Frostpunk 2 | Gameplay Deep Dive 

"Nature isn't the biggest enemy, human nature is" 😬🔥

Steward!!!! THE CITY MUST NOT FALL

"The city is still cold as Hell." Well they did say in frostpunk 1 during the great storm that Hell froze over so it checks out. Cant wait for this masterpiece

THE CITY MUST SURVIVE

A TV series set in the universe of Frostpunk would be amazing.

The engineers don't seem to be that powerful anymore, but the exploration team is still unstoppable.

The fact that 11bit seems really confident at presenting their game makes me believe FP2 is going to be another great game Also soundtrack is kick-ass as always!

FP2 and Manor Lords. Who are we to have been so blessed?

Very exciting preview! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the factions and the different directions you can take the city!

I love this idea that, it's not just we make the 1 but better, rather you make an entierly different game. It really expends on the idea we had in "On the Edge", that it's fighting bewteen different factions that is the most dangerous. You survived the Great Storm, even though events like theses will be huges challenges for cities, it's more about not letting the city fall appart : "The city must not fall". Really, this is the most evident and, to my opinion, best option, and I can't wait to see how that is going to feel while playing the game. I hope we still will have some moral dilemas and nature be remind you from time to time that failing is not an option, if the city falls into Chaos, everybody will die !

Frostpunk has combined three things that make it a masterpiece of a game: Stunning visuals, emotionally captivating music, and an engaging story. I suspect Frostpunk 2 will not only have all three, but will make them even better

THE CITY MUST NOT FALL THE CITY MUST...

"Nature isn't the biggest enemy, human nature is" - One of the best ways to describe human history.

I kinda loved the risk in Frostpunk one. Each worker or engineer was important, on a stormy night, u just had to suffer through the sounds of the deathbell while rethinking ur entire game with each death. This feels more of a city skylines game. Still hyped, keeping my hopes up

"The city is cold as Hell🔥" does not sound convincing

As a fan of Frostpunk, I tried the beta today, and I already love what you've created. This is what I wanted and expected. Thank you so much for the love you're putting in your game. I can't wait to play the final game. I wish you the success you deserve.

In a world full of controversies in video games, 11 bit studios consistently delivers us masterpieces. I can't tell you how excited I am to play this game. Thank you so much for being so good at what you do.

You guys are everything a modern gaming studio should be. You don't "subvert" expectations you exceed them. That's why people love your games.

The only thing I don't like is the UI, Frostpunk 1 UI is just god tier, it was perfect

God, this game is great. I've played for 2 hours so far, but I'm already in incredible shock. The scale of the game is incredibly amazing, although this is only a demo version. A lot of new content: division of buildings into districts, different classes, new branches of technology development, new laws and much more. But most importantly, the game continues what was laid down in the first part of frostpunk. (I also want to praise for the optimization. The game is incredibly beautiful and my old laptop 2060 still pulls out this masterpiece at 60 fps (Medium-high settings and without upscaling)). However, the most important thing remains that the world fell not because of wars, famine or frost, but because of ordinary human greed. THE CITY MUST NOT FALL

In all the reveal trailers, I thought the red blurry lines were a new heating system, but I'm actually more excited to see that it's just the new way you chose to represent the passing of time. The blurred trails look cool as hell!

In the age of "night mode" versions of UI, I really hope we'll get one for this game too because getting flashbanged by the primarily white UI doesn't sound like a perfect gaming night

This world could make for a great basis for a compelling episodic TV series. The potential is very high, (in the right hands of course. In the wrong hands it could be shit like anything can be). But because the gameplay loop is built around this very compelling, unravelling storytelling, I can imagine all the various beats that you play throughout a playthrough be like cutting back and forth between various character storylines in scenes. The elite, the lower classes, the expedition teams coming upon rival cities, whatever those characters are. Give a good cliffhanger for at least one of those PoV storylines at the end of each episode. Culminating in an epic intercut finale to the music The City Must Survive as the w orst of the cold bears through. Perhaps a character struggles to brave through the outside to manually make sure the generator doesn't fail. The theme of not just physical survival but the survival of a societies moral identity would make for very good material. I think done well the world of FP would be very popular with an audience who doesn't know anything about the videogame.

Reminds me of Darkest Dungeons stress mechanics. Where heroes sometimes get scared, start yelling at others and stressing them out, start harming themselfs or start poking where they shouldnt. It ads so much potential chaos and strategy to the game where you cant always have the perfect run. You just have to deal with what you were given. And I absolutelly love that.

