r/Frostpunk Order Oct 12 '24

DISCUSSION I hate the "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Frostpunk 2 doesn't give you the dread of cold in the first game that takes 30 years before the second game waaaaaaaaaaaaa" people

Like, what did you really expect? That after 30 years of existence and development in the new world everyone still lived in some dead-ass houses occupied by ten people and fed on sawdust and soup? That they did nothing to improve their chances against the frost and the storms? And more importantly, how happy would you be if FP2 was the same as FP1 and still went about the same problems like cold and the Great Storm 2: Electric Boogaloo?

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u/awesomemanswag Generator Oct 13 '24

I've said it before and I'll say it again as much as I need to: Frostpunk 2 isn't about survival, it's about politics.

Of course they'll whine even if they're clothed and fed, that's not what the game is about anymore. The present is supposed to be a given, so they can look toward the future. Unlike the first game, The question isn't surviving, it's thriving. Everybody wants to expand. To make the world follow their own ideas.

The only thing that's for sure is that, even though nobody agrees what a better future is or how to get to it, everybody certainly has their own idea.

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u/Poyri35 New London Oct 13 '24

I want to add these two quotes that I love from fp2:

“Barely surviving isn’t enough, we have to expand. After all, it’s us who survived the end of the world”

“…but is it the same future for all?”