![]() In the middle of all this is a rusty, derelict spaceship, which you must carefully pull apart using a variety of industrial tools. The recycler is for dumping advanced materials that can be reconstituted into something else the furnace is used to destroy disposable scrap and cheap metal. To your left and right, a recycler and a furnace. ![]() Related: What Do Death Stranding And Truck Simulators Have In Common? More Than You Probably Thinkīelow you is a barge for storing expensive, reusable items such as airlocks, chairs, computer consoles, and control panels. It's a grim existence for them, but as a player it's more interesting than being just another hero saving the universe. This is a future where capitalism has spiralled wildly out of control, and you're an insignificant cog in a vast, cruel corporate machine. You aren't even the best shipbreaker in the galaxy-just one of thousands grinding away in orbit above the Earth, working to pay off a comically huge debt you owe to a ruthless megacorporation. ![]() You're a shipbreaker, which means you dismantle old spaceships for scrap. The game takes place in a vividly realised science fiction setting, but all the exciting stuff is happening somewhere else, to more interesting people. In Hardspace: Shipbreaker you're not an ace pilot, bounty hunter, or elite soldier-you're a regular working stiff. I also think it draws you into the setting more, because you're seeing these places-even if it's a fantastical world-from the relatable perspective of normal people who live and work there, not some legendary cop or space marine. So the idea of doing something mundane, as someone unremarkable, is refreshing. I think it's because so many games force you to engage with their worlds violently, as a character who is in some way superior to everyone else around them. ![]() There's something strangely compelling about being a forklift operator in Shenmue, driving taxis in Grand Theft Auto, mining asteroids in Elite Dangerous, or ferrying cargo between cities in Euro Truck Simulator. ![]()
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