Thank you guys that really looks promissing!!

Uh, Frostpunk devs, if you’re reading this, I think I spotted a bug you ought to fix: at 3:15, near the description of the “icebloods protest accept all outsiders” event, it reads “‘Star with getting rid of “accept all outsiders” an’ establishing “accept all outsiders” instead!’”, as said by the protesters in question. Just sayin’ you may wanna have this bug looked at before release, and any bugs similar to it. Thank you.

You guys have done an amazing job! Keep up the great work.

1:54 automatons? Im calling the democracy officer right away.

I remember getting the first game for free through Epic and even though I'm not really into this type of games, Frostpunk made me love it and I loved it so much that I purchased every DLC. Just from the few clips you've showed of the second game, I cannot wait to play it. It looks absolutely amazing!

The red lines and mist took me back to the Teaser trailer where near the end it was Chaos. riots everywhere guards shooting into the crowds (What I assume that cracking sound was) and someone yelling "ORDER. ORDER!" Into a microphone. now imagining that every time the city goes red will be an experience for sure.

i love frostpunk because it's a resource management game, its city building was perfectly sized too. the new game isn't the direction I would have taken. adding a currency and reducing resources to materials is addition by subtraction

On one hand, I'm not really sure how I feel about the larger scale, though not because I think it's bad but simply because it might start jumping out of my particular avenue of interest. But on the other hand, it also makes sense why it'd go further. I'm looking forward to what the game will be like come launch. Especially the story. Maybe I'm just paranoid it'll turn into Sid Meyer's Civilisation because of the hexagonal distract shapes, a series which I don't like very much.

Congrats for your work , amazing , looking forward to see it running

11Bit Studio is probably one of the last studios that you can tell really care about their games, their community, and not only our expectations but theirs also. We can really feel that you make games with a soul like no other team is doing nowadays, thank you guys for keeping the industry alive ❤❤❤

So let me see the differences in 1 and 2 so far: 1 had people trying to survive a winter apocalypse and make a new kind of society with laws and ideas to govern how humanity moves forward, while trying to ensure basic needs were met. 2 seems to moving past surviving and now thriving and has more political implications with different ideas and factions vying for power and how the city should progress.

Cant wait to get it hands on, you guys are innovating again and this is what gets me hyped for this release.

It sounds like the same composer helped made Frostpunk 2. I hope he is. The music is beautiful. If it wasn’t for finals, I would be playing the beta. I can’t wait until July 25. Thank you for expanding the city survival genre.

I hope that even after 30 years after the main game, the captain makes a cameo or two

Спасибо вам огромное. Действительно очень приятно знать что есть такие разработчики, что хотят развивать геймплей. Этим интервью, я уверен, вы развеяли кучу страхов и сомнений и только подогрели интерес. Очень интересно будет оценить новые механики и развитие сюжета. что вы для нас приготовили. Спасибо вам ещё раз за вашу работу, уважаемая команда разработчиков

Who composed music for frostpunk 2? Can't find any info on that

The artwork and UI looks AMAZING.

Aż mnie ciekawość zjada gdzie was zaprowadzi koncept waszej produkcji w przyszłych częściach, bo ma to ogromny potencjał na rozwój szczególnie kiedy weźmiemy pod uwagę, że w pewnym momencie (przy którejś części) czasy wiecznego mrozu się skończą i gra mogłaby wejść w nową erę jak np atompunku czy solarpunku z zupełnie nowymi wyzwaniami dla społeczeństwa. Kudos panowie :)

3:31 The Icebloods demanding you get rid of "Accept All Outsiders" before replacing it with "Accept All Outsiders" does seem pretty on point for folks walking around naked in the snow. It's interesting that the sequel has taken a path of societal interest groups forming, showing an angle of analysis somewhat in line with historical materialism, but I always get nervous when there's so much talk about "human nature" - please don't simply state that there are irreconcilable matters innate to humanity that does not allow for a stable society to form. Allow us to actually choose what interest groups to court and empower, which ones to ignore or suppress (or perhaps entirely remove), and allow for mediation between groups whose material interests might align, then have society be shaped accordingly, so we have to live with our choices and development.

You guys are amazing!!! Can't wait to play it!! 🎉

This sounds absolutely epic. I am glad that you are moving on and elevating the gameplay to something more complex and different. I was worried that we would get the same or worse experience, but this sounds even better and more interesting because of the internal conflict and politics. I always liked that in the first one, the connection between the leadership and citizens.

i cant possibly express in words how much im looking forward for Frostpunk 2.

