Frostpunk 2

Frostpunk 2
IGN

Critic score: 8

Roboscore: 9

    Pros
  • Bold approach to city-building strategy
  • New spin on placing buildings and managing resources
  • Creative political system for interacting with citizens
  • Strong atmosphere with bone-chilling weather effects and dramatic music
  • Unique and varied gameplay combining city-building and survival elements
  • Outstanding aesthetics and graphical design
  • Ethical quandaries force players to balance individual needs and survival of the city
    Cons
  • Loss of intimacy in the zoomed-out perspective
  • Busywork feeling with the frostbreaking system
  • Inability to reposition single tiles without demolishing the entire district
  • Performance decline with higher population
  • Interface bugs affecting dialogue choices and UI overlapping
  • Interruptions during autosave
  • Loss of impact in decisions due to lack of visible repercussions
  • Ethical consequences may make players feel a little dirty for choosing the options that give a boost despite human cost