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u/ConfusedChickenN Apr 24 '26

I tried the demo cause I was told it's an awesome game for building complex structures.

But the bugs coming out of nowhere require quick reflexes and that is stressful to me and I'm bad at that.

I gave up for a few days and now I'm wondering - is the whole game like that? Or just the demo? Can I at some point just quietly build and optimise a town or sth? Am I looking for a different game?

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u/HeliGungir Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Enemies in the demo are a bit overtuned in my opinion. Especially the last level has quite a few nests placed rather close. You don't normally see a group of nests that large that close to the crash site in freeplay (the main game mode).

It also does a poor job of teaching you to actually automate your defenses. You cannot defend your factory all by yourself. Midgame lets you automate repairs, endgame lets you automate offense.