Factorio Review - an Indie Masterpiece

Factorio is one of the all-time highest rated games on steam , and yet many people dismiss it as being an overly complicated automation game. But it's so much more. And in my opinion, everyone should give it a shot. I promise, it's not as overwhelming as you think.
This Factorio review explains, from the bottom up, why Factorio is fun, what the Factorio gameplay looks like, how it flows and feels and what kind of difficulty curve you can expect. I also go over the multiplayer and Factorio mods to further highlight the enormous replayability Factorio has.
As mentioned in the video, if you want to try the Factorio gameplay for yourself, I recommend you download the demo (link below) and play through the tutorial/campaign. It's free after all!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - Mechanics
03:45 - Game - Flow & Feel
07:18 - Combat
08:27 - Multiplayer
09:20 - Mods
11:42 - Learning Curve
13:25 - Outro
Some relevant links:
Factorio on steam (find the demo here): store.steampowered.com/app/42...
Factorio mods: mods.factorio.com/
Factorioprints - a site for exchanging designs: factorioprints.com/

[@Carbon_Cola]

Enjoyed the way I review Factorio? Then please leave a like to help me with the KZbin algorithm & consider subscribing for more entertaining game explanations! Have any questions on the game? Join the CarbonCola community discord and several Factorio veteran's will gladly help you out! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc Have feedback or questions? Happy to hear & answer! As for the next video, still undecided. May go with Deathloop, another Paradox game or maybe Mechwarrior 5. Have other suggestions? Do let me know, very happy to listen to audience wishes!

[@realcartoongirl]

Play factorio i shall fix this 3 hours later oh

[@morienbendinelli1554]

In the "learning curve" section, one may have the impression that if, by any chance, biters eat up a chunk of your factory (or even the whole of it), less pollution will be produced, so...less attacks, etc. (The aggression will go down) Of course, no going back on biters' evolution; it's forward only. Another thing I think is why Factorio is so addictive is that every mistake, every design, every fixed mistake is much like a player's signature. So you play it long enough, you'll have 'your signature' everywhere on the map you've explored.

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@morienbendinelli1554 Thanks for the comment Morien! You're right that with biter evolution there is no going back, however you can absolutely have reduced attacks if you stop producing as much. It will take a bit of time to have an impact as pollution takes a while to move around the map, but if biters don't get pollution they can't spawn new units and therefore can't attack you as much! I agree with Factorio's addictiveness. It's so cool that there's so many valid ways to play the game, and even the mistakes feel "charming"! The big sense of ownership definitely keeps me going back for more.

[@thomasholt3697]

I wouldn't call this a review. It's more like a sales pitch. A review wouldn't focus on convincing players to get the game.

[@Trupen]

Factorio is a magic game where you trade your time for expansion.

[@Carbon_Cola]

What's up Trupen! My analytics tell me my review is regularly recommended with your videos haha. Congrats on your recent success! Happy to see you found your way here :)

[@zackbonneau2567]

Factorio is basically an allegory to life: you trade your time for a marginal increase in productivity (basically school/training). After that, you trade another bit of time for another bit of productivity. This cycle never ends, and every increase/expansion only serves to fuel further growth. Gotta love them positive reinforcing loops

[@Buizie]

ＥＸＰＡＮＤＩＮＧ

[@BS-mi7pc]

You trade your sanity for RPM.

[@dercooney]

you didn't need free time anyway

[@Th3_W01f]

1500 hours in factorio personally, and I still have cases where I'm like "Okay so what if you take these belts inserters a few splitters and HOLY SHIT WHERE DID THOSE 10 HOURS OF MY LIFE GO!!"

[@Carbon_Cola]

Such is life when the factory must grow.

[@davefroman4700]

Yup. I put the game down for two years after 1800 hrs and just opened up a new world again last week and its every bit as addictive as it ever was. Cracktorio indeed.

[@legallyfree2955]

I have a steel shortage, caused by an iron shortage, cause by a coal shortage. Before I go to bed and leave it running over night I'll just clear out a few biters on that coal patch, set up some miners and run a train line, with a station and an unloading oh, its the next morning and I have work and didn't sleep again...

[@PoofyKittyPants]

The fact that there is a free demo which actually teaches you how to play the game before you pay for it is the kind of thing that every game used to do but no one does anymore. Games used to focus on the player's experience, factorio is one of those games.

