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The story of Factorio is wild. Two Czech programmers quit their jobs, pooled their savings for one year of living expenses, and bet everything on a factory b...

[–] a_person@piefed.social 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I pirated it originally to try out the full version, and I liked it so much I bought the game. I really love it and the modding community is massive.

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[–] vrek@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago

Exactly, it's not for everyone but if you like it you really like it. You obviously like it and if compared to other stuff it's a great value. Watch a movie at the theater... Spend 100s of hours in factorio, both are probably close to same price and the theater possibly much more expensive after drinks and snacks

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[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Same here.

I pirated the 0.6 version, and it was... Average.

Then I pirated 0.7, loved it. Bought the game. 5500 hours later....

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