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Infinifactory
Released On: Dec 22, 2015
Metascore
Mixed or Average
70
8.3
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Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
70
50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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For those who see beauty in a solved Rubik's cube, this is the therapeutic engineering equivalent of an adult coloring book. [March 2016, p.88]
Infinifactory sounds like paying Earth money to play as the most under-paid drone in the shittiest vocation ever, but you’d be surprised by how much job satisfaction there is to be had here. [February 2015, p77]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
8.3
75% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
8.3
75% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
13% Mixed
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1 Rating
13% Negative
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Incredible game. I'm generally not a big fan of puzzle games, as most of the time, there is only one way of beating each level, and finding this one way can be frustrating at times. What I do like though, is this kind of puzzle levels, that are mixed with the sandbox style, making the player able to solve every puzzle in every way they want. Progressing through the game, you'll eventually discover new mechanics to work with, making you able to come back to previous levels and optimize them, and that's also an interesting game design.
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PlayStation 4
Eines der besten Puzzle Spiel aller Zeiten.
Es ist kein Puzzle Spiel im eigentlichen Sinne, sondern ein Problemlösungsspiel.
Es gibt fast immer unendlich viele Lösungen, die sehr kreativ sein können. Unglaublich motivierend, sich zu verbessern und sich mit anderen in 3 Kategorien zu vergleichen.
Schade, dass es kein zweites Spiel dieser Art gibt (3 dimensional)
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PlayStation 4
Infinifactory certainly has the building blocks of something great, as it's uber-satisfying piecing together your own production line and watching it all work as intended. Sadly, while there's real satisfaction to be gleaned from craftily concocting your own creative solutions, the cumbersome controls and occasionally unintelligible explanations mean that this game has ultimately failed to pass our rigorous quality assurance test.
It stands as a puzzle game that challenges you to K’Nex together your own brand of productivity while listening to wonderful audible treats. The aspects of fun and intrigue, unfortunately, don’t seem to come with this particular playset.
This is a great puzzle game. One of the top ones, that can take place among other gems like Portal, Talos Principle, etc. (even if it is little bit different)
As you probably already know, this game is about building automated assembly lines. On one end you have a dispensers giving you material. On the other end you have a place where you need to deliver finished produts and teplate showing, what you need to create. Then you have a set of basic tools (conveyor belts, sensors, pistons, welding blocks,...) that you use to build the factory to achieve the goal.
What I really like is that this game is easy to understand (there are just few simple blocks), but difficult to master (you can combine these simple tools in very sophisticated and creative ways).
The game offers huge amount of content (so far I counted 55 puzzles and I believe I will still unlock few more). And they provide nice variety. Almost each level is little bit different. Not just because you are gradually unlocking new tools allowing you for new types of solutions. But even the puzzle design is different. Sometimes you get the blocks and you need to build something. Otherwise you may get finished product with defuct parts. You need to cut them off and replace with new ones. There are actually puzzles where you need to take one type of product and rebuild it into something else. And few other surprises. It is really nice, that each puzzle presents little bit different challenge.
What I love about this game is its sandbox style. In this it is very different from other puzzle games. In usually puzzle games like Portal, Talos, Fish Fillets,... each puzzle usuaully has one solution. And you have to find it. Infinifactory is using completelly different approach. There are countless ways to solve each puzzle. When you first look at the puzzle, your head starts spinning with ideas - all of them valid. You have huge amount of freedom in this game. So this puzzle game is actually replayable. Because as you uncover new ways to deal with problems you will want to replay old level and find better solutions.
This is also one of the very few puzzle games with working difficulty settins. For each puzzle you can increase input rate. Faster input means potentially faster solution. But it is also harder to build solution that will handle more components. Basically default setting and max setting represents completelly different puzzles that needs completelly differen solutions. So as I said - the replayability is huge.
I would also have few complains. Especially about the controls. Constrols are not bad and you will be building without too much issues. But they are not perfects. And you will build wrong types of block, fight with select tool a little etc. (luckily there is undo button). It is not gamebreaking at all. But could be done a little bit better.
Also some building rules are simplified. It is not exactly a bad thing (it makes building easier). But it limits your possibilities. One of such features is a rule that every block you place next to another block sticks together. So if you place something in front of the pusher (you want for example grinder block to be moved by the pusher), you can not place anything next to it. Otherwise it will be glued together and will not move. Or the power/signal line can not lead in paralel next to each other (the would connect automatically). And you need to have one empty block space between them. On one hand it makes building faster (you dont need to select direction of the signal line. It autoamtically connets to every attached block). On the other hand it limits how you can use the space.
But overall it is awesome unique puzzle game. It totelly grabbed me and im having huge amount of fun. I definetelly recommend this to anybody who likes to tease their brain.
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PlayStation 4
Seriously, how anyone can find this poorly finished, sloppy production, useless quality of game any better than a 2 is beyond me. nothing about this game has any purpose, there is no reason to progress, no clear understanding of why i am there. even the entry, the character does not even hold the steering wheel. looks and feels like garbage.
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PlayStation 4
Summary Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzler from Zachtronics, the makers of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and do you best not to die in the process.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date: Dec 22, 2015
Developer:
- Zachtronics Industries
Publisher: Zachtronics Industries
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