Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

I love the bones of this game, but I just can't recommend it. - Missions are repetitive and boring - Loot being RNG is ok, but often times it leads to difficult missions having horrible rewards - Interesting mechanics are locked behind classes called 'operators', like you can't even upgrade weapons and have fun with the research tree without a specific class

34 found this helpful, 2025-11-12

TLDR: The game looked awesome in the store but when playing it, it was immediately clear that the game is very cheap, quality-wise. I like designing, driving and destroying ships/contraptions. I like physics and destructible terrain. I'm interested in "exploring a procedural universe". This game seemed made for me, but all of these features ended up being pretty superficial. It felt like I was playtesting a...

21 found this helpful, 2026-01-01

Some game mechanics are not well thought through and there are annoying bugs. - threats lack balance - reward upgrades void if you've bought them before - you can assign only one key to actions which limits functionality - many mechanics are not explained at all and you have to trial and error with limited resources - some parts have actions that do not work - one annoying bug is that sticky wheels create a force at...

14 found this helpful, 2026-07-27