[@Carbon_Cola]

I really like that. It's such a consumer friendly way of seeing whether games are good for you. I suppose with Steam's 2h refund window you can get a similar thing, but I always liked that demos are often more custom-tailored to convey to you what the game is like. Always excited when there's demos for games on steam! That steam festival where a bunch of games had demos available was really cool. I discovered many new games that way!

[@TheShadowofevolution]

The demo is to blame for my addiction. I regret nothing.

[@henrlima87]

The first time i booted this game 20 min went by in my head. But in reality 4hrs passed. Thats all you need to know about this game 😄

[@Carbon_Cola]

Classic Factorio! Kind of like Civ's "one more turn", except it's more like "one more improvement" haha.

[@monochrome3168]

@@Carbon_Cola just one more automated blue science asembler "Huh, its not getting any red circuits?" "Huh, I need more copper for red circuts" "Huh my copper patch is dry" and so on

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@monochrome3168 Aah...the first time you loose yourself in "one-more-improvement" and ask yourself "why is the sun still up" only to realise it should instead be "oh, the sun is up again"

[@wyhiobcarlile4879]

I have 800 hours in factorio, I started playing 3 years ago, and I didn't know you could click and drag power poles until 3 weeks ago.

[@Carbon_Cola]

One never stops learning! I think that took me 200 hours to learn as well. After 50 hours of Krastorio 2 I also eventually learned that you can switch a roboport between construction and logistics mode. Sure would have been good to know before getting big coverage for my Megabase haha.

[@more-reasons6655]

@@Carbon_Cola what on earth, you can set roboports to be for specific robots. I'm 500 hours in Would this guarantee the construction robots in my solar farm wont come back to base but the logistic bots can deliver?

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@more-reasons6655 With the Krastorio 2 mod pack there's two modes for the roboport that changes the construction area and logistics area. As far as I know there's no such feature in the base game.

[@Deilwynna]

when i started playing factorio (which was in 0.14), dragging with power poles would just put them in every available tile so... if i were to try to drag a a power line with big electric poles a long distance, i would have clicked once, hold down the button, start running in the direction i wanted to drag the line, 2 tiles later, it would place a new big electric pole as then the tiles would be available again.

[@irrelevant_noob]

@@Deilwynna well, that still happens if one is not paying attention to their inventory and starts dragging pole ghosts (after running out of available poles). ;-)

[@matteofalduto766]

Factorio has taught me not to be lazy in the short term so to eventually be ultimately lazy big time later on. Some people call that "being efficient". It's a great life skill.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Work smarter, not harder!

[@tjalve1]

Great review! I only missed a section on scaling, where you go from handcrafting, automation, train network, bots, blueprints, rocket, and then into megabase. I especially like the transition to an automated mall, and the transition to bots with blueprints.

[@Carbon_Cola]

I was thinking about adding something like this, it's a good idea/suggestion! Ultimately I decided against it to not spoil the game's tech and retain a feeling of "discovery" with the viewers. I think that's where a lot of fun comes from! But your suggestion would probably have worked great too!

[@rzr1191]

Trains are a surprisingly meaty part of the game that I didn't quite understand and therefore sparsely used in my first playthrough (where I used mostly belts and drones). Once you understand rail signals it's a whole new game where you can spend 20 hours iterating over rail intersection blueprints. There's some people out there with smelting operations that require multiple 40 wagon trains on constant loop just for the iron ore I highly recommend the LTN mod to add another dimension to the trains system

[@GeometricMason]

3:28 "So called circuit network" I've seen people build 8-bit computers from what are basically the simplest of transistors to control their factories.... really. Just last week I used it to build a scrolling sign that reads "Happy New Year!" as Auld Lang Syne played... all from circuits.

[@Carbon_Cola]

They're such a powerful tool. I love when games give that kind of freedom to the player. One of my favorites was WireMod in Garry's Mod. So cool!

[@Saviliana]

I have seen people done made a full working NES inside factorio with original mario playing on it, full game.

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@Saviliana Wish more games had turing complete logic like that. People make the craziest stuff. I remembe seeing those gigantic computers in minecraft, truly a sight to behold.

[@MortCast]

Circuits are great for Space Exploration mod. I used them to automate cargo rockets to another planets.

[@xintrosi6829]

Nice job, I think this video does a great job at explaining to "normal" people how and why to play. I know loading a months old save is sometimes a bit disorienting (and i built it!) so of course seeing an endgame base built by someone else is going to be intimidating!

