>>1584897
Endless mode is just cyclical cold storms and randomized exploration phases. It can't change the fundamental on-rails nature of the game.
Not to rag too hard on frostpunk. All us RTS/sim fans are eating alternative food source lately. The problem is the genre died and fragmented in a bunch of directions.
The main lineage became MOBA which ... FUCK MOBA.
Then you have your nostalgia remakes, where you can relive command & conquer, Dune, AoE, Startopia, or Sierra's city builders, but I'm not really looking for nostalgia. Something new or evolutionary would be nice.
Minecraft. Strong on the building aspect, but it's digital Lego. The underlying simulation is extremely shallow.
Finally you have your autism maximizers like Factorio/Satisfactory/modded Minecraft. I'd have to be literally 12yo with infinite time and infinite autism, and nothing better to do to enjoy this. They're just too much like work.
know exactly what OP means, but it's like we lost the sauce to make this type of game.