The Crust

The game is fantastic—I got completely absorbed in it for 10 hours without getting up, and this is just the first chapter of the campaign; I’ve only just gotten my first colonists. I think I’ll wait for the 1.0 release and start over, since I’ve come up with a few ways to better automate and plan production, and I’ve also discovered that you can buy cheaper and sell for more on the market—this will help earn credits right at the start of the game. I highly recommend it.‍

Played the game WITHOUT playing the tutorial. i didnt watch a video, i didnt research anything about the game. i just opened the game. played the game. worked it out, nothing stumped me for more than a few minutes. which means the games well made, the UI is what it needs to be. the game feels good to play. you collect resources, you progress through research by selling resources. easy peazy. nice chill game with problem solving in its DNA but not entirely the aim or purpose of the game. a very typical base builder type game but with some nice additions and some pretty things to look at. my computer is very weak and ran this on epic perfectly so optimisation is brilliant considering it does look quite good graphically for these types of games. hours of fun. lots to progress through. ample techs to research. getting people on the planet is demanding and rewarding and actually worth doing. you can tell theres more they want to do to the game and i welcome to additions. all the negative reviews ive seen are a little unfair. the only time ive seen colonists hungry infront of a fridge was when the fridge was empty as no drone had moved the food from the kitchen to the fridge yet. easy to solve. the research isnt slow, you have to pay to get research going. so research is governed by how much stuff you sell. sell more. research faster. easy. yes the contracts go from 50units of one thing. to 5000units of another....they scale. yes it takes multiple storage units to store that amount. so? make more storage units then.....they all link together its aboslutely no issue doing this. and you dont HAVE to conomplete these contracts.....just do the smaller ones, they pay really well. if you like games like this, this is a good one. its got content and quality built into it. i cannot speak for the tutorial. some people said its bad, i dont know. i never went through it.