Hardspace: Shipbreaker

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Summary

Welcome to LYNX, the galaxy’s leading ship-salvaging corporation! Across your career, you’ll have the privilege of paying your debt to us by purchasing salvaging rights to increasingly large and valuable ships. Cut them open and extract as much value as possible!

You are equipped with the latest in LYNX tech. Slice through material at any angle with your cutter.Carve entry points, cut off profitable materials or slice scrap metal into a million pieces as you ponder a lonely existence… the possibilities are endless! Be cautious – dying is extremely unprofitable.

We strongly advise upgrading your tools, helmet and suit to take on more lucrative contracts - all you need to worry about is how you’ll pay for it!


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Hardspace: Shipbreaker Reviews & Ratings

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Review by Impulsegamer
June 24, 2022

Hardspace Shipbreaker is not just a game, it is a call to action to put an end to the tyranny of mega-corporations and every gamer who is interested in such an idea will enjoy it.

90
Review by lurning [user]
June 21, 2022

positive: setting / story / characters / music (though repetitive) / polished game-playnegative: too short (I played through the career inpositive: setting / story / characters / music (though repetitive) / polished game-playnegative: too short (I played through the career in about 30 hours) / not many ships

100
Review by Gravelhs [user]
June 19, 2022

Thanks to Xbox Game Pass I had the absolute pleasure to experience this gem! Gameplay is amazing and the game runs with no issue. Of, it's aThanks to Xbox Game Pass I had the absolute pleasure to experience this gem! Gameplay is amazing and the game runs with no issue. Of, it's a simulator game so it becomes repetitive after a while but even that isn't really that bad because you have a great and fun narrative throughout the entire game and tons of secrets like data discs in ships that will reveal the lore of this amazing world. What I really wish is to get another game or two connected to this Universum where you can use those ships to do some runs or work in other industries related to them! It has such a potential with what they set up there that I really hope to see something more in the future and I will do the campaign again at some point to get to final level and collect all the stickers (furnace god awaits)

80
Review by RoccoCille [user]
June 13, 2022

This game is very unusual: a specialist game that aims to do one thing, and do it extremely well in the form of spaceship salvaging. As a StarThis game is very unusual: a specialist game that aims to do one thing, and do it extremely well in the form of spaceship salvaging. As a Star Citizen player awaiting the salvage mechanics in that much larger game, I was therefore extremely interested in a game that would specialise in this - and it really does not disappoint. The team at Blackbird have done a fantastic job of making a space job feel like hard labor, but at the same time it requires thought, planning, and is very rewarding (and relaxing if you turn off the pointless timer and oxygen drain, neither of which is realistic for a job like this).Overall, I love this game for its purity. The plot of a dystopian megacorp and worker attempts to form a union, and collecting components for your own side build ship are all adding to the fun, as to collectibles, stickers and upgrades. It’s a game that knows what it is, and does it really well. It’s a game I will undoubtedly come back to regularly for years even once I’ve completed. It’s a solid 8/10 from me, it shouldn’t be judged as more or less than it is.Only requests would be to add in a co-player for dual cutting, VR support, and enabling free movement around your hab rather than it being fixed views. Other than that, it’s excellent - oh, and shoutout to the musicians as the music with this game is fantastic and really adds to the enjoyment and immersion with the country theme. Space cowboy ship breaking is my new favourite pass time.

100
Review by AdvisorRook [user]
June 10, 2022

You'll see a number of people objecting to the story in Hardspace: Shipbreaker. This is because the story, from the very beginning, satirizesYou'll see a number of people objecting to the story in Hardspace: Shipbreaker. This is because the story, from the very beginning, satirizes and mocks the abuses, excesses, greed, and doublespeak of corporations. People who believe that corporations are righteous entities that are more important than people *hate* this. The story is heartfelt and human and relevant to today's situation, and the voice acting (with perhaps the exception of Hal) is some of the best I have ever heard in a game.That said, there isn't any choice the player can make with regards to the story; the story progresses as you achieve the certification ranks. Each time you level up, you are presented with upgrades to your shipbreaking kit and snippets of the story the next morning (though sometimes the story pieces come at the end of the work shift rather than at the beginning).Early on there isn't any time pressure to help you learn, so sessions can last 20-40 minutes or so. After you get the hang of things, though, each "work day" is limited to 15 minutes, so you can play this game in bite-size pieces.The core gameplay loop is super fun. See to your gear, choose a ship, get to work taking it apart, and if you don't finish then you can go back to it the next day. Finishing a ship with as little waste as possible is the key to earning the highest amount of rewards in the smallest time.The sound design in this game is amazing. There is an upgrade for your suit that simulates sounds happening around you. Not only does this help give you auditory context clues to your surroundings, but it also leads to satisfying feedback for the work that you do. The soundtrack is fantastic! It's down-home Americana without lyrics, and there is a dynamic music system to add high-tech drama when you're doing something dangerous.There were a couple weird things that happened, such as things behind me or to my side that exploded when I was using the cutting laser on things in front of me, or getting killed when shutting down the fuel supply in a ship's thruster and the frame of the engine splits apart while you're inside it. But all in all, the physics work great and in a realistic way.I highly recommend this game to everyone- especially if you're an AnCap.

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Game Information
Release Date June 16, 2020
Publisher Blackbird Interactive, Focus Entertainment
Content Rated T (Teen)
Game Modes Single player
Genres Simulator, Strategy
Themes Science fiction
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S