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In the "learning curve" section, one may have the impression that if, by any chance, biters eat up a chunk of your factory (or even the whole of it), less pollution will be produced, so...less attacks, etc. (The aggression will go down) Of course, no going back on biters' evolution; it's forward only. Another thing I think is why Factorio is so addictive is that every mistake, every design, every fixed mistake is much like a player's signature. So you play it long enough, you'll have 'your signature' everywhere on the map you've explored.
@@morienbendinelli1554 Thanks for the comment Morien! You're right that with biter evolution there is no going back, however you can absolutely have reduced attacks if you stop producing as much. It will take a bit of time to have an impact as pollution takes a while to move around the map, but if biters don't get pollution they can't spawn new units and therefore can't attack you as much! I agree with Factorio's addictiveness. It's so cool that there's so many valid ways to play the game, and even the mistakes feel "charming"! The big sense of ownership definitely keeps me going back for more.
What's up Trupen! My analytics tell me my review is regularly recommended with your videos haha. Congrats on your recent success! Happy to see you found your way here :)
Factorio is basically an allegory to life: you trade your time for a marginal increase in productivity (basically school/training). After that, you trade another bit of time for another bit of productivity. This cycle never ends, and every increase/expansion only serves to fuel further growth. Gotta love them positive reinforcing loops
1500 hours in factorio personally, and I still have cases where I'm like "Okay so what if you take these belts inserters a few splitters and HOLY SHIT WHERE DID THOSE 10 HOURS OF MY LIFE GO!!"
Yup. I put the game down for two years after 1800 hrs and just opened up a new world again last week and its every bit as addictive as it ever was. Cracktorio indeed.
I have a steel shortage, caused by an iron shortage, cause by a coal shortage. Before I go to bed and leave it running over night I'll just clear out a few biters on that coal patch, set up some miners and run a train line, with a station and an unloading oh, its the next morning and I have work and didn't sleep again...
The fact that there is a free demo which actually teaches you how to play the game before you pay for it is the kind of thing that every game used to do but no one does anymore. Games used to focus on the player's experience, factorio is one of those games.
I really like that. It's such a consumer friendly way of seeing whether games are good for you. I suppose with Steam's 2h refund window you can get a similar thing, but I always liked that demos are often more custom-tailored to convey to you what the game is like. Always excited when there's demos for games on steam! That steam festival where a bunch of games had demos available was really cool. I discovered many new games that way!
@@Carbon_Cola just one more automated blue science asembler "Huh, its not getting any red circuits?" "Huh, I need more copper for red circuts" "Huh my copper patch is dry" and so on
@@monochrome3168 Aah...the first time you loose yourself in "one-more-improvement" and ask yourself "why is the sun still up" only to realise it should instead be "oh, the sun is up again"
Factorio has taught me not to be lazy in the short term so to eventually be ultimately lazy big time later on. Some people call that "being efficient". It's a great life skill.
One never stops learning! I think that took me 200 hours to learn as well. After 50 hours of Krastorio 2 I also eventually learned that you can switch a roboport between construction and logistics mode. Sure would have been good to know before getting big coverage for my Megabase haha.
@@Carbon_Cola what on earth, you can set roboports to be for specific robots. I'm 500 hours in Would this guarantee the construction robots in my solar farm wont come back to base but the logistic bots can deliver?
@@more-reasons6655 With the Krastorio 2 mod pack there's two modes for the roboport that changes the construction area and logistics area. As far as I know there's no such feature in the base game.
when i started playing factorio (which was in 0.14), dragging with power poles would just put them in every available tile so... if i were to try to drag a a power line with big electric poles a long distance, i would have clicked once, hold down the button, start running in the direction i wanted to drag the line, 2 tiles later, it would place a new big electric pole as then the tiles would be available again.
@@Deilwynna well, that still happens if one is not paying attention to their inventory and starts dragging pole ghosts (after running out of available poles). ;-)
Great review! I only missed a section on scaling, where you go from handcrafting, automation, train network, bots, blueprints, rocket, and then into megabase. I especially like the transition to an automated mall, and the transition to bots with blueprints.
I was thinking about adding something like this, it's a good idea/suggestion! Ultimately I decided against it to not spoil the game's tech and retain a feeling of "discovery" with the viewers. I think that's where a lot of fun comes from! But your suggestion would probably have worked great too!
Trains are a surprisingly meaty part of the game that I didn't quite understand and therefore sparsely used in my first playthrough (where I used mostly belts and drones). Once you understand rail signals it's a whole new game where you can spend 20 hours iterating over rail intersection blueprints. There's some people out there with smelting operations that require multiple 40 wagon trains on constant loop just for the iron ore I highly recommend the LTN mod to add another dimension to the trains system
every single factorio review ever made starts with the trailer theme and i love it oh yeah i have 800+ hours in this game and have watched basically every single review on youtube
Let me also add a very important note: controls and UI are a masterpiece in this game, I can't stress it enough. Everything has hotkeys, you can copy\paste stuff, every menu (even options) has a fuzzy-search bar. You grab\put stuff by 1, 5, 50% or everything with just hotkeys
This game is literally the "Play it YOUR way" kind of style I love. Want a challenge? Crank up enemy spawns! Make Items more expansive! Spread resources further apart! Make the world only a few tiles tall but infinite in a single direction! Mod the heck out of it! The documentation is the **Chefs Kiss** perfect example of well documentated features of stuff in the game. There's even content in the game that isn't actually used, but is their for modders to take advantage of. This is the type of game that the developers take into consideration the community. They have gone out of their way to fix BUGS for MODDERS! And the weekly blog posts that go into extreme intricate detail about the game and what challenges they faced trying to solve an issue, whether it was gameplay, a bug, performance, or even stuff both in and out of the game. My favorite is the fact the Expansion is being worked on with of the folks being the creator of the large Space Exploration mod, so you get on the blogs perspective of what it was like on the Community Modding API side and the actual codebase side and how they had to tackle problems with how they wanted to solve with the expansion and the lessons learned from their modding experience. The blogs are a fantastic read, like it's a nice thing to sit down and read and just be amazed at what problems and solutions they experienced before during and after developement.
I have been playing PC games for thirty years. THIRTY years. I bought Factorio on May 29th of 2016. Since then I have played it for just over 2,000 hours. Two... thousand... hours. The only other game that I think might come close to that amount a play time for me would the the entire Sid Meier's Civilization franchise and I first started playing that in 1991. Now if you'll excuse me, The Factory Must Grow.
3:28 "So called circuit network" I've seen people build 8-bit computers from what are basically the simplest of transistors to control their factories.... really. Just last week I used it to build a scrolling sign that reads "Happy New Year!" as Auld Lang Syne played... all from circuits.
@@Saviliana Wish more games had turing complete logic like that. People make the craziest stuff. I remembe seeing those gigantic computers in minecraft, truly a sight to behold.
Nice job, I think this video does a great job at explaining to "normal" people how and why to play. I know loading a months old save is sometimes a bit disorienting (and i built it!) so of course seeing an endgame base built by someone else is going to be intimidating!
