I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.3 and while Factorio freezes at loading core 2%, the error log is different. ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/sami/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. Loaded Config for Local Selection ...

aviantdosda wrote:I would even go as far as saying Factorio is the first game of its own genre if it had a name would be called "Logistics Simulator".

I agree with what you said, other than this. I played Settlers 20 years ago and had a lot of fun simulating logistics back then.