[@dims4627]

Let me also add a very important note: controls and UI are a masterpiece in this game, I can't stress it enough. Everything has hotkeys, you can copy\paste stuff, every menu (even options) has a fuzzy-search bar. You grab\put stuff by 1, 5, 50% or everything with just hotkeys

[@Carbon_Cola]

Indeed a big part of Factorio's appeal is that it's so easy to make something complex, part of that is the fantastic UI as you've pointed out!

[@Losloth]

Thank for breaking this down. I would love multiplayer in a PvP mode, where there are multiple people on each side, each having separate responsibilities over warfare, research and industry.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Hi Emil, my pleasure! You should check out Factorio's public server browser and find a map/server running "BiterBattles" by "ComfyFactory". Two teams with identical resource patches are split by water. Both teams play the normal factorio game, get attacked by biters etc. In addition to researching tech, science can be used to make the enemy team's biters stronger. It's played with randoms so don't expect crazy good coordination, but still people join the server and just do something they think makes sense. Expand mining, improve production, work on defenses etc. Still a bunch of people coming together to build a factory and fight the enemy team. I know the map has it's source code online on github so you could probably host your own server with friends as well, but the public server is actually quite frequented/played (as are all maps by ComfyFactory), so there's almost always a match going when you want to play BiterBattles! Let me know how you like it :)

[@ozone9011]

PVP mode exists

[@Ryanisthere]

every single factorio review ever made starts with the trailer theme and i love it oh yeah i have 800+ hours in this game and have watched basically every single review on youtube

[@juliusjaugelis1376]

Ok after dis, imma try to beat the train tutorial part

[@Carbon_Cola]

How did it go :D?

[@juliusjaugelis1376]

@@Carbon_Cola all i will say is.... Cracktorio

[@PAllen77]

I just completed Riftbreaker the other day and was blown away by how innovate it felt. After finding Factorio, I feel like I just watched Ozark and then realized that Breaking Bad existed.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Great comparison Phillip. Riftbreaker is a fantastic game in its own way, but if you want factory basebuilding there's just nothing like Factorio! Think you'll give it a shot now?

[@MessedOrc]

This is a great clear and concise explanation of this deeply technical game. I went and checked out the demo and ended up buying the game thanks to this video. Fantastic job! You will have many more subscribers soon. Keep it up!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot for the feedback MessedOrc! I'm glad you found your way to the game! If you have any questions, feel free to stop by my community discord. There's tons of factorio veterans there who will gladly help out :) discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@l9m241]

This game is literally the "Play it YOUR way" kind of style I love. Want a challenge? Crank up enemy spawns! Make Items more expansive! Spread resources further apart! Make the world only a few tiles tall but infinite in a single direction! Mod the heck out of it! The documentation is the **Chefs Kiss** perfect example of well documentated features of stuff in the game. There's even content in the game that isn't actually used, but is their for modders to take advantage of. This is the type of game that the developers take into consideration the community. They have gone out of their way to fix BUGS for MODDERS! And the weekly blog posts that go into extreme intricate detail about the game and what challenges they faced trying to solve an issue, whether it was gameplay, a bug, performance, or even stuff both in and out of the game. My favorite is the fact the Expansion is being worked on with of the folks being the creator of the large Space Exploration mod, so you get on the blogs perspective of what it was like on the Community Modding API side and the actual codebase side and how they had to tackle problems with how they wanted to solve with the expansion and the lessons learned from their modding experience. The blogs are a fantastic read, like it's a nice thing to sit down and read and just be amazed at what problems and solutions they experienced before during and after developement.

[@tuqann]

my favorite part is when you get to the end game, then you zoom out on the map and you realize your factory looks like an integrated circuit board 💜 Factorio is definitely on my top 3 games of all time across all genres (fyi i started playing video games in 1989, and playing games in general is one of my three core passions, with music and engineering being the other two).

