Frostpunk: The Last Autumn | Unions. Docks. Communism.

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[@Bricky]

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[@cluelesscoffee4236]

hey bricky love your work

[@hyperphoenix42]

As a scotman, I appreciate what you said about liverpool.

[@kleszczoros4885]

Hey could you look at 11 bits Anomaly

[@warbloobloo2513]

Bricky you gotta try a game called this war of mine it's made by the same company

[@kitchenninja1788]

What if I told you, I play Frostpunk while listening to your podcasts?

[@browniemeister1208]

"I wonder what the Higher ups are gonna say when I telegraph them for more workers and when they finally arive they see 'WORK MAKES YOU FREE' on my fucking gates" Fucking priceless, made me laugh at loud

[@cogsworther1639]

Do you want the reassuring answer, or the honest answer about how corporations work?

[@feastguy101]

They wouldn’t care. The world is ending. The Empire is collapsing. Society itself is collapsing. This is a matter of utmost survival. Whatever it takes.

[@jakebrooks7481]

@@cogsworther1639I want a hug

[@cutemutadedbearwithtwoheads]

this is less about corporations this is about survival in the beginning of the 19 centuary 40 Percentage of the WORLDtrade went over liverpool the city had 850 THOUSEND People in it what does it matter if an few people have to work overtime when that means the city survives we I learned one thing of frostpunk THE CITY MUST SURVIVE@@cogsworther1639

[@feartheghus]

@@cogsworther1639well again it’s a dark twist on the world where the apocalypse is coming, the other sites have each failed, and I’m pretty sure at this point the iec would look at basically anything you did as acceptable because at least Liverpool can live if you actually succeed. Everyone else fails, if you succeed whatever you did must be the right way.

[@misternikolas8611]

"We'll be home by Christmas!" -The captain of the construction site, shortly after bringing workers from Site 120

[@federicocaputo9966]

Maybe not you, but I finished the generator, fully operational and upgraded like 3 days before winter in medium, but it still counts :P

[@paulhage4059]

@@federicocaputo9966 Look, in frostpunk easy is okay cause even then one small mistake can just spiral into defeat.

[@reynaclarke2110]

immediately thought of gunpowder tim vs the moon kaiser by the mechs

[@novaalkronthe1st910]

“We’ll be home by Christmas!” The officers in WW1

[@feartheghus]

@@federicocaputo9966 the first ever play through for me of last autumn I had set it to hard mode, I got the home by Christmas achievement and it had no flaws but I couldn’t do the upgrades (I had literally every part required before even starting them) because the ocean freezes over and I already had 3 foragers out there so there was nothing left to explore come day 37. I had to send the men home so we didn’t all starve to death.

[@supermantis921]

*THE COAL LIFE NEVER LEAVES*

[@hijiriyukari]

I feel that. KEEP SHOVELING!!

[@dashthesimple7317]

When the enviornmentalists have to use a barbeque without propane

[@Acedew]

That made moment made me spit my drink LMAO

[@americana_incarnate1717]

In the darkness of the New Ice Age there is only coal.

[@SarynPrime]

i think i cursed this comment because look at the likes it has XD

[@juniper1361]

Is it just me or "The Last Autumn" is the hardest sounding and most thematically fitting DLC name ever

[@harranczyk2572]

Only the city must survive goes harder in my opinion

[@AC-hj9tv]

Last Autumn is more metal

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

@@harranczyk2572 There is no DLC by that name. There's a song by that name, but that isn't what is being talked about.

[@faro2095]

-So how is the project going? -The penal colony is going fine. Though I had to shoot 27 peop... -𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕?!

[@REDACTED882]

RULE BRITANNIA INTENSIFIES!!!!!

[@glutymaximusy866]

-...why is there a distinct stench of human carcasses coming from the shaft of the generator? What the fuck have you done, it's only been a month.

[@yoga5631]

@@glutymaximusy866 "bitch I have to finish this shit with a strict time limit you don't get to complain"

[@Silver_Prussian]

Sir: How should we deal with criminals Me: WORK THEM TO DEATH

[@thegooddoctor413]

See, no one cares about the dead.

[@Spudtron98]

"FUCKING OWLS" being an actual response to a dialogue box is amazing.

[@superninja_youtube]

"Wow, this game looks like a bunch of fun and i can definitely see the moral implications behi-" "What was that ca-" "L A B O R C A M P S ? !"

[@somegoodsoup7008]

✨PANOPTICONS YAY✨

[@theleninator5739]

@@somegoodsoup7008 litteraly fascism

[@krausercruz2780]

Yeah yeah oh the humanity and all that NOW GET BACK TO WORK

[@logicalwren8061]

@@theleninator5739 Order ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Wargulf2838]

yeah, or alternatively, you have robespierre building site. "hey, how come you ask us for an engineer each morning?" *sees the execution site* "i see..."

