Coming up to 5000 hours playing this game, and im still learning new things in multiplayer.

The devs are by far the best ive ever seen. FFF (Friday Fun Facts) is a blog post they write up every Friday. Every. Single. Friday. For the last ... 4 years? look at them on their website, its not a 2 min blurb, its a full review of what they've done that week, and where they're headed, what their plans are, current iterations they're going over, complete with pictures and sometimes *chuckle* hand drawn graphs.

Their IRC channel (there is a link on their website) has someone on the dev team there pretty much 24/7. Not just "community manager" nitwits (Trangar, te he), but guys like Rseding91 (their C++ guru) that are programming the actual updates.

Oh. There are updates.

Are there sometimes bugs in the patches? Sure. Which is why you sometimes see 2 patches in the same day. Bugs get quashed immediately whenever possible.

While this review doesnt speak much about the game, the team behind it deserves the recognition - its amazing, thoughtul, and incredibly well done because of them.

In a nutshell, its similar to RTS games like starcraft, where you build up and gather resources. But instead of spending 20 minutes to build up a base to have the game end in 2, you keep building.

Building Bigger.

Making things more efficient.

Tearing down and rebuidling.

Im almost 5000 hours in and sticking with vanilla until I can personally say Ive mastered it. Once I stop learning new things almost every time I play, ill start fooling around with mods. And there are lots of them.

Is this game worth $20? It absolutely was for me. This single $20 purchase brought me thousands of hours of entertaintment, frustration - when things didnt work planned, and absolute delight - when things get fixed, and I can reflect on my orchestra of 500 machines working in harmony.

Whether or not it is worth it for you is up to you. But I would be remiss if i didnt impore you to give it a try, get the demo, fool around, commit an hour or two.

Coming up to 5000 hours playing this game, and im still learning new things in multiplayer. The devs are by far the best ive ever seen. FFF (Friday Fun Facts) is a blog post they write up every Friday. Every. Single. Friday. For the last ... 4 years? look at them on their website, its not a 2 min blurb, its a full review of what they've done that week, and where they're headed, what their plans are, current iterations they're going over, complete with pictures and sometimes *chuckle* hand drawn graphs. Their IRC channel (there is a link on their website) has someone on the dev team there pretty much 24/7. Not just "community manager" nitwits (Trangar, te he), but guys like Rseding91 (their C++ guru) that are programming the actual updates. Oh. There are updates. Are there sometimes bugs in the patches? Sure. Which is why you sometimes see 2 patches in the same day. Bugs get quashed immediately whenever possible. While this review doesnt speak much about the game, the team behind it deserves the recognition - its amazing, thoughtul, and incredibly well done because of them. In a nutshell, its similar to RTS games like starcraft, where you build up and gather resources. But instead of spending 20 minutes to build up a base to have the game end in 2, you keep building. Building Bigger. Making things more efficient. Tearing down and rebuidling. Im almost 5000 hours in and sticking with vanilla until I can personally say Ive mastered it. Once I stop learning new things almost every time I play, ill start fooling around with mods. And there are lots of them. Is this game worth $20? It absolutely was for me. This single $20 purchase brought me thousands of hours of entertaintment, frustration - when things didnt work planned, and absolute delight - when things get fixed, and I can reflect on my orchestra of 500 machines working in harmony. Whether or not it is worth it for you is up to you. But I would be remiss if i didnt impore you to give it a try, get the demo, fool around, commit an hour or two.