I realize that many players appreciate exactly what I hate about the game but others with similar expectations to mine do deserve a word of warning. First off, if your point of reference are job simulators like Car Mechanic Simulator then yeah: Shipbreaker is a pretty impressive title as it has all of that relaxing menial work with the bonus of pretty high production value and a surprisingly developed narrative. Floating around in weightlessness, physics-based destruction and a few systems that can kill you if you aren't careful do make this game a lot more engaging than most job simulators I have played. If that's all you need: good for you. That said: after all the praise the game has gotten I was counting on a bit more. I realize this game has "breaker" rather than "engineer" in its title for a reason but still, I was counting on more open-endedness and more fulfilling progression - well, and certainly more fun "breaking". In spite of the free first-person movement and seemingly systemic gameplay, the game is really content-driven and there just isn't much content. The toolset you receive is tiny (and one of the three available tools heavily duplicates another) and so is the number of ship systems you have to learn how to deal with. Soon enough all ships you're disassembling start feeling exactly the same and require (with perhaps one odd exception) exactly the same strategies. There's a ton of upgrades you need to farm skill points for but they don't generally change how you play the game and mostly only soften stuff that actively hassles you (like small tool ranges and having to replenish oxygen constantly). I actually liked the narrative but I hated the amount of mindless grinding I had to do to reach the end of it. If you want a game that challenges you intellectually in any way: this is not it. If you just want to relax but not shut off your brain entirely (because then you're gonna die): then this game is an awesome choice.
