Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Wow this has been surprisingly fun, its also a lot more simple than i thought it was gonna be, which honestly might keep me playing longer.

Bought in early access, finally got around to finishing it. Very fun spaceshipbreaking sim, its a great experience to plan out a ship salvage run and see these giant machines disappear bit by bit. As far as the story goes, its fine. In terms of stories told in games generally, its not the worst, in terms of games with explicit political commentary, its no Disco Elysium but its...serviceable I guess. I think the big problem is that all of the story just kind of happens in the background to other characters. And I like the characters! I kind of miss the early access Hal voice for being a more realistic breed of managerial sleaze than the kind of caricature of corporate boot he is in the full release, but generally well acted, fairly well drawn characters for what they are. But I would like to see the things happening to them in my own gameplay. I would like to feel some stakes. As it stands, it is a story that is narrated at you in between unrelated gameplay rather than something you are actually experiencing. Could really do with a dialogue skip option for replays.

Strangely relaxing experience, breaking ships apart. Amusing story as well, I really liked this game, it was a pleasant change of pace.

Great

Very fun and chill game that allows the gamer to pick up and play, and not have to worry about how much play time they have. It has intense moments, and the option to smooth those out if you want an even chiller session. Played the game for years on xbox, and was going out of town with limited internet and this game has proven to be wildly enjoyable during my downtime.

Great game, slow gameplay but with great country music and deep american voice acting you cant help but feel like a blue collar worker in this game. Fun and worth it, would recommend