Poly Bridge 2
Hell on Earth. But good!
– Real player with 86.9 hrs in game
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I’m a dummy and even I am learning something about engineering, get yourself some help with hrydrualics though, they suck
– Real player with 58.1 hrs in game
Megaquarium
Have you ever wanted to run an aquarium? You can build and manage one with Megaquarium!
If you have played any management game before you will already have an idea of what to expect: you make exhibits to let your creativity take over, manage employees, and hopefully turn a profit in the process.
While not particularly innovative, the game manages to hit enough of the right notes to be enjoyable and relaxing, especially if you fancy the idea of running an aquarium.
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– Real player with 59.0 hrs in game
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Fairly Realistic and Lots of Good Fun
This is a well rounded title with lots of room to grow!
Pros:
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Accurate and realistic modeling. I keep fish as a hobby and although most of the animal husbandry mechanics are significantly simplified they are still more or less pretty accurate. Most of the fish artwork is very accurate. These are not made up fish that don’t actually exist.
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Simulation and tycoon aspects are well thought out and satisfying. For the most part it feels like success / failures make sense. A grouper ate your anthias because they were small enough to fit in it’s mouth, makes sense!
– Real player with 56.8 hrs in game
Wrench
I highly recommend this game because its not a game, it is an educational simulation, this game can teach you not everything, but.. but… a very large amount real life things on how an engine works, specifically the Mazda mx5 Miata engine, the parts in this game, like the engine, the oil brands+ other fluids, and engine kits, are for the most part are all real parts and real brands, this game I would especially would recommend this game to students who are in/or want to be in autos class. again, it wont teach you everything but I personally say it is close enough, closer than any other thing out there, I have experience in autos class and I have worked on the same engine that is in this game, and it is pretty spot on. and due to COVID-19, I think this would give a lot of students mainly speeking for high schoolers, giving them a chance to still have a way to have some hand on experience for those who cant go to school because of COVID-19. and I say “hands on” because it also can work with VR as well as without VR. VR is not required, but if you got a pair, give it a wack. lastly I want to end this review with a simple request to the developers. before the first major update, the was a feature that has now been remove, and I would strongly suggest that is was brought back. the feature was all the torquing instructions that shows a picture diagram with torquing information on each part that you are assembling. that was a very important part of the game that made it educational. if you could please bring that back to the game, like maybe make another item to add to the game like a torquing spec book, something that I can place next to the radio and open and flip pages to each section that I am working on, I would like to turn the page to find each diagram for whatever I am trying to put together. and thank you for taking the time to read this far down, there is much more in this game that I could not include every detail, this game can teach you not only engines, but keeping your shop clean and organized, and again much more. thank you and stay safe,
– Real player with 412.7 hrs in game
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Bought this just over a year ago when it went into early access. After hitting just over 100 hours and with no sign of losing interest I thought I’d post this review. Full disclosure - I play this in desktop mode, not VR so can’t comment on the VR experience.
I’m not a mechanic IRL but I am interested in cars and learning about how things work. This is by far the best mechanic “simulator” that I’ve ever found.
At time of writing the progression is straightforward. You’re given a few jobs to choose from (change engine oil, replace spark plugs) for customers and if you complete the job successfully you get some cash and XP…the usual unlock through progression idea. Some jobs can take hours (rebuild the bottom half of the engine) where you have to drain oil and coolant, remove the transmission, extract the engine using the crane, put it on the engine stand…you get the idea. It’s very involved but because of that incredibly rewarding.
– Real player with 194.0 hrs in game
Prison Architect
Used to love this game, but the amount of gamebreaking bugs has ruined it. Prisoners just get stuck and starve to death, dead bodies wont get taken away, prisoners just get handcuffed and stay in place until they die. Its a mess. So sad..
– Real player with 428.6 hrs in game
Since Paradox took over, there have been bugs introduced from paradox’s first patch that are still in the game today. Paradox simply won’t fix the bugs and evidently just doesn’t care enough about the game (the dev team might but they clearly don’t get the time to fix issues). Some the issues are very annoying (such as gardeners don’t tidy up the yards so nature just takes over your prison, an issue reported March 15th and still here on Nov 25th).
Just avoid it or pirate it, they don’t deserve your support unfortunately.
– Real player with 419.5 hrs in game
Planet Coaster
I’ve been playing Planet Coaster since the alpha was released, and followed its development ever since. This game offers in my opinion the most in-depth and player-friendly simulation of theme park management, with its vast variety of scenarios, missions, building styles, rides and coasters. It has managed to age quite well, especially considering that in a few days it will reach its FIVE-YEAR aniversary! I’ve also bought a few of the DLCs, and i can guarantee that most of them add even more creative possibilities and depth to the gameplay.
– Real player with 395.8 hrs in game
The base game feels empty and incomplete (because it is) and you’re expected to buy expansions to expand on the available scenery objects and rides. It’s an expensive model and although you can make some pretty cool stuff in this game, it ultimately is over priced and gameplay can be very tedious.
– Real player with 149.4 hrs in game
Poly Bridge
Good things about this game:
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Requires you to think
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I love the graphics
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Extremely challenging
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Great soundtrack
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Extra workshop levels
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It’s actually quite educational on how physics work, if you really take your time to analyze what goes wrong when the bridge breaks. You can also watch someone explain how everything works and you’ll be able to pick up some basic strategies, like replacing steel beams with “double-wood” and etc.
Bad things about this game (these are only minor things, nothing big):
– Real player with 231.2 hrs in game
Now that I have reached a total of 100+ hours clocked into this game, I feel that now I must write my own review.
