• rip_art_bell@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Dyson Sphere Program. Factorio and Satisfactory tend to get all the press, but DSP is AMAZING.

    • They learned a lot of quality of life lessons from older factory games and built them in, e.g. you get bots right away.
    • The visuals can be breathtaking: not because it’s raytracing/whatever fancy tech, but simply the scale of the game: giant gas planet rises at the horizon, etc. – and you can fly to just about everything you see. Star 5 light years away? You can fly to it and visits its planets and moons, and then ship stuff between your home system and the new system
    • It does power exceptionally well: there are a ton of power sources (https://dsp-wiki.com/Energy_Sources#List_of_Fuels), and a lot of depth in figuring out how to power your mega factories. You can even charge up a battery and ship it by spaceship to another moon/planet. Going back to Factorio’s simplistic steam/solar/nuclear power feels like a let down (of course, Factorio has its strengths, like trains and extreme polish).

    It’s in early access, but it’s one of the most polished early-access games you’ll find. They’re currently working on a large combat update that should drop in December. Price-to-value ratio is ridiculous. It’s $20 and I have 155 hours in the game.

    • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I played it a year or two ago and found it really lacking in interface. It was really difficult for me to understand what was going on. Has that improved any?