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Well, don't worry. The base game is easy to complete in ~20 hours. Nintendo won't allow mods, so you won't have access to the add-ons that boost a single game (

Well, don't worry. The base game is easy to complete in ~20 hours. Nintendo won't allow mods, so you won't have access to the add-ons that boost a single game (Krastorio, SpaceX, Bob's) into the 1000+ hour range.

bregma 4y ago
You do realize that launching a rocket is the end of the introduction, not the end game.
- darkteflon 4y ago
  I’ve never even seen the rocket. I get 20 hours in then decide I need to build the whole thing again from scratch - but properly this time - in Rust.
munk-a 4y ago
Although the team currently is working on an expansion of the main content line as well - so that number should be going up! Also, I disagree that it's easy to complete in 20 hours. The speedrun currently sits at 1h25m and while <20hr is quite possible for anyone to accomplish, it's pretty unrealistic for a first run where you'll likely hit a few progress snags. Though, unlike some other games, the progress never slows down - misallocating early skill points in some games causes serious pain making up the same points without the proper tools at an exponentially increasing cost... in Factorio a tech is always the same cost so researching out of order simply delays how quickly you can become more efficient.
- euos 4y ago
  > a few progress snags. F... advanced oil processing
- politician 4y ago
  Eventually, I'll get around to dusting off the epic 500 hour Covid Lockdown + Krastorio + SpaceX save game that's been sitting on the shelf for the past year, and finishing it. Given the availability of blueprint imports and YouTube, I don't think 20 hours is unrealistic. There's just too much content out there now on exactly what to do and when -- jump start base, main bus, bots, modules, launch, trains. When I originally got the game, Nilaus hadn't started doing megabase tutorial videos. It sucks, but over time the Internet spoils games completely. Mods improve the situation because the content can be too niche for mainstream creators to profitably monetize. Kr+SpaceX is basically impossible to cover outside of Discord.
  - sdenton4 4y ago
    I just don't read the wikis 95% of the time. It's more fun to figure things out myself, usually.
  - dmitriid 4y ago
    > There's just too much content out there now on exactly what to do and when So... 100+ hours to research all this, and then <20 hours to complete the game :)

bregma 4y ago

You do realize that launching a rocket is the end of the introduction, not the end game.

darkteflon 4y ago
I’ve never even seen the rocket. I get 20 hours in then decide I need to build the whole thing again from scratch - but properly this time - in Rust.

munk-a 4y ago

Although the team currently is working on an expansion of the main content line as well - so that number should be going up! Also, I disagree that it's easy to complete in 20 hours. The speedrun currently sits at 1h25m and while <20hr is quite possible for anyone to accomplish, it's pretty unrealistic for a first run where you'll likely hit a few progress snags. Though, unlike some other games, the progress never slows down - misallocating early skill points in some games causes serious pain making up the same points without the proper tools at an exponentially increasing cost... in Factorio a tech is always the same cost so researching out of order simply delays how quickly you can become more efficient.

euos 4y ago
> a few progress snags. F... advanced oil processing
politician 4y ago
Eventually, I'll get around to dusting off the epic 500 hour Covid Lockdown + Krastorio + SpaceX save game that's been sitting on the shelf for the past year, and finishing it. Given the availability of blueprint imports and YouTube, I don't think 20 hours is unrealistic. There's just too much content out there now on exactly what to do and when -- jump start base, main bus, bots, modules, launch, trains. When I originally got the game, Nilaus hadn't started doing megabase tutorial videos. It sucks, but over time the Internet spoils games completely. Mods improve the situation because the content can be too niche for mainstream creators to profitably monetize. Kr+SpaceX is basically impossible to cover outside of Discord.
- sdenton4 4y ago
  I just don't read the wikis 95% of the time. It's more fun to figure things out myself, usually.
- dmitriid 4y ago
  > There's just too much content out there now on exactly what to do and when So... 100+ hours to research all this, and then <20 hours to complete the game :)