The game is good and all but the parts assembly part feels a bit slow and not very smooth like in Car Mechanic Simulator 2018. I just hope that in the future they will fix this. I want this game to feel like my money's worth.
Rover Mechanic Simulator
by ▲ Pyramid Games | Published by Pyramid Games S.A., PlayWay S.A.
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About This Game
As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.
What players are saying
If you enjoy the other simulator games like train station renovator, tank mechanic, train mechanic, car mechanic simulator etc, then you'll also enjoy this. Graphics are good but could be better, especially solar panel textures. Camera control also needs more work. I'm enjoying the in depth & complex vehicles and the 3D printer was a very nice touch to replace the 'parts store'. I'm looking forward to future updates! Fix the radio to 100% as soon as you can. Trust me ;)
Wait. Examine. Wait. Unscrew. Wait. Replace. Yeah. It's not fun for me because it has more gratuitious waiting than your average free2play game. 1. You need to operate crane to put a box on the worktable. It's always the exact same positions, so given you're using a computer workstation to do that, that should be fully automated. 2. If you try to do anything to any part - assemble, disassemble, analyse - you need to hold the mouse button down for a few seconds. This is supposed to motivate you to get the 10 skill points required to cut 90% off that waiting time. 3. But then you still have to wait about a minute for any part that needs replacing to be 3D printed. 4. It doesn't happen in the tutorial, but apparently you can get paid less for your labor than the parts cost you? Because there's a complete economic skill tree designed to make the parts cheaper. But maybe I didn't get far enough in the game to understand that because I'm waiting all the time. While it might be nice to explore 3 mars rover and a drone (and the workshop radio), that "wait around" scheme is seriously offputting. I could see myself enjoying this if I could remove and add and replace parts at a mouse click, like I can in [i]Train Station Renovation[/i]. But this delay-fest? No. If you want to tinker with space hardware, spend your money on [i]Kerbal Space Program[/i]--that way, the stuff you build can actually reach orbit. Get Rover Mechanic Simulator if you like watching screws turn. Otherwise it's going to be a waste of time.
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