[@Michal97.]

7:19 Bricky: The coal life never leaves. 11 bit studios: After the age of coal, conquering Frostland for the oil extraction industry is expected to be the new salvation of what’s left of humanity. Bricky: Impossible.

[@marcus4046]

we go from the reminents of the british empire it the late 1800s to the united states in the early 1920's

[@demoniack81]

The only way this could get any better is if Frostpunk 3 takes us into the nuclear age.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@demoniack81. That would actually be pretty cool and a natural evolution of dieselpunk.

[@sirsmiles1915]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 nuclearpunk

[@HadrosaurHero]

@@demoniack81 that would be pretty cool actually. Lots of unique moral choices and dangers arise when dealing with early nuclear technology

[@W40kenzie]

As an Englishman who hates Liverpool, I appreciate the slander

[@mattharrison2396]

As an Irishman living in Liverpool its not just outsiders who hate it, its communally appreciated

[@Pachiku93]

He even said football instead of soccer, I'm impressed

[@RemingtonDean]

As an American, I have to ask: what's Bricky mean when he says, "Say the line, England!" I get the reference but I don't know the line in this context.

[@Mr.Murphy2802]

As an English(nearly)man from Merseyside I can confidently say were an even bigger shithole filled with even more cretins than Liverpool. But nothing overall is worse than bootle

[@MissNulle2000]

Ah. Look at this cultural appreciation. It's beautiful is what it is.

[@toyuyn]

I was so traumatized by my first playthroughs of the other (arguably less traumatizing) scenarios that I learnt to min-max the living crap out of everything coming into the Last Autumn scenario. Siding with the workers, I ensured motivation was permanently above the high threshold. Workers struck (striked?) only 3 times (one of which was scripted) and engineers were permanently manning medical posts, having researched everything necessary. Every major workplace incident was resolved safely, having adopted safety procedures early on. In the end, we finished the generator with all extra upgrades 1 week ahead of schedule. As we waited for the evacuation to arrive, I had my workers deconstruct all the work buildings and docks. Coal and food stockpiles were brimming, braziers burning. All that was left was to wait. All without signing the Terror law. All in 1 sitting. All the time and effort I put into meticulous planning was rewarded with the absence of painful moral quandaries, strikes and death. Satisfaction.

[@gabrielmelnik6796]

You missed the first deadline on purpose, didn't you?

[@toyuyn]

I actually made it, just barely. I was going in blind so I didn't know what would happen if I missed it. Same for the 2nd deadline.

[@mounne13]

Now lets see if we can apply your gameplay to America.

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

Hmm, I wonder if my first playthrough will go as well as yours did.

[@SparrowNoblePoland]

The problem with such option in the game is that it's unrealistically optimistic... I mean, maybe if people were convinced they're going to build shelter for the end of the world, it would have worked (although some would probably go delusional mode, like those who say there's no climate change, or Earth is flat). Otherwise, in real life people need to be pushed a little, and afraid a little of consequences. Real socialist (known as communist) countries, did try with everything granted (homes, medical care etc.) and zero unemployment policy. The end result was generations of people demoralised, not caring about their jobs, stealing stuff from workplaces. The effect on efficiency and product quality was terrible. In Poland eventually force had to be used... as economy deteriorated, and coal mines went on strike in December 81, police and army had to bust the strikes, just to prevent a situation when people would be left without heating in winter.

[@leedo2821]

"Godzilla is approaching the generator, the generator is loosing power"

[@militaristaustrian]

A men of cultur I see

[@averagegamer3953]

2 things: one THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE COAL EMPIRE. And two I can’t wait for bricky to review Frostpunk 2 when it comes out

[@adamfejes6995]

absolutly. i will want to see him make british being americans for hunting oil jokes

[@idontknoq4813]

HELL YEAH

[@nore5992]

If it Ever cames out

[@federicocaputo9966]

I cant wait for frostpunk 2 to come out, its been announced for a year with no release date....

[@olimar243]

Im more eager for that review than i am for the game itself. And im really eager for the game.

[@carterl8160]

Also quick note In the final track of 'The Last Autumn', you can hear small bits of 'the city must survive'. It connects the two together so well and brings that sense of dread of what's to come. You're not saving anyone, all you do is just giving them hope, a CHANCE to survive.

[@sovietunion7643]

even a chance to survive is more than a lot of people got in the frostpunk lore

[@rogerdavidtorreschavez5285]

Something i found that like, the OST is like, filled with leitmotifs, but the The Last Autumn doesn't have them, EXCEPT for The Inevitable. It's a really cool way of connecting those motifs with the cold itself.

