It is, regrettably, time to talk.

TheFrostpunk 2beta has rammed home how different my role is toFrostpunk1s dictator.

accompaniment to the story mode in the full game.

The furnace at the city centre in Frostpunk 2

You cant even upgrade your generator.

Its an omission thats helpfully representative of the shift in focus.

I started having much more fun once I stopped lamenting that loss.

A screen on Frostpunk 2 describing controversy as a researcher tried to destroy documents about ‘Apex Workers’

When you start swirling down a death spiral, collapse can seem inevitable.

I was just about to build that mechanised sawmill anyway, you jerks.

I mean, valued citizens.

Voting on a law in Frostpunk 2 - the Family Apprenticeship law, meaning all children must work alongside a relative to learn their trade

They do like playing the ol distressed family angle, though its not all gloom.

I want announcements about my free food banks, or warnings about properly treating Apex Workers as priority citizens.

It is, all in all, quite promising.

A zoomed out view of a growing city in Frostpunk 2

Different factions provide different buildings alongside ideological pressures, so that could make for alluringly distinct runs, too.

Maybe Marxist paradise awaits after all - though well all have to wait til July 25th to find out.