Recent reviews by xor-bits

Bait and switch to a kernel level malware + spyware anti-cheat (anti-cheat in single-player btw). The new ultra anti-consumer TOS is highly likely illegal in the EU

Prob one of the best single player story games right now.

I expected the graphics to be better than in KCD1, I was right
I expected the FPS to be lower than in KCD1, I was wrong
I expected there to be more bugs than in KCD1, I was wrong
I expected the game to end somehow after escaping the Trosky castle, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ how wrong I was

The combat can be hard to master but once you get it, it becomes too easy and they should balance that.

Basically everything is way better than in KCD1 and that's already a high bar. I recommend playing KCD1 fully before trying KCD2 so you get to see the first part of the story, you don't want to go back to KCD1 after KCD2.

The best story out of any game. Actions matter just like in Undertale while its an open world.

Better ".. I am your father .." moment than Star Wars had

Finally Factorio got some bugs

Unfortunately the devs are more interested in adding more features and making the game grindy, instead of fixing issues like the horrible FPS (Unity engine btw), bad balancing and bugs. I usually like these 2d indie games and I saw the automation in this game and I was disappointed

You cant even move with your inventory open

I bought the game on Epic as soon as it came out so I don't have many hours here (yet).

TLDR: Satisfactory is an ok game but Factorio is simply better.

Satisfactory is a fine game but instead of gameplay, it focuses on graphics and 3d. Compared to Factorio, there is less to do and you can't grow the base into a 1000hr megabase because of the performance. The 2d aspect of Factorio makes the management less of a pain because you can ctrl+c ctrl+v things and other stuff that is just impossible in a 1st person 3d game. Also terraforming is not a thing so nearly all bases just end up being huge flying platforms in the sky.

Also Satisfactory is really buggy, even buggier in multiplayer. About 50% of our sky base flooring just goes missing to the other players.

edit: Satisfactory is now more expensive than Factorio, which makes no sense, it is as if they thought that since Satisfactory is 3D, it must be better than Factorio which is 2D. I cannot recommend an inferior game which is more expensive so this review drops to 'not recommended'

Bait and switch to a kernel level malware anti-cheat

Endless fun of listening to your friends raging in the voice chat because they are dying once every 15 minutes. (git gud sardinooo)

Unbalanced when playing solo.

The first two hours (conveniently so that you cannot refund after that) are fun and balanced. After the bronze age, its just pure garbage that expects you to have an army of friends to play with.

Buggy and short game. No replay value. I got all achievements in 38 hours, most of the time went into fighting bugs like bounty hunters not spawning and that forced me to restart FROM THE BEGINNING 3 TIMES. Maybe get it from a -90% discount.