Satisfactory is a great game. I can build something without worrying an external force will kill my production line.
Was there a factory builder game before Satisfactory 1.0 that had the following Satisfactory elements?
- Resources are infinite - that miner is never going to move
- No base destruction - I dread the day stringers can destroy a base
- Belts/conveyors can clip - sometimes you give up and just make spaghetti
- No thirst/hunger meters
Shapez 2 is a very worthy sequel, IMO. Adding logistics beyond conveyor belts is quite nice, and 3 levels of height give quite a bit more options when building. You do often benefit from a build staying at one level since it makes platform blueprints that consume 12n belts of input to make 12 belts of output quite a bit easier, but several buildings are intentionally impossible to do that with for challenge.
The difficulty levels are also pretty well done - I got some fun learning moments out of Insane in particular. Hexagonal mode is also interesting.