Space Engineers 2 is an open world sandbox game where engineering meets exploration, construction, and survival in the vastness of space. Become a pioneer in the distant Almagest system, a new uncharted world with infinite possibilities for creativity and discovery. Build everything from starships to space stations as you craft your own path in this highly anticipated next chapter of the Space Engineers series!
You know... I have 3000 fricking hours on Space Engineers 1, I could have learned to fly a plane in that time, so you can imagine, I was not best pleased when Space Engineers 2 was announced because I wanted Space Engineers 1 to continue being developed as the sole major game of Keen Software given all the pain I had been through over a decade from...
"Less is more" only works when you can tell the difference between friction and gameplay - and remove only the former.
An engine in search of a game
There has been more than a year of updates since the initial release, and it's obvious the teams are earnestly working to develop the game. On the other hand, certain decisions have been taken, buzzwords...
I see a lot of complaints, so let's start with that.
Complaints cover
- that people are unhappy that the game doesn't play like their heavily modded SE1. Go figure.
- that some things are different from SE1, for example raw material crafting in backpack. Ya. But only very basic crafting. Anything beyond tier 1 has to be crafted in machines, scavanged...
SE1’s crafting system was the heart of the game — and SE2 tears it out. Removing ingots ruins the entire production flow. In SE1, everything ran smoothly: one refinery, one assembler, one universal resource. Simple, scalable, elegant.
SE2 replaces that with four different “assemblers”:
- Smelter (Low-tier assembler)
- Assembler (Mid-tier assembler)
-...
When people say 'streamlined' they mean 'dumbed down'.
First the good:
Its pretty.
Block system allows for more interesting builds.
300m/s
Now... the bad.
The ore just magically pops up in your inventory when you touch it with the drill.
There are no more ore rocks tumbling downhill into your collector, because they removed collectors.
If thats how...