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Bit late, but that song is called "The Inevitable"

[@imboredhowru1]

Never thought I'd hear Ad Mech say "The coal life never leaves!"

[@thatoneguy9615]

Frankly that just makes me imagine a whole company of servitors running on coal.

[@imboredhowru1]

@@thatoneguy9615 "The coal life never leaves" > "Ave Dominus Vox". --Bricky 7:18

[@bartoszkosmowski7149]

@@imboredhowru1 Et mundans non faciet vitam carbo

[@DrDitto]

This is a bit late but I haven't seen anyone comment about this really neat detail that highlights the worldbuilding in this game. Quick spoiler warning if you haven't played Frostpunk or The Last Autumn. A fun fact is that there is a scout/forager option where you decide whether you take some items, (items mind you that are vital for the Generator construction) from the Winterhome site that went missing or not, it gives you an achievement (It Was Me All Along) if you decide to take the items making you the reason why the generator malfunctioned for Winterhome since it didn't have enough parts to be fully completed and since the Fall of Winterhome scenario exists it's the canon option the person who constructed to Generator took.

[@Enziothefirst]

It makes so much sense now.

[@kermit5514]

Holy crap i didnt even take it all to get the achievement

[@TheNapster153]

But what were the supplies doing so far away to begin with? Most of the items we got from the cache are on-site built items. Furthermore, the IEC made zero attempt to contact the remaining sites for clues. Mind you, Winterhome was supposed to assist New London. You know? The Imperial Capital. I'm led to believw those supplies would've been wasted if left alone.

[@feartheghus]

I played so nicely that after I took the parts and go the achievement I actually gave them to the people who were distraught and looking for them, so I got the achievement and actually helped them in their search so winterhome can live.

[@supermantis921]

The reason why I really enjoyed the first Frostpunk review was because it was *very funny* Scouts or their scientific name: *no conplainus* *big dickus*

[@largefren843]

biggus dickus*

[@supermantis921]

@@largefren843 He actually said big dickus I double checked

[@carthagis8671]

@@supermantis921 It's a reference to Monty Python. The Life of Bryan. Do go watch it if you haven't yet, it is quite awesome. And funny. You may need it after playing Frostpunk.

[@hipsterllama3942]

@@carthagis8671 whats so funny about biggus dickus?

[@paulhage4059]

@@hipsterllama3942 *nearly cracks up*

[@afwhite888]

Okay, so I just recreated the Red Terror on my city builder, it cant get worse... right? Proceeds to build a FUCKING GAS CHAMBER. God I love this game.

[@Sorain1]

The thing that sticks out to me about these options is that these developers knew exactly where both lead, and had zero hesitation in showing you how both ended up in history. Both clearly parallel governments that did horrible things, those horrible things, within history. Neither is any less nightmarish than the other, and both governments claimed both that the horrors were necessary, and that they were sacrifices for a greater cause. Then the devs posit the question: 'Even if there really was human extinction on the line, would it be worth it?' and let the player question if they made the right decision. (No matter the outcome.)

[@derpherp1810]

@@Sorain1 Yes, both sides are bad. So lets give concessions to nobody and slowly kill the human race. Totally the better fucking option. The devs are just smug centrist asswipes who think they are saying something deep when they are really not, they punish you either way for siding with either side. though arguably the workers side seems much less worse that the alternative outcome. Killing a couple of leeching parasites to avoid an authoritarian labor camp were thousands more die, yeah seems pretty based to me, so they can't even make their fucking argument. Its like they were trying to make a trolley problem where both outcomes are bad and they expect you not to pull the lever but in reality one is obviously far less worse than the other.

[@jacktheripper5112]

what i love about this game is that ending scene, the game just being like" you think you did good?WHAT DID IT COST?" yeah i didnt wanna force children into factories and give people soup and make their lives hell, but atleast they're alive

[@lucasmarchezim881]

"We are alive, but have nothing to live for"

[@theycallmedoorway9913]

NO, NOT THE SOUP!!!

[@jackreid2664]

@Videoms feeding people soup frostpunk version of eating without a table in rimworld

[@magisterrleth3129]

It was a little anticlimactic for me, since I went down the Labor Union path, stopped at Official Doctrine to filter out the Council of Labor's worse ideas, and completed the generator on schedule, with all upgrades. One guy sadly died when the Labor Union decided they wanted the day off to celebrate the anniversary of some bread riots, and someone left our two very sick people alone, and one of them died. I sent his body back to England. Boy oh boy, now I'm definitely going to set up a death camp that burns through human lives like charcoal. It'll help the food shortage back in England.