Thank for breaking this down. I would love multiplayer in a PvP mode, where there are multiple people on each side, each having separate responsibilities over warfare, research and industry.
Hi Emil, my pleasure! You should check out Factorio's public server browser and find a map/server running "BiterBattles" by "ComfyFactory". Two teams with identical resource patches are split by water. Both teams play the normal factorio game, get attacked by biters etc. In addition to researching tech, science can be used to make the enemy team's biters stronger. It's played with randoms so don't expect crazy good coordination, but still people join the server and just do something they think makes sense. Expand mining, improve production, work on defenses etc. Still a bunch of people coming together to build a factory and fight the enemy team. I know the map has it's source code online on github so you could probably host your own server with friends as well, but the public server is actually quite frequented/played (as are all maps by ComfyFactory), so there's almost always a match going when you want to play BiterBattles! Let me know how you like it :)
Now that I’ve played it I can understand how it’s deeply complex but doesn’t overwhelm you with a start. I’m playing small and keeping my factory small because I’m playing without tutorials and kind of just experimenting with different systems I’ve been paying only for two days. And I’m finding it just very interesting How little impact the bugs have on where I am currently. But once I start to really ramp up production I know they’re going to come. So I get to basically choose when the difficulty ramps up while I am experimenting with factory designs. It’s genius.
I just completed Riftbreaker the other day and was blown away by how innovate it felt. After finding Factorio, I feel like I just watched Ozark and then realized that Breaking Bad existed.
Great comparison Phillip. Riftbreaker is a fantastic game in its own way, but if you want factory basebuilding there's just nothing like Factorio! Think you'll give it a shot now?
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It shocked me as well, even after 200 hours of playing it I find myself surprised at the amount of content it provides. Mad respect for the guy who made the mod!
I started K2 and got decently far, but I got burnt out. I made the mistake of making a main bus without the proper resources on it, and now it needs to be expanded accordingly lol
This is a great clear and concise explanation of this deeply technical game. I went and checked out the demo and ended up buying the game thanks to this video. Fantastic job! You will have many more subscribers soon. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot for the feedback MessedOrc! I'm glad you found your way to the game! If you have any questions, feel free to stop by my community discord. There's tons of factorio veterans there who will gladly help out :) discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
The start music sounded like a mix of bad piggies and world of goo soundtracks, giving me moments of pure nostalgia. And then of course there’s one of my fav games being played in the background
my personal favorite. (didn't play for a while and forgot the name) the mod which adds several additional tiers of biters ending in something godzilla like the mod which makes biters drop "loot" the mod which adds biter bodies as burnable fuel the mod which allows you to harvest this "loot" with towers and transport, recycle and by that feed your factory with biters. and ofc, the mod which grants you later tech levels of gunnery to survive those big biters. it's a uber uber death world and something where you need to know what you're doing and be kinda good in base defense but i love it. it makes biters serious enemies well into mega base times AND allows you to incorporate those biters as an integral part of your ressource gathering :)
I was actually thinking of having my next playthrough be lile this. Tons of mods for biter variety and AI/difficulty, mods for more weapons and defenses, pollution handling mods and deathworld settings!
@@iljas. try it, it's realy fun. and if you're into seeing how this stuff would work out i can recommend JDPlays biter hell series, where he goes absolute overdrive with it. (10 times the biter amount, not just 2 times as death world normaly is) realy entertaining if you ask me. PS: i recommend to watch it in 1.25 speed since it's dozens of hours of content if you want to watch it full^^
I once sat down a quite saturday morning at 9:30ish after breakfast, played a bit, and for the very first time, when I realized there is something outside the game and looked up, it was 6. I thought I had played maybe 90 minutes.
figuring out if I want this on switch (which is without mods) and i played the demo on switch already, but your description of the mod with multiple planets and their relations, it just blew my mind
Thanks for the feedback Greg! I hope you enjoy it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on my community discord! There's several Factorio veterans there who will gladly help: discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
One of the best features of Factorio is the community. Everyone in the community is super open to helping new players, and is just the nicest community in gaming (from what I've seen on r/factorio). After all, the factory must grow!
my favorite part is when you get to the end game, then you zoom out on the map and you realize your factory looks like an integrated circuit board 💜 Factorio is definitely on my top 3 games of all time across all genres (fyi i started playing video games in 1989, and playing games in general is one of my three core passions, with music and engineering being the other two).
For me, Factorio is definitely in the top 5 games I have ever played. Hard to rank it though against World of Warcraft, Garry's Mod, Westwood's Command and Conquer, Counter Strike, Mount and Blade... If you'd like, you could join my community discord and we can talk games and passions! We share at least 2 :) discord.gg/eFxY9Ynfng
@@Jamesaepp I agree with this entirely. Launching something into space is your first big goal. Then as you watch it go up, you start to ask yourself: "now what?" And THAT is when Factorio really gets started. Launching that first rocket marks the end of the tutorial. Now it's time to REALLY make a factory!
@@mdouglaswray Sounds good, please do :)! If you end up having questions about the game, there's many Factorio veterans on my community discord who would love to help out. So feel free to join if you want! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
Great review! I’ve already been sucked into this game for months, but I still love to watch videos where people talk about why they love this game so much. Gets me back into the mindset to finish my space exploration save :)
Thanks for your comment Tranan! I can totally relate - I really appreciate seeing videos like this about games that I like (looking at you Mandalore), so I'm happy to hear that I achieved something similar!
Thanks dude! Glad you liked the video and are hyped to give Factorio another shot! If you have any questions on the game, feel free to ask them on my discord! There's several Factorio veterans who will gladly help out! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
I love Factorio. I openly admit, I only once hit the AdMech phase where I could upkeep the factory... while forgetting exactly how everything worked together, just that it did. And it's a game I keep poking at here and there when I just want to get my hit of MASSIVE INDUSTRY. Recently started a Space Exploration modded game with a friend and, despite increased complexity, it oddly feels easier and more 'right'.
Space exploration is such a crazy mod. It adds so much to the game and is so polished! If you're ever looking for more people to play Factorio with (or "bigger" events with mods), on my community discord we organize play sessions every now and then! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
I have, a number of times, opened a save file I haven't played in a few months, spent an hour looking at the base, and just gone "nah, time to start again". This problem is not helped by having multiple save files all with different mod packs in use.
>"The atom bomb will never go off - and I speak as an expert in explosives." - U.S. Admiral William Leahy in 1945 >I am not trying to win the argument, but you love for the truth. >The gyroscope resists all "gravitational" forces in the Universe. Rigidity in space is created by its rotating motion. In 4 gimbals, set it in motion with the axis in the vertical position. It should move 15 degrees per hour, to a horizontal position in 6 hours. If not then the Earth is not a spinning ball. This experiment should put an end to the debate. Pilot Deaths increased 1700% And that's only the first 9 months of 2021 over 2020!
Phenomenal review, my man! One of the best reviews of anything I've ever encountered. I have a feel for the game now after your video better than any other video on Factorio I've seen. Rarely play video games anymore but occasionally feed my inner kid with one, and Factorio might just fit the bill for the next one. You earned sub even. Keep it up and your channel will become one of the preeminent review channels.
