You know that you are losing, but you can't do anything. This death spiral is a very frustrating element of this game. This means that you often get soft-locked way in advance from any upgrades and are forced into prolonged death spiral. Amount of power needed to survive always increases.
DESPOTISM 3K IMPOSSIBLE UPGRADE
This means that you can't upgrade your power generation, because you need it to survive. Power is also resource which you need to survive.
This is a cheap way to make game difficult. In order to beat this game, you need to memorise them. They are extremely harsh and unforgiving.30% less endurance to your humans in a game where everyone is constantly overworked as it is? Completely game ending. In such an environment any downside becomes massive and these random effects are massive. If you do not play as developer intended, you are going to lose. Even one negative effect is completely crippling in this game, because there is almost no room for error. Game is entirely dependent on getting positive events.When I had played this game, there was nothing more than looking at your humans and constantly moving them through different chambers while all the time being stressed about ever increasing survival needs. Constantly being on a verge of death and any small hiccup along the way can screw your run. You feel like a hamster in a wheel who can't stop. Your life is constantly ticking down with electricity going down. It is a game built on memorisation and luck. However, in reality it is hard as nails, overtuned grind.
On a surface it seems like fun, small little game.