Frostpunk 2 Utopia Builder [Captain Difficulty, Deathless?] part 01

The story mode is crushed beneath the captain's boots, let's ratchet up the difficulty and play on the Endless extreme of Frostpunk 2, known as Utopia Builder: Captain Difficulty. We'll be doing our best to create a self reliant city or set of colonies while the game does its best to humble me with the maximum difficulties of cold, politics, tension and resource deficits.
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[@robertsiems3808]

"Foraged additives" actually grant more food bonuses than "chemical additives" if you're using the biowaste hothouses. There's a special event detailing how the foragers now gather shit in the frostland to fertilise the hothouse. Its a neat little hidden bonus.

[@Renb3771]

You have the same event but if you chose chemical additives and the chemical hothouse :)

[@TrueChaoSclx]

A number of different laws have hidden synergies, it's neat. One of them even has an anti-synergy lol (communal parenting and family apprenticeship)

[@stuieman7709]

@@TrueChaoSclx Yep, found that out the hard way on my first run. Funnily enough when I signed communal parenting my first thought was "I wonder how this works with family apprenticeships?".

[@agus_beckly6843]

Not only that, is far superior than chemical additives, because it's based on the population and not the production. So, more population = more food (or less food demand, depends how want to see it); on the other hand, chemical is the more food production you have, the more you will gain from that law. Happens the same with durable goods and mass produced good (durable is far superior than mass produce, when you have large population)

[@quinnknowles6138]

What need is there to 'build' a Utopia? There is already one out there. We need search out the legendary city of Gamp Granada.

[@fractalgem]

Bout to organize a searching party

[@zioming]

It's hard to watch this without thinking "I would have put that there instead", though in a way, I guess it makes this a great promotional video to make people buy this game and try their own hand at tackling this challenge.

[@DDRJake]

Damn, I should be charging for this then.

[@petermaffay512]

Sheesh thought the same so many times. Many mistakes ez avoidable.

[@zioming]

@@petermaffay512 But then again, we shouldn't point these out too much. This is how he learns.

[@MDL.720]

Almost 7 hour vod on hardest difficulty. Either this includes restarts or it’s not challenging enough. Or perhaps Jake really is the god of gaming.

[@fractalgem]

I dunno about god of gaming. Sounds like a downgrade from being the captain of frostpunk ;)

[@MDL.720]

@@fractalgem Frostpunk is basically SimCity for the Scots.

[@diazinth]

@@MDL.720 ~quiet laugh in Norwegian~

[@SergiuHellDragoonHQ]

Nope, it's not that. The game is doable on hardest difficulty and he does just that. He is only in week 248, which is not that late game. I played for 5 hours and I was at week 1622. He is taking his time, that's all.

[@Lunaraia]

@@SergiuHellDragoonHQ Thats a pretty decent time, fastest I ever did was a quick uptopia game on the Citizen difficulty just to see the difference, and it still took around 700 weeks.

[@domino6918]

It seems randomising the people just gave you the first of those three options. The first option was forager, machinist and [random] and you got forager, machinist and [lord]

[@DDRJake]

Cheers, well noticed.

[@madisjanno8314]

I think the intent is that you'll always have at least 2 groups that oppose each other in the initial selection.

[@puffinbasher]

So your aware, Stewart the name and steward the title both share an entomology from clan Stuart (nowadays clan Stuart of Bute). It's actually historically correct that these sound annoyingly similar!

[@Ariovisti]

Or rather the Scottish clan derives its name from the title, being descendants of Walter, the hereditary high steward of Scotland. The title itself is sadly Germanic/Anglo-Saxon, the ste- part coming from "stig" meaning hall or household (now otherwise only surviving in words like pigsty) and ward meaning warden or guardian, thus "guardian/manager of the household".

[@ImpatientBen]

I've been putting off watching Frostpunk 2 content coz I know everyone will play with the lower difficulties... I knew you were gonna be one of, if not the first, to get a Captain video out

[@zioming]

Dutiful Youth. In a perfectly British fashion, a bunch of old farts decided that the youths will now be dutiful until told otherwise...

[@Alexl23l273]

So it begins, return of the king and dozens of new Frostpunk challanges up ahead! Next 7 hours gonna be great.

[@trevorginder6878]

I love watching all this stuff while at work, thanks chief

[@DDRJake]

Cheers. I cherish doing damage to GDP.

[@akosszegedi3482]

"Entertainment rises. Efficiency falls"

[@Jackthat1]

@@akosszegedi3482worth it.

[@mr.shadow8812]

Ready to rawdog another 6 hours Idk why I keep saying it like that

[@Lamadon_Pyreus]

You know why you are saying it that way. The first thing to do is acknowledge the problem, the second step is getting on the road to stop _saying_ it.

