So the truth is I didn’t care much for Frostpunk 1. Just seemed like a survival city builder with some story elements. I can see why people like it but it didnt exactly wow me.
Frostpunk 2 seems different, though—the grander scale and apparent focus on politics really intrigue me.
I enjoy games like Victoria 3, Suzerain, etc. Does it scratch a similar itch? Or is the political arena much less impactful?
I quite like Frostpunk 1 as a city builder and I found Frostpunk 2 to be not that good, the UI when I played was not that good and playing through the game itself it doesn't get much better, at some point you will found different cities and dealing with them just doesn't work since you need to micromanage three screens now.
Politics wise it goes all in on the 'You wanted to do this good thing that's actually bad.' Like you can do something like 'Communal Child Rearing' and it basically develops into children taken from mothers right after birth and given a different name so...... I don't know why I guess for misery shit.
And like there's very little gameplay wise like it's incredibly anemic once you figure out how it works so all you can do is follow the story and it's yeah not that good, it's just this over and over.