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I’m lost in the conveyor belts again.

Satisfactory starts like every other survival game.

A factory being built and managed in Satisfactory

Then it veers in a different direction.

This feels intimidating, but Satisfactory’s onboarding is some of the best out there.

These batteries will give me 30 minutes of spare power in case of emergency.

A screenshot of conveyor belts and manufacturing processes in Satisfactory

People who have thought a whole lot about first-person kinesthetics are behind this slide.

But I don’t care.

Which is how I’ve ended up here.

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Considering I like clear structure and defined goals, that seems like Satisfactory’s biggest achievement.

If I were Coffee Stain, I’d rename the game Exceptional - puns be damned.

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A screenshot of conveyor belts and manufacturing processes in Satisfactory

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