[@HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar]

"I can't believe you've done this to the people.." "I swear I didn't want the child labour factories!" "No, thats fine, it's the soup I'm talking about, how do you even sleep knowing you gave people soup to eat? How can you live with yourself?"

[@elgion3996]

Bricky, they made another depress polish game about being civilian during war. I think you should check it. Its The war of mine

[@TheArklyte]

"Polish" If only... If I recall right, This War of Mine was inspired by personal experience of one of the devs in the mess that was Balkans in 1990's. The game is family friendly version of what they've seen:(

[@dollaran7325]

@@TheArklyte Correct.

[@xdr22]

He talked about playing it in the last video

[@ironboy3245]

I actually played this war of mine first lmao

[@jsplit9716]

@@ironboy3245 This war of mine came out before frostpunk

[@piper51786]

Frostpunk 2 hours in: Let's give the children nice warm daycare and have then help at medical posts Frsotpunk 20 hours in: I don't care if it it's -60 out there Timmy get out into that 5 feet of snow and pick up those chunks of coal then when you're done go eat your Sawdust soup.

[@aturchomicz821]

250 Hours in: And so my Deathless, Labor Path based, 24h shift based, Fully upgraded Generator, Worker-Militia-Less, Survivor Difficulty-Last Autumn Run concludes with a Message that the Union way will not be forgotten in this new Chaotic World. Go me😎

[@jamesverner9132]

Sawdust is better then soup ten sick to feed 200 people is a Great trade off.

[@leirbag1595]

It's like a cycle. First you want to be the most morallly uptight as you can, but that makes you get behind as you waste precious resources Then you get crueler and manage your city/worksite more efficiently while making sure to use and plan everything perfectly Then, once you actually understand the mechanics well and what your priorities should be, you are finally are able to be moral again since you know how to make due with more limited measures.

[@feartheghus]

@@jamesverner9132soup is best because it has no downside and isn’t evil.

[@ScuffedWarden]

​@@leirbag1595And then you jump to hard and have to become cruel again

[@Mackenzie1942]

I find the perfect ringtone for my alarm: 15:59

[@LazarusOfLight]

OMG LOL

[@hallogames889]

The purg has been started all crimes are allowed with weapons of level 3 or below

[@ethenguillory4919]

I need this. I have to get up before the buttcrack of dawn for work and I’ve got the sneaking suspicion that this might help me.

[@Mackenzie1942]

@@ethenguillory4919 oh yeah brother, it will lol

[@DeathBy_Chair]

Last time you covered Frostpunk you inspired me to start a Guard/Mechanicus army inspired by it. Now you're covering this and I fear for my wallet lol. Great stuff!

[@Alpharius93]

That sounds like a really cool idea! =D *praise the generator*

[@jolanberden4438]

yo that is an amazing idea! go for it! i would love to see the result if i was able to

[@jolanberden4438]

maybe you could even try to make some of the siege engines look like small heat generators

[@thatsovietsky1309]

Wow it sounds so cool, could we get some advancement on that ? I'd really like to see that

[@PeachDragon_]

A mix of the guard and mechanicus in the frostpunk style sounds like the absolutely coolest army in 40k

[@SecretLars]

When I played Last autumn I went with the engineers and built the panopticon and I legitimately never realized I made Auschwitz because I never did the options that came with it and I always strove to help as many as I could, only five died which were all sent back to England. That goes to show how blind one can be on a choosing side.

[@theleninator5739]

once again the workers class are the best option

[@bighatlogan4629]

@@theleninator5739 They aren't much better

[@Punishthefalse]

@@bighatlogan4629 If anything, I dare say it's worse. One execution a day to improve morale? My God!

[@justsomeguy919]

@@Punishthefalse Considering the Socialists/Communists have killed more people than the Fascists ever have, I would agree with you. And if we're only talking about the game, I prefer the honesty of the engineer tree. They don't try to hide behind pretty sounding platitudes to justify their atrocities.

[@notsaying7838]

I mean these are unrepentant (which means they didn't plead guilty) criminals now aren't day?

[@maxducks2001]

You may be wondering “Is it worth it? Is all the suffering and stress I have to go through worth it in the end?” And I’d say YES. You know why? Because the announcer is actually happy for once at the end.

[@aturchomicz821]

"Wake up, Onwords with the COMPLETION OF THE PLAN!" "The Workday Ends, GLORY to the Working Class!!" :D

[@sevendrills4326]

Guys never happy besides from when the generator does something good I love him

[@diestormlie]

There's just something about the *name* 'The Last Autumn' that sends shivers down my spine. There's so much *weight* conveyed by those three words.

