Is Junkyard Simulator fun?

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Published on October 15, 2021 4:17:33 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liKUx_k-svM

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Junkyard Simulator (2021)

Duration: 36:05

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Junkyard Simulator is a solid game idea with some decent gameplay concepts, but is it any fun? With any work simulator there is a finite amount of time in the game before you've seen everything it has to offer at which point you're left to decide whether or not to pursue going further or move on. How much does busywork undermine the fun? Do you have the freedom to pursue the game in your own way or are you directed down a single path? Does it matter?

I don't often do verdicts on games...
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(*) - Today's secret: I think I chose to give a "what I reckon" on this game because it's close to being really satisfying to play. But this is a junkyard that can never be cleared. You'll never have a sense of ownership over it. You're just relentlessly clearing and earning cash in order to buy the next skill, the next level, so that you can just do it all again.

In Car Mechanic, that car you built is *your* car. The house you redesigned in House Flipper is *your house*. The field you just ploughed in Farm Sim... you get the idea. That lack of ownership, of visible progress, holds back the game from being satisfying.

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