Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5

Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by EMM_386 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @08:11PM (#36567181)

I installed Factorio 4 times, and uninstalled it three times.

The slow pace at the start, and the somewhat lifeless 2D isometric graphics simply didn't do it for me.

But the blog posts were fascinating, and people kept raving about it, so on that 4th install I decided to soldier on and actually get somewhere.

I now rate it as one of the greatest games ever made. It is insanely technically impressive, able to run megabases with trains and belts and robots and inserters and all the rest of it at 60 FPS. It doesn't crash. It's incredibly fun and very addictive. Amazing mods, amazing community.

I can't wait for the expansion. I'll just assume from the start it will be as polished as Factorio is.

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Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by shostack on Sunday July 02, 2023 @08:31PM (#36567322)

If you want Factorio with amazing graphics, check out Satisfactory.

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Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by bberrry on Sunday July 02, 2023 @08:34PM (#36567336)

Seconding this recommendation. Definitely one of my favorite games the last decade

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Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by mcv on Monday July 03, 2023 @07:36AM (#36571505)

Get a very powerful GPU, though. I haven't played it, but from what I've seen, things can get crazy in Satisfactory.

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Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by psihius on Saturday July 15, 2023 @09:49PM (#36742737)

They mentioned megabases. It's not something Satisfactory realistically can do :D

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Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by evandale on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:47PM (#36568131)

I apologize in advance for introducing the risk of ruining your life.. but I highly recommend checking out Captain of Industry.

It has a faster start, real world processes, terraforming and I believe is better than Factorio in every way. I consider Factorio a genre defining game and while Satisfactory and DSP comes close to surpassing it their 3d nature makes the game's puzzles easier to solve. Captain of Industry makes the puzzles just as difficult as Factorio despite having more dimensions. CoI has a lot more resources you need to manage as well.

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Re:Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio in Unreal Engine 5 by bloqs on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @04:58AM (#36584038)

Please consider Satisfactory.

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