Should You Buy Scrap Mechanic in 2022? Is Scrap Mechanic Worth the Cost?

In this video, we will help you determine whether the game Scrap Mechanic is worth the $20, alongside our own opinions and reviews for the game!
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - What is Scrap Mechanic?
1:00 - Scrap Mechanic Building Style
1:24 - Scrap Mechanic Challenge Mode
1:57 - Scrap Mechanic Survival Mode
2:25 - Scrap Mechanic Creative Mode
2:43 - Scrap Mechanic Mods
3:13 - Scrap Mechanic Pros
4:08 - Scrap Mechanic Cons
5:00 - Is Scrap Mechanic Worth It?
5:26 - Scrap Mechanic Final Thoughts
6:32 - Outro
Comment down below whether or not you think Scrap Mechanic is Worth the Cost and what your overall opinions are for the game!
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[@Vallee152]

I started playing Scrap Mechanic back when there was only creative mode, in my opinion, it was worth it back even then

[@ouchtor]

Same! I had over 500 hours of gameplay before survival even had a release date

[@blackblue2224]

Same too ^^ thinks it's veeery worth the price.

[@scp2061]

I started playing when scrap mechanic only released survival mode, 1000 hours rn

[@AmosAnn]

Same I loved it

[@rattheiii6652]

its very worth it i dont really like creative but i like survival

[@egginator7655]

Survival is much richer than it seems, you discover more stuff as you play, albeit a bit slowly

[@coolHawk_]

Yeah, and I could see how some people would not like survival. I’m part of the group that didn’t have survival, or even pistons, when I started playing. Survival is so much fun for making functional vehicles that you can’t appreciate in creative. I think it’s just different for people who go straight into games expecting there to be more than just your own creativity.

[@jh