[@AWACS_Snowblind]

_You thought you could escape the Coal Gang!?_ _THE COAL LIFE NEVER LEAVES_

[@gorbsupreme7555]

How did that turn out

[@adowner7298]

15:44 And here we see Bricky in the keystone piece of evidence for the Nuremberg trials.

[@IshijimaKairo]

"I'm a little curious what the higher-ups are gonna say when I telegraph them for some more workers and when they're finally arriving they *'see work makes you free" on my fucking gates.' "* That just killed me right there.

[@disconnected7737]

"when they see work makes you free on my gates" Well well well, consider it sold

[@davidostos506]

It wasn't until I had some really bad soup that I realized that bad soup does indeed physically make you lose hope

[@DutchGuyMike]

Very true!

[@Tioynux]

15:55 - 16:55 U literally have a whole reason to understand why this kind of dark games are needed, way more than we believe

[@lox_07]

Great DLC, didn't think there would that many changes in the mechanics but it was surprisingly good. Also bought the game because of your previous video on it, best decision I made. Thanks :)

[@Omegasaxon]

"Director of Armored Core 2" Thank you for doing god's work kind sir

[@ernstschmidt4725]

uhhhhhhh

[@Gamefreq184]

One small detail not mentioned was how yes you know the cold is coming and you got that driving you but when you realize that your actions pretty much were the cause of problems in the other expansions. Also when you zoom out to manage your foragers and you can see the ice slowly creeping towards your camp.

[@masterjames2627]

2:33 As an Arizonan, can confirm. We petrify if the weather drops below room temperature.

[@justsomeguy919]

Tell me you don't know what room temperature means without telling me...

[@aliboy357]

My first go I was ahead of schedule, in the base game I had great ending. With the hardest difficulty settings I found myself having to go all the way to the worst extreme. Humanity would be dragged into the future kicking and screaming if needs be. I didn’t even think of the horror of the construction site I had built nor what had become of those cities dragged into survival through brutal repression. I love the game

[@Ian501st]

I just bought frostpunk console edition, I'll finish this shift and I'll play -Supervisor uses extended shift- well, I'll be playing tommorrow

[@Overlord99762]

Engineer: Hello there good sir, we are happy to announce that we have finished the generator ahead of time, one week, to be precise... Higher up: Why...is there a sign saying Work Makes You Free over there? And why are there snipers all around...?

[@cluelesscoffee4236]

TLDR:In the soviet block I was born and raised, and the gulags where I spent most of my days.

[@riiswalker8241]

You see ivan if you hold gun like this you shoot moar accurately for fear of hitting finger only hit them twice so far still have 8 left

[@dwarow2508]

Actual TLDR: You get to chose between moderate Stalinists and Nazi elitists

[@Lucama221]

@@dwarow2508 >daily public executions >moderate Stalinists yeah that tracks

[@dwarow2508]

@@Lucama221 The dayly executions part is in the Nazi path, not the socialist path. Also executions were not the special part under Stalin. Execution were a thing for millenia in every nation, even in most nations in the 20th century.

[@Lucama221]

@@dwarow2508 nah, Terror is from Labour. The Engineer(Labour Camp Nazi) path wouldn't kill a worker just to keep morale up, that's a waste of productivity. Just work them to death instead.

[@aturchomicz821]

While the Morning Anouncement on the Engineer side is pretty terrifying at the end the Labor one just get better up the tree. "The Workday Ends, Enjoy the Achievments of the Working Class!" Imagine that😳

[@theleninator5739]

exept the last laws there is notting wrong whit the based path, put engegniers to do hard work is good

[@justsomeguy919]

@@theleninator5739 Oh, yeah, nothing wrong with socialism/communism at all. Just a shame we couldn't execute Lenin and Stalin for that motivation boost.

[@theleninator5739]

@@justsomeguy919 Stalin is not communist and Lenin did nothing wrong.

[@justsomeguy919]

@@theleninator5739 Oh, sure, and Epstein killed himself.

[@H010CR0N]

What would you say to a Hive World Simulator like Frostpunk?

[@launch2345]

Awesome idea. I desperately want more games in this style, so much fun

[@denseaf1582]

Oh lord that would annihilate computers unless it was greatly optimized, but it sounds so good too

[@fakeblue8985]

Boutta turn my planet into Krieg

[@conq1273]

@@fakeblue8985 Better have that cloning building before glassing the planet

[@a_damska]

Ooh that is a great idea, grimdark future city building in a hive world

[@LadyDoomsinger]

My favorite part is when the Frost hits, we're behind schedule, we're out of food, people are dying - and someone gets the bright idea, "Hey.... those dead people look kind of edible, don't they?"