This is after my first review, but for the most part, it is the same.
Down to the core, Polybride is another bridge building game. Place road, then support it. The difference is the presentation. This game is beautiful. Its scenery across the 6 worlds are very nice to the naked eye, They have added more tracks in the game so now, there is more calming music for you to enjoy. There is a nice community, which also happen to give you challenges that make you want to pull your hair out, and even make things that are above just creative. It’s sandbox has been fixed, a lot of the bugs have been fixed, and the difficulty curve is nice, and truly gets difficult. Honestly, If you think it is a bad game, give it a few more hours, and look at the community tab before giving a rash decition. Well done, and still more to come, as this is still a game in Early Access.
– Real player with 163.6 hrs in game
Trader Life Simulator
I like Trader Life Simulator. The game development is in progress and there is a roadmap with further updates. It is a simulation in a tiny world between your nice house and your own supermarket :). Discover the world of business!
The start is not easy and you had to look at your finances, but that´s the fun - capatalism do not sleep !
Some tipps for start:
You have only 600 € at start.
What you have : place a bed in house and the toilet in bath.
What you need : buy a baths tub for 250 € after one day!
– Real player with 133.4 hrs in game
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Starting out with just an empty supermarket, a tiny bit of money, a car and a couple of boxes stock that you have to put out yourself, Trader Life Simulator lets you build a shop from the ground up and success involves ordering and placing over 100 products, managing money between different accounts to cover bills and pay your staffs wages, aswell as handling your own basic needs which includes going to the toilet, taking a bath and eating an alarming amount of hot dogs.
– Real player with 81.1 hrs in game
Demolish & Build 2017
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☐ Really Short (0 - 2 hours)
☐ Short (2 - 8 hours)
☐ Normal (8 - 24 hours)
☑ Long (24+ hours)
☐ Endless
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☐ Piece Of Cake
☐ EZ
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☐ Hard
☐ Impossible
☐ Dark Souls
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☐ It Doesn’t Have
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===[ ❤ Audience ]===
☑ Everyone
☐ Young (0 - 15)
☐ Adult (18+)
☑ Casual Players
☐ Pro Players
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☐ It Doesn’t Have
– Real player with 15.6 hrs in game
It’s more of a hybrid genre game somewhere between Action-Casual and Simulation, not necessarily a pure simulator. However, if you enjoy the theme and subject matter, it’s some pretty good relaxing casual fun.
I do think the game’s description and how it presents its gameplay in its trailer should be tweaked a little bit. This is not really a pure sandbox, as the goals and progression are very directed and sequential, not open-ended. It’s also not that close to a pure simulator- there are numerous constraints and limitations on your activity and gameplay mechanics, invisible walls, etc.
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
Lumberjack’s Dynasty
The weirdest thing about Lumberjack’s Dynasty – in a very long list of strange things – are the overheard snippets of conversation as you approach the game’s various NPCs.
As you round the crest of a hill you might eavesdrop on a neighbour muttering something about how “everyone is talking about it”.
Stroll up the drive of your aunt’s house and she’ll be whispering “yes, it will all be out in the open soon” to your uncle, before they both stop mid-conversation and slowly rotate on the spot like a pair of rotisserie chickens to face you.
– Real player with 177.5 hrs in game
First good stuff: I started playing Lumberjack’s Dynasty about 2 weeks ago. When I started a new game I loved the intro and the starter story of the game. The game shows you everything you need to know. I love the graphics and the settings for the game. They are easy to set up and understand. The game gives you a lot of things to do from reasing different animals, cutting down trees, mowing the grass, talk with different people, cook and so on. I love that the NPCs have voices and also movements. You will see them around the map doing stuff. The game has money and social points, that you get b doing tasks. The game offers you to get all-important vehicles and trailers with talking to people and unlocking/finishing different quests. People say it is hard to get money, but I get money pretty fast as I milk my cows, pick up eggs, get some honey, and so on. By selling stuff to sellers you can get a lot of money. All the tools and guides are very smooth and realistic. When you cut down a tree it falls down really realistic. All that I can say is that this game offers you more than you think. There are also a lot of updates almost every month and there is a lot of trailers, tools, food, animals, vehicles, and people that you can talk to them. To get some trailers you need to be indifferent chapters. You can also make furniture and the game is open-world with a big map.
– Real player with 135.6 hrs in game
Construction Simulator 2015
My take on Con Sim 2015
PROS:
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The multiplayer aspect, WHEN(and I can’t stress that enough) you have decent people who aren’t just there to crash into things and wreck your experience, is a LOT of fun. I dig the sense of accomplishment when you and 3 buddies have worked for 2-3 hours on something and finally finish it. Some of the late game jobs can take quite a while from start to finish, which is nice, but can be tedious.
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The complexity of some of the machines is quite engrossing IE: the concrete pump; mobile crane; tower crane, just to name a few. The overall detail of the machines is quite decent, this coming from working in the industry and seeing these machines on a daily basis.(To be fair, that’s in Canada, so I’m referring to the North American counterparts; JD; CAT, etc etc.)
– Real player with 184.1 hrs in game
TL:DR: This game is good if you like complex machine-driving simulators. Driving controls can be a little shifty in the small vehicles, but are passable in the bigger vehicles - and that’s most of them. Graphics are very good and performance wise the game runs well for a DirectX 9 game, but it does hit the GPU hard (which is normal for DX9 games). For the most part the game will happily run at 60 fps, but in the central city and when it’s saving and loading the performance will drop and when you have multiple projects running it can get rather stuttery.
– Real player with 160.4 hrs in game