Clark, thank you so much for your comment. It was very heartwarming. I am happy that you've enjoyed the video and re-discovered your inner kid! Comments like yours really help encourage me to keep producing stuff - it really does mean a lot to me. Did you end up giving Factorio a shot? Did it meet your expectations after watching my video?
Hey, I've watched this and your Tarkov video. I don't comment on TH-cam much but it's not often you come across someone with a channel so small that creates such high quality videos - you make really good video essays and definitely deserve a lot more recognition. Keep it up!
You mean in the way that I've built the factory? I tend to use as few miners as possible to cover the entire patch - keeps power use and pollution low. Chances are I don't need the max output yet anyway. Once I do I can always go back and put them next to each other to increase yield!
Great review! Between all the setttings, all the mods, and different ways to lay out factories the ways to play this game are endless. If there's an aspect of the game that you don't like you can change it. Every time I play I think about what I enjoy and what I don't and look for ways to make it more enjoyable.
Great review, I bought this for a friend of mine as I know he'll enjoy it. The complexity stopped me from buying it, but this review settled my concerns and convinced me it would be enjoyed.
Hey cmeast! I'm so glad to hear that. I hope you have a really good time with it! If there's anything you find confusing or frustrating, there's many Factorio veteran's on my community discord who will gladly answer all your questions and chat about the game. Feel free to join if you want :) discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
Oh wow, I didnt realize the (small) size of this channel. Based on the quality I was expecting something like a channel in the 20-50k subs. If you keep producing stuff of this quality your channel will definetly grow. :)
One day, I should go back to Factorio and learn how to make the blue science/oil products/trains part of the game not overwhelm me. I usually have biters off so I have no excuse! Very good review, especially for someone with your sub count. I really hope you make it to the top, mate!
Thanks a lot Snarky! Happy to hear you liked it and have such faith in me! If you decide to give the game another shot and have any questions or want to ask for how to do things best: I have a community discord with several helpful Factorio veterans! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc In any case, I'm sure if you set aside the time you'll do great with oil and blue science!
I felt the same way for a while. If you *truely* don't want to deal with oil products you can snag a bp off of the internet. Although most people recommend playing the game without using blueprints. I personally hate dealing with oil, so I got a bp and now I understand how they work and can make a decent set up on my own
HI Drak, glad you liked the video! I also totally agree about the art style. I really like it too. If you don't want to buy it right away I really recommend you check out the demo first to get a feeling for it! And if you have any questions on the game feel free to reach out on my community discord!
@@Carbon_Cola i'll surely look into it, when I have the time - but I already have the feeling I am gonna love it! and oh - the artstyle, it immediately struck me with the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 aesthetic and you absolutely earned a sub btw :)
Thanks a lot for the kind words Aaron! I'm glad you liked it! I used a track from the OST and manually shortened it to fit the intro. You can find the original track here: th-cam.com/video/UpnfR0HwUwI/w-d-xo.html (or buy the entire "album" on steam store.steampowered.com/app/436090/Factorio__Soundtrack/)
I think this happens when you come to a stage where you are not sure what the best next step is and why you should be building anything. When there isn't a lot of pressure from biters, needing to expand to new resource etc. Basically when everything is working fine and you can survive well - you loose some pressure that before that kept you going. I think it helps to just have a very clear goal in mind "launch rocket before 20h" or something, at least it helped me. But also, I think it's 100% okay to stop a playthrough at this stage. You don't need to "finish" a round for it to have had meaning, playing half of it to blue science was fun and that's good enough too! What do you think?
I love to watch death world gameplay. Personally, I play with weakened biters at the moment, though I’m working up to full stock. Cliffs and forests slow me down a lot, but I’m getting better at dealing with them, and keeping fluids organized.
Honestly I often just turn cliffs off. They are cool and all, but it's such a bother to have to make cliff explosive when you build your base. I'd rather just build more wall! I'm currently trying my best at modded deathworld and tbh failing a little haha. If you wanna come try it together, feel free to join my community discord! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc I'll be streaming my deathworld attempts on Sunday :)
I started playing factorio got scared of automating military science so instead I just automated solar panels and acumulators I have 15 hours on that world. The medium bitters have just started spawning, thats right i wasted like 8-12 hours to have about 671 solar panels and around 700-900 acumulators (I have around 4-5Gj total battery i think) place instead of automating military which I still craft by a autocrafter which i feed by a chest the game didnt punish me for playing like this instead it rewarded me since my pollution is going down giving me time to think how to automate both military and blue/chemical? science now without worring about bitters I hope. The game lets you play at your own pace after you dealt with the first hive. 100% recommended.
Thanks a lot for your comment cabroxno! I really wanted to highlight this play-at-your-own-pace thing with the pollution-biter-link and I'm happy to see that it's a point that echoes with others as one of the big strengths!
Absolutely wonderful video well done. Something I would expect from a long time youtuber with 100,000 subs or more. You have my sub and I can't wait to watch you grow!
I have more than 500 hours in this game. I've played with different mods but never heard about space exploration. Thank you, I have to check these mods :)
Thanks a lot Nathaniel! I'm really happy to read that you've enjoyed the video and my style and that you decided to stick around :) Let me know if there are any games you want me to cover!
i always said sinec prerelease and my 1000s of hours playing it Factorio should have the warning, This is addictive in my life time of gaming i have never and i mean never found a game that draws me back and back and back, this is partially due to factorio being an amazing game with high replayability, as well as the modding community theses guys are amazing, if i had a dollar for every hour that me and my friends ahve played or talked or anything this game i would be a rich rich man
3:02 Oh you also forget to say that they take resources from both lines primarily from closest but they take them faster if resources are on the further line and that they drop them only on outer line from them and if belt facing from them or in them then they will output at the right side of the belt but if the belt is curved then they will be outputing inside of the corner you know just casual stuff
factorio is absolutely goat and so is K2+SE i also personally like playing on peacefull mode as i like focusing on the building aspect and the biters are just an annoying distraction
Normally I would disagree, but biters in K2+SE really just turn into a nuisance. Especially on vitamelange planets with those damn biter asteroids. I built stuff on that planet before that update hit so I had 0 defenses. That really sucked.
I was recently gifted Factorio from a friend that has sunk over 900 hours into it. It has been a lot of fun learning how to play. Anywho im off now to go play more Cracktorio!
Thanks Nakoda! That's really great feedback. I was hoping that I managed to make a video that's interesting for new players and veterans alike. Looks like I may have succeeded :)
Thanks a lot for the kind comment! I'm very happy to hear that you want to play the game, I was hoping to make that happen when I made the video :) Have a great day!
Thank you so much! If all goes well, in a few months people will stumble on this video, think there is a big channel behind it and find that they are right :) I've got many great projects I want to make a video about planned out and can't wait to show it to you guys! Looking forward to hearing your feedback on my upcoming videos!
the Circuit Network stuff in Factorio is pretty much like the Redstone in Minecraft. neither are necessary to play the game, but if you know how to use them it makes the game a lot more interesting and complex
Thanks Shawn! Glad you liked it! If you have any more questions or want to chat, feel free to tweet at me or join my community discord! twitter.com/CarbonCola discord.gg/p6zb6R62
@@Carbon_Cola Thanks for the invite! Currently playing DSP but poking around Factorio - if I can find a good 'Dummies Guide to Factorio' series, I'll probably take the plunge. Thanks again.
