![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a constant balancing act of keeping people happy, fed, homed, and warm, while also making sure that there are supplies for whatever lies around the corner.Ī temperature gauge at the top of the screen tells you the current temperature, as well as giving you a warning on when the temperature will fluctuate, either upwards of downwards. Though more people does mean more mouths to feed and homes to build and warm, it also means more hands to put to work. A successful scouting trip could result in a decent haul of much-needed resources, or even new people to join your town. You can send scouting parties to explore nearby locations. Managing the workforce and the flow of resources is vital to your colony’s survival, and your reign as leader.Īs the game opens up and you research new technologies and social structures via laws, things get a little easier. Fewer workers means fewer resources, which could mean less coal for the generator, less food for the hungry mouths, and eventually, less support for your rule as the leader. When the workers get sick, the workforce numbers dwindle, and supplies start to slow down. Working out in the cold will kill anyone after enough exposure. ![]() However, these natural supplies will only last so long, so you need to build mines and wall drills to keep the supplies flowing long-term.Īt first, it seems easy, and then people start to get sick. You’ll find coal, metal, and wood in the vicinity of your base, and you need to assign workers to collect them. No hands should be wasted, and careful management of your work crews is necessary to keep the town alive. You start with just a small community of people who need to be put to work, scavenging whatever supplies are lying around. It starts off just about strong enough to keep the inner circle of your town warm, but you’ll upgrade it over time, allowing its life-saving heat and power to stretch far and wide. This is no easy task in the new Ice Age, but you do have a head start thanks to the core of your community – a great big steam generator that provides limited heat and power. Like those other games, the controls do take a bit of time to learn as there’s a lot to navigate around, but the game does a great job at steering you in the right direction, and the intuitive design means you’ll be flicking through the menus with ease in no time at all.įrostpunk is a city builder set in an alternative England where history has taken a different path and the world is now in the throes of a new Ice Age, and you, the leader of a small community, need to build up your town and keep your people safe, fed, and crucially – warm. Though, the console versions’ controls are perfectly fine, employing a radial menu similar to what we’ve seen before in other city builders like Cities: Skylines and Tropico 6. Playing on PC is easily my favourite way to play, if only because I can use the mouse and keyboard with ease – the traditional tools for city builders. Unfortunately, my words don’t command that much respect – at least not yet – so I’ll do my best to tell you, in detail, why Frostpunk is the best game you’ve not yet played.įirst, a disclaimer: I’ve only recently gotten the PS4 version of Frostpunk, but for the last few months I’ve been flittering between different save states of the game on Xbox One X and on Window 10. I’d love to end the review right here, safe in the knowledge that every city builder fan will then go ahead and buy the game on whatever platform they enjoy. You should play it if you like city builder games. ![]()
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