Dwarf Fortress has a mode like this.

The French always hate their presidents and most French presidents have had abysmal approval ratings. It’s a national sport, maybe for a reason.

Oblivion has wonderfully creative quests and writing, Fallout 3 is a brilliant post-apocalyptic game that respects the player like few other open world titles, Skyrim oozes atmosphere and is an excellent example of careful world building. You’re missing out.

Are both of you living in an alternate reality or what are you on about?

Quite a bit, I think, but only initially. Once my city had become a well-oiled machine, it wasn’t really necessary anymore.

Strangely, I did not have this experience. Nobody died on me on my first playthrough and I was always able to plan ahead and react in time. I had time to enjoy the music and graphics, but there was a bit of a disconnect between the dramatic music and nothing dramatic actually happening to my settlement as everyone was housed, reasonably warm and well-fed. Even all of my decisions up till the end were as ethical as possible within the limits of the scenario.

I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because I spent my younger years with extremely challenging city builders like Caesar 3? I still loved Frostpunk though, despite it being far too easy.

It’s marked as an editorial. What do you think an editorial is?