[@diazinth]

I generally watch all youtube videos without wearing a condom, and I don't understand why that would be such a big deal. And I don't understand you would start a conversation about that. ^,^

[@lonespartan1216]

Damn, he is ready to glizzy guzzle for 6 hours, keep an eye on him for his safety.

[@mqb3gofjzkko7nzx38]

Before watching, I'm going to guess DDRJake is a fanatic proponent of MERIT.

[@Metal_Apocalypse]

god damn dude I'm not sleeping again , keep up the good work .

[@holimoli8802]

you better be sleeping now, you deserve good rest 🤬🤬

[@rrod3602]

Idk why people are criticizing this game this much. Imo it’s pretty fantastic, even harder than the first game with more planning needed, and overall and great sequel to the first. Innovation isn’t a bad thing and you’ll all come to understand that soon

[@icedragon7489]

One big problem is that planning out a layout is a dammn pain in the ass and you cant even adjust district borders if you fuck something up.

[@pgamez4077]

You enjoy it more because it’s easier and you just don’t see it.

[@rrod3602]

@@pgamez4077 I was able to beat frostpunk 1 on my second try on the hardest difficulty. I usually start out all games on the hardest difficulty and move down if I need to. It wasn’t necessary with FP 1. Frostpunk 2 feels brutal in comparison.

[@pgamez4077]

@@rrod3602 you dont think the second was easier by a mile? Did we play the same game?

[@allegro6104]

People criticize it a lot because there is a lot blatantly bad design choices, such as everything going on with the HUD. no notification that new laws can be signed, no big notification that research is available and no big notification that exploration finished. the UI went too hard into being appealing and too little into being readable, it's a massive step down from the first game

[@redcube9629]

Frostpunk 1 definitely had a better "environment" and overall vibe compared to FP2, mainly because of the objectively better music of FP1. I still kinda tear up when hearing the soundtrack of FP1 since it brings that feeling of dread and desperation. With FP2 there's still that battle against the elements as well as the balancing act between resources, but the main theme surrounding around petty squabbling is... well, petty.

[@lumivoid950]

It is a sequel after all. They are taking the story they’ve built with FP1 and CONTINUING it with FP2. FP1 was about learning how to survive, FP2 is about learning how to live with the shitheads your “ancestors” tried so hard to survive with.

[@are0us913]

I think people who dont like fp2 because it isnt exactly like one forget the story ended while being established. The only directions the story could go would be larger scale, the evolution of the steampunk, or the thawing. The evolution happened in-between so we didnt have to play a game of upgrades. The thawing might make more sense at the end of a trilogy.

[@robertcampbell3019]

Or the last dlc they release

[@BrophyMichael]

Oh my goodness I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

[@Reitiaa311]

Bless you for the 7 hour vod, makes a 12 hour night shift easier

[@DDRJake]

I'm simply returning a favour: Back when I did private security, I was the one doing those 12 hour night shifts, and streams kept me going through those.

[@Squeakers09]

hey @DDRJake, loving the FP2 content so far. thank you BTW the playlist for the Utopia builder is out of order EP2, EP1, EP3

[@DraganAlves]

thanks for this upload

[@seltin1988]

after this run could you maybe do the campagin on this difficulty? would love to see how the new london city works on captain dif :D

[@Phreaksy]

Hoping we get a tonne more videos! Some of those Utopia maps are pretty hard with optimizing your space

[@quintiax]

Damn you got lucky with the weather, after the first three drops in temperature I got a storm when playing on Captain. But still, you managed early game way better than I could.

[@NewBeginnerVN]

Wow. The game has been released? I need to binge watch these!

[@yesimrealhuman4245]

he got that 20th century mindset on how he considered asbestos-lined insulation

[@Marc-gj9vx]

There are 6 communities, each representing one of the ideals. (For example forager = adaptation, machinist = progress). You always need to start with 2 communities that have an opposing ideal + one random. Thats why its not totally random.

[@mr.shadow8812]

My only hope in this one is that the faithkeepers finally suffer their doom. Mainly cause I disagree with them and cause they annoyed the hell out of me in my playthroughs

[@Deaglan753]

then why do you use them if you hate them?

[@Ashen_Night116]

@@Deaglan753 Because who you get is random.

[@mr.shadow8812]

@@Deaglan753 i play on random, except on one playthrough where I purposedly got them just so I could screw them badly

[@Deaglan753]

@@mr.shadow8812 what do they even do?

