Factorio on switch Pc#
By the way: kudos to Wube for allowing Switch players to jump into PC games. Though this is quite understandable, the keyboard function, in some capacity, would be nice for communicating with other players during multi-sessions. Since the port deliberately breaks the actions between the two joysticks and buttons, the mouse doesn’t really have a purpose here. The renticule will disappear and reappear as it wants, and you often end up using a phantom icon that may or may not be where you’re intending. Let me modify that: a keyboard cannot be used, a mouse can kind of, sort of be used but not very well. For one, a keyboard and mouse cannot be used. It should be noted that this experience with Factorio, though absolutely incredible to behold, is also something that needs to be separated from the PC version. I put the Switch to sleep and then it needed to redownload the map again for all the changes. Factorio most certainly tries to give you plenty to understand in those tutorial levels, but the fact remains is that this is a complex, labyrinthian game, and I don’t just mean in the rules. But if I suddenly was dropped into haggling over the price of selling my kidney to a former surgeon who now does back alley deals to fuel his miniature pony obsession, I would rightfully feel a bit out of my depth. Not the country or the food, but the language itself, and to figure it out I was given a German to English dictionary and a couple of fun role-plays to test out my language skills.Īfter a few hours, I might feel pretty confident in being able to communicate…in those role-play scenarios. Imagine, if you will, that I was reviewing German. Though the tutorial is very robust and is broken down across five different missions, it’s still just a fantastic amount of information to take in, much less remember. It legitimately took me hours just to figure out some simple ideas, like quick panels, alt-mode, blueprints, and even more. To be fair: this is completely my fault.įactorio is most definitely a slow burn. Oh cool, another game where things murder me in the dark.
If you let the game get its hooks into you, you’ll join in immediately. The seemingly simple tale of a stranded astronaut on a hostile planet who must use natural resources to craft together a rocket, the fanbase that rallied behind Factorio is, in a word, fanatical. Constantly patched, constantly upgraded, never bundled and never heavily discounted, this is the game of lore and legends. While some developers are known for multiple titles, Factorio is the solo endeavor of Wube Software, and they’ve put an enormous amount of work into it over the years. But, for Wube Software, porting their powerhouse title Factorio to the Switch was a crazy move to make. So it makes sense that more and more PC ported titles made splashes: Witcher 3, DOOM, and the Civilization franchise. Now, the port wasn’t perfect, and the recent release of Anniversary Edition proves that nothing is ever learned, but the fact remains is that it’s consistently in the top sellers for the Nintendo Switch, particularly when it goes on sale, and people still love holding it in their pocket. For years, until the very recent Steam Deck challenge, it was the only way to comfortably play the game on the go (I know laptops exist, but you see what I mean).
Factorio on switch portable#
Yes, of course people were pissed that the fifth Elder Scrolls game was getting YET ANOTHER release, but this was the first time that a game with such a massive reach and huge fanbase was brought to a portable system. Remember when Skyrim first launched on the Nintendo Switch? That was such an unbelievable moment for both Bethesda and Nintendo, and people everywhere seemed to be elated over the news.
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