        You can play it on the Deck if you just use one of the trackpad as mouse, I do it all the time :D

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    I don’t have too much time to play because of parental duties but every second I have goes to this game now. Looking forward to the next time I can sit down and play a map, solving the puzzle, gaining some resources for meta progression. It is so good.