Frostpunk 2 - Whiteout Edition (PS5)

Frostpunk 2 ist erneut brutal und baut klasse auf den Grundlagen des ersten Teils auf. Die City-Builder-Aspekte müssen sich zwar etwas hinten anstellen, dafür glänzt es mit einer tollen Atomsphäre und vielen schwerwiegenden Entscheidungen, um eure Gesellschaft am Leben zu halten.

Etwas geradliniger, aber spannender und edel präsentierter Städtebau gegen ständige Ressourcenknappheit. Interessant ist das Handeln mit politischen Interessen.

Frostpunk 2 remains one of the most compelling city builders and survival games in recent memory, and it's survived the transition to console in remarkably strong form. That said, if you have the option of playing on PC, that remains the best place to play.

A sequel that takes the thrilling cold-survival city-building heart of Frostpunk and evolves it in every way, while losing none of what made the series so special to begin with.

Developer 11 Bit Studios continues to follow a theme with each consecutive game, starting with its breakout success This War of Mine. With Frostpunk 2, 11 Bit Studios has built its systems and mechanics around asking you to make inconceivably difficult choices, most of which only lead to the best-case scenario, not the right one. Frostpunk 2 is a great step forward in both studios' evolution and the survival/city-building genre it helped pioneer.

While it might not be the most approachable city builder in the world, Frostpunk 2 is still an exemplary entry in the genre. Its challenge leads to some really rewarding moments of triumph, and the sheer number of options for how you can help your band of survivors thrive is a great selling point for anyone who wants their day to day decisions to matter. I'll be braving the icy wastes of this game for months and years to come, and I doubt I'll be the only one.