[@danielandrews5357]

I had to choose “I’ll think about it” instead of “we are not cannibals” because the situation was that dire. I didn’t pass the law but coming that close to it is something I won’t easily forget.

[@shadowranger5907]

Sadly the developers announced they are finished with working on this game their “journey” is complete thought I would love to see them flesh out the base game as much as they did the last autumn

[@saultdog1603]

Frost punk2 was announced. Watch the trailer.

[@jamesmarquess1496]

The Arizona joke at the start was top tier, Best part of it was That I grew up in flagstaff in northern Arizona, So I can understand both sides of the joke.

[@SharkyShocker]

I never understood why people struggled with The Last Autumn. I played it a few days ago and essentially lazed through it. Never missed a deadline, got all the resources I needed, and then when I missed the ability to leave early by a meer 4 hours I just... sat around for 8 days while the ocean was frozen over. Had plenty of coal, plenty of food, and so I just shut down every facility and kept time moving fast. But what I think I'm only realizing now, is how close I was to disaster. I never knew the deadlines were hardset, so every time I completed a section of the generator and went "Oh hey, I'm 4 hours ahead of schedule. Nice!" I didn't realize just how insanely close I was missing it by.

[@DutchGuyMike]

Lol, nice.

[@Sorain1]

Now that is a fridge horror story. The moment when you realize you were inches from failure the entire time, and you never even knew it? Cold Sweat seems approprate.

[@reaperking2121]

I have to say what I love about Frostpunk and those extreme choices is that this world often requires them. So when you can beat the game without using them it is the best feeling on earth.

[@marcantoinelab12321]

In a nutshell choose engineers : -"I DIG A HOLE, DIGGEY DIGGEY HO-" *Gunshots* "NO ZIGNING ALLOWED IN ZIS KAMP !" Choose workers' Union : "I DIG A HOLE, DIGGEY DIGGEY HO-" -"YOU! WHY AREN'T YOU SINGING OUR GREAT ANTHEM ? ARE YOU A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONNARY? TAKE HIM TO THE VENT"

[@red_ruby4881]

Yeah the engineers path may be more beneficial, but have you heard the workers announcer? "Workers!" _THUMP THUMP THUMP_ "You work for yourself now!"

[@gabrielmelnik6796]

The worker side is way better for avoiding becoming a extremist. They have a hability to stop ALL THE STRIKES on the camp for 250 food (if you put more than 40 workers on food sources that is quite easy to use) And managing the security isnt that dificult if you miss the first deadline on purpose.

[@alexandersh86]

@@gabrielmelnik6796 Yes, in The Last Home the Faith side was also far easier to do without any kind of guards. OTOH Factory Inspectorate and Internal Promotion are OP enough. Not that OP though.

[@justsomeguy919]

You gotta give the Commies credit, they do make shit sound nice.

[@derpherp1810]

@@justsomeguy919 Yeah thats my problem with it, they are too charitable with the commies. Look at the red scare, the american government does a much better job at making convincing anti-communist propaganda. I think if they sprinkled a bit of choveaunism, anti-semitism, malthusian evolution theory, arguments about human nature and made the factory tycoon overlords and engineers sound more sympathetic, this game would make a fair case against communism. All this game really does is say, "Oh look more people are happy and working efficiently, hey and they built the generator before the cold came BUT AT WHAT COST GASP!!!! THINK OF THE POOR BOSS WHO WAS a mild mannered gentleman, OH THE HORROR! EGADS THINK OF THE LIKE TWENTY ENGINEERS WE KILLED WHO ONLY WANTED TO SEGREGATE, PENALIZE, AND ENSLAVE THE WORKING CLASS!!! " This game is a symptom of the woke mind virus, they are afraid if they say anything too out of line the mob will go after them and cancel them. The devs are just commie sympathizers, they aren't harsh enough on them harumph! They made the engineers look more bad then they seemed I mean LOOK at them, aw look at those little future wannabe authoritarians so cute and non-threatening.

[@Just_Adrian_]

As an austrian I'm probably gonna end up on a goverment watchlist if I make a labor camp

[@saintjames1995]

hard to explain to the higher ups when the new workers arrive and they see "work makes you free" on my gates. I died laughing

[@Chrisack593]

I got Frostpunk after watching your first video. Now almost 80 hours later, I can say I super enjoyed it! Great to see you follow up with a Last Autumn video! I'm excited to see more from this developer!

