Utterly Mad

Quote from: Mrnocamera on December 30, 2016, 04:40:29 pm

Quote from: ApatheticSiegeLion on December 30, 2016, 03:37:39 pm

http://store.steampowered.com/app/516750/

I want this. I think.

It'll be worth it when it's out of early access
Currently you can't even push your car frame into the garage.

Really? Reviews said you can do most everything. I'm too broke for a while anyway, and bet I'd only play it for a few hours. But meh.

I'll get it at some point. My favorite review is this one:

 1. buddy tells you about this game
2. you think about all the last 5 games you took a chance on and put it off
3. your buddy keeps mentioning the game
4. you have some cash in your steam wallet so you say heck it
5. you've put together real life cars so you walk around the garage and the empty shell of a car like it's a bug on the bottom of your shoe
6. go have a beer
7. go back into the garage with confidence
8. 30 min later you finally figure out how to tighten bolts
9. drink several more beers
10. start listing what you would do to the person that designed a car that uses odd sized fasteners
11. more beer
12. curse at the bolts that have zero visual reference to the spanner that it needs
13. more beer
14. your eyes become hazy as you finally drop the motor in late into the night
15. eat your pack of sausages and drink yourself to sleep
16. wakeup realizing you need food and fluids to get that pile of turds running
17. fumble around the van for 15 minutes before you finally get moving
18. get on the highway and immediately disregard all law enforcement
19. realize where the store is after 3rd time driving by it
20. buy the entire store
21. you're thirsty af so you have some milk cuz driving under the infuence is bad
22. die on the highway by police brutality
23. alot of death, beer and sausages later - the car finally starts
24. several trips to the store making the brake fluid manufacturer rich cuz it took 10 bottles of brake fluid to figure out you suck at tightening line fittings
25. get frustrated with the leaks and overall terrible state of the vehicle you built
26. wonder where you went wrong with your life over several beers
27. crippling depression hits hard. you stop cleaning yourself.
28. distract yourself from suicidal thoughts by driving around the septic truck and pumping out everyone's crap
29. driving into the night realizing your life is nothing but a magnet of turds as the beer bottles clank around the floor of the cab
30. wakeup and during your morning ♥♥♥♥ you realize people need someone to clean up the turds in life. You realize you're here on this world for a reason. That car project is a turd. You realize it's not your fault. Turds happen in life. It's your job to take the turd out of life. Pump the turds out of the car like you pumped the turds out of those septic tanks you say to yourself. Yes. I can do this.
31. grab that pile of turd 7mm wrench and start tightening those lines
32. fill those fluid reservoirs
33. start that car
34. put in into reverse. drive out of the garage for the first time under it's own power.
35. it stalls a few times. thats fine. start it again.
36. pull out on the dirt road.
37. heart races as you realize your life has meaning once again.
38. the bright sun. the green grass. your life has color. life is amazing. you smile. you think about cleaning yourself again.
39. you start to turn around to head back to the house. you're going to start your life again. everything is different now.
40. turned around in the grass and start to pull onto the road.
41. hit a big bump and your seat comes loose. you laugh and say it's fine i can see the road and it drives just fine.
42. see your house on the horizon as the seat leans further back
43. the seat comes completly loose as you're speeding back home and now you're in the trunk of the car.
44. fly out of the trunk and the screen goes bloody as you hit the pavement.
45. take a 5 min break to laugh hysterically
46. it's fine you disabled permadeath. you walk back to the car not far from the house.
47. the car is all there. it's fine. put the seat back in. pull it back into the garage. just a flesh wound.
48. more fiddling with the car to try getting it to run without stalling all the time.
49. realize you started the car for the last time and there is a major problem.
50. the feeling of numness and disbelief when you find 3 large holes in the block and missing connecting rod assembly
51. the reality of the situation hits you as you walk back to the road and find the broken connecting rod assembly in the middle of the road
52. kneel over the connecting rod and cry for a while
53. learn that you can't find a replacement block. all the work was for nothing.
54. the world becomes pale again.
55. resort to heavy drinking again.
56. wakeup and realize life goes on. there are turds in this world that can't be removed. they are perma-turds. all you can do is learn from it and keep going.
57. it was soo close. you felt the wind in your hair and the music of the motor. you can't give up now. not when you were right there.
58. new game. new plan. you're out the door and don't even look at the car.
59. you buy the whole store again. you tell Teimo, the store owner that you started over. This time it's gonna be better than ever. He stares back at you without emotion.
60. you drive back to the house thinking what does Teimo know anyways. He's just an old has been. He never felt that brief moment like I have. He's dead to me.
61. with the car on the forklift to help. you get the car together in 3 hours this time. making sure all those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 7mm lines were tight this time.
62. heartrate picks up again as the car starts again. you pull out of the driveway once again. tragic flashbacks hit you as you start going through the gears. will it be all for nothing again?
63. the motor is sounding strong. confidence has overtaken fear. you hesitate for a second, but only for a second. you punch it and feel heavy adrenaline hitting you as the motor hits 7k rpm. Your hairs stand up all over your body. This pile of turd is holding together. You drive back home with color in your life again. The bright sun. The green grass. A faint smile on your face as you pull into the garage.
64. put the gear into neutral. shut the car off. pull the parking brake. sitting there in the garage simmering in your glory. you did it.
65. get out of the car and look at it. wavy rust covered body panels and all. she's beautiful because I made her.
66. put the last of the body parts on. the floors and shelves are empty of parts. it's sunday morning and you have to show her to the world.
67. pull up to the shop for the first time with her. you put the gear in neutral. turn her off. engage parking brake. walk out. infront of her. stepping back.
68. emotion starts hitting you hard as you stand there. you realize this story has unfolded much like your real life project car.
69. drive back home with a big smile now.
70. order half the catalog of aftermarket parts.
71. phone rings and you hear the resentment in Teimo's voice as he tells me my parts have arrived.
72. rip through the dirt roads with a sudden realization that I have played soo many games in my time but I NEVER have been this excited about VIRTUAL goods. I was genuinely excited af.
73. the excitment only grows as the postage bill is paid and I see the boxes waiting for me.
74. genuine excitement to open the boxes fills me as I head back home
75. completly forget about eating, drinking and cleaning as the packages were being opened and parts being installed

This game has surprised me at every turn. The attention to little details is asstounding. Two things that really hit me hard.

1. the feeling of finishing your project car. it felt genuine. you go through the same struggles with a car build in real life. The game somehow captured the emotions when you complete a car. It's something you build with your own two hands. Most people playing this game might not understand this but feeling those emotions again gives me some modivation to go finish my car that i'm building for the 2nd time.

2. genuine feelings of excitment when you get new parts for your car. the whole experience of ordering, waiting, picking them up and installing them is genius. I never expected soo many emotions from this game.