*Yup… just like the recent game Snowrunner, never knew I would enjoy a game like this.* *Pretty fun to try and maximize your ship stripping efficiency and make tons of space bucks.* _Boomstick Gaming is a safe haven for gamers who value game mechanics and systems,_ _because that’s what makes anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable._ -BoomstickAlex
Is there a casual mode without being timed? In Snowrunner and Mechanic simulators I can take my time and I really enjoy the game at a relaxing pace making gameplay feel very therapeutic.
My experience with the reactor is by cutting out the entire floor and have a tether remove it directly to the barge. Faster, safer and you can focus immediately on other parts of the ship.
I always just take off the rear of the ship and take it out though there less chance of accidentally hitting the reactor or any of the fuel with the cutter they're still scraping whats left of me off the side of the station after last time that happened
The time limit ISN'T a problem like some reviews are saying. Your shift is limited to 15mins but you can spend as many shifts as you want on one ship. Think of it as just having a break every 15mins. You're not limited at all.
The only issue to this; Is while you aren't limited by how many times you can return, in the beginning and early stages of the game you are "charged" 500,000 in rental fees per shift. This would lead to time being important, because you need to wrack up more than that every round to make it worthwhile. This will also determine if you want to return to the salvage the next shift, by judging if there's enough to cover the rental costs and make profit to pay off your base debt.
@@RolandVonRose I am realy gratefull for the DEV's that they included the no time limit mode. I keep everything on except the time limit and it's so much fun this way to me. I prefer to look around stare into space and look at the space ships plan out the most optimal route before I start cutting. I am also glad that to players ho like the trill of a time attack mode can have there fun too so everyone can have there prefered experience in this game which is why I keep recommending this game to my friends. Also it's oddly satesfieing to stare at the ship as I am going towards it at the beginning of the shift and then looking at the empty space it occupied after I am finished with it.
A recommendation on salvaging the reactor. So far, the reactor usually pointed down toward the Barge. You can cut open the floor panel and tether the reactor directly to the Barge without having to get too close to it.
This has been so long ago, but nevertheless, I must admit this process is oddly satisfying. Especially when you've stripped the ship bare and then tether the skeleton frame to the furnace and see how it devours it whole. Just - *chef's kiss*
Nice, love your humor on this. Don’t Total Recall your face out here 🤣 I’m watching this while playing Cryptark, a very similar but completely different game. A space mood.
Dude I subscribed during the whole “they stole my review” fiasco. But I clean up my subscription list fairly regularly. You’re still here. Loved this review. Keep doing you
After watching a couple of vids on this game I bought it yesterday. It's nice to play a game where your RL memory (How was that thing bolted on again?) actually helps. It's a fun little game and for an EA game it was very stable with no crashes over 2 hours of play. I look forward to getting to the bigger ships.
I picked it up last night. My lord is it therapeutic. The music is sweet, controls are simple, shit goes boom when you mess up. I'm hoping they up the time limit, add multiplayer and bigger ships
It really is, man. Gives you a challenge which at the same time it's a soothing time waster. Only problem is frame rates atm, but that should be fixed soon.
you can also just remove the floor below the reactor and yeet it out of there with a tether. You don't need to remove the panel that the reactor is on. it is much easier doing this way. You can do this for all the ships, even the big ones (just have to get pipes and stuff removed).
With practice, it's entirely possible to salvage the vast majority of a Mackarel within a single shift even at lower certifications and upgrades. Yields about 400 Lynx Tokens and 2.6 mill. Hit the airlock, hit the cutting points of the single floor panel between the reactor and the barge, throw the panel into the processor, detach the reactor, tether it to the barge. Use your splitsaw to hit multiple cutting points simultaneously, grapple gun to push and then tether each chunk of nanocarbon and aluminum, then cut a square in the aluminum walling to hit the shutoff valves and remove the power cell. If the work order includes furniture and electronics, it's fairly easy to gut the cockpit by using the stinger to destroy the glass cockpit window (ignore the salvage AI complaining at you), then extract what you need.
Removing the reactor is one of the very first things I do after depressurizing the interior. On a Mackerel class ship: just cut out the floor (opposite the reactor), then you can tether the reactor to the salvage barge directly. The tether will not only yoink the reactor out of it's housing, but also get it down into the green zone ASAP, and it's all fire-and-forget: as long as you don't get in the way of the soon-to-be-speedy reactor, you can get on with salvaging the rest of the ship while the reactor is in motion.
Of all the types of background music you could have used, you picked the best one. Burn the land and boil the seas, but you can't take the skies from me. *Edit* Which having now played the game, since I typed that, I realise is what some of the music in the game itself sounds like. So glad I got this game.
Started playing yesterday and found myself not being able to stop, and suddenly... it's 3 am... great I've been playing for 5 hours... an sign for finding an excellent game is not noticing the time fly by and i STILL didn't want to stop
Tethering salvage together has never worked for me. Not once. The instant the first piece in the chain hits the salvage area the rest stop being pulled. So they end up just floating randomly through space. Also, I keep seeing people grabbing things with what looks like magnetic gloves. I simply do not have that option at all. Was this stuff changed in a recent update or something?
