In the sense that each move you make carries with it emotional weight and baggage that can only be described in Marty McFly parlance this is heavy Doc. But in the case of Frostpunk, because the setting is so vital to its survival aspects whilst serving as the basis for just about every city builder design choice, it’s worth delving into it for one simple reason - it’s executed spectacularly. Sure, spending such a long time explaining the premise of the first scenario doesn’t really offer any real constructive criticism. Where in either scenario children can work extended hours to prepare meals whilst adults toil in coal mines and steam-powered saw mills. Or a dystopian world where labour is enforced, and free-thought is treated as a crime.
This can result in a small close-knit society, where prayer meetings take place in the evening around the deity-like spire that is the generator. Where you’ll not only need to gather resources and ensure that everyone doesn’t freeze to death, but also choose what laws to enact and technology to research. One that just so happens to be built around well-designed city builder and real-time strategy mechanics.
Located inside man-made craters, where each coal-powered structure spills out plumes of steam and smoke into the sub-zero air above, the world of Frostpunk blends the grit and grime of the industrial-era with steampunk’s neo-future vision of automated machines and large intricate machinery.įrostpunk is a survival game first and foremost. The only hope for those left cold and bitter in the streets of London is to travel north, where the promise of high-tech heat-generators and a warm bed awaits. Set in an alternate Victorian-era London, the game beings as this new ice age is on the brink of wiping out humanity.
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