@@shawnp6653 Sure thing! If you're unsure just try the demo! It's fairly easy to pick up, I think. The nice thing is that you don't need to do everything perfectly right away, it's ok to be inefficient. Plus, I think Factorio's gameplay flows better than in DSP so it's not as frustrating to try things out yourself I'll be here if I can help!
Thank you! I'll try to keep improving :) Is there anything you liked in particular, or something you think I can improve in the following videos? Would love to hear your thoughts!
@@Carbon_Cola I like how did you divide the video onto the most relevant parts of the game. I like also the way you explain the videos. One thing you could add to ur videos, is a bit of comedy. Keep that hard work and continue making videos. Im sure you will get far!
@@thefision6590 Great feedback, thank you! When you mention comedy, did you enjoy the bits that I did add and you'd like just more of it, or were you thinking of some other type of humor/comedy?
@@Carbon_Cola Yeah you should add some more bits of comedy. I dont mean making the entire video a joke. But try to put some more. That, in my opinion, would make it perfect. But you can continue with the normal way you did if you see that it isnt the way to go. Good day!
Also that 6500 players is true! My fav creator on this platform, THE Spiffing brit opened a game of 500 players 0 lag but a few crashes. This game is optimized to perfection
Pollution does not make biters stronger, it makes biters attack you. Biters evolve and get bigger when you destroy their nests. If you hover over a biter spawner, it will even tell you by how much evolution is being sped up as a result of eradicating nearby nests. Also, biters do not become more numerous due to pollution, it's just that everything gets bigger further away from spawn; not just mineral deposits but also biter camps.
Thanks for your comment! Actually there is a pollution component to biter evolution, and spawners consume pollution to send new biter waves to attack. You are right that biter bases only get activated by pollution touching them, so when you venture out further and further you have more and more bases fighting you. But without increased pollution biter spawns will slow down. There's some good info on this in the wiki! wiki.factorio.com/Enemies#Methods_of_increasing wiki.factorio.com/Pollution
After playing for some times I turned biters off, was easy to repell every attack so it was just a waste of time dealing with. Same with power, added the Solar panel mod to not needing wasting time building new nuclear power plants all the time. Still 100% enjoyed playing going for a Gigabase! Blueprinting huuuuuuuuge parts of existing parts of the factory example red cards just to crank up the output, adding new mines and trains! Still dream of the day I have to curage to start it all over!
I think the main reason that the game is so incredibly popular isn't necessarily to do with the core gameplay. It's that it's executed extremely well. Factorio's game design and development is possibly the best of the decade. It's incredibly optimized, the difficulty and learning curves are pretty much perfect, the game never gets overly complicated, it has the best mod support of any game I know of, possibly ever, and it is packed full of quality of life features you barely even notice, but which make all the difference. I don't think I can name a game with better attention to detail or better execution than factorio. Easily worth what they're asking you to pay for it.
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In the "learning curve" section, one may have the impression that if, by any chance, biters eat up a chunk of your factory (or even the whole of it), less pollution will be produced, so...less attacks, etc. (The aggression will go down)
Of course, no going back on biters' evolution; it's forward only.
Another thing I think is why Factorio is so addictive is that every mistake, every design, every fixed mistake is much like a player's signature. So you play it long enough, you'll have 'your signature' everywhere on the map you've explored.
@@morienbendinelli1554 Thanks for the comment Morien!
You're right that with biter evolution there is no going back, however you can absolutely have reduced attacks if you stop producing as much. It will take a bit of time to have an impact as pollution takes a while to move around the map, but if biters don't get pollution they can't spawn new units and therefore can't attack you as much!
I agree with Factorio's addictiveness. It's so cool that there's so many valid ways to play the game, and even the mistakes feel "charming"! The big sense of ownership definitely keeps me going back for more.
I wouldn't call this a review. It's more like a sales pitch. A review wouldn't focus on convincing players to get the game.
Factorio is a magic game where you trade your time for expansion.
What's up Trupen! My analytics tell me my review is regularly recommended with your videos haha. Congrats on your recent success! Happy to see you found your way here :)
Factorio is basically an allegory to life: you trade your time for a marginal increase in productivity (basically school/training). After that, you trade another bit of time for another bit of productivity. This cycle never ends, and every increase/expansion only serves to fuel further growth. Gotta love them positive reinforcing loops
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You trade your sanity for RPM.
you didn't need free time anyway
1500 hours in factorio personally, and I still have cases where I'm like "Okay so what if you take these belts inserters a few splitters and HOLY SHIT WHERE DID THOSE 10 HOURS OF MY LIFE GO!!"
Such is life when the factory must grow.
Yup. I put the game down for two years after 1800 hrs and just opened up a new world again last week and its every bit as addictive as it ever was. Cracktorio indeed.
I have a steel shortage, caused by an iron shortage, cause by a coal shortage. Before I go to bed and leave it running over night I'll just clear out a few biters on that coal patch, set up some miners and run a train line, with a station and an unloading oh, its the next morning and I have work and didn't sleep again...
The fact that there is a free demo which actually teaches you how to play the game before you pay for it is the kind of thing that every game used to do but no one does anymore. Games used to focus on the player's experience, factorio is one of those games.
I really like that. It's such a consumer friendly way of seeing whether games are good for you. I suppose with Steam's 2h refund window you can get a similar thing, but I always liked that demos are often more custom-tailored to convey to you what the game is like. Always excited when there's demos for games on steam! That steam festival where a bunch of games had demos available was really cool. I discovered many new games that way!
The demo is to blame for my addiction. I regret nothing.
The first time i booted this game 20 min went by in my head. But in reality 4hrs passed. Thats all you need to know about this game 😄
Classic Factorio! Kind of like Civ's "one more turn", except it's more like "one more improvement" haha.
@@Carbon_Cola just one more automated blue science asembler
"Huh, its not getting any red circuits?"
"Huh, I need more copper for red circuts"
"Huh my copper patch is dry" and so on
@@monochrome3168 Aah...the first time you loose yourself in "one-more-improvement" and ask yourself "why is the sun still up" only to realise it should instead be "oh, the sun is up again"
Factorio has taught me not to be lazy in the short term so to eventually be ultimately lazy big time later on. Some people call that "being efficient". It's a great life skill.
Work smarter, not harder!
I have 800 hours in factorio, I started playing 3 years ago, and I didn't know you could click and drag power poles until 3 weeks ago.
One never stops learning! I think that took me 200 hours to learn as well.
After 50 hours of Krastorio 2 I also eventually learned that you can switch a roboport between construction and logistics mode. Sure would have been good to know before getting big coverage for my Megabase haha.
