Alchemy Factory

[h1] Where’s the Alchemy? [/h1] [b] What I Liked [/b] What I like most about this game is that it is a lot easier to see my overall automation. Compared to games like Satisfactory, everything is on a smaller scale. This does not reduce how complicated it is though. But it’s nice being able to walk up and seeing my entire production line of a product and see how it’s working. [b] What I Did Not Like [/b] My problem with most of these games is that sometimes unlocks don’t enhance the production line, it requires the production line to be completely redone. For example, I unlocked a portal to automatically buy basic goods. This was an incredible unlock. Shockingly, this really messed up my production lines, as the item itself had wonky placement, and I had everything in such a way that it was hard to make minor changes. Also, the skill point unlocks seem unbalanced. I saw others complain how some affected their production and causing issues, while others saying they did not get enough money from the unlocks. I specced into getting more rewards from quests, which made my money problems non-existent. Quests were quick to fulfill, leaving my day free to actually work on my factory. Overall, the store front is a disappointment. Takes a lot of time to manage, even with a cashier, and isn’t worth the money it brings in. I also did not feel like I was doing much alchemy. [b] Why I Stopped Playing [/b] Instead of fine tuning my factory with an unlock, I felt like I had to redo a lot, and I just didn’t want to waste my time doing it when another unlock comes along to mess it up again. I wish I could give this game a neutral review, but as compared to other automation games, this one has too many flaws to give it a positive review. [b] Disclaimer [/b] I have been a gamer for over 30 years. I tend to play mostly PC games. I also bounce around between games A LOT. I may purchase a $70 game and play it for 2 hours or spend $10 on a game and spend 50 hours on it. Even if I played a game for a short time, it does not mean it is bad. It just means another game caught my attention. I also complain about flaws in games a lot, even about the littlest of things. Keep that in mind when reading my reviews. If I do not have a complaint, then the game must be special!

После релиза у игры всего 2 русскоязычных отзыва, и оба они негативные. И они показались мне достаточно убедительными, чтобы я сначала скачал пиратку. Но дойдя до "заповедника", из-за которого одна из малюток, писавших отзыв, расплакалась, понял, что всё не так плохо, как это описано в отзыве. Первое, что вам, вероятно, важно знать, — это игра не про алхимию. В shapez.io больше алхимии, чем тут. И не про симулятор торговца, хотя такая механика тут и есть, но это скорее чисто символическая история, никакого "Маркет менеджмента" тут нет. У игры есть огромный минус: обучение писал какой-то умственно отсталый аутист, при этом большая часть самого важного спрятана в Руководстве (клавиша "O", кажется). Русификатор делала явно нейронка, но это почти не режет глаза и буквально не мешает играть. Игромеханически игра ощущается как сатисфэктори здорового человека. Тебе сразу дают возможность массового удаления, копирования и создания чертежей. У тебя нет необходимости бегать по огромному и пустому миру. Из-за того что все механизмы очень компактные, а сама игра в 3D, при желании можно выстраивать многоуровневые и сложные конструкции (но я агуша, и вполне справляюсь, используя 90% "плоскости"). Это отлично видно в трейлере и на скринах к игре. + к казуальности добавляет очень удобная система (на букву "V") книги рецептов. Ты не только можешь прощёлкать крафт от начала и до самого конца, но и СРАЗУ видишь, в скольких рецептах используется та или иная вещь. И это гигаудобно, т.к. заранее даёт тебе понимание, насколько сильно тебе стоит вкладываться в производство. Но и тут приложил руку какой-то ослоё6, потому что все механизмы считаю рецепты в N-предметов/в минуту, а в книги рецептов зачем-то N-предметов/в секунду, что сильно портит впечатление. Так что если вы из тех, кто перепроходит ту же факторио или очередную индустриальную сборку на майне, просто потому что ищет жвачку для мозга, эта игра определённо вам подойдёт.

玩法和科技树很有趣，但是Ux设计和经济系统太灾难了 工厂建造体验十分原始，仿佛化身中世纪炼金师手搓玻璃管，但是要搓的却是现代化工复合体？！ 就没有什么神秘学64倍速999并行机器升级+魔法版AE吗 以及其他评论也提到的传送带缓存量太大，缓存一堆原料，由于有经济系统，那都是成本呀 而且经济系统也太变态了，做完3级药水产线+木星产线突然发现破产了买不起原料，想继续玩下去只能拆一半产线贱卖成原料，就再也没有打开过了 要想正常通关这个游戏，每个产线要先拉表核算成本，而成本又很复杂，包括原料、机器、燃料，以及万恶的缓冲，凭直觉定跑满一台最终产物的机器的产量会直接破产，这是不对的 自动化游戏没有好的Ux设计也是不对的，就像解密游戏不应该阻止玩家看清谜题一样，所以应该差评

Just a late review prior the 1.0 Launch in like 2hours. I already enjoyed like 200hours out of this game and im willing to start all over again as soon as the new update drops. This game is a gem under a lot of factorioslops because it has a unique view on the automation genre with the shop integration and "small-scale" buildings Basically you build tiny little machines to craft potions/gems/equipments to sell them to wandering heroes browsing your shop arsenal. Starting with a little shelf and the ability to refill it by hand, ends up by automation of EVERYTHING from the scratch. You can even shrink yourself down now and enter your facilities to inspect if something went wrong. The replayability is there because of the own challenges you set for yourself. The most fun so far was the "dont buy additional land" challenge, because you have to think A LOT about placement of your "mainbus" down to the shop alley. Oh, yes. We have CANNONS!

I shouldn't write a review for this because I got stuck playing it for 8 hours straight. Man is this addicting to get the production chains right. I haven't felt like this since Tekkit. It definitely is a bit rough around the edges and is a bit punishing for a factory game, but if you're used to placing single blocks in Minecraft, it has got that feel. I wish I had known about the "V" key bind for the recipes. It might have told me in the tutorial that I skipped. SO GLAD I could skip that. I hate long tutorials, and I had a much better time fighting with myself and having that old nostalgic rush of finding everything on my own. NOTE: This is running fine on my Debian Linux gaming PC, but I couldn't even get it to launch on my Void linux laptop that runs other games. I'll update my review with steps to fix if I figure it out. Probably something related to integrated graphics since it doesn't have a GPU.

I wish I could recommend this game. I really do. I like satisfactory style games and this is similar just on a smaller. But holy hell the grind is abysmal! And I get it. I really do, the grind is part of the charm with these type of games. But only when the grind as actually fun. I haven't even reached level five in the game because just about every coin I'm making has to be reinvested back into the shop buying resources with very little profit for expansion. This wouldn't be an issue if there was a way you could source your own resources. But you can't. You HAVE to purchase them. The game allows you to close your sop but since there's nothing to do but restock the shelves and manage the grind there's no real point to that mechanic. I looked up every guide I could trying to find some way to help cope with the grind but they all talked about the portals. All they do in allow you to purchase resources automatically to be fed into the system. And that's only when they don't bug out and just swallow your money without actually giving you the resource you were trying to buy. I can't recommend this, even to fans of the genre. It need some serioes QoL adjustments.

재미는 있는데 최적화가 너무 안되어있음 이제 6레벨 언락 했는데 공장 규모 좀 키웠다고 렉이 미친듯이 걸림 10레벨 되면 1프레임 찍을듯 렉 때문에 공장 규모를 못키우면 공장 겜을 할 이유가 없음