Players Like...

❤ The Mechanical Building Experience

Players can snap together over 200 functional parts, including motors, gears, pulleys, joints, springs, and actuators. They can resize these components, change their materials, paint them, and link their behaviors to create highly complex and intricate machines. Reviewers praise the game's realistic and accurate mechanical simulations, allowing players to build functioning systems like steering racks, transmissions, and suspensions.

❤ The Learning Curve

While the game offers unparalleled depth and freedom in mechanical building, reviewers note a significant learning curve to master the controls and building mechanics. Several describe the controls as confusing or non-intuitive at first, requiring multiple playthroughs of the in-game tutorials to really understand the systems. However, those who invest the time find the payoff substantial, with one player stating they'll soon be "building suspension mechanisms and other complex mechanics like it's nothing."

❤ The Creative Possibilities

The open-ended sandbox enables players to unleash their creativity, constructing everything from cars and trucks to cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, and even "unstoppable walking mechanical elephants." Reviewers praise the flexibility, stating the only limit is one's own imagination, constrained only by the laws of physics.

❤ The Educational Value

In addition to the creative freedom, many reviewers highlight the game's value as an educational tool for learning mechanical engineering and physics. Players report gaining deeper understandings of concepts like transmissions, differentials, and suspension systems through the design and building process. One player called it "easily the best game out there for making complex mechanical systems," while another deemed it "the perfect game for learning or messing about with anything mechanical."

❤ The Community and Modding

Reviewers praise the active and helpful community, with players sharing impressive creations and providing support. The game's Lua scripting also allows for extensive modding, with reviewers excited about the potential for custom tools, scenarios, challenges, and mini-games to be created.