I did enjoy this, techically, demo of the game but they do need to improve some aspects.
First the tedium. Okay, I get this is that kind of game, but there should be a way to make things go faster. While you level up in this, for what you get, there doesn't seem to be a benefit to doing so like improving skills. Renovating items to sell is a great idea but it's very slow, skills to quicken this would be great (Plus not having the tools spread out the way it is. Who does that?). Also you use an air brush painter for metal but a spray can for wood? Why not use the the air brush for both?
Secondly, the driving. Using W and S for accelerating and braking is fine but the A and D for turning is janky. You're also stuck in third person for it, with no way to adjust distance. An in vehicle option would be nice also and maybe the ability to turn by the direction you're facing using the mouse. Also the cart is the worse to use, ever, so stick to the truck as you can store in the back of that anyway.
Thirdly, the whole car crushing experience. Now using the crane to move the car is fine, if somewhat clunky in controls, requiring some judgement and skill. The mechanics to remove engines to renovate is also good. But the whole crusher experience is just pointless time wasting to make the game longer by about a minute each time. It should be a one button operation. Sure have us watch it from the crane, being we have to pull out the crushed metal after anyway, but making us activate each hydraulic to crush and THEN pulls them back seems over indulgent by the developers. I was badly let down by the 'automatic' option.
Fourthly, and lastly I think, pricing and costs. Yes you seem to make money quickly, which is bad from the start. The money you can make from renovating/selling scrap is over inflated to offset the ridiculous cost of upgrades. Why does no game, that tries to make something like a real life experience, do their money properly? $40,000 to upgrade... no not to a new vehicle.. but to add 4 slots to your backpack. Yes, someone out there thinks larger backpacks cost thousands of dollars. They really need to reduce the amount you make from things to something more realistic, and then make the upgrades more realistic to cost the player. With players making less money, the realistic pricing will still take a while to get the real upgrades, but for a new backpack that should be in easy reach. Yes you'll carry more more quickly but it should still mean some kind of grind of clearing junk piles and such to earn money from.
So even though I did enjoy this I feel the above may stop me from buying the full game without improvement in a majority of these areas. I'll keep it on my wishlist to keep an eye on updates.
