Rover Mechanic Simulator

Pretty fun, a lot of parts to work with, different kinds of problems to work through. Also includes some information about each part (what it does, why it exists) which I also found cool.

Vynikajúce voľne pokračovanie hry Occupy Mars v štýle servisného mechanika ktorý je na Marse v hangári pre Rovre .

I really wish steam did stars over just the binary yes/no I would say that, for the three dollars spent on sale, it's close to a reasonable price..... enough anyways. Kinda. The primary problem is that the rover models are great, decently detailed (there are inaccuracies in some of the things but I'll let it slide because it's not really the point), but the gameplay loop is sooooooooooooooooooooooo tedious. Like I fell asleep playing this game levels of tedious (something that actually did happen and was probably better ascribed to the specifics of the situation but wouldn't have happened if the game was more engaging) The real crux of the issue is that there are a lot of "contrived" aspects to the game. Why make me wait for the 3d printer? I had to wait 4 minutes for parts on a job that took me 2 minutes otherwise. Why make me play a puzzle minigame to finish? Isn't this game about the rovers? Why provide the retro games? Isn't this game about the rovers? It really seems like you just wanted to put in retro games, and a linux shell clone, and to justify both those things you added a weird crane mechanic and wait times on a 3d printer. You could have just left all of those things out and the game wouldn't just have not suffered for it, it would've benefited greatly from it. Further, why tell me what parts are broken? If this is, indeed, supposed to be a simulator game, then why not just give me a list of symptoms and let me just diagnose the problem? These issues can all be solved but would require the developer to ask a lot of "why?" questions and probably remove some features that I am sure they added because of either enjoyment for them, an inability to question ideas, or features added to justify work that was done because it was different or easier to do and ultimately done in a fit of "bikeshedding" Ultimately, I do see the chassis of a really good game here, even mostly filled out. It'd best be described as a MRT or S2000 or any other nice and fun car, but packed to the brim with dumb, pointless, weird, "pimp my ride" ♥♥♥♥ that just really doesn't need to be there. Especially not when that effort is so sorely needed in other places, like the UI, and with some of the weird disassembly and reassembly bugs on the PCB table that mostly stem from being too fast with it. It'd be hard to say "I don't recommend this game" entirely, but I wouldn't pay full price for it. I'd put it at a solid.... maybe 6.5/10. A D- by any other analysis. Passing, kinda, only barely, and not always. But with the caveat that you could have a solid B to B+ or better with just what you have now minus the weird filler stuff, especially if you emphasized and expounded upon what makes the game good.

highly enjoyable for those that have the tinker fever

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very satisfying and calm game. it feels really nice :)

Fun mechanic game with puzzle elements. 10/10