Recent reviews by Brian the Mage

It's a wonderful program :3

Let me tell you about this game. It is the story of my life.

I was 15, life was hard. I had to drop out of school and start selling staplers because my parents both left me for their business startup.

After a few hard years of selling staplers, I became broke and desperate. Staplers were decent enough money I guess, but I had developed a crippling addiction to buying fortnight skins.

Sooner or later, the money was all gone. I started selling cocaine on the side in order to feed my fortnight skin buying addiction. This ended up being a bad idea, however because the cocaine actually turned out to be addictive.

As of last year I was both addicted to buying fortnight skins AND heroin. Eventually the money ran out, and I was fired from my job. I was left with nothing and nobody. One day I overdosed and ended up in the ER. It was at that point I decided to go to rehab.

After a week at rehab, I reached out to a couple of old friends to apologize. One of them told me I should try tree simulator. Said it was "the best thing that ever happened to them." Which was a pretty powerful statement. He also mentioned it really helped his marriage.

Today, I stand (sit) before you, a new man. Tree simulator has taught me the virtues of a tree, and the sheer beauty of the world. In tree simulator, there is no pain, there is no money, there is no sex. There is only tree. The birds are a wealth of company. I especially love the patch of flowers. The red tie has given me so much confidence in my abilities to work. I actually got my old job back and was promoted to regional sales representative!

Tree simulator has done so much for me, and I know it can help you too. Please buy this today, before you end up like me. I... don't know where I would be without this game. I hope you find the beauty in your life.

Not as charming as the originals 1 & 2 but on terms of building and things you can generally do in the game. It's very good.

Amazing. Wow. The design of this game has breached new territory for me as a gamer.
After finishing the game, I see that I was awestruck by playing - more than any other game I've played since 2010.

It hones a fine balance between too easy and too difficult. The graphics aren't good, but I fell in love with the asthetic of the game.

There is little capacity for me to accurately describe this game, but I felt it was incredibly well designed. And I NEVER expected this kind of design quality when I started. Only after about a few hours of gameplay (and a few more) did I truly come to appreciate the depth of the game. And if you are one who games often, I HIGHLY recommend you give this game 10 hours of your time.

P.S. The start screen says it's best experienced with a controller, but I beat the game with only my keyboard and mouse, and I enjoyed it thoroughly!

Factorio is the most well-constructed, well thought out, well implimented games I've ever played. The concept is simple, but everything else is extremely functional and professional. Whoever or whatever team programmed this game knows exactly what they're doing and how to do it well.

Killer game. Really great concept and overall game. Can get a bit tricky for some challenges, but nothing you can't google and discover! <3

Game design has gone downhill, so if you wanna get back on top, play a little bit of fallout 3.
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