@@Carbon_Cola what on earth, you can set roboports to be for specific robots. I'm 500 hours in
Would this guarantee the construction robots in my solar farm wont come back to base but the logistic bots can deliver?
@@more-reasons6655 With the Krastorio 2 mod pack there's two modes for the roboport that changes the construction area and logistics area. As far as I know there's no such feature in the base game.
when i started playing factorio (which was in 0.14), dragging with power poles would just put them in every available tile so... if i were to try to drag a a power line with big electric poles a long distance, i would have clicked once, hold down the button, start running in the direction i wanted to drag the line, 2 tiles later, it would place a new big electric pole as then the tiles would be available again.
@@Deilwynna well, that still happens if one is not paying attention to their inventory and starts dragging pole ghosts (after running out of available poles). ;-)
Great review! I only missed a section on scaling, where you go from handcrafting, automation, train network, bots, blueprints, rocket, and then into megabase. I especially like the transition to an automated mall, and the transition to bots with blueprints.
I was thinking about adding something like this, it's a good idea/suggestion! Ultimately I decided against it to not spoil the game's tech and retain a feeling of "discovery" with the viewers. I think that's where a lot of fun comes from! But your suggestion would probably have worked great too!
Trains are a surprisingly meaty part of the game that I didn't quite understand and therefore sparsely used in my first playthrough (where I used mostly belts and drones).
Once you understand rail signals it's a whole new game where you can spend 20 hours iterating over rail intersection blueprints.
There's some people out there with smelting operations that require multiple 40 wagon trains on constant loop just for the iron ore
I highly recommend the LTN mod to add another dimension to the trains system
every single factorio review ever made starts with the trailer theme and i love it
oh yeah i have 800+ hours in this game and have watched basically every single review on youtube
Let me also add a very important note: controls and UI are a masterpiece in this game, I can't stress it enough. Everything has hotkeys, you can copy\paste stuff, every menu (even options) has a fuzzy-search bar. You grab\put stuff by 1, 5, 50% or everything with just hotkeys
Indeed a big part of Factorio's appeal is that it's so easy to make something complex, part of that is the fantastic UI as you've pointed out!
This game is literally the "Play it YOUR way" kind of style I love.
Want a challenge? Crank up enemy spawns! Make Items more expansive! Spread resources further apart! Make the world only a few tiles tall but infinite in a single direction!
Mod the heck out of it! The documentation is the **Chefs Kiss** perfect example of well documentated features of stuff in the game. There's even content in the game that isn't actually used, but is their for modders to take advantage of.
This is the type of game that the developers take into consideration the community. They have gone out of their way to fix BUGS for MODDERS! And the weekly blog posts that go into extreme intricate detail about the game and what challenges they faced trying to solve an issue, whether it was gameplay, a bug, performance, or even stuff both in and out of the game.
My favorite is the fact the Expansion is being worked on with of the folks being the creator of the large Space Exploration mod, so you get on the blogs perspective of what it was like on the Community Modding API side and the actual codebase side and how they had to tackle problems with how they wanted to solve with the expansion and the lessons learned from their modding experience.
The blogs are a fantastic read, like it's a nice thing to sit down and read and just be amazed at what problems and solutions they experienced before during and after developement.
I have been playing PC games for thirty years. THIRTY years.
I bought Factorio on May 29th of 2016. Since then I have played it for just over 2,000 hours. Two... thousand... hours.
The only other game that I think might come close to that amount a play time for me would the the entire Sid Meier's Civilization franchise and I first started playing that in 1991.
Now if you'll excuse me, The Factory Must Grow.
I love Factorio, so many hours of playtime! Though when the factory calls, it does get in the way of one's "normal" life ;)
3:28 "So called circuit network" I've seen people build 8-bit computers from what are basically the simplest of transistors to control their factories.... really.
Just last week I used it to build a scrolling sign that reads "Happy New Year!" as Auld Lang Syne played... all from circuits.
They're such a powerful tool. I love when games give that kind of freedom to the player. One of my favorites was WireMod in Garry's Mod. So cool!
I have seen people done made a full working NES inside factorio with original mario playing on it, full game.
@@Saviliana Wish more games had turing complete logic like that. People make the craziest stuff. I remembe seeing those gigantic computers in minecraft, truly a sight to behold.
Circuits are great for Space Exploration mod. I used them to automate cargo rockets to another planets.
Nice job, I think this video does a great job at explaining to "normal" people how and why to play.
I know loading a months old save is sometimes a bit disorienting (and i built it!) so of course seeing an endgame base built by someone else is going to be intimidating!
Thank for breaking this down. I would love multiplayer in a PvP mode, where there are multiple people on each side, each having separate responsibilities over warfare, research and industry.
Hi Emil, my pleasure!
You should check out Factorio's public server browser and find a map/server running "BiterBattles" by "ComfyFactory". Two teams with identical resource patches are split by water. Both teams play the normal factorio game, get attacked by biters etc. In addition to researching tech, science can be used to make the enemy team's biters stronger. It's played with randoms so don't expect crazy good coordination, but still people join the server and just do something they think makes sense. Expand mining, improve production, work on defenses etc. Still a bunch of people coming together to build a factory and fight the enemy team.
I know the map has it's source code online on github so you could probably host your own server with friends as well, but the public server is actually quite frequented/played (as are all maps by ComfyFactory), so there's almost always a match going when you want to play BiterBattles!
Let me know how you like it :)
PVP mode exists
Ok after dis, imma try to beat the train tutorial part
How did it go :D?
@@Carbon_Cola all i will say is....
Cracktorio
Now that I’ve played it I can understand how it’s deeply complex but doesn’t overwhelm you with a start. I’m playing small and keeping my factory small because I’m playing without tutorials and kind of just experimenting with different systems I’ve been paying only for two days. And I’m finding it just very interesting How little impact the bugs have on where I am currently. But once I start to really ramp up production I know they’re going to come. So I get to basically choose when the difficulty ramps up while I am experimenting with factory designs. It’s genius.
Agreed! One of the best features!
Glad you're enjoying the game;
I just completed Riftbreaker the other day and was blown away by how innovate it felt. After finding Factorio, I feel like I just watched Ozark and then realized that Breaking Bad existed.
Great comparison Phillip. Riftbreaker is a fantastic game in its own way, but if you want factory basebuilding there's just nothing like Factorio!
Think you'll give it a shot now?
This overview is very well constructed and I found it incredibly helpful. I was having trouble knowing what to expect. Thank you!
0:48 I love how portal 2 in first because ppl playing factorio are most likely to play Portal 2 aswell since its a puzzle/logic game aswell
How the hell do you have less than 1 k subscribers? Your content deserves 100x that number
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I'm glad you liked my video and my style! I'm hoping that the channel will continue to grow to 10k and beyond eventually, but it's a slow road! Nevertheless I'm incredibly happy with the success of my Factorio and CK3 videos and I'm excited to keep going and make even more games more accessible :)
If there's a game you think I should cover then please let me know!
Didnt imagine Krastorio 2 and Space Explorartion would look so huge and amazing!
It shocked me as well, even after 200 hours of playing it I find myself surprised at the amount of content it provides. Mad respect for the guy who made the mod!
