Automation games like Factorio, Satisfactory, etc. I have tried. Everyone makes them seem like the most addictive form of digital crack there is. I just can’t get into them. They feel too much like work to me. Please tell me where the fun is that I am clearly missing
Where we get it, they’re probably not getting it, is microsteps of gratification for creating a thing, getting it to work, then slowly using a series of things to create a bigger machine that also works. As it gets harder, the accomplishment stacks, you feel good knowing wher every line went and being able to figure out a subtle failure half a level away.
Seems to me that you’re not missing any fun. It’s just that the gameplay that fans of the factory building genre find entertaining, you don’t. For me it’s the fun of an ever growing interconnected mesh of production lines. It’s like a series of complex puzzles that are based on how I solved the ones before. And trains… I love trains.
Personally I just can’t get into Souls-likes. I’ve tried several times and none of them have ever clicked for me.
Automation games like Factorio, Satisfactory, etc. I have tried. Everyone makes them seem like the most addictive form of digital crack there is. I just can’t get into them. They feel too much like work to me. Please tell me where the fun is that I am clearly missing
Where we get it, they’re probably not getting it, is microsteps of gratification for creating a thing, getting it to work, then slowly using a series of things to create a bigger machine that also works. As it gets harder, the accomplishment stacks, you feel good knowing wher every line went and being able to figure out a subtle failure half a level away.
It’s not for everyone.
If I had some pearls I’d be clutching them right now. The biters made you write this, didn’t they?
Seems to me that you’re not missing any fun. It’s just that the gameplay that fans of the factory building genre find entertaining, you don’t. For me it’s the fun of an ever growing interconnected mesh of production lines. It’s like a series of complex puzzles that are based on how I solved the ones before. And trains… I love trains.
Personally I just can’t get into Souls-likes. I’ve tried several times and none of them have ever clicked for me.