[@Carbon_Cola]

For me, Factorio is definitely in the top 5 games I have ever played. Hard to rank it though against World of Warcraft, Garry's Mod, Westwood's Command and Conquer, Counter Strike, Mount and Blade... If you'd like, you could join my community discord and we can talk games and passions! We share at least 2 :) discord.gg/eFxY9Ynfng

[@markrichards7377]

Now that I’ve played it I can understand how it’s deeply complex but doesn’t overwhelm you with a start. I’m playing small and keeping my factory small because I’m playing without tutorials and kind of just experimenting with different systems I’ve been paying only for two days. And I’m finding it just very interesting How little impact the bugs have on where I am currently. But once I start to really ramp up production I know they’re going to come. So I get to basically choose when the difficulty ramps up while I am experimenting with factory designs. It’s genius.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Agreed! One of the best features! Glad you're enjoying the game;

[@tarnex]

0:48 I love how portal 2 in first because ppl playing factorio are most likely to play Portal 2 aswell since its a puzzle/logic game aswell

[@GeometricMason]

I have been playing PC games for thirty years. THIRTY years. I bought Factorio on May 29th of 2016. Since then I have played it for just over 2,000 hours. Two... thousand... hours. The only other game that I think might come close to that amount a play time for me would the the entire Sid Meier's Civilization franchise and I first started playing that in 1991. Now if you'll excuse me, The Factory Must Grow.

[@Carbon_Cola]

I love Factorio, so many hours of playtime! Though when the factory calls, it does get in the way of one's "normal" life ;)

[@TheyCalledMeT]

my personal favorite. (didn't play for a while and forgot the name) the mod which adds several additional tiers of biters ending in something godzilla like the mod which makes biters drop "loot" the mod which adds biter bodies as burnable fuel the mod which allows you to harvest this "loot" with towers and transport, recycle and by that feed your factory with biters. and ofc, the mod which grants you later tech levels of gunnery to survive those big biters. it's a uber uber death world and something where you need to know what you're doing and be kinda good in base defense but i love it. it makes biters serious enemies well into mega base times AND allows you to incorporate those biters as an integral part of your ressource gathering :)

[@iljas.]

I was actually thinking of having my next playthrough be lile this. Tons of mods for biter variety and AI/difficulty, mods for more weapons and defenses, pollution handling mods and deathworld settings!

[@TheyCalledMeT]

@@iljas. try it, it's realy fun. and if you're into seeing how this stuff would work out i can recommend JDPlays biter hell series, where he goes absolute overdrive with it. (10 times the biter amount, not just 2 times as death world normaly is) realy entertaining if you ask me. PS: i recommend to watch it in 1.25 speed since it's dozens of hours of content if you want to watch it full^^

[@Carbon_Cola]

Great suggestion! So many fun ways to play Factorio!

[@johanvennekens5997]

Looking forward.

[@brunobrunoso]

Didnt imagine Krastorio 2 and Space Explorartion would look so huge and amazing!

[@Carbon_Cola]

It shocked me as well, even after 200 hours of playing it I find myself surprised at the amount of content it provides. Mad respect for the guy who made the mod!

[@koolkiddo33]

I started K2 and got decently far, but I got burnt out. I made the mistake of making a main bus without the proper resources on it, and now it needs to be expanded accordingly lol

[@1Tranan]

Great review! I’ve already been sucked into this game for months, but I still love to watch videos where people talk about why they love this game so much. Gets me back into the mindset to finish my space exploration save :)

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks for your comment Tranan! I can totally relate - I really appreciate seeing videos like this about games that I like (looking at you Mandalore), so I'm happy to hear that I achieved something similar!

[@robertwieczorek1193]

After all the absolutely unhinged Factorio reviews I have seen, I was not expecting a down to earth review. Very nice

[@stalmath]

A factory review! Awesome! A really good overview about the game!

[@ExploreDaniel]

Great video loved the mods section

[@jozeus3840]

Great introduction! Wanna try the mods now :)

[@MrBluthusten]

My boy is back with another great video. Got me hyped to finally play the game myself

[@Carbon_Cola]

Happy to serve! Let me know how you like it :)

[@Synky]

Top tier! Keep it up, just subbed. Shocking you only got 155 subs! On the way up 📈

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Synkronization! I'm happy to hear you've enjoyed the video and are sticking around for more. In theory, it only gets better from here :)

[@thomasj4638]

Hey, I've watched this and your Tarkov video. I don't comment on KZbin much but it's not often you come across someone with a channel so small that creates such high quality videos - you make really good video essays and definitely deserve a lot more recognition. Keep it up!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Thomas! I'm really happy to hear that you like my style. It's really encouraging for me to keep going when the reception is so good.

[@DerezzedJ4ck]

Another great video, giving a good overview of a game that does always look overwhelming, haha.

