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I have purposely avoided Factorio just because I'm convinced that I'll sink so much time into it. It looks super fun, but I have stuff to do. Maybe one day....

loloquwowndueo 3y ago
I played through the demo levels, loved it, and then decided NOT to buy it for exactly this reason - it’s so perfectly addictive! No thanks I already played TTD for thousands of hours in the 90s, can’t do another game that sucks you in like that.
- fendy3002 3y ago
  Seeing you played TTD for thousands of hours means this is on track for at least a thousand as well. Keep avoiding it or take a long vacation from real world
naillo 3y ago
You can probably beat the game in two weekends though, just FYI. I haven't felt that much need to replay it since then (though I'll probably try Space Age) but it's great fun.
- pmoriarty 3y ago
  As much as I love the base game, I would have quit long ago if it weren't for mods. Mods are what keep me coming back.
koheripbal 3y ago
Wait until you have children and then play it with them.
laserbeam 3y ago
The time sink risk is for the whole factory building genre, not just the excelent Factorio.
pmoriarty 3y ago
They don't call it "cracktorio" for nothing.
marricks 3y ago
Totally, just try EVE for a bit to blow some time. Less sarcastically, it killed a couple weeks of my life, but it does have a natural ending point. If you don't get into modding or ramp up the difficulty it's not too bad to pull away from the brink.
troupo 3y ago
My personal problem with these games is that it feels too much like programming an work, and I do all that at work :)
- organsnyder 3y ago
  The difference for me is at work, I need to deal with code reviews, users, and aligning with business objectives. In Factorio, if I decide to refactor my entire base because I want to improve something, I'm free to do so (as long as I keep the biters in mind).
- epiccoleman 3y ago
  I totally get this perspective. My first foray into Factorio ended abruptly when I realized I'd made a total mess and was now signed up for a bunch of miserable refactoring. Later, I realized that was the wrong approach - just go build a new factory somewhere. It's fun to take a more "hacky" approach to Factorio than I allow myself at work sometimes. Of course, that was when the game really got its hooks into me, and I quit after a few dozen hours when I realized that I was scratching the same itch that I could use for side projects and other learning. It's a balance, idk. I'll definitely play the new expansion at some point, but I do find myself feeling a bit strange when I'm spending time learning how to do something ultimately worthless when I could be using the same kind of mental energy to build something tangible or learn some new skill.
- scubbo 3y ago
  I have long-believed that programmers can be divided into two camps: * "Factorio is just like what I do at work all day - why would I do that in my free time?" * "Factorio is all the best bits of what I enjoy about work, with none of the bad bits (obfuscated errors, meetings, dependencies on other teams, politics) - I want to do this forever!" Personally I'm in the latter camp, but the former are certainly not wrong.
birracerveza 3y ago
Stay away if you value your time. It's not a joke when they call it cracktorio. Especially on the Deck...
- naillo 3y ago
  Tangent but if you 'value' your time but don't use the time to entertain yourself I'm not sure you're using it right.
  - marcusverus 3y ago
    The concern isn't that entertainment is bad, it's that Factorio is so entertaining that it tends to get its claws into you, making it difficult to turn off. If someone struggles with time management or self-control, avoiding Factorio is perfectly reasonable.
  - MerelyMortal 3y ago
    Entertaining one's self is not the end-all, be-all.
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  - birracerveza 3y ago
    Well, yes, but it can get out of hand.
- unglaublich 3y ago
  On the Steam deck? How? With external KB and mouse?
  - redundantly 3y ago
    Probably because you can pick up and play anywhere at any time. Playing on a PC vs the Deck (or other similar portable) is like the difference between being an addict and the dealer using their own product.
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Workaccount2 3y ago
We've had two people at work take days off in the wake of being told about factorio lol
Darmody 3y ago
I stopped playing because it is a time sink and also because it becomes more and more like work to me. I would end up going to bed and dreaming about it the whole night.

loloquwowndueo 3y ago

I played through the demo levels, loved it, and then decided NOT to buy it for exactly this reason - it’s so perfectly addictive! No thanks I already played TTD for thousands of hours in the 90s, can’t do another game that sucks you in like that.

fendy3002 3y ago
Seeing you played TTD for thousands of hours means this is on track for at least a thousand as well. Keep avoiding it or take a long vacation from real world

naillo 3y ago

You can probably beat the game in two weekends though, just FYI. I haven't felt that much need to replay it since then (though I'll probably try Space Age) but it's great fun.

pmoriarty 3y ago
As much as I love the base game, I would have quit long ago if it weren't for mods. Mods are what keep me coming back.

koheripbal 3y ago

Wait until you have children and then play it with them.

laserbeam 3y ago

The time sink risk is for the whole factory building genre, not just the excelent Factorio.

pmoriarty 3y ago

They don't call it "cracktorio" for nothing.

marricks 3y ago

Totally, just try EVE for a bit to blow some time. Less sarcastically, it killed a couple weeks of my life, but it does have a natural ending point. If you don't get into modding or ramp up the difficulty it's not too bad to pull away from the brink.

troupo 3y ago

My personal problem with these games is that it feels too much like programming an work, and I do all that at work :)

organsnyder 3y ago
The difference for me is at work, I need to deal with code reviews, users, and aligning with business objectives. In Factorio, if I decide to refactor my entire base because I want to improve something, I'm free to do so (as long as I keep the biters in mind).
epiccoleman 3y ago
I totally get this perspective. My first foray into Factorio ended abruptly when I realized I'd made a total mess and was now signed up for a bunch of miserable refactoring. Later, I realized that was the wrong approach - just go build a new factory somewhere. It's fun to take a more "hacky" approach to Factorio than I allow myself at work sometimes. Of course, that was when the game really got its hooks into me, and I quit after a few dozen hours when I realized that I was scratching the same itch that I could use for side projects and other learning. It's a balance, idk. I'll definitely play the new expansion at some point, but I do find myself feeling a bit strange when I'm spending time learning how to do something ultimately worthless when I could be using the same kind of mental energy to build something tangible or learn some new skill.
scubbo 3y ago
I have long-believed that programmers can be divided into two camps: * "Factorio is just like what I do at work all day - why would I do that in my free time?" * "Factorio is all the best bits of what I enjoy about work, with none of the bad bits (obfuscated errors, meetings, dependencies on other teams, politics) - I want to do this forever!" Personally I'm in the latter camp, but the former are certainly not wrong.

birracerveza 3y ago

Stay away if you value your time. It's not a joke when they call it cracktorio. Especially on the Deck...

naillo 3y ago
Tangent but if you 'value' your time but don't use the time to entertain yourself I'm not sure you're using it right.
- marcusverus 3y ago
  The concern isn't that entertainment is bad, it's that Factorio is so entertaining that it tends to get its claws into you, making it difficult to turn off. If someone struggles with time management or self-control, avoiding Factorio is perfectly reasonable.
- MerelyMortal 3y ago
  Entertaining one's self is not the end-all, be-all.
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- birracerveza 3y ago
  Well, yes, but it can get out of hand.
unglaublich 3y ago
On the Steam deck? How? With external KB and mouse?
- redundantly 3y ago
  Probably because you can pick up and play anywhere at any time. Playing on a PC vs the Deck (or other similar portable) is like the difference between being an addict and the dealer using their own product.
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Workaccount2 3y ago

We've had two people at work take days off in the wake of being told about factorio lol

Darmody 3y ago

I stopped playing because it is a time sink and also because it becomes more and more like work to me. I would end up going to bed and dreaming about it the whole night.