[@WetCanoot]

“Servitude” *MOST REPLAYED*

[@Werddrewtv]

I love how Terror is in all caps 13:09

[@10yearslater_]

I just love the "Hail to the working class!" when they build the generator as workers union. Gives me that serotonin that maybe one day we'll be free

[@veryfunnyname7060]

same here - it's a shame that Bricky engaged in a bit of both-sides-ism in this; removing (proto-)fascists from your society (on the socialist route) is very much not the same as stripping convicts of human rights

[@piggysew797]

@@veryfunnyname7060 Having more highly specialized (and therefore more valuable) labour makes you a fascist apparently

[@veryfunnyname7060]

@@piggysew797 no, but suppressing human rights of those workers (or non-workers for that matter) whom you deem "beneath yourself" does

[@piggysew797]

@@veryfunnyname7060 suppressing human rights does not make one a fascist you utter troglodyte. You realize that by that definition pretty much any ruler throughout history can be labeled a fascist.

[@piggysew797]

@@veryfunnyname7060 i swear you communists actually have negative IQ

[@calebolds9609]

"I wanted to ride that high of validation" ITS A MOOD THOUGH

[@jjef8706]

Was debating watching the frostpunk video a 3rd time, luckily you came in clutch lol. Love your content, and thanks for getting me to try this game

[@florijnvantill4422]

When he said that he would put “work makes you free” on a sight at the entrance I lost it. I died laughing edit: btw the “work makes you free” is a reference to Auschwitz’s “arbijd macht vrij” ore something like that

[@glupstwo_zwyczajne]

it is arbeit macht frei i don t know how you can butcher german like that

[@SwedishDrunkard5963]

*arbeit macht frei its says "arbeit macht frei" on the doors to Auschwitz

[@mustanizmy3678]

The workplace safety makes so much sense to me. I am a safety manager for marine offshores at Malaysia. Even the work hours short shift/extended shift/double shift matters a lot!

[@sazechs_451]

13:21 it's more of a direct reference to the eponymous events that happened in France in 1793-94 than to Sovietic Russia

[@facemcshooty6602]

It's incredible how this game goes from "yeah this sounds good" to "FUCK GO BACK NONONONONONONOOOOOO"

[@noxidninja5109]

Being a brit it's mad to see an american talking about liverpool. Lovely seeing them incorporate the new dock system as liverpool is a port city and around the time frostpunk is set liverpool prospered because of its docks. Thanks Bricky

[@ComedicLetter]

Oh _Bricky_ There’s another great frost coming Try not to freeze : )

[@wallywolf814]

13:06 was completely unexpected but fantastic.

[@Ch4pp13]

Something that will always give me chills is some pre-apocalyptic stuff set in a post-apocalyptic setting, AFTER you know and see everything gone to shit. You know what will happen. The wonders of it is seeing how prepared people can become and how fast they start to realize the gravity of the situation. It does give some existential thoughts, like everything that we've achieved can be wiped away in an instant because of forces outside of our control. I try to not let it get me down, because trying to think of a joke means that there's gonna be less coal mined during this shift, and I don't want to end up on the chopping block.

[@morpheuslp4738]

9:55 "Just bring out the fucking cocaine, if it worked for the germans it works for me" *big ass foreshadowing bus drives in the background* XD

[@justsomeguy919]

Fun fact: The Germans actually used amphetamines, not cocaine.

[@Ritley]

Congratulations Brick Taylor, you truly are the Last Autumn

[@Maddinhpws]

Frostpunk really has a way of getting under your skin. I was literally cursing out New London while playing On the Edge.

[@moonlight2870]

One thing that kinda fucks me about this is that people say workers are worse than engineers because daily executions. Daily executions are TERRIBLE, don't get me wrong, but imprisioning people for crimes they did not commit to justify feeding them half of what you feed other people, paying them nothing and overworking them to the point where they literally drop dead is JUST AS BAD.

[@RepstarVixen]

See the thing is, THIS IS THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM so they cant admit it's just as bad

[@generalstarcat9961]

Bricky my dad is from Manchester and I love the fact that you called Liverpool “fictional”

[@a_damska]

"Armed worker union or labour death camp, we are on schedule here"

[@prachetasnayse9709]

7:19 now thats a good meme

[@habibakbar]

God the way he speaks reminds me of doug doug and I FUCKING LOVED IT!

[@k.h.raider9329]

Frostpunk and it's DLCs are just absolutely incredible. As brutally difficult as they can be, I binged everything this game had to offer over a week or so. Absolutely wish there were more city builders there had this level of charm, sound, and esthetics

[@Kraken0000]

Your last video on Frostpunk got me to pick it up and play it finally. Two years its been sitting in my backlog! Amazing game.

[@magisterrleth3129]

I finished this scenario in good time and with no deaths by obsessing over workplace safety. Getting the infrastructure up to maintain a safe environment around the generator pit was the main bottleneck for me, once I had all three vents and and advanced coal dock, I managed to complete the generator by noon of day 35, but missed the first ship back home by 4 hours to install the last optional upgrade.

