I’m glad you asked!

I didn’t really like the aesthetic at first so I was on the fence.

It’s 3D, and most things take up more space with plenty of them taking some height as well. This makes the builds a bit more complex in a fun way. Also, the scaling is wild. You need a LOT more shapes, so you can duplicate or make more efficient things, ship them by train eventually, really makes it feel like a different game by the end than it does in the start.

They have a huge content update coming June 2 as well

It’s also HEAVY, so something light sold by weight just needs a liiiiittle lead to be a lot cheaper to make

Frostpunk 2 is a really interesting one to me.

I LOVED the first game. Soundtrack on in the background sometimes, liked the board game (just manual meh balance FP1), got all the achievements, really enjoyed it.

The second IS a good distinction from it, it’s not just rinse and repeat the same game. Great story, epic music, different scale and problems. It’s just like… They took the second tier of ideas they had for FP1 and implemented them. It actually probably would have been a good game if it didn’t have those footsteps to follow in.

Surprisingly, a few recent sequels have been amazing. Shapez2 is an unbelievable follow up to the OG. Hades II is the same imo. Massive, beautiful, fun distinction in gameplay, but still great ideas and balanced and such.

Monster Train 2 is great in demo, Kingdoms 2 crowns is a bit less recent but is such a great follow up to what’s effectively an arcade game in the first. It’s not all downhill or anything

Also silksong wen

Also, fwiw, you can curtail wind turbines incredibly quickly. They’re the quickest moving assets on an electrical grid typically. So you are using them to balance the grid quite often. You can just pitch the blades a bit and they slow or stop. it’s not really a tech problem, but a financial one like you said.

I’m not sure much about solar curtailment, other than the fact that they receive curtailment requests and comply quite quickly as well.

Ha, instantly assumed it was the same book. I went and sought out a hot chocolate for the first time in years upon reading it. Really fun food descriptions in that book

Fantastic move. Really got it done as soon as he could.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: he’s more champ material than Lando, and he might be able to pull it off this year

Southern Scandinavia checking in with 13 and sunny with a light breeze

Hi

They have the most solar power per area as far as I understand it. So good utilization!

Looking at his history, it’s his first AI slop post. I’m gonna give the dude the benefit of the doubt and maybe he learns from this before I block him

DC didn’t even ask anything. Max just came up and was like “I’ll keep this short” then walked away lmao

DC took it well in my opinion

I have a lot more problem with the quality these days then the innovation level

That’s a great reaction lmao

I think the ruling is that he doesn’t need to leave space cuz max wouldn’t have made the corner at that speed if he left him space. It’s basically cancelling the alongside-ness since the move wouldn’t stick.

I had zero problem with the move this, last, or any time. I think it probably was worth giving back right away but he handled the penalty really really well and was in contention anyway

Thank you.

And 95% of the nostalgia is GameCube era also

Max was so salty today after the race lol didn’t even spray anyone with his rose water, basically told DC to fuck off.

Not the biggest DC fan but I love how he took that one to Charles right after. “I guess you’re happier with your P3 than Max with his P2”

Well they didn’t completely fuck up the national anthem so that’s nice

Oh, I forgot they got rid of the C0 of last year and shifted it to the 6

I mean it doesn’t get softer than this in the range? So idk what else Pirelli could do besides slightly lower mandated pressures

The pit strategy is one stop and hope the neigh inevitable safety car doesn’t play into someone else’s favor