I started K2 and got decently far, but I got burnt out. I made the mistake of making a main bus without the proper resources on it, and now it needs to be expanded accordingly lol
thanks to Factorio, I've been doing problem solving issues that now runs smoothly
Very cool! What's the best thing you "solved" as a result of Factorio?
This is a great clear and concise explanation of this deeply technical game. I went and checked out the demo and ended up buying the game thanks to this video. Fantastic job! You will have many more subscribers soon. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot for the feedback MessedOrc! I'm glad you found your way to the game! If you have any questions, feel free to stop by my community discord. There's tons of factorio veterans there who will gladly help out :) discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
The start music sounded like a mix of bad piggies and world of goo soundtracks, giving me moments of pure nostalgia. And then of course there’s one of my fav games being played in the background
my personal favorite. (didn't play for a while and forgot the name)
the mod which adds several additional tiers of biters ending in something godzilla like
the mod which makes biters drop "loot"
the mod which adds biter bodies as burnable fuel
the mod which allows you to harvest this "loot" with towers and transport, recycle and by that feed your factory with biters.
and ofc, the mod which grants you later tech levels of gunnery to survive those big biters.
it's a uber uber death world and something where you need to know what you're doing and be kinda good in base defense but i love it. it makes biters serious enemies well into mega base times AND allows you to incorporate those biters as an integral part of your ressource gathering :)
I was actually thinking of having my next playthrough be lile this. Tons of mods for biter variety and AI/difficulty, mods for more weapons and defenses, pollution handling mods and deathworld settings!
@@iljas. try it, it's realy fun. and if you're into seeing how this stuff would work out i can recommend JDPlays biter hell series, where he goes absolute overdrive with it. (10 times the biter amount, not just 2 times as death world normaly is) realy entertaining if you ask me.
PS: i recommend to watch it in 1.25 speed since it's dozens of hours of content if you want to watch it full^^
Great suggestion! So many fun ways to play Factorio!
I once sat down a quite saturday morning at 9:30ish after breakfast, played a bit, and for the very first time, when I realized there is something outside the game and looked up, it was 6. I thought I had played maybe 90 minutes.
Classic Cractorio! Glad to hear you lost yourself in it :)
figuring out if I want this on switch (which is without mods) and i played the demo on switch already, but your description of the mod with multiple planets and their relations, it just blew my mind
It's absolutely insane. I just recently restarted a solo run and am so hyped for the complex factory, but also very overwhelmed!
Nice and accurate review. I have that game some weeks now and have hardly no time left for anything else.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looking forward.
I do hope a lot of potential new players see this video! It does quite a good job of explaining the game.
As a Factorio player myself this was a great informative video for new players or those looking to buy. Thank you for the great content!
Thanks Tim! I'm happy to hear that you liked it! I hope that I helped/continue to help to allow people to find Factorio and enjoy it :)
Thanks for the overview. Never played this type of game, but I am gonna give the free Demo a go.
Thanks for the feedback Greg! I hope you enjoy it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on my community discord! There's several Factorio veterans there who will gladly help: discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
After all the absolutely unhinged Factorio reviews I have seen, I was not expecting a down to earth review. Very nice
One of the best features of Factorio is the community. Everyone in the community is super open to helping new players, and is just the nicest community in gaming (from what I've seen on r/factorio). After all, the factory must grow!
Totally agreed! The community is great, so is the subreddit.
my favorite part is when you get to the end game, then you zoom out on the map and you realize your factory looks like an integrated circuit board 💜
Factorio is definitely on my top 3 games of all time across all genres (fyi i started playing video games in 1989, and playing games in general is one of my three core passions, with music and engineering being the other two).
For me, Factorio is definitely in the top 5 games I have ever played. Hard to rank it though against World of Warcraft, Garry's Mod, Westwood's Command and Conquer, Counter Strike, Mount and Blade...
If you'd like, you could join my community discord and we can talk games and passions! We share at least 2 :)
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FYI you don't need to launch a satellite to "win" the game, just the rocket.
Thanks for the clarification!
You haven't really started playing factorio until you've launched a satellite ;)
@@Jamesaepp I agree with this entirely. Launching something into space is your first big goal. Then as you watch it go up, you start to ask yourself: "now what?" And THAT is when Factorio really gets started. Launching that first rocket marks the end of the tutorial. Now it's time to REALLY make a factory!
Thanks for the intro! I'm going to try the demo!
My pleasure Doug! Did you already try it? How was it?
@@Carbon_Cola Holding till I can spare the $. I'll be certain to let you know. :-D
@@mdouglaswray Sounds good, please do :)!
If you end up having questions about the game, there's many Factorio veterans on my community discord who would love to help out. So feel free to join if you want! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
This is the best overview of the game I've seen, great job!
Thanks a lot Sander! I'm really happy to hear you liked it!
A factory review! Awesome!
A really good overview about the game!
Thanks for the mods recommendations!
My pleasure dude! Happy gaming :)
My boy is back with another great video. Got me hyped to finally play the game myself
Happy to serve! Let me know how you like it :)
Great review! I’ve already been sucked into this game for months, but I still love to watch videos where people talk about why they love this game so much. Gets me back into the mindset to finish my space exploration save :)
Thanks for your comment Tranan! I can totally relate - I really appreciate seeing videos like this about games that I like (looking at you Mandalore), so I'm happy to hear that I achieved something similar!
Great introduction! Wanna try the mods now :)
Cool vid, i played it before on my friends pc some years ago but didn't think much of it.
Now you hyped me up for this title.
Thanks dude! Glad you liked the video and are hyped to give Factorio another shot! If you have any questions on the game, feel free to ask them on my discord! There's several Factorio veterans who will gladly help out! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
I love Factorio. I openly admit, I only once hit the AdMech phase where I could upkeep the factory... while forgetting exactly how everything worked together, just that it did. And it's a game I keep poking at here and there when I just want to get my hit of MASSIVE INDUSTRY. Recently started a Space Exploration modded game with a friend and, despite increased complexity, it oddly feels easier and more 'right'.
Space exploration is such a crazy mod. It adds so much to the game and is so polished!
If you're ever looking for more people to play Factorio with (or "bigger" events with mods), on my community discord we organize play sessions every now and then!
discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
I have, a number of times, opened a save file I haven't played in a few months, spent an hour looking at the base, and just gone "nah, time to start again". This problem is not helped by having multiple save files all with different mod packs in use.
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>I am not trying to win the argument, but you love for the truth.
>The gyroscope resists all "gravitational" forces in the Universe. Rigidity in space is created by its rotating motion. In 4 gimbals, set it in motion with the axis in the vertical position. It should move 15 degrees per hour, to a horizontal position in 6 hours. If not then the Earth is not a spinning ball. This experiment should put an end to the debate.
Pilot Deaths increased 1700% And that's only the first 9 months of 2021 over 2020!
Phenomenal review, my man! One of the best reviews of anything I've ever encountered. I have a feel for the game now after your video better than any other video on Factorio I've seen. Rarely play video games anymore but occasionally feed my inner kid with one, and Factorio might just fit the bill for the next one. You earned sub even. Keep it up and your channel will become one of the preeminent review channels.