[@mr.shadow8812]

@@Deaglan753in short, I really like evolvers, faithkeepers really dont get along well with them, thus get mad if I go along with evolvers too much

[@tylernelson2218]

I often watch your videos but I very rarely remain awake in the end 😂

[@barredok]

Jake each housing point is 100 people. You'll need to use the hubs when your city gets larger to cut down on workers and hest. Airhubs and railhubs are very good

[@DDRJake]

I do not see the utility of railhubs: They do not work with buildings.

[@Mendafaen]

playing through my first captain run after veteran story mode just like you, and I found out that you truly can just ignore materials, except for the little that is demanded by good producing industrial district. the squalor increases sickness, but as long as you have housing it is all fine. Also having every district at 80% seems to be the optimal reduce coal consumption strategy, which feels weird but what can you do in the aim of optimization :p

[@hide7750]

I finished all your frostpunk 1 videos

[@vladimirpain3942]

Nope, not yet. I have to play this first, then I will be back, promise! Can't wait tho!

[@jakethegamer446mvplayer9]

YEEEES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@dylanhecker6686]

6:13:23 your quote from System Of A Down sent me down a rabbit hole. Thank you friend, I had no idea what I was missing. Love your content

[@DirtyDogLogistics]

Jake and Frost punk, Finally i get my Crack!

[@gtokakashi1]

our master has appear. hear hear lad.

[@AlexanderHL1919]

Reckon Jake would rather be called Lord Protector than Stewart ^^

[@dutrake]

Loving this game I have the Game if I want to player but I prefer watching you playing kkkkk good job Jake

[@ilililililili563]

jake talk about hating bohemians and somehow thier laws are in line more often that not with jakes line of thniking hmmmm

[@scorchedcobra04]

I was watching the twitch vod waiting for this to come out

[@KrKesomackan]

oooooh Yeah. lets go!

[@minhmeo9506]

10k population city deathless? Now that’s a feat 🔥

[@undeadr15]

Y yo pensando que no habia nada que ver bueno 6 hrs mas xD

[@mr.shadow8812]

Confirmo

3:54:45 Bohemians's lobby at his best.

[@everythingsalright1121]

Gods above, already???? The game just came out!

[@echo6478]

God.

[@heinekelland9223]

To reduce workforce requirements you can place depots near districts. Also im torn between going all in on workforce percentage or going all in on population growth. Im leaning for the latter, as population growth eventually outpaces the increased workforce percentage. For example a population of 20k with a 50% workers ratio will have 10k workers, while a population of 12k with a 60% workers ratio will have 7.2k workers. Also i think heatstamp income increases as more population comes in due to higher individual contributions so i feel like its better to maximize population growth

[@GalladeTheWarrior]

Everytime I go for population growth I end up running out of food and starving

[@heinekelland9223]

@@GalladeTheWarrior instead what im getting early on is a severe lack of workforce which cant be fixed by just increasing workforce percentage. If you try to increase population as much as possible you get to explore the frostland very early on which allows you to feed your population with hunters. Otherwise you will be stuck without workforce and you wont be able to build logistics districts

[@agus_beckly6843]

I think that population growth is a recipe for disaster, may reach a point where it is unsustainable. I go with reduce pop growth all the possible, and explore the frostland for bring in all the people that maybe is on the map. That makes far more sustainable for a deathless run, but if you don't care, you can reduce pop using abilities, and focus on pop like a dispensable resource. Just like some asiatic country with overpopulation.

[@paulihme6934]

behold the snialp of full of food

[@Parasol_b]

"The Lords are a lot cheaper to bribe"

[@itsgamingtime9578]

i just completed the story on officer and steward and still think about captain but its hard i think. captain went realtivly smoothly but yeah. future will tell

[@tordegner2545]

I go to coment cection to say shit. I only see love for this guy. omg. Are we not gonna talk about the poor souls that have to live on top of Facing mounten.

[@szczurek200001]

Probably bit too late with that on the fact vod is couple of days late. But I would assume the "Whiteout" is visible either with enough map being uncovered or with "wheather station" being manned.(the one that you found around 2nd hour of the run?)

[@wyvernlord23]

Cant wait for the New Luton run😂

[@castiel306]

I've really enjoyed your frostpunk 1 very much. But here you are playing utterly slow even for captain. May be the next part we'll see some pace nevertheless I'm enjoy it. Cheers

[@ThomasSchall-e4y]

Elenora Locks

[@zerellix]

Let us see if the Captain can keep his promise that he made towards me.

[@ElderGod4]

6 hours to reach the first storm is crazy considering it takes me 40 min on the captain 😂

[@pgamez4077]

Sure it does

[@alexnault3499]

I'm not sure, but is that the generator from the last Autumn?