[@stealthboost2805]

The start music sounded like a mix of bad piggies and world of goo soundtracks, giving me moments of pure nostalgia. And then of course there’s one of my fav games being played in the background

[@sonidoliberto]

Thanks for the mods recommendations!

[@Carbon_Cola]

My pleasure dude! Happy gaming :)

[@Soul-Burn]

FYI you don't need to launch a satellite to "win" the game, just the rocket.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks for the clarification!

[@Jamesaepp]

You haven't really started playing factorio until you've launched a satellite ;)

[@JETZcorp]

@@Jamesaepp I agree with this entirely. Launching something into space is your first big goal. Then as you watch it go up, you start to ask yourself: "now what?" And THAT is when Factorio really gets started. Launching that first rocket marks the end of the tutorial. Now it's time to REALLY make a factory!

[@randomdude8877]

Cool vid, i played it before on my friends pc some years ago but didn't think much of it. Now you hyped me up for this title.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks dude! Glad you liked the video and are hyped to give Factorio another shot! If you have any questions on the game, feel free to ask them on my discord! There's several Factorio veterans who will gladly help out! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@0.001mm_tolerancy]

How the hell do you have less than 1 k subscribers? Your content deserves 100x that number

[@Carbon_Cola]

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[@GeekBot404]

thanks to Factorio, I've been doing problem solving issues that now runs smoothly

[@Carbon_Cola]

Very cool! What's the best thing you "solved" as a result of Factorio?

[@Orangaria]

Good stuff man, I see you're new so keep up the good work :)

[@Carbon_Cola]

That's the plan :)! Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you liked it!

[@timgal5868]

As a Factorio player myself this was a great informative video for new players or those looking to buy. Thank you for the great content!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Tim! I'm happy to hear that you liked it! I hope that I helped/continue to help to allow people to find Factorio and enjoy it :)

[@sanderbos4243]

This is the best overview of the game I've seen, great job!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Sander! I'm really happy to hear you liked it!

[@briarfuller]

Absolutely wonderful video well done. Something I would expect from a long time youtuber with 100,000 subs or more. You have my sub and I can't wait to watch you grow!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Briar, that means a lot! I'm hoping to reach that number eventually :) If there are any games you want me to cover please let me know!

[@briarfuller]

@@Carbon_Cola one game I heavily associate with the addictive gameplay of factorio would be Rimworld another indie masterpiece

[@lianvitos]

Nice and accurate review. I have that game some weeks now and have hardly no time left for anything else.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gregray4011]

Thanks for the overview. Never played this type of game, but I am gonna give the free Demo a go.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks for the feedback Greg! I hope you enjoy it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on my community discord! There's several Factorio veterans there who will gladly help: discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@mdouglaswray]

Thanks for the intro! I'm going to try the demo!

[@Carbon_Cola]

My pleasure Doug! Did you already try it? How was it?

[@mdouglaswray]

@@Carbon_Cola Holding till I can spare the $. I'll be certain to let you know. :-D

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@mdouglaswray Sounds good, please do :)! If you end up having questions about the game, there's many Factorio veterans on my community discord who would love to help out. So feel free to join if you want! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@ClarkPotter]

Phenomenal review, my man! One of the best reviews of anything I've ever encountered. I have a feel for the game now after your video better than any other video on Factorio I've seen. Rarely play video games anymore but occasionally feed my inner kid with one, and Factorio might just fit the bill for the next one. You earned sub even. Keep it up and your channel will become one of the preeminent review channels.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Clark, thank you so much for your comment. It was very heartwarming. I am happy that you've enjoyed the video and re-discovered your inner kid! Comments like yours really help encourage me to keep producing stuff - it really does mean a lot to me. Did you end up giving Factorio a shot? Did it meet your expectations after watching my video?

[@nathanielgraham958]

Got yourself another sub! This is the best review of Factorio I've seen

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Nathaniel! I'm really happy to read that you've enjoyed the video and my style and that you decided to stick around :) Let me know if there are any games you want me to cover!