Clark, thank you so much for your comment. It was very heartwarming. I am happy that you've enjoyed the video and re-discovered your inner kid! Comments like yours really help encourage me to keep producing stuff - it really does mean a lot to me.
Did you end up giving Factorio a shot? Did it meet your expectations after watching my video?
This feels a bit like an introduction like should you buy/play ... tho very well made
Fair criticism, thanks for voicing it!
Hey, I've watched this and your Tarkov video. I don't comment on TH-cam much but it's not often you come across someone with a channel so small that creates such high quality videos - you make really good video essays and definitely deserve a lot more recognition. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot Thomas! I'm really happy to hear that you like my style. It's really encouraging for me to keep going when the reception is so good.
Also it's good to mention the ability to do Ctrl c + Ctrl v with your building plans using drones, which are unlocked through science
I love this feature!!
Those spaces between miners anoy me the fact that miners mine the stuff one tile around them dosn't mean they shoudn't overlap
You mean in the way that I've built the factory? I tend to use as few miners as possible to cover the entire patch - keeps power use and pollution low. Chances are I don't need the max output yet anyway. Once I do I can always go back and put them next to each other to increase yield!
Great review! Between all the setttings, all the mods, and different ways to lay out factories the ways to play this game are endless. If there's an aspect of the game that you don't like you can change it. Every time I play I think about what I enjoy and what I don't and look for ways to make it more enjoyable.
Well said!
Thank you for your feedback! Happy to hear you've enjoyed it :)
Great review, I bought this for a friend of mine as I know he'll enjoy it. The complexity stopped me from buying it, but this review settled my concerns and convinced me it would be enjoyed.
Hey cmeast! I'm so glad to hear that. I hope you have a really good time with it!
If there's anything you find confusing or frustrating, there's many Factorio veteran's on my community discord who will gladly answer all your questions and chat about the game. Feel free to join if you want :) discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
@@Carbon_Cola Thank you for that, it's appreciated :)
Oh wow, I didnt realize the (small) size of this channel. Based on the quality I was expecting something like a channel in the 20-50k subs. If you keep producing stuff of this quality your channel will definetly grow. :)
Thanks Pontus! That's my hope as well :)
One day, I should go back to Factorio and learn how to make the blue science/oil products/trains part of the game not overwhelm me. I usually have biters off so I have no excuse!
Very good review, especially for someone with your sub count. I really hope you make it to the top, mate!
Thanks a lot Snarky! Happy to hear you liked it and have such faith in me!
If you decide to give the game another shot and have any questions or want to ask for how to do things best: I have a community discord with several helpful Factorio veterans! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc In any case, I'm sure if you set aside the time you'll do great with oil and blue science!
I felt the same way for a while. If you *truely* don't want to deal with oil products you can snag a bp off of the internet. Although most people recommend playing the game without using blueprints. I personally hate dealing with oil, so I got a bp and now I understand how they work and can make a decent set up on my own
a wonderful video, I will definetly look into factorio, it honestly first gotten my attention with its beautiful artstyle
HI Drak, glad you liked the video! I also totally agree about the art style. I really like it too. If you don't want to buy it right away I really recommend you check out the demo first to get a feeling for it! And if you have any questions on the game feel free to reach out on my community discord!
@@Carbon_Cola i'll surely look into it, when I have the time - but I already have the feeling I am gonna love it! and oh - the artstyle, it immediately struck me with the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 aesthetic
and you absolutely earned a sub btw :)
Top tier! Keep it up, just subbed. Shocking you only got 155 subs! On the way up 📈
Thanks a lot Synkronization! I'm happy to hear you've enjoyed the video and are sticking around for more. In theory, it only gets better from here :)
You didn't mention the great community that makes the game 100 times better. I believe it's a big part of what makes factorio great.
Fantastic Review, very comprehensive overview of the game. Quick question, what's the name of the intro song?
Thanks a lot for the kind words Aaron! I'm glad you liked it!
I used a track from the OST and manually shortened it to fit the intro. You can find the original track here: th-cam.com/video/UpnfR0HwUwI/w-d-xo.html (or buy the entire "album" on steam store.steampowered.com/app/436090/Factorio__Soundtrack/)
This game is dangerously addictive, the only way to break this cycle, is to automate playing the game itself
But first, the factory must grow.
@@Carbon_Cola yeah
>Little to no frustration
I always burn out right after I automated oil and blue science.
I think this happens when you come to a stage where you are not sure what the best next step is and why you should be building anything. When there isn't a lot of pressure from biters, needing to expand to new resource etc. Basically when everything is working fine and you can survive well - you loose some pressure that before that kept you going.
I think it helps to just have a very clear goal in mind "launch rocket before 20h" or something, at least it helped me.
But also, I think it's 100% okay to stop a playthrough at this stage. You don't need to "finish" a round for it to have had meaning, playing half of it to blue science was fun and that's good enough too!
What do you think?
6:41 "You know how the factory operates because you built it yourself"
Me: **cries in spaghetti*
🥲
Spaghetti can be beautiful!!
Fantastic as always, 11/10!
Main drawback personally is that it takes about as much time as a second job.
It's all about priorities. And you know what they say: the factory must grow.
I love to watch death world gameplay. Personally, I play with weakened biters at the moment, though I’m working up to full stock. Cliffs and forests slow me down a lot, but I’m getting better at dealing with them, and keeping fluids organized.
Honestly I often just turn cliffs off. They are cool and all, but it's such a bother to have to make cliff explosive when you build your base. I'd rather just build more wall!
I'm currently trying my best at modded deathworld and tbh failing a little haha. If you wanna come try it together, feel free to join my community discord! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc
I'll be streaming my deathworld attempts on Sunday :)
I started playing factorio got scared of automating military science so instead I just automated solar panels and acumulators I have 15 hours on that world. The medium bitters have just started spawning, thats right i wasted like 8-12 hours to have about 671 solar panels and around 700-900 acumulators (I have around 4-5Gj total battery i think) place instead of automating military which I still craft by a autocrafter which i feed by a chest the game didnt punish me for playing like this instead it rewarded me since my pollution is going down giving me time to think how to automate both military and blue/chemical? science now without worring about bitters I hope. The game lets you play at your own pace after you dealt with the first hive. 100% recommended.
Thanks a lot for your comment cabroxno! I really wanted to highlight this play-at-your-own-pace thing with the pollution-biter-link and I'm happy to see that it's a point that echoes with others as one of the big strengths!
Thank God they have a free demo. This game looks overwhelmingly interesting to me
Did you end up trying the demo? What happened?
Absolutely wonderful video well done. Something I would expect from a long time youtuber with 100,000 subs or more. You have my sub and I can't wait to watch you grow!
Thanks a lot Briar, that means a lot! I'm hoping to reach that number eventually :)
If there are any games you want me to cover please let me know!