[@john-marccartagenas6706]

I was convinced to buy frostpunk during the summer sale because of your last vid bricky! Thanks for the great reviews, and uncovering these hidden gems for your audience.

[@mage0534]

The engineer work alert noise even startled my cat

[@mikeycost6917]

Bricky they just announced frost punk 2!

[@johnpawlak7350]

Hey Bricky. Frostpunk 2 is happening.

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Y'know as other comments pointed out, most moral dilemmas are avoided when you know what you're doing and how to deal with things, but i think really, knowing those things takes the "fun" away from the game, its fascinating to see the monster you've become to even barely win, when i won my first last autumn game half my people had died from starving, i resorted to cannibalism, i used every person i had just to finish the generator (with only 1 optional feature), and the final ship came and it was over i breathed a sigh of relief knowing i was done then the dread piled seeing how bad i let things go and even that the eventual new Liverpool would barely survive the Great Frost, now wherever i play things go smoother, i never pass the final laws, and can finish the optional objectives, but i get... Bored, that feeling of mixed relief and dread just isn't there, where the game's dilemmas become a checklist, where i can do things like child labor without batting an eye knowing it's within the margin of moral superiority and to achieve victory, the only time ive ever gone for cemeteries was my first playthrough, every other time i go for the Pit, because it has more utility later and that hope can be regained in other ways, i kinda miss those blind playthroughs they are the moments that stick with me, not my victories

[@Sorain1]

Yeah. Realizing that if we really were in that position, we would have exactly one shot and know none of what is coming? That explains how it becomes so easy. Because all that fear is gone. Maybe there is comfort in that mastery, but the way that first, fumbling victory had us compromising in uncomfortable ways? Knowing we would do it, even with so many layers of abstraction? Sticks with you.

[@harranczyk2572]

16:56 on my first playthrou I was constantly repeting in my mind few words while during that bad shit: There won't be place for everyone in generator's site so you could die building it if you're gonna die in the end anyway

[@jiminfested]

I hope you are happy Bricky, after years of avoiding FrostPunk I finally picked it up a week ago thanks to you. I loved it. Took over 20 hours to finally win one run. Now after I get over the trauma of the things I had to do to make the city survive, I'll make another run, a turn as a utopia, without loss or need or want. Where we will live up to our highest ideals or crush any who dear to speak out against the captain. Oh wait where was I? Oh yes a chicken in every pot, strong and safe work places, children will be protected and taken care of. Those who bring us food and make us shelter will never have to work through the nights being exposed to the deadly elements. No one will be on the outskirts of town in substandard shelters while I lower the power and range of the generator so that I can save the greater whole even though some may die. Never again will I weigh adding sawdust to food, or water down soup so weak that you'd be sure it is all water with some sand thrown into it. A true every lasting utopia is what I will create.

[@Ian501st]

Me preparin for my break on the job and watching this "Yes, Yeeees, Yeeeeeeeeeeee"

[@kimnylandmathisen]

I really hope u will stream it more. Loved the 2 streams u did of the game :D

[@belurso5179]

The title and game choice is bringing you closer to the Mandalore/Sseth singularity. God Speed, Bricky! (Great content as usual!)

[@seanhessmann8823]

the coal life never leaves is what got me lol

[@_bulgus_6831]

18:42 I really think you should check out dwarf fortress, just popped into my mind

[@monke6395]

9:53 History teachers when school is over

[@CorgiusLord]

Thank you for turning me on to Frost Punk Bricky. Looking forwards (if nervously) to Frost Punk II, I've been playing it while on deployment.

[@BranMaddox]

crazy how I have listened to your two warhammer videos 3 times each and yet i'm just now subscribing

[@davidbroz-tanner1756]

GLORY TO THE WORKING CLASS

[@militarymotivationde]

This Review Made me buy Frostpunk and i had a blast playing it so thank you for the review

[@f.palmero5010]

I knew this was coming, ever since your talk about it on A.R. Really good video mate.

[@iogd2692]

man you are genuinely my favorite youtuber

[@nekakagiggle]

I really hope we get to see Brick play This War of Mine

[@joshleveille8233]

I honestly loved this DLC which also brought my favorite endless mode builders which I play whenever I load up frostpunk. I only play though whenever I am in a good mood since then I have a higher tolerance of bs and pain.

[@DutchGuyMike]

Nice!

[@buffaloSoldier519]

So fucking excited for Frostpunk 2! Let’s see how they make oil the main resource

[@zukiezuke]

I'm so glad I checked out Frostpunk because of your video on it. Had to check this out immediately.

[@warboss3686]

I was wondering when you will make this after you mentioned it on the Adeptus Ridiculous podcast