Great story, would love a sequel that's got multiplayer where some of the ships need people to work together to take bits apart correctly.

This is a fairly zen type experience tearing spaceships apart. The story is interesting and engaging enough that it kept me playing longer than I would have otherwise, so it's a plus.

Note: before I purchased, I looked at some reviews that claimed they had to sit through 5-minute-long story segments -- Waaaaaaa! They are maybe 1 minute long, and most story things are audio that happens while you do whatever you want to do. No big deal. I ignored some of it, but it was mostly worth listening to.

This game is wonderfully made, and is perfect to play if you're just looking to sit, chill and enjoy some puzzle-solving. I'd compare it to a similar vein to powerwash sim. I've seen that people have expressed discontent with the other charachters, and the story, which I agree, isn't that high paced or serious. However, it does draw you in and the characters, provided you allow yourself to focus on the gameplay rather than them, are quite entertaining to listen to. and to finish the campaign, the message the game leaves you with is lovely.

TLDR: good game, enjoyable to just sit and chill with.

So apparently my previous review was removed or some ♥♥♥♥, so here's a new one.

I want to like this game. It's basically my dream job, and the mechanics are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ solid, 10/10. I've done trade ♥♥♥♥ pretty much right out of highschool, currently training to do surface supplied commercial diving, partially because it's pretty similar to stuff like this.
So why is this review negative?

The "story". For reference, before the "story" update, there was a very bare bones one, well fleshed out by audiologs and ship helmets in the funni ships. It was grounded, talked some dark ♥♥♥♥ in a respectful and mature way. It gave a feeling of working for a ♥♥♥♥ company, and seeing the horrible things they were doing. It was a masterclass of dystopic fiction and atmospheric world building.

Then they apparently brought on a new writer or something. I would have rather they just replaced all text with slurs, it would have been more respectful.

Politely, the story treats not only the player, but also all of the characters with no respect. There are no noticeable stakes, at least mechanically. And there is no danger, narritively. It feels rushed, and frankly, the game is in a worse state because of it.

As a mild spoiler: You get told in corporate speak that they WILL space you for literally any mention of unions, even negative.
Almost immediately after, on a corporate owned, RENTED helmet, one of your co-workers signs you up, without asking, to a UNION NEWS LETTER that you receive ON A COMPANY TERMINAL.

Politely, think about how much you are monitored and such just casually, by social media and such, let alone on company hardware and networks.

NOTHING HAPPENS.

That is the level this story is operating on. This is far from the worst story beat.

A note about people in the trades, especially high danger ♥♥♥♥ like this: They are smart. Don't get me wrong, there's some massive ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiots, but on average? A good welder, diver, electrician? They may be brash, loud, rough and tumble, prone to poor decision making and getting into some really interesting situations, but not idiots.

This feels like it's meant to be anti-union propaganda, disguised as pro-union propaganda, but honestly?
I think the writer behind it is simply SEVERELY lacking in life experience with the trades and people in them.

Honestly the longer I've been doing trade stuff, the more this game's story has felt like being called a slur. ♥♥♥♥, I've been called slurs with less venom and sting.

So yeah, mechanically, amazing game, genuinely nails the feel of this type of work, and I can say that with some actual experience now, but ♥♥♥♥, the "story" is bad enough in a specific enough way that I cannot recommend it. (and hey, if you've no experience with this environment, you'll just go "that was weird, pointless, and kinda frustrating" instead of my reaction of visceral discomfort and anger.)

The optimization is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass i cant play it, and anything lower than ultra on graphics settings makes it look like im playing on a 4 pixel screen

corporate dystopia my favourite gender

Hard to control and fairly confusing about what it expects of you. Not recommended, there are better "job" simulator games out there.

I enjoy this game but I won't recommend it because of some terrible design choices like very long unskipable dialogue about unions and it all happens before save check points.

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Contains overtly anti-capitalism messaging. As the story progresses, the player character becomes more actively involved with a union fighting against the corporation they all work for.