Not many aimed to achieve a narrative on par with a national epic in a city-building survival game. You're impressive. And that bloody quote: "Nature isn't the biggest enemy, human nature is" - that's peak Heidegger. A little context to that: Heidegger believed that human existence is an amalgam of nature and culture. We sort of... nurture the nature with our culture. The culture is an extension of our mind, it's a creation where virtuality of our minds meet the physical realm. 11 bit studios is, as always, teasing us players with the visions of man-made tragedies induced in the times of great natural challenges. I hope the gameplay mechanically speaking is as profound as the ludic narration and the narrative premise of the game. If it is, then you may very well hit this year's GOTY.

Frostpunk 2: Dieselpunk is also hell.

Human nature is. Loved the description. And really got connected to first game. I'll order this one soon.

When I saw your first trailer. I took a guess that this was the direction you were going. I was right and really happy you are evolving the genre.

I see people's concerns with it being more of a city builder, but I feel like it makes way more sense when you think about it. More people will come into The City, and at a higher rate than normal. Individual people become less important than the general population as a whole. Instead of a handful of people surviving the harshest colds, it's an entire mass of people, unsure of the future. Instead of constructing the individual buildings, you expand out to create districts thst serve multiple purposes, to house the people and produce the goods you need to expand more. Long story short, it's not about surviving anymore, you've already proven that you can do that. No, it's about thriving. The City must not fall.

Already tried the preview. AMAZING, Props to your entire team from artists, musicians and so on and forth. The game so far (though challenging and a bit complex to navigate through) Is a absolute smash from me. Hope the finished thing will be just as epic as this was. THE CITY MUST NOT FALL, ALL HAIL THE STEWARD! ❄❄

Couple Questions: - Can I name districts so like for instance events might say “Icebloods are rioting in the Old London Housing District”? - Is there any work for/towards Mod Support for FP2? Edit: Another Question - Simaler to how you can relitigate laws, can you go back down already researched techs to choose a different factions option for it? Are the options exclusive so if you select a new one the other options are no longer available or even destroyed, or can you simultaneously have different factions tech choices for a single tech letting you mix and match them or transition from one to another? Will altering that have an effect on a factions influence or support? Edit-Edit: Another Another Question - If I Pre-Order now will I get access to the beta for the remaining time or do only those that preordered before get beta access?

cannot wait in 2030-something Frostpunk will have great tv adaptation like Arcane and Fallout

Perfection! This is the only game that makes me excited. I was not sure how Frostpunk can be improved in version 2 but developers impressed me once again! Huge respect!

Дякую! Thank you so much amazing team,more than 200 hours in first game, now I'm waiting for much more in second. Masterpiece

Ok, but that snippet of new soundtrack has me so pumped TT_TT

I'm really glad you made a sequel, I'm a big fan of the first game. I played it for the first time in winter, when my house was 3 degrees Celsius and the electricity was on 3 hours a day. So I think a summer release is not what people like me and maybe you would want, but then again I'm incredibly happy that the game got a sequel. You gave me incredible emotions when I played your game I had a diesel generator running and had to decide what was going to work, the heater or the water pump.

I've shared this video and the BETA details across multiple Discords. Yup loved, completed FP1, and now FP2 is around the corner !!!

Ahhh, I love the sight of a prosperous steampunk city in the heart of the mercyless cold.

Please 11Bit, Dark Mode UI for Frostpunk 2. And let us Turn Off All Blurr and Motion Blurr as that crap makes me nauseous. Seriously.

Incredibly stunning graphics and interface. I'm soooo looking forward to this!

looking forward to it!

UGH the music is so captivating

3:15 I love how the text says that the Ice-bloods are upset that the Steward passed the “Accept All Outsiders” law and want to replace it with the “Accept All Outsiders” law. It appears little has changed about Democracy, even after the apocalypse.

I need the complete OST. Frostpunk NEVER fails when it comes to sounds and tracks.

i really like the concept of this sequal. im downloading the beta now and really looking forward to playing it.

Frostpunk 1 was the only game that I was relaxed and anxious at the same time, can't wait to feel the same with FP2

I was a little concerned about the change of direction, but the new scale and mechanics make sense, and seem very interesting. Can't wait to get off work and play this for the rest of the night. Frostpunk is one of my favorite games of all time, and I'm hoping this sequel will be too!

I am a game designer and when i say your game are one of the best experiences ever provided with just a simple core and playing on the minds of the player, manipulating the player is just really fascinating and awesome. Cant wait to play the game🥰

I preordered on steam the deluxe addition and don’t have access to the beta. I’ve read lots of comments on people having same issues.

