Now you can own and operate your own auto repair service with Garage Mechanic Simulator. Garage Mechanic Simulatorgives you the behind the scenes view of the daily dealings at local garages and dealership repair shops.
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What Works:
✅ Conceptual Simulation of Mechanic Work: Offers a straightforward simulation of garage mechanics tasks.
✅ Cosmetic and Workshop Customization: Allows for upgrading the workshop and personalising the garage environment.
✅ Clear Progression System: Earn money to buy parts and improve the workshop, providing a sense of accomplishment.
What Doesn't:
❌ Frustrating Control Scheme: Both touch and button controls are clunky and imprecise, hindering gameplay.
❌ Repetitive Gameplay Loop: Tasks quickly become monotonous with little variation or challenge.
❌ Poor User Interface Design: Simplistic menus with unclear symbols make navigation confusing and frustrating.
🛠️ Niche Simulators and Market Gaps
When all niche simulators are fulfilled, anyone else wishing for a slice of the market needs to exploit one or two gaps. Some already fuel the imagination of fighting fires or cooking and becoming the next Gordon Ramsay, others envisioned the need to step into the shoes of a rundown mechanic. Thus, Garage Mechanic Simulator was conceived to channel the spiritual force of a Smokey Yunick, but in reality, only manages to channel sleep and frustration.
🚗 A Simple Yet Repetitive Premise
The premise is simple: Fulfil customer requests, earn money, buy parts to replace used ones, and use leftovers on cosmetics or workshop improvements. It's a severely repetitive waste of time, actually reminiscent of a mobile game. As if that wasn't enough, playing Garage Mechanic Simulator is very similar to the game of blind man's buff. Upon starting a service, at someone’s request, a 3D matrix model of their vehicle is presented. To successfully complete what the customer asks for, you'll need to fumble with each part, judging whether it's in good condition or not, and end with a partial repair or a complete replacement. This task could have been satisfying if the control scheme weren't the player's number one enemy. Two control schemes are available: touch capability via the Switch screen or traditional button use, and neither works properly. It was immensely frustrating trying to jump from part to part, racing against the clock, to reach the defective one and perform its replacement.
💸 Underwhelming Rewards
This difficulty with controls could be slightly mitigated if the rewards were enticing. However, besides what’s mentioned above, there is a higher value currency reminiscent of mobile freemium games. Although it is relatively easy to acquire this currency, its only purpose is to speed up certain actions or to acquire certain cosmetics more quickly, similar, if not equal, to what I mentioned about Into the Dead 2 in my other review.
💻 A Lacklustre User Interface
To make matters worse, the user interface also does little to captivate, with overly simplistic menus that convey little information. The symbols marking each button are not accompanied by text, which hinders the intended navigation.
❌ Not Worth the Price
Alas, it seems swapping car parts is still not fun. Controls are terrible, the main objective never changes, and the rewards are hardly impactful. Not even its low price makes it recommendable. In Garage Mechanic Simulator, you neither simulate nor learn anything.
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What Works:
✅ Conceptual Simulation of Mechanic Work: Offers a straightforward simulation of garage mechanics tasks.
✅ Cosmetic and Workshop Customization: Allows for upgrading the workshop and personalising the garage environment.
✅ Clear Progression System: Earn money to buy parts and improve the workshop, providing a sense of accomplishment.
What Doesn't:
❌ Frustrating Control Scheme: Both touch and button controls are clunky and imprecise, hindering gameplay.
❌ Repetitive Gameplay Loop: Tasks quickly become monotonous with little variation or challenge.
❌ Poor User Interface Design: Simplistic menus with unclear symbols make navigation confusing and frustrating.
🛠️ Niche Simulators and Market Gaps
When all niche simulators are fulfilled, anyone else wishing for a slice of the market needs to exploit one or two gaps. Some already fuel the imagination of fighting fires or cooking and becoming the next Gordon Ramsay, others envisioned the need to step into the shoes of a rundown mechanic. Thus, Garage Mechanic Simulator was conceived to channel the spiritual force of a Smokey Yunick, but in reality, only manages to channel sleep and frustration.
🚗 A Simple Yet Repetitive Premise
The premise is simple: Fulfil customer requests, earn money, buy parts to replace used ones, and use leftovers on cosmetics or workshop improvements. It's a severely repetitive waste of time, actually reminiscent of a mobile game. As if that wasn't enough, playing Garage Mechanic Simulator is very similar to the game of blind man's buff. Upon starting a service, at someone’s request, a 3D matrix model of their vehicle is presented. To successfully complete what the customer asks for, you'll need to fumble with each part, judging whether it's in good condition or not, and end with a partial repair or a complete replacement. This task could have been satisfying if the control scheme weren't the player's number one enemy. Two control schemes are available: touch capability via the Switch screen or traditional button use, and neither works properly. It was immensely frustrating trying to jump from part to part, racing against the clock, to reach the defective one and perform its replacement.
💸 Underwhelming Rewards
This difficulty with controls could be slightly mitigated if the rewards were enticing. However, besides what’s mentioned above, there is a higher value currency reminiscent of mobile freemium games. Although it is relatively easy to acquire this currency, its only purpose is to speed up certain actions or to acquire certain cosmetics more quickly, similar, if not equal, to what I mentioned about Into the Dead 2 in my other review.
💻 A Lacklustre User Interface
To make matters worse, the user interface also does little to captivate, with overly simplistic menus that convey little information. The symbols marking each button are not accompanied by text, which hinders the intended navigation.
❌ Not Worth the Price
Alas, it seems swapping car parts is still not fun. Controls are terrible, the main objective never changes, and the rewards are hardly impactful. Not even its low price makes it recommendable. In Garage Mechanic Simulator, you neither simulate nor learn anything.
🌟 M I S C 🌟
◻️ 🌳 Linktree for all my stuff.
◻️ ⚠️ Review for FNintendo (RIP) from Jan 17, 2020.
◻️ 🙋♂️ More Reviews by yours truly.
◻️ 🎮 Nintendo Switch Games I’ve played.
◻️ 🧵 Follow me on Threads for updates and more.
◻️ 📜 Review #017
✨ F I N ✨