[@Eylrid]

Great review! Between all the setttings, all the mods, and different ways to lay out factories the ways to play this game are endless. If there's an aspect of the game that you don't like you can change it. Every time I play I think about what I enjoy and what I don't and look for ways to make it more enjoyable.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Well said! Thank you for your feedback! Happy to hear you've enjoyed it :)

[@pontusvongeijer1240]

Oh wow, I didnt realize the (small) size of this channel. Based on the quality I was expecting something like a channel in the 20-50k subs. If you keep producing stuff of this quality your channel will definetly grow. :)

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Pontus! That's my hope as well :)

[@TheQuackingQuagSpy]

One day, I should go back to Factorio and learn how to make the blue science/oil products/trains part of the game not overwhelm me. I usually have biters off so I have no excuse! Very good review, especially for someone with your sub count. I really hope you make it to the top, mate!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Snarky! Happy to hear you liked it and have such faith in me! If you decide to give the game another shot and have any questions or want to ask for how to do things best: I have a community discord with several helpful Factorio veterans! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc In any case, I'm sure if you set aside the time you'll do great with oil and blue science!

[@koolkiddo33]

I felt the same way for a while. If you *truely* don't want to deal with oil products you can snag a bp off of the internet. Although most people recommend playing the game without using blueprints. I personally hate dealing with oil, so I got a bp and now I understand how they work and can make a decent set up on my own

[@DingusKhan42]

Fantastic video! Love your style. Thought your channel was way bigger from the quality. Keep up the good work!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thank you so much! If all goes well, in a few months people will stumble on this video, think there is a big channel behind it and find that they are right :) I've got many great projects I want to make a video about planned out and can't wait to show it to you guys! Looking forward to hearing your feedback on my upcoming videos!

[@tudorbot4069]

You are really cool, I love your stile and you actually made me want to play this game!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot for the kind comment! I'm very happy to hear that you want to play the game, I was hoping to make that happen when I made the video :) Have a great day!

[@PatrikSwedman]

Fantastic as always, 11/10!

[@MatildaHinanawi]

I do hope a lot of potential new players see this video! It does quite a good job of explaining the game.

[@muppyz]

So excited!! 🙀

[@drakvaclav826]

a wonderful video, I will definetly look into factorio, it honestly first gotten my attention with its beautiful artstyle

[@Carbon_Cola]

HI Drak, glad you liked the video! I also totally agree about the art style. I really like it too. If you don't want to buy it right away I really recommend you check out the demo first to get a feeling for it! And if you have any questions on the game feel free to reach out on my community discord!

[@drakvaclav826]

@@Carbon_Cola i'll surely look into it, when I have the time - but I already have the feeling I am gonna love it! and oh - the artstyle, it immediately struck me with the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 aesthetic and you absolutely earned a sub btw :)

[@Fluxo-vc7qj]

Great review!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Flux! Stay tuned for more good stuff :)

[@dmitryilyushin5047]

Also it's good to mention the ability to do Ctrl c + Ctrl v with your building plans using drones, which are unlocked through science

[@Carbon_Cola]

I love this feature!!

[@MushroomMan]

Really quality video!

[@Dufftata]

I once sat down a quite saturday morning at 9:30ish after breakfast, played a bit, and for the very first time, when I realized there is something outside the game and looked up, it was 6. I thought I had played maybe 90 minutes.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Classic Cractorio! Glad to hear you lost yourself in it :)

[@Tkdriverx]

One of the best features of Factorio is the community. Everyone in the community is super open to helping new players, and is just the nicest community in gaming (from what I've seen on r/factorio). After all, the factory must grow!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Totally agreed! The community is great, so is the subreddit.

[@Kozaki09]

6:41 "You know how the factory operates because you built it yourself" Me: **cries in spaghetti*

[@Carbon_Cola]

🥲 Spaghetti can be beautiful!!

[@PartytimeYOLO]

"oh, the sun is coming up. what time is it .............. IT'S MONDAY!!!!!!!!"

[@Carbon_Cola]

The bank account must grow

[@TheBlackSpider135]

Fantastic Review, very comprehensive overview of the game. Quick question, what's the name of the intro song?

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot for the kind words Aaron! I'm glad you liked it! I used a track from the OST and manually shortened it to fit the intro. You can find the original track here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6HRl4VmfdyIras (or buy the entire "album" on steam store.steampowered.com/app/436090/Factorio__Soundtrack/)

[@RezaTavasoli]

Well, you earned the like and this comment plus subscription. Good content!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Reza! I'm glad you liked it! Looking forward to hearing your opinion on my next video(s)!