03:17 I know this is just a demo and the game is not yet finished, but I still had a good laugh reading the text on the left. "Start with getting rid of 'Accept All Outsiders' and establish 'Accept All Outsiders' instead!"

Looks great guys, nice to see that you didn't just build Frostpunk with better graphics and some new gameplay. But really thought about the concept of the games.

Can't wait for this, the first game had me hooked for hundreds of hours.

3:15 "getting rid of A and establishing A instead". What does they want?

I am curious if you can say if FP2 will come to console sometime? Id love to play it on pc but my current comp could only really run FP1 in medium or below setting so it seems unlikely that I'll be abe to run FP2

The world of frostpunk is so amazing, I wish they made a tv series out of it.

Mam ochotę uścisnąć wam obu dłonie. Robicie taką świetną robotę, że to szok. Tekst, że zwykłe przetrwanie jeszcze niższych temperatur nie usatysfakcjonowałoby nas, i to prawda, więc stworzyliście coś, czego nikt sie nie spodziewał. Skoro w pierwszej części przeciwnik przychodził z zewnątrz, tak teraz wróg jest już w mieście, podzielony, ale wrogi, i nadchodzi od wewnątrz. A przemiana z pary na ropę naftową? Cudo! Czekam na wyjście giereczki z zakupionym już pakietem ze wszystkimi przyszłymi DLC i nie tylko!

Do people still have names or are they just numbers to manage?

Bravo on the UI, very squeaky clean

Such beautiful cityscapes!

So no radial building mechanics? Is this game just a city management game without the city building?

I've played a bunch of the first game, and watched some people I trust play through the preview. The change in direction to a focus on ideological struggle on a completely different scale is something I can definitely appreciate - if I feel like going for a more personal feeling struggle against the elements I can still go for the original Frostpunk after all -, and after some getting used to it the UI looks mostly really clean and has a lot of good information on the different resources necessary. What I can say I'd like to see changed by the time the full game releases is that camera controls and some of the animations of automatons and frostbreakers seem to be a bit floaty with the current state of the game. I have to say that I really like the way laws work. Mentioned politics above, but starting with only a few different factions and having others crop up depending on the direction the society starts to take beyond what the existing parties care about was really interesting to see, and I hope that it'll be as dynamic as it's been presented in the beta gameplay.

Thank you for explaining the reasoning behind the 180 shift to the game. It makes a lot of sense now that it has been explained. I really really really hope this game is as good or better than FP1, that game was and still is incredible.

i am so ready for this...

Lovely game. One bug: Research center stopped working, and it didn't display any reason(The tag was empty), had to reload the save. I cannot described what happened. Edit: found the other ending. For building the roads/railway seem to be bugged, unable to connect to all locations, i'd imagine making a road to the everything you find. It surely gets tricky to please everyone in later game. Fun challenge. Do the aerodrome stack with workforce reduction? says -200 each time you place one, even if it's the same location/district. If anyone from 11bit company reads this. Well done, for a BETA it feels well polished by Polish ppl. ;) I wish in the future that you guys make a snowpiercer DLC, would fit in so well. That you have to upgrade/maintain the train, build new carts, take care of the different tier of people from the wealthy to workers. Make difficult choices to maintain control and population. Build stations in between the different communities, build new tracks, able to build bridges/tunnels for quicker transportation. If you need inspiration go and watch both the Snowpiercer movie as well as the series.

"It wouldn't be satisfying for you, and it wouldn't be satisfying for us" Perfection

really looking forward to this

это будет интересно, но жаль, что стало меньше аспекта выживания, борьбы с природой... В первой части было интересно Копить ресурсы, рассчитывать производство, запасы e.t.c ...

finally a deep dive vid

cant wait any longer :D

So excited for this one.

Ждём!!! Первая часть была чертовски хороша, понравилась даже мне, ибо я в такие жанры не играю, а тут просто засосало, и я понял что вы создали машину времени, утром сел, моргнул - уже ночь, пора спать ложиться!!

When will the soundtrack be released?

great direction for the second instalment of this franchise, cant wait to get my hands on it! Looks very good!

Gimme gimme gimme!

I just really hope that there is a lot of randomness so each playthrough is different. Like how in the first game you could sometimes steal supplies but sometimes you lost your scouts instead.

Superb conception

I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE FULL GAME TO RELEASE

sold me off the first couple of map layouts loved the first game hyped for this one