[@MatthewZzzz0]

If the twitch bot that gives summaries was on it'd be going on and on about touching each other lol

[@IsraelMiller-r2d]

Timothy Unions

[@Theforgottensolider]

I always wonder like in first frostpunk game can you rule with a iron fist and continue playing or dose it to end?

[@Lamadon_Pyreus]

Frostpunk 2 really needs more work put into its GUI. Perhaps more content too?

[@lordlard2833]

Jake Emergency Shift when?

[@foxmulder7420]

I am torn between playing the game myself first and watch Jake play it. So I just click and like the videos.😂 will watch them once i run through the campaign.

[@ecoplus646]

am I the only one who hates adaptive pump ? it's simply not futurproof

[@DDRJake]

Aye, focusing Oil is just superior.

[@TommieBishard-f2w]

Pinkie Square

[@aldielegarcia6863]

Nice commentary but the pause time is a little bit too much for me

[@TazzSmk]

building anything in this game is really annoying, in FP1, you could lay down tons of stuff, pause it, rework, in FP2 you can't even see an overlay of buildings/types while frostbreaking, can't even tell which parts are frostbroken vs occupied, it's a huge mess so far...

[@DDRJake]

UX is one of Frostpunk 2's weak points, made all the worse by how great FP1 handled things.

[@TazzSmk]

@@DDRJake let's hope devs improve on that later, for ex. I just noticed yesterday, it's possible to have completely "top-down" view on world map, but unable to zoom out further makes it not so useful :D

[@bartycrouchjr.8831]

The UI is too little. I cant watch this game on my phone.

[@yaboijulian1880]

2:11:04

[@pgamez4077]

This game was such a disappointment. Because it shows potential. It’s not a total pile of trash like allot of recent releases but it still falls very, very short of the mark. I will enjoy the playthrough though

[@gandalfthegreat713]

-180 celsius ? does this game just go to -240 c and then your people have to breath liquid air ?

[@szulf]

This game is brilliant! although I had to come to terms with the fact that it's something completely different than FP1 and it's a completely different game, only set in the same universe. As always, the camera control gives me a brain hemorrhage. the lack of a bigger zoom is terribly irritating. In the first part, the death of one person was a tragedy, here the deaths go into the hundreds if not thousands and it doesn't hurt at all because of the scale, there's not as much immersion as in FP1 where each resident had their own personalized name and surname and I even had a life story prepared for each. A big plus in FP2 is the possibility of greater personalization of the system... I hope there are a few hidden lines and possibilities. However, I still miss something like a social sandbox, where you can experiment on a wider field of possibilities, as if the options from FP1 were combined with the LA dlc and to this we added what we have in FP2... if we also added to this the possibility of transferring your city and the basis of the social system from the first part to the second... oh, that would be something wonderful. In the first part I managed to create a city on extreme difficulty without auxiliary settlements with one (1) death which was scripted after building a "house of prayer?" instead of a hospital, I always followed the path of faith which is very intuitive (without denunciations and field kitchens) I only made guardians of faith and public penances to make something happen in the city... I stopped the game on probably the 400th day because there was nothing to do anymore... for fun I introduced a house of pleasure and duels.

[@1ElKaempfer]

Stewart!

[@roarkjellstrm540]

I will be brutally honest, this is unfortanatly a much worse game than Frostpunk 1. Its not becouse of lack of effort or some good ideas, but the imersive power in 1 was just so much greater becouse of the design choices and micromanagment of the civilians. Each resource felt so much more valuable when you had to sweat youre way trough them, risking lives in cold weather extraction to get enough to invrest in more efficiant resource extraction (and safer). This feels a bit more like a generic city builder, that lacks the personality and feel of desperation from the first game.

[@BianchisLT]

Its not much worse imho, but I did like the first one better.

[@roarkjellstrm540]

@@BianchisLTLets see how many hour you put into this one compared to the last one before you define "not much worse"

[@Tokyo_1031]

It’s not bad. I said that the first time when I played the beta but it is pretty good.

[@roarkjellstrm540]

@@Tokyo_1031 Its not bad at all, its actually pretty good. If this was the first release I would be exited even. The problem here is the comparison with what can only be described as "lightning in a bottle". Frostpunk 1 had its problems, but they where overshasdowed by everything they got right. Im willing to compare it with legendary releases like HOM 3, Civilization 3, Diablo 2 etc. Im not disapointed in F2, I would have been shocked if they had managed to live up to the last release.

[@purpledevilr7463]

3:54:30 ha, that one got me.

[@14pat78]

I like that this to hungary imigrant is learning v4 racism thanks to frostpunk 2. But as a czech i want moravian faction imidietly to conter act bohemians.

[@noreturn2231]

2:26:55 no problem jakeyboy