Frostpunk 2

Balancing is wrong, fun is nowhere to be found. Not rewarding in any way. Disappointment.

////// I don't care, so I repost my rant and pretend it's a review ///// I now understand why people dislike or even hate this game. I love the first one — it’s a unique game with its flaws, and some DLCs like Rifts and On the Edge are mediocre. But overall it’s still a masterpiece compared to this one. I’ve just finished my first blind playthrough on Steward difficulty and achieved peace, and I have to say: the plot is one of the most nonsensical things I’ve seen in years. It started well: the Captain is gone and coal is running out — a strong premise. But what were you doing for the last 30 years that you never noticed a massive dreadnought leaking oil, with oil-powered machinery scattered across the wasteland? And how did New London lose all contact with other settlements? Alright, we find oil and survive another whiteout, but then for some reason we need to go back to Winterhome. Why?! Why does New London suddenly need to settle there to ensure its survival? The place literally has nothing. It’s filled with toxic fumes, and its generator has been dead for more than 30 years — not that it was doing great when it was alive. How could it possibly contain anything New London needs? It gets even worse with the colonisation route. The place has nothing. You’re basically settling there for the sake of it. It produces nothing, its output serves only itself, and it exports absolutely nothing back to New London. It makes no economic or logistical sense. Then there’s the civil war arc, where factions decide that the best way to ensure survival is to destroy the city. Even lowering their fervour to zero doesn’t stop them — only scripted events resolve it. But after you pass a couple of “durable tools” laws and build a few factories, suddenly everyone is friends again. It feels artificial. And what about Winterhome? Why exactly did we settle there again? Even if I ignore the story, the gameplay is weak. I played blindly and still reached the Golden Path ending without any real issues. The only meaningful resource in the game feels like money — you constantly ask for it and that’s it. I didn’t build a single hub, and I didn’t need any additional heating beyond insulation. Most buildings and research feel unnecessary. And the most “radical” thing the game ever pushed back on was paid maternity leave. The first game was harder, more complex, and more thoughtfully designed. This one feels like visual polish over a simplified system. In short: weak plot, shallow gameplay, and poor performance.

Macht absolut keinen Spaß. Ich liebe Teil 1. Hier wurde zu viel verändert, das Ändern des Spielprinzips auf eine höhere Strategieebene funktioniert für mich überhaupt nicht.

If you loved FP1 for specifically what it was. I'm not sure FP2 has the same draw. 10 minutes I've looked at it, sure. This review wouldn't be worth anything to the numbers. But it failed to draw me in. That is all I need to say about it.

A diferencia del Frostpunk original, aquí no hay decisiones morales, solo ves qué números te favorecen, tu gameplay se automatiza.

Edit: I'm changing my review from positive to negative after knowing the game has too much of its political agenda and shames players for not following it. The game simplifies the complicate subject with its not-so-robust mechanic and game plot, and then at the end slaps you in the face when you don't agree with what it tries to "teach" you. My utopia is your dystopia? Then get the ♥♥♥♥ out of my city then.

I put over 100 hours into the first game, but I’m struggling to put ten into this one. I appreciate that the developers tried something new, but aside from a few narrative tie‑ins and the IP itself, this doesn’t feel like the same series - and it’s all the worse for it. Calling it a sequel feels misleading. Everything that made the original compelling is absent here. The population has been scaled into the tens of thousands, and with that scale comes a complete loss of emotional weight. In Frostpunk 1, losing a single person felt like a personal failure. Here, I can lose a hundred and the city barely notices. The human cost - the heart of the original - has been diluted into statistics. City‑building has shifted to a rigid tile system that limits creativity and makes settlements feel generic. There’s little room to tailor your city to your needs or aesthetics. Time also moves far too quickly; instead of each day being a new challenge, you burn through weeks in minutes, which strips away the tension and pacing that defined the original. The game technically has a tutorial, but it barely prepares you for the layers of mechanics hidden behind the UI. I’m still new to the game, and maybe my opinion will evolve as I learn more, but right now I’m struggling to justify continuing. I don’t like it, and I'm not sure that's going to change the more hours I put into it.

Я сдала общество на 55 баллов, может поэтому у меня не получается управлять государством?