Fun Concepts, incomplete Execution, Horrible UX.

The game has some fun Ideas, but has completely unnecessary barriers to entry. If you just want to create Sci Fi Spaceships in Creative Mode or aren't scared off by a lack of guidance, then you will enjoy this game. If you are expecting a polished experience that eases you in, forget it. Here is what I encountered within the first 10 Hours of playing (My Friend and I were playing on a Normal Difficulty Survival multiplayer Server together).

- The Inventory is tiny, with no early options to increase it. You basically end up running to a hole in the ground, drilling for 30 seconds, emptying your Inventory into a refinery -> repeating for 30 times until you have the resources to build one small thing. 10x Inventory size is a must.
- simply looking around while in Jetpack Mode tilts your character Model, causing nauseating changes in character alignment. No other game does this, I do not understand why it is the case in space engineers. (This seems like an incredibly easy fix, it seems like the devs just gave up on any Quality of Life improvements after their Beta)
- You can die by bumping into terrain when flying with the jetpack. On it's own this is okay, since you respawn quickly and can easily get your stuff, it just results in occasional unnecessary deaths, which can be a problem under certain circumstances:
- Multiplayer servers are on Experimental mode by default, with no clear way to disable it, causing instability Issues on some PCs
- The UI and UX is horrible. I found it impossible to tell which inventories are connected, and which inventories are accessible by other machines. Some Inventories are shown to the player but cannot be interacted with unless you switch to a different viewing Mode (you can see the Items that were produced by a refinery in the production Mode, but you cannot take those Items out. You have to switch to Inventory Viewing Mode first. There is no prompt telling you to do so)
- You have to join factions so others can access the machines you built. This is fine but will become a problem later:
- If you salvage the drop pod you landed in, your spawnpoint will be deleted. If you then die, your entire character will be deleted. You receive no warning upon Salvaging your drop pod
- If your character is deleted, then that character will no longer be in the faction they were in. This means if your character gets deleted, then other players in your faction will not be able to access the machines you built.
- If you respawn as a new character after your old one got deleted, you can spawn up to 60Km away from your old spawnpoint (way too far to be able to reach each other with early game tech)

Fun Concepts, incomplete Execution, Horrible UX. The game has some fun Ideas, but has completely unnecessary barriers to entry. If you just want to create Sci Fi Spaceships in Creative Mode or aren't scared off by a lack of guidance, then you will enjoy this game. If you are expecting a polished experience that eases you in, forget it. Here is what I encountered within the first 10 Hours of playing (My Friend and I were playing on a Normal Difficulty Survival multiplayer Server together). - The Inventory is tiny, with no early options to increase it. You basically end up running to a hole in the ground, drilling for 30 seconds, emptying your Inventory into a refinery -> repeating for 30 times until you have the resources to build one small thing. 10x Inventory size is a must. - simply looking around while in Jetpack Mode tilts your character Model, causing nauseating changes in character alignment. No other game does this, I do not understand why it is the case in space engineers. (This seems like an incredibly easy fix, it seems like the devs just gave up on any Quality of Life improvements after their Beta) - You can die by bumping into terrain when flying with the jetpack. On it's own this is okay, since you respawn quickly and can easily get your stuff, it just results in occasional unnecessary deaths, which can be a problem under certain circumstances: - Multiplayer servers are on Experimental mode by default, with no clear way to disable it, causing instability Issues on some PCs - The UI and UX is horrible. I found it impossible to tell which inventories are connected, and which inventories are accessible by other machines. Some Inventories are shown to the player but cannot be interacted with unless you switch to a different viewing Mode (you can see the Items that were produced by a refinery in the production Mode, but you cannot take those Items out. You have to switch to Inventory Viewing Mode first. There is no prompt telling you to do so) - You have to join factions so others can access the machines you built. This is fine but will become a problem later: - [b] If you salvage the drop pod you landed in, your spawnpoint will be deleted. If you then die, your entire character will be deleted. You receive no warning upon Salvaging your drop pod [/b] - If your character is deleted, then that character will no longer be in the faction they were in. This means if your character gets deleted, then other players in your faction will not be able to access the machines you built. - If you respawn as a new character after your old one got deleted, you can spawn up to 60Km away from your old spawnpoint (way too far to be able to reach each other with early game tech)