I am fighting with myself for a longer time now if I should buy it. I read it gets repetitive very fast and there is no feeling of progression, as factories build for one shape are useless for the next shape. Maybe someone can share their experience with the game? I don’t expect Factorio, but will it get boring?
I played it for about 70 hours like 8 months ago, and quite enjoyed it. Will definitely go back, at some point, to see what’s been improved. There’s a REALLY solid foundation there, I think. I like to say it’s the factorio/automation genre, but distilled down to nothing but the gameplay, in its purest, most-concentrated form. My wife and son picked it back up immediately today, when they realized the big update dropped.
One thing they’ve talked about doing is improving the high-level progression. Specifically, they said their concept for better progression will be that milestone products will feed into future milestones, rather than having them just get thrown away, just like you describe. Not sure if that’s made it into the game yet, or not.
For $25 in Early Access, I think it’s a deal. If you’re really worried about there being enough gameplay/progression to keep you interested, wishlist it, and keep an eye on what the updates are adding.
The Shapez 2 soundtrack is amazing! I recommend listening to it :3
Edit: I went to listen and realized why it’s so good, it’s Peppsen who made the soundtrack!
I built a make anything machine pretty quickly in this one and robbed all the fun from the game after that…
I had fun up to that point but it felt “solved” then.
It’s a really cool update to the OG game though. Worth the entry fee. Glad to see it still getting better all the time.