[@yannor7]

Looking forward to watching that :D

[@cmeast]

Great review, I bought this for a friend of mine as I know he'll enjoy it. The complexity stopped me from buying it, but this review settled my concerns and convinced me it would be enjoyed.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Hey cmeast! I'm so glad to hear that. I hope you have a really good time with it! If there's anything you find confusing or frustrating, there's many Factorio veteran's on my community discord who will gladly answer all your questions and chat about the game. Feel free to join if you want :) discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@cmeast]

@@Carbon_Cola Thank you for that, it's appreciated :)

[@thefision6590]

I like your type of content! Keep it up, You have alot of potential :)

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thank you! I'll try to keep improving :) Is there anything you liked in particular, or something you think I can improve in the following videos? Would love to hear your thoughts!

[@thefision6590]

@@Carbon_Cola I like how did you divide the video onto the most relevant parts of the game. I like also the way you explain the videos. One thing you could add to ur videos, is a bit of comedy. Keep that hard work and continue making videos. Im sure you will get far!

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@thefision6590 Great feedback, thank you! When you mention comedy, did you enjoy the bits that I did add and you'd like just more of it, or were you thinking of some other type of humor/comedy?

[@thefision6590]

@@Carbon_Cola Yeah you should add some more bits of comedy. I dont mean making the entire video a joke. But try to put some more. That, in my opinion, would make it perfect. But you can continue with the normal way you did if you see that it isnt the way to go. Good day!

[@ma5ttias]

Great Review :D

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot :) Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mastercrash0683]

Alright, now I need a supercomputer to run a 65000 player factorio game

[@Jaranvir]

Another great introduction to a fantastic game!

[@Raganui]

I love Factorio. I openly admit, I only once hit the AdMech phase where I could upkeep the factory... while forgetting exactly how everything worked together, just that it did. And it's a game I keep poking at here and there when I just want to get my hit of MASSIVE INDUSTRY. Recently started a Space Exploration modded game with a friend and, despite increased complexity, it oddly feels easier and more 'right'.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Space exploration is such a crazy mod. It adds so much to the game and is so polished! If you're ever looking for more people to play Factorio with (or "bigger" events with mods), on my community discord we organize play sessions every now and then! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@legallyfree2955]

I have, a number of times, opened a save file I haven't played in a few months, spent an hour looking at the base, and just gone "nah, time to start again". This problem is not helped by having multiple save files all with different mod packs in use.

[@PatrikSwedman]

HYPE

[@Carbon_Cola]

THE HYPE CONTINUES

[@seanpeacock4290]

Getting the "lazy bastard" achievement improved my game play immensely

[@Carbon_Cola]

That's a fun one to get. I ended up disabling inventory crafting when getting the achievement haha - wanted to avoid accidentally craftinf stuff.

[@midhelm3967]

great review!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot midhelm! Glad you liked it!

[@djsnowpdx]

I love to watch death world gameplay. Personally, I play with weakened biters at the moment, though I’m working up to full stock. Cliffs and forests slow me down a lot, but I’m getting better at dealing with them, and keeping fluids organized.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Honestly I often just turn cliffs off. They are cool and all, but it's such a bother to have to make cliff explosive when you build your base. I'd rather just build more wall! I'm currently trying my best at modded deathworld and tbh failing a little haha. If you wanna come try it together, feel free to join my community discord! discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc I'll be streaming my deathworld attempts on Sunday :)

[@partofyoutube1297]

3:02 Oh you also forget to say that they take resources from both lines primarily from closest but they take them faster if resources are on the further line and that they drop them only on outer line from them and if belt facing from them or in them then they will output at the right side of the belt but if the belt is curved then they will be outputing inside of the corner you know just casual stuff

[@nakoda1610]

very great video, i dont think you missed anything idk why i watched this, i played much more than im wanting to admit, but im happy i watched

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Nakoda! That's really great feedback. I was hoping that I managed to make a video that's interesting for new players and veterans alike. Looks like I may have succeeded :)

[@owencarroll9878]

dude this was an amazing video

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks a lot Owen, really happy to hear you liked it :) Have a great day!

[@shawnp6653]

Just curious about factorio - very informative. Thank you!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Shawn! Glad you liked it! If you have any more questions or want to chat, feel free to tweet at me or join my community discord! twitter.com/CarbonCola discord.gg/p6zb6R62

[@shawnp6653]

@@Carbon_Cola Thanks for the invite! Currently playing DSP but poking around Factorio - if I can find a good 'Dummies Guide to Factorio' series, I'll probably take the plunge. Thanks again.

