Replayability of factorio

[Kayser]

Even if I just want to play a single game, I feel that the map has no real meanings, it is just a flat area (except for water, if you don't use landfill). Making the map features more important would also improve replayability, so I would vote for that.

It's true. A lot could be accomplished with more terrain types (mountains, swamp, jungle, ice, ...) that actually had an effect on your game-play, and some interesting map generation algorithms.

Elevation is tricky to get fun in a 2D-game. Maybe something for Factorio 2.

[Peter34]

Even if I just want to play a single game, I feel that the map has no real meanings, it is just a flat area (except for water, if you don't use landfill). Making the map features more important would also improve replayability, so I would vote for that.

I'm the exact opposite. I see landscape features, including lakes as a huge annoyance, a hindrance to my desire to plan and build my factory as I want it, and so I'm very keen on mods such as the Landfill one that gives me the power to remove obstacles and hindrances.

[Kayser]

Maybe it can be combined, with more actual equipment and consumables, and maybe even veichles for terraforming work. I use landfill, but it's a bit trivial for my taste.