@@Carbon_Cola one game I heavily associate with the addictive gameplay of factorio would be Rimworld another indie masterpiece
I have more than 500 hours in this game. I've played with different mods but never heard about space exploration. Thank you, I have to check these mods :)
Good luck ;)
Got yourself another sub! This is the best review of Factorio I've seen
Thanks a lot Nathaniel! I'm really happy to read that you've enjoyed the video and my style and that you decided to stick around :) Let me know if there are any games you want me to cover!
So excited!! 🙀
Another great video, giving a good overview of a game that does always look overwhelming, haha.
i always said sinec prerelease and my 1000s of hours playing it Factorio should have the warning, This is addictive in my life time of gaming i have never and i mean never found a game that draws me back and back and back, this is partially due to factorio being an amazing game with high replayability, as well as the modding community theses guys are amazing, if i had a dollar for every hour that me and my friends ahve played or talked or anything this game i would be a rich rich man
This is a really good video to show someone who is still trying to decide whether or not to get it.
Thank you, I appreciate your comment. Glad you liked it :)
3:02 Oh you also forget to say that they take resources from both lines primarily from closest but they take them faster if resources are on the further line and that they drop them only on outer line from them and if belt facing from them or in them then they will output at the right side of the belt but if the belt is curved then they will be outputing inside of the corner you know just casual stuff
Great video loved the mods section
Looking forward to watching that :D
factorio is absolutely goat and so is K2+SE
i also personally like playing on peacefull mode as i like focusing on the building aspect and the biters are just an annoying distraction
Normally I would disagree, but biters in K2+SE really just turn into a nuisance. Especially on vitamelange planets with those damn biter asteroids. I built stuff on that planet before that update hit so I had 0 defenses. That really sucked.
Well I guess I need to play this game now!!!!
Good stuff man, I see you're new so keep up the good work :)
That's the plan :)! Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you liked it!
I was recently gifted Factorio from a friend that has sunk over 900 hours into it. It has been a lot of fun learning how to play. Anywho im off now to go play more Cracktorio!
The factory must grow! Have a good time!
very great video, i dont think you missed anything
idk why i watched this, i played much more than im wanting to admit, but im happy i watched
Thanks Nakoda! That's really great feedback. I was hoping that I managed to make a video that's interesting for new players and veterans alike. Looks like I may have succeeded :)
You are really cool, I love your stile and you actually made me want to play this game!
Thanks a lot for the kind comment! I'm very happy to hear that you want to play the game, I was hoping to make that happen when I made the video :)
Have a great day!
Hope to get more friends into factorio so we can explore and build together!
Hopefully this video can help you with that!
Fantastic video! Love your style. Thought your channel was way bigger from the quality. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! If all goes well, in a few months people will stumble on this video, think there is a big channel behind it and find that they are right :) I've got many great projects I want to make a video about planned out and can't wait to show it to you guys!
Looking forward to hearing your feedback on my upcoming videos!
It's like Minecraft, meets Command & Conquer, meets SimCity...
the Circuit Network stuff in Factorio is pretty much like the Redstone in Minecraft.
neither are necessary to play the game, but if you know how to use them it makes the game a lot more interesting and complex
I totally agree Proxy!
Just curious about factorio - very informative. Thank you!
Thanks Shawn! Glad you liked it! If you have any more questions or want to chat, feel free to tweet at me or join my community discord! twitter.com/CarbonCola discord.gg/p6zb6R62
@@Carbon_Cola Thanks for the invite! Currently playing DSP but poking around Factorio - if I can find a good 'Dummies Guide to Factorio' series, I'll probably take the plunge. Thanks again.
@@shawnp6653 Sure thing! If you're unsure just try the demo! It's fairly easy to pick up, I think. The nice thing is that you don't need to do everything perfectly right away, it's ok to be inefficient. Plus, I think Factorio's gameplay flows better than in DSP so it's not as frustrating to try things out yourself
I'll be here if I can help!
@@Carbon_Cola Thanks. My OCD would kick in big time I am afraid :) Have a good evening!
I like your type of content! Keep it up, You have alot of potential :)
Thank you! I'll try to keep improving :)
Is there anything you liked in particular, or something you think I can improve in the following videos? Would love to hear your thoughts!
@@Carbon_Cola I like how did you divide the video onto the most relevant parts of the game. I like also the way you explain the videos. One thing you could add to ur videos, is a bit of comedy. Keep that hard work and continue making videos. Im sure you will get far!
@@thefision6590 Great feedback, thank you!
When you mention comedy, did you enjoy the bits that I did add and you'd like just more of it, or were you thinking of some other type of humor/comedy?
@@Carbon_Cola Yeah you should add some more bits of comedy. I dont mean making the entire video a joke. But try to put some more. That, in my opinion, would make it perfect.
But you can continue with the normal way you did if you see that it isnt the way to go.
Good day!
Great overview. Now curious about multiplayer modes.
Also that 6500 players is true! My fav creator on this platform, THE Spiffing brit opened a game of 500 players 0 lag but a few crashes. This game is optimized to perfection
Pollution does not make biters stronger, it makes biters attack you. Biters evolve and get bigger when you destroy their nests. If you hover over a biter spawner, it will even tell you by how much evolution is being sped up as a result of eradicating nearby nests. Also, biters do not become more numerous due to pollution, it's just that everything gets bigger further away from spawn; not just mineral deposits but also biter camps.
Thanks for your comment!
Actually there is a pollution component to biter evolution, and spawners consume pollution to send new biter waves to attack. You are right that biter bases only get activated by pollution touching them, so when you venture out further and further you have more and more bases fighting you. But without increased pollution biter spawns will slow down.
There's some good info on this in the wiki! wiki.factorio.com/Enemies#Methods_of_increasing
wiki.factorio.com/Pollution
Another great introduction to a fantastic game!
The factory must grow
Great video for someone who just wants to start with Factorio!
Thank you Lukáš! I'm glad you liked the video!
Remnants of the Precursors (Master of Orion open source game) and Factorio are only two games where you can do genocide, and don't feel bad.
I've never played Remnants of the Precursors (or Master of Orion for that matter) - it's something like a sci-fi Civ, right?
@@Carbon_Cola kinda. But less complex but it's good. Try it's free
After playing for some times I turned biters off, was easy to repell every attack so it was just a waste of time dealing with. Same with power, added the Solar panel mod to not needing wasting time building new nuclear power plants all the time.
Still 100% enjoyed playing going for a Gigabase! Blueprinting huuuuuuuuge parts of existing parts of the factory example red cards just to crank up the output, adding new mines and trains!
Still dream of the day I have to curage to start it all over!
That's part of the beauty of the game! Mods and settings allow you do adjust the game to your preferences!
Glad you enjoy it!
I think the main reason that the game is so incredibly popular isn't necessarily to do with the core gameplay. It's that it's executed extremely well. Factorio's game design and development is possibly the best of the decade. It's incredibly optimized, the difficulty and learning curves are pretty much perfect, the game never gets overly complicated, it has the best mod support of any game I know of, possibly ever, and it is packed full of quality of life features you barely even notice, but which make all the difference. I don't think I can name a game with better attention to detail or better execution than factorio. Easily worth what they're asking you to pay for it.