Posted on: November 24, 2021
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Verified ownerGames: 572 Reviews: 9
Entertaining YouTube simulator
First things first, this is not Kerbal Space Program. Do not expect a sophisticated editor to build interplanetary rockets. Or somewhat realistic physics. You play as a rocket hobbyist who got into home made model rockets because you saw a Startube (the in-game YouTube) video. Over the course of the game you interact with several very quirky people and craft some rockets that go from something you could build in your garage to completely insane models that break any laws of physics. Eventually you might even send a rocket to space. The game consists of three parts that work together quite nicely. The 1st part is the Startube part. While you progress through the story, you'll get some videos with real actors. The acting was a bit over the top but the videos are well made and real YouTube videos are often much worse. But if you can't handle the whole YouTube culture you shouldn't play this game. Besides watching videos you'll also get messages from a broad range of quirky people who'll give you challenges to get a reward (usually more parts for your rockets). The 2nd part of the game is the crafting a rocket editor. At first it is extremely basic and looks like it is drawn with crayons. But it will get better after chapter one. You also have to buy new parts but money won't be much of an issue as the parts are not consumed even when the rocket explodes. The 3rd part is the launching of the rocket. The way it is filmed looks really nice to me. Again, the YouTube (and later SpaceX) style was captured very good. However, the same rocket flies a bit differently with every launch and you can't really control them directly. It simply flies (or doesn't) depending on how you built it. That's okay most of the time but gets super annoying with some of the "targeting" challenges. I definitely enjoyed the game and was nicely surprised. The story itself is good to keep you entertained, has a nice anarchistic touch and I definitely want to build my own model rockets now.
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