This game has a somewhat shallow loop, largely under no real pressure. The world of the game is interesting, though you'll need the DLC to get a better picture of everything that happened in the past of the world. I can't strongly recommend it, but its not a bad way to kill some time, just not a great one either.
In principle, this game should be fun, like Theme Hospital or Two Point Hospital but as a factory in its style. However, it feels very much like it needs work to bring it up to the level; lots of little UX frustrations combined with not good AI and questionable tuning - your workers seem to idle alot when work can be done, and don't seem to work for long before needing a break again. With the UX, simple things like not having a preview of the plans for products just add annoyance. Would have also benefitted from a career mode too, as it is currently just open-ended.
I would definitely recommend this game to people who enjoy exploring and are interested in Sci-fi/science. It presents a believable version of Mars, and an interested set of developments. I would caution that some of the elements aren't wholy fool proof, like it is possible to wipe out a species without any clear why of bringing them back (Which can be important in some cases). Also, there is limited replay value as the endings can all be seen with one playthrough. Still a recommend though; I had fun with it, and am glad I played it.
This game is something of an oddity in my personal history - the graphics where abit odd, and the gameplay was unusual for its time (and still is abit odd). But where this game, and its spiritual sequel "Armed and Dangerous" really shined was in there unbelievably good humour. "TIMMMMYYYYYY!"
Personally, I enjoyed Constructor 2 (aka Mob Rule) more than Constructor. Constructor always felt like abit of a mess to me, and this actually gave you a campaign to work with. Not the perfect game, but I think if you shouldn't write it off straight away because of all the lower reviews on it.
