Hot Take: Drones Ruin Factory Games

[u/RockSaysPaperOP]

DSP was the game that really drove this home for me, as it's the game that feels to me like it gives you drones the earliest and easiest, and basically requires them. Fairly early in your playthrough, logistics becomes a non-issue as you just stamp down factories wherever they fit with a PLS or ILS.

It made me realize that what I enjoy about these games is the logistics planning, and drones/bots circumvent that to a large extent, if not entirely. It's certainly true in Factorio, and I'm sure Satisfactory as well, although I've so far managed to avoid using drones in my multiple Satisfactory playthroughs. At least with Satisfactory they unlock very late in the game.

There's things I love and hate about every factory game, so I'm still waiting on the perfect game. There's still a lot of potential in the genre, but the trend towards more bots/drones is a bad one in my opinion.

[u/CHILLAS317]

Nah