It is STILL a great game! Most of the Negative reviews are from the people who reviewed BEFORE the Hotfix after the Outbreak patch.

Managing diseases is not that big of a deal, even slimelung. Now you have auto-desinfecting!

Slimelung: If the immunity of your colonists is going down; you just seal them out of the contaminated areas as slimelung dies in clean oxygen.

Food poisoning: Because the water filtration process is not antiseptic, you MUST have another clean water source for food and use the contaminated filtered water from the WC for food production (sleet wheat and Berries) or Electrolyzers.

You have a point when you say there is more micro management: for example the food poisoned water from the showers/basins will not be enough to produce oxygen for a bigger base and hydroponic farms, so you will need a second water supply.

As for cleaning the base: yes it might be annoying at start, but once you get used to managing germs it will NOT be a problem anymore. Cycle 220 here, 1st try and I've managed to recover from a food poisoning outbreak.

You just need experience to get used to the new mechanics, because this update was a great one. The food balancing is fantastic, now you can actually make good food for your dups!


Great job Klei! and thanks for this great game and that quick hotfix on desinfectation time. I wish people would be so quick to fixing their reviews as Klei was to correct their mistakes!


(although, I do wish the Thermo Aquatuner would not roast my base at 200 degress C as it does now)

It is STILL a great game! Most of the Negative reviews are from the people who reviewed BEFORE the Hotfix after the Outbreak patch. Managing diseases is not that big of a deal, even slimelung. Now you have auto-desinfecting! Slimelung: If the immunity of your colonists is going down; you just seal them out of the contaminated areas as slimelung dies in clean oxygen. Food poisoning: Because the water filtration process is not antiseptic, you MUST have another clean water source for food and use the contaminated filtered water from the WC for food production (sleet wheat and Berries) or Electrolyzers. You have a point when you say there is more micro management: for example the food poisoned water from the showers/basins will not be enough to produce oxygen for a bigger base and hydroponic farms, so you will need a second water supply. As for cleaning the base: yes it might be annoying at start, but once you get used to managing germs it will NOT be a problem anymore. Cycle 220 here, 1st try and I've managed to recover from a food poisoning outbreak. You just need experience to get used to the new mechanics, because this update was a great one. The food balancing is fantastic, now you can actually make good food for your dups! Great job Klei! and thanks for this great game and that quick hotfix on desinfectation time. I wish people would be so quick to fixing their reviews as Klei was to correct their mistakes! (although, I do wish the Thermo Aquatuner would not roast my base at 200 degress C as it does now)