Determined

I've been writing about news lately because my own gaming has been completely dedicated to one goal--saving humanity from an extremely vaguely described crisis in Satisfactory.  (*If you're unfamiliar with this fantastic factory management/open world exploration game you can read my review here) I'm 170 hours in (that should tell you a lot about how efficient my factory building is...) and even though I've had brief moments of wanting to walk away...I just can't do it.  I will save humanity!

Currently, I'm sitting at phase 8 of the "project to save humanity."  Cobbling together the complicated parts for my project has become a nightmare scenario of trying to manage multiple factory areas that produce a myriad of different items.  One area produces plastic, rubber, and aluminum items; another contains multiple coal deposits and was a huge source of power early in the game and has morphed into a secondary production area; a point of major victory was setting up the complicated array of production machinery to produce nuclear power; and my most recent set of buildings utilizes a massive nitrogen gas deposit to produce advanced items like cooling systems.  Shuffling needed items between those areas has turned into logistical challenge of tractors hauling items all over the map.  Most of my time hasn't been spent exploring but instead is trying to keep everything running smoothly--fueling up my fleet of autonomous tractors, moving needed materials from one location to another, and keeping an eye on power consumption.  If you enjoy management games...Satisfactory gives you an insane amount to manage.

My nuclear power production area.

I'm making very slow but steady progress.  I'm curious about what the final phase of the project will demand, but I refuse to look up any spoilers.  My proudest moment was getting a nuclear power plant up and running--it's no small feat as it requires a ton of production and it felt extremely overwhelming at first.  Now that I've managed it, I'm trying to figure out the secondary task of creating plutonium fuel production (you can turn your nuclear waste--a bi-product of uranium fuel power--into plutonium with another complicated set of production buildings).  It's looking like this may be a next important step as the power demands (which felt like a non-issue with the massive boost I got from nuclear power) of my base continue to rise.

I can't wait to victoriously post about how I saved humanity.  Based on my slow progress...that should happen in another 100 hours or so of playtime.  Wish me luck!