Later down the road you can research “houses” which will make life much easier…assuming you live long enough to utilize that upgrade.įood procurement is next on the docket. They are cheap to create however, so you can make plenty, just don’t plan on that working for long. Then you’ll need to provide shelter, which at first comes by way of tents (not great for warmth or comfort). This is done by collecting coal, either by claiming it from the very limited nearby supply, mining for it, or burning your wood and turning it into coal, with more options becoming available later on. Initially, your job is to get the generator running for heat. Starting with a group of 80 survivors you must turn this frozen barren crater into a life-sustaining, well-oiled machine. So begins your crisis management simulation. Having set off north, hope is the only thing that drives you to a suitable location to build the last city on Earth. Neither wealth nor class can save you from the unrelenting icy grip of the cold, and all things humanity once believed in are quickly abandoned to adapt and survive. The sting of sub-zero temps is all you know now. You're supposed to feel like there is no hope, and right when you think you might just make it, something happens to throw the camp into utter disarray, returning your spirits to “dashed and despondent.” I get that’s the narrative being told here, but the pressure shouldn’t outweigh the play.Īfter selecting the main story mission - 'A New Home' - a somber and chilling narration gets you up to speed on the world as it stands today. You start with nothing and in the worst of conditions, all the while the cold eats away at your morale and your resources. There’s a lot going on here, and it’s all thrust upon you fairly quickly, with little in the way of instructions.īe forewarned, Frostpunk is meant to be an uphill battle. Having said that, Frostpunk felt more like a demanding stressful job than a challenging trek through the snow-covered wasteland. Though I do get off on min/maxing and mid-level micromanagement minutia, so I was curious to see what this game was all about, now that it has arrived on consoles. In fact, I’m not even that huge a fan of the genre. Better get the generator running, it’s a cold one out there.įull disclosure, I haven’t played Frostpunk on the PC. Survival won’t come easy in the frigid crater you call home, though, where difficult moral decisions are as crucial to survival as resource collection and management. Frostpunk: Console Edition is a fantastic port of its PC counterpart with well-thought-out controls, as well as a clean and simple UI. By Jacob James, posted on 21 October 2019 / 3,467 Viewsġ1 Bit Studios brings its bleak and frozen city-building/survival game to consoles, with all its micromanagement glory.
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