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I'm having a blast with it, one of the better games I've played in years. Very, very polished. Campaign does seem to be short, but I personally see replayabillity, as I got half way through, lost, and can't wait to fire it up again and start over rather than taking off from a save.
Also there will be mod-support next patch, and DLC later. For $30, I think it's a no-brainer. I've spent more on a dinner.
Yes. Iss one of those ridiculously hard city managers. You need to do almost everything perfect, or you will lose. Like similar games your decision to win or lose comes much earlier than the actual loss. You will have to go way back (days, weeks) and do many things differently when you finally realize you're gonna lose.
But because of all that, the warm fuzzy you get from success is that much better. Game only holds your hand a little. Visuals are lovely and depressing. Its a nice steampunk experience if you can handle it. Good music too.
So would you guys say this is easier or harder than something like Banished?
Hm, I don't want 'hard' in doing mechanics, I want an interesting experience where I can help the poor and see rewards for it or whatever.
If I were to guess it was made by those people who did Sunless Sea...
They have another game called This War of Mine that’s also supposed to have a great story and deal with survival out of a war torn country.
That wouldn't be good news about Sunless Sea - for me that game was "sail a little and game over'. I wanted to like it and it went badly.
This war of mine though I liked and was a work of art and a reason to buy the next game. I'm gonna get it.
Dang, wish I bought This War of Mine with Frost Punk. Could've saved some dough.
It's pretty good, but after I beat the campaign once, I have very little or no desire to play again. The game can be pretty difficult and punishing, and I just didn't want to go through all that again.