The story of Factorio is wild. Two Czech programmers quit their jobs, pooled their savings for one year of living expenses, and bet everything on a factory b…

  • a_person@piefed.social
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    7 days ago

    I pirated it originally to try out the full version, and I liked it so much I bought the game. I really love it and the modding community is massive.

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      Exactly, it’s not for everyone but if you like it you really like it. You obviously like it and if compared to other stuff it’s a great value. Watch a movie at the theater… Spend 100s of hours in factorio, both are probably close to same price and the theater possibly much more expensive after drinks and snacks

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      7 days ago

      Same here.

      I pirated the 0.6 version, and it was… Average.

      Then I pirated 0.7, loved it. Bought the game. 5500 hours later…