Planet-smelting sim Satisfactory is now satisfactory enough to leave early access | Gaming

Grand duchess of first-person factory sims Satisfactory has finally hit 1.0 on PC after five years in early access, introducing a “full narrative overhaul” together with some new alien technology which you can witness and boggle at via the 1.0 launch trailer, below. They’ve also announced a console version, but we don’t care for such things. The only Satisfactory console I care about is the one that lets you deactivate the fog so you can obtain an unmurky view of your glittering conveyor belt empire.

If you’re new to Satisfactory, it’s about turning a perfectly blameless alien planet into a gleaming and grinding network of production lines. You’re a “Pioneer” working on behalf of the illustrious FICSIT Inc, who need you to extract and process any…