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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 140.3 hrs on record (84.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: 2 Nov, 2019 @ 1:18pm
Updated: 2 Nov, 2019 @ 1:44pm

Space Engineers is a is a physics-predicated sandbox game in which you will explore planets and space, amass resources, build bases and vehicles, and–sometimes–crash them horribly. Space Engineers has been compared to Minecraft, where you can build virtually anything. But with Space Engineers, you genuinely can build VIRTUALLY anything – literally! With precise physics and gravity.

The greatest features of Space Engineers are its physics and construction systems. Planetary gravity and mass are factors that need to be taken into account, and to make a fully functional flying vehicle, thrusters need to be placed in all 6 directions, in addition to at least one gyroscope. For construction, a huge number of blocks are available in both large and small sizes, and the configurability of functional blocks is astounding. For example, you can configure wheels to set maximum power, tire friction, suspension strength, desired height on the suspension, and more. You can attach ships with landing gear, dock them with connectors, create trailers and other moving parts with rotors and pistons, and much more. The possibilities are endless. You can even pilot vehicles by remote control and set autopilot protocol. There are also a great number of functional blocks with interesting applications. Apply welders to the underside of your ship’s armor plating to automatically repair it, create a grinding pit to drop salvaged bits into, warp up to 2000 km at once with a jump drive, or install an artificial gravity generator and reverse gravity on a whim. Space Engineers offers the opportunity to do all this and much more. And a great number of mods are available that add weapons, decorations, blocks, and well, anything you can think of.

But once you’re finished building something, you’ll have to be careful, because while you can build almost anything in SE, pretty much everything in Space Engineers is also destructible. One wrong move, and you could wreck a vehicle you spent hours building. I have severely damaged my ships on multiple occasions by neglecting to turn the power on or overloading them with cargo. Fortunately, you can save your vehicle designs before the worst happens with an extremely useful feature: blueprints. Blueprints allow you to save and recreate vehicles and structures in game. In creative mode, you can copy entire blueprints directly into the world; but in survival, you’ll have to use a projector to create an image of the blueprint, which you can then fill in easily with a welder and the necessary materials. With blueprints and projectors, recreating damaged, lost, or destroyed vehicles is much easier than building them again from memory. You can even set up automatic manufacturing systems with projectors and welder blocks. And if you don’t want to take the time to design your own vehicle, a wide variety of pre-made blueprints are available in the Steam workshop!!!

So space engineers, its just good. its complex and its simple at the same time
9.5/10 Cups ☕
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