I remember when first launching this game I accidentally kept calling it final fantasy, although being not related at all. Then after a few hours I can gladly say this game held up its Identity strongly as a fun game I’ll remember! Hi my name is phant0m and these are my thoughts on… Final Factory!
Visuals
First thing I’d like to mention is the cute art style this game carries, it’s a sci-fi survival adventure and the atmosphere or art style don’t match it, instead you get more of a sandbox small mobile game type of art which actually works in this games favor as it enhances the indie game feel. There also aren’t many tiny details that surprised or excited me, it was just simple which added to the relaxed vibe of the game.
Gameplay
The gameplay of this game is what surprised me most, the survival of a small spacecraft increasing in size and power is actually super entertaining and more in depth than I thought it’d be, as a matter of fact I believed this would be a strategy based building game and being surprised by its actual well made survival content was astounding to me. Gathering items is fun and creating items is also fun! There’s also barely any confusion on how to pull these things off because of the tutorial being useful and actually teaching you what you need, it’s got a step by step system too for those who can’t figure things out on their own. It makes the game super simple even for those who might be thinking they have no chance entering the game.
Combat
The combat of this game was another one of the highlights, at first when getting into my first few fights I thought it wasn’t anything too crazy up until I managed to have some of the coolest moments ever, when getting into combat it’s pretty important to have allies, these allies can be created by gathering materials and making little tiny robot friends that will follow you everywhere and fight with you, these robots are easily one of the best mechanics of the game as they effortlessly make the game 10 times more interesting. One small complaint is that I wish some of the enemies were more difficult, as I’m not feeling the pain, not even on the hardest difficulty, instead they make the enemies more bullet spongy so you’ll need more tinny robots to take care of it!
Story/Characters
There isn’t really much of a story here or characters, and by not much I mean that it doesn’t exist. The only form of one is the narrator explaining to you certain ideas almost as if you were talking to a developer. I do think it benefits by the emptiness of life though; almost like Wall-E.
Music
This is honestly the lowest low of the game, the music just isn’t interesting or exciting, I honestly decided that a Spotify playlist would do( specifically I listened to some mass effect ost) . I don’t think it’s bad music, just music that wouldn’t bring me back to the game. And another gripe that I had with it is that the track would sometimes stop and I would be sitting in empty space with no audio besides the basic blaster sounds of my weapons, which was very disappointing.
Performance
The game performed nicely on PC and there was truly nothing to complain about, the game never crashed, it never even dropped frames in my experience (from looking not from testing) and I didn’t have any issues with audio or visuals, so great work on making this game run absolutely well!
Verdict
If you’re wondering, I do recommend this game. It quickly made an identity for survival space games in my head, it isn’t the best but it’s certainly one of the most unique, it’s combat felt nice, exploration and crafting felt great, and having lots of tiny robots combining to make a powerful force is some of the most fun I’ve had in an indie title. I give this game a 7.5/10 the only drawbacks being in it’s music, enemies being big bullet sponges, also the personal problems I have with the emptiness sometimes making me feel uncomfortable. Anyways those were my thoughts on Final Factory! Thx For Reading! Keep doing great things! You’re good at them. Bye 🙂
Side Notes
The PC I used carries an RX 6750 XT Power color fighter and an Intel i5 13400F.