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@shawnp6653 Sure thing! If you're unsure just try the demo! It's fairly easy to pick up, I think. The nice thing is that you don't need to do everything perfectly right away, it's ok to be inefficient. Plus, I think Factorio's gameplay flows better than in DSP so it's not as frustrating to try things out yourself I'll be here if I can help!

[@shawnp6653]

@@Carbon_Cola Thanks. My OCD would kick in big time I am afraid :) Have a good evening!

[@darekparodia]

great video keep going with your new career ;)

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Darek, I intend to! If you wanna follow me along, there's a CarbonCola community discord where we talk about games, answer questions, find groups to play games together etc. If you're interested, here's the link: discord.gg/MdszAPKnqc

[@PeterZaitcev]

Carbon Cola? The TRUE engineer drinks only the pure oil!

[@Carbon_Cola]

True engineer only drinks hyper engineered beverages like Carbon :D

[@daliysdezline3789]

I have more than 500 hours in this game. I've played with different mods but never heard about space exploration. Thank you, I have to check these mods :)

[@Carbon_Cola]

Good luck ;)

[@lukassladecek9112]

Great video for someone who just wants to start with Factorio!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thank you Lukáš! I'm glad you liked the video!

[@nrares21]

Great video mate ! To the moon!

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Ray! Happy to hear you liked it!

[@TonboIV]

12:27 "Ask your doctor if Factorio is right for you."

[@danskblindgamer]

Thank you very much for a really great review of the game. That helped me a lot.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thank you very much for your comment! I'm really glad that I could help you out. I hope you have tons of fun with the game :)

[@danskblindgamer]

@@Carbon_Cola I have a ton of fun with the game. I'm a blind gamer. The game has just been playable to blind gamers, thanks to an awesome accessibility mod which is in beta. I've never played such games before because they haven't previously been accessible to me. Therefore, I was looking for a great and detailed review, and found yours. 👍👍

[@Carbon_Cola]

@@danskblindgamer That's really really cool. Honestly I didn't consider whether the audio could stand on its own without the visuals, but I'm happy to hear it does! I'll definitely keep it in mind in the future to keep the videos accessible for blind gamers such as yourself! Thank you for the insight in any case! Could you send me a link or a name for the mod that you found? I'd love to have a look at it!

[@RK-qc5jg]

You didn't mention the great community that makes the game 100 times better. I believe it's a big part of what makes factorio great.

[@leadhail]

Easily the best way to explain Factorio

[@Davidlavieri]

Bro you made give the demo a go, Sunday 9pm it, yes the sun was out already and was playing the 2 part of campaign, right now I have over 100h in my first map and so far achieved nothing 😂

[@Carbon_Cola]

Haha that's how it goes David! It's Cractorio after all! The Factory Must Grow. If you wanna come join my community discord to discuss Factorio that'd be real fun! Would love to hear your thoughts on the game after I got you into it! discord.gg/tbhSAsnqJc

[@Newtomic]

Great op/rev. Thx.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks Newtomic :) Happy to hear the intro and overall video worked for you!

[@TheLifeFruit]

This feels a bit like an introduction like should you buy/play ... tho very well made

[@Carbon_Cola]

Fair criticism, thanks for voicing it!

[@YuniorGamboa]

Thank God they have a free demo. This game looks overwhelmingly interesting to me

[@Carbon_Cola]

Did you end up trying the demo? What happened?

[@P9124]

Main drawback personally is that it takes about as much time as a second job.

[@Carbon_Cola]

It's all about priorities. And you know what they say: the factory must grow.

[@KeinNiemand]

Those spaces between miners anoy me the fact that miners mine the stuff one tile around them dosn't mean they shoudn't overlap

[@Carbon_Cola]

You mean in the way that I've built the factory? I tend to use as few miners as possible to cover the entire patch - keeps power use and pollution low. Chances are I don't need the max output yet anyway. Once I do I can always go back and put them next to each other to increase yield!

[@TheShadowofevolution]

This is a really good video to show someone who is still trying to decide whether or not to get it.

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thank you, I appreciate your comment. Glad you liked it :)

[@bottle1211]

nice review

[@Carbon_Cola]

Thanks dude! Glad you liked it!

[@tanko.reactions176]

"you know exactly how the factory works, you have created it" hahaha, yes... yes... right!