LOGistICAL 3: Earth

Good game, some grind, but mostly true to its proclaimed nature as a puzzle game. Once you start making the kind of money where you can place new factories without thinking too hard about it, the puzzle nature really starts to show. Very unrealistic tho, if realism of supply lines, crop growth conditions, or national industry is important to you then maybe not the game for you. Requires you to think in a very global scale. Like [spoiler]train routes starting[/spoiler] in North Korea enable [spoiler]sausage production[/spoiler] in Germany, etc, but it is very satisfying when you do find the one missing link that enables a bunch of cascading solutions. I do wish the 40 ton truck cap was higher or there were more 100 ton roads, but this is a nit-pick and I am still early into the game and this might get fixed with later tech.

This is a game for those that have extreme patience and want to spend maybe a year chipping away at their first playthrough. It big, long and taxing. You start by simply sending truck 1 to town A to collect goods for town B. Soon you add more trucks Then you get a truck on another island Then you get away of moving goods between islands Then you get a train (Eventually you will find planes - but not pilots - yet) All the time you are expanding in a fairly logical manner, Then the fun starts: In normal mode you have to supply goods in quick order to complete some towns, in ZEN mode however you need to deliver (much) more. As you progress the challenges to both increase: Export roads that require an entire country to be completed first Towns that are locked by businesses. Goods that cannot be exported requiring you to upgrade them in-situ to allow the business to be started somewhere else Towns with "the wrong" connection type (not really wrong but need to be used differently) Money ties up by excessive "stockpiling" Truck limits, age, type, weights, location, relocation, storage Islands Score (if that's your bag) Seeing things on the map and thinking "how do I get there?" etc. The game is satisfying especially when you complete one of the objectives you set yourself - for me - building the longest railway line ever!. However, once you do, the next challenge is just around the corner. Some days I can sink a couple of hours in, others 5 minutes. The UI is highly complex and never quite seems to have the information I need when I need it - but the game has me coming back for more and more and more.

An absolutely addictive puzzle game. A perfect balance of frustration and relief when you struggle to find the next step and finally unlock a region. If you find yourself stuck and unable to proceed you'll struggle to find anyone providing direct answers as this is a puzzle game and direct answers feels cheap. Know that you have many forms of transport to aid you and the contract system does provide good guidance. My only minor complaint would be for a more accessible road exploration system beyond dragging your vehicles around to uncover roads. While not game breaking, after you've done the same exploration of 5-6 large countries, you wish for a button that would have your vehicle auto drive to all unexplored roads before hitting a roadblock.

The UI is awful and the initial tutorial doesn't make sense

best logistic/puzzle game ive ever played

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this game gives me headdaches. its explains nothing and locks like pop

While this is a massive game, understand that you should seriously check out the other modules (especially the free ones) before you sink $40 into this one.

Long game but very addictive - Time sink