Updated at 200 hours:

1.0 came and gifted so many new tools and improvements that starting anew is worth it for EA players and I just did that - most convenient update was belt update for burners (massively eased in Forest and West Desert starts) and finally that damn orbs has use

I didn't find bugs on my current, fifth playthrough, and no judders so far in 1440p ultra with 7800XT, even the dreaded autosave no longer halts games for a microsecond like it used to.

People are saying there should be new map but I digress as there is no major need for that. Perhaps in further DLC? Would be cool if we can build underwater for once.


Earlier review at 60ish hours:

THE Game for system-inclined individuals, more addictive than crack. You see the pictures on store page? Yes you could build all that, in fact it's highly advisable to make your own gigafactory as soon as you gain access to midgame. Being FP-view makes you feel more invested than just typical tycoon/industry top view games. The feedback loop from improving your efficiency and exploration to find more resources is extremely addictive, watch the clock as you play. The handcrafted landscape is also gorgeous, selling the alien world feel convincingly. (No randomgen world, which cuts replayability but it's quite huge that you may barely explore 1/5 of it by the time you reach end tiers)

I'll say though that combat sucks hard. While they never attack your facilities (which is a GOOD thing, other factorio-clones sadly blindly aped the worst aspect of this genre), they exist merely as major annoyance in early game, or a bad speedbump once you got access to ranged weapons and electric mace. But it's technically still in early access although major patches aren't that often/changes much nowadays (extending endgame tiers mostly).

This is second or third early access game I've ever bought, and I can confidently say it's better than many full-release games in my library even in same genre.