Recent reviews by Tobinius

Seems pretty good, but I'll have to enjoy a few hundred more hours before I can say for sure.

Update: Still no China, but has made me lose any desire to play CK2.

Update: With the addition of the Spaced Out! DLC, this game is even more awesome. Plus, they are still dropping updates.

If you are looking for an awesome base building, resource management, survival game, then look no further. There is a bit of a learning curve, as there is no tutorial, but there are lots of how to videos on YouTube (I found Francis John's videos to be a great help). After playing well over 300 hours (offline play included), I only came across a few minor bugs that didn't stop me from being able to proceed with my game/saves. A great game from a great company (they just dropped a free update with new content).

A fun hidden object game. I love the sound effects and game's silly humour.

If you enjoy creative puzzle/mechanical construction/basic programming type games, I highly recommend Opus Magnum.

Although Opus Magnum is still in early access, it in no way feels like it. The game runs smooth and I didn't have any noticeable bugs affect my play time (41 hours at the time of this review).

While somewhat similar in concept to Zachtronics' earlier game Space Chem (also a great game), I found it a lot more approachable. The puzzles themselves, while challenging, did not seem overly difficult. The real challenge is in attempting to improve your puzzle processing of (1) Number of turns to complete, (2) Number of parts used, and (3) Total area used. After solving a puzzle, a bar graph is presented showing how other players faired in these specifications.

As a bonus, there is also a solitaire game called Sigmar's Garden that can be played.

Update (Nov 22, 2018): Since writing this review, Factorio has added multiplayer, along with a long long list of improvements to all aspects of this game. And while the game is still in early access, this should in no way be taken as a negative, as it has the potential to give you hundreds of hours of fun as is.

Original Review (Nov 26, 2016): While still in early access, this is already an amazing game that gets updated regularly and regularly posts an overview of upcoming changes as they are being worked on.

Factorio is a building/resource game where you, as a lone survivor of a crash on a planet populated by bug-like beings, will need to build a rocket to allow you to escape. In order to accomplish this task, you will build resource collectors and send the resources to factories you build to create various products that are combined to make newer and better products, that allow research into better products that need to be built so that they can be combined to make even newer and better products, etc. This process will ultimately end in a massive and intricate industrial complex. However, as you progress, pollution levels will continue to increase (although there are various options that can help to limit or lessen the amount of pollution created) until the natives become aggravated and start attacking your complex. Luckily, there are many products you can build that will help you fight back - both manual and automatic options. Basically, the game starts off very simply and builds up into a hugely complex system.

If that sounds like fun, then this game is for you. Personally, I nominated this game for the "Just 5 More Minutes" award.

This game just keeps getting better and better.

If you liked the old Master of Orion games, then you'll love this game.