Look like you did better job. than I do. I never though of cutting up from inside to access. I only focus on break yellow point to get inside. How do you use those hand grab on thing? I never knew about that one
A more easy way to remove the reactor is to pop the floor that is facing the barge. and then just tether the reactor to the barge and it will just fly straight out of its socket down to the barge by it self
Protip: don’t bother with the small stuff, like chairs and panels, unless it’s part of the work order. Get the stuff hidden in the walls, like power cells. Save your tethers for moving big sections. Tethering chairs is a waste. With the reactors, engines and nacelles you’ll clear an easy 1 mil, leaving you free to get the work order done without worrying about money. Get a routine down to break those out quick and you’ll maximize each shift.
Downloaded it and played up thru 3rd level newbie... it is challenging AND addictive - Great for developing fine motor skills and eye/hand coordination :D The physics are fantastic and it has more immersion than I expected given its relatively simple graphics. The shift timer needs a provision for more time, especially in the early phases, and it's a topic of "spirited" discussion on the user forum. As an early release game it has a clunky user interface and menu system that likely can be worked out, but it has potential!
My experience for stripping the reactor is to use a tether as long as there isn't any fuel. Still trying ot figure out how to keep that from blowing m y ass up...
Seeing we get to scrape ships from Homeworld, i wonder if we get to scrap ships from The Expanse universe. At the same time it would be sad to scrap a MRCN frigate...
@@isekaiexpress9450 Well, in season 4, we saw that they scrapped their Donnager-class ships groundside, and it's probably safe to assume their frigates get the same treatment. Belter ships on the other hand...
So your always on a crunch timer “work shift”? Damn... It looked relaxing with the possibility of chaos but I hate timers. Rushing, stressing, if I want that I’ll go play just about any shooter. lol I imagine there’s no way to chill and do it at a relaxing pace? To me... timers are almost as bad as inventory management in games. The same mistakes game after game. 😑
It is a work allotted time. Done in chunks of 15 min each. Use as many 15 min chunks as you wish but each time there is a bill of almost $500k space ducky’s. At some point you realize that what’s left to salvage isn’t enough for the time bill so you get a new ship.
There is a free play mode. I'll have to check what the settings are on it after I eat. Reply to me as a reminder if you want me to list what free play mode has. :) The timer in mission/career mode is to force the place into explosions/sticky situations for the mission challenge. But the rest of the game plays like a mix of skill and puzzle.
I've been interested in this game ever since i saw it announced, i'm gonna have to put it on the wishlist for now though as i'm not willing to dip into the early access. got enough games to go through anyway
They can be picked up inside the ship (random drops), or bought from the hab. Default "use" key on PC is F - you just have to get close enough. But there is a limited snap-to function for your cursor.
Seems like a great little game. I'm using a 3440x1440 monitor. You think it will be a problem? Also, any thoughts on the 15 min timer? Seems a bit stressfull.
15 min is actually a fairly good time limit - its not too long, breaks the gameplay up into manageable chunks, and allows you to get into a fairly decent zen once practiced. Your first attempt at a ship type will be longer as you try to figure out where everything is, but after the first few easy Mackrels, I was more than able to strip most of the important parts off within that limit, and only one trip back to the Hub for tethers and O2. I wouldn't be surprised if the larger Gekkos need multiple shifts, however.
I watched the whole review thinking... "Well this looks real interesting, but I don't think it's for me." then you hit me with 9:04. You son of a bitch, I'm in.
I wanted to give a thumbs up but the game character already did... ^_^ Two things: the debt is almost 1 billion dollars, not 99 million. And as others already stated you can cut out the floor under the reactor and simply use a tether to swing it into the barge - just don't let it get near you or you'll get shocked... Fuel tanks are for the thrusters and coolant tanks for the reactor. I'm always flushing and removing them before removing the reacor or the thruster. Also it's better to complete all work orders in one shift first and then salvage the rest of the ship.
My only two complaints are: lack of variety (I currently only have the Mackerel unlocked, but I think there is currently only one other ship right now), and that sometimes its hard to know how something is connected to the rest of the ship (such as the polycarbon panel on the airlock side) The first will get solved since this is early access, but every Mackerel plays 90% the same. And the second is something you can work through.
Have you unlocked all the Mackrels yet? The medium and hard versions have a few different variations to them that increases the complexity. But if you want to skip ahead, there is a sandbox mode at the main menu
This game is awesome but it runs awful, needs a lot more optimization and settings because the texture quality literally makes no difference to performance. I was really hyped to play it aswell but now I'm gonna refund and wait for some patches.
Seems the lighting might be doing it, as no settings to lower it yet. The physics may, but as far as I can see performance is low even on an uncut/pristine ship.
So it is car mechanic simulator without the ability to build and repair a ship and only break it apart... Kind of missed a great opportunity for better replay ability and depth with a reason to make large sums of cash to fix trash ships.
The only real problem with this game is that the performance is absolutely godawful. Try melting a connector joint in front of you without also melting your frame rate.
Granted, these are the guys who made Homeworld, so it's a pretty safe bet, but still, definitely understandable. I bought Interstellar Marines thinking it would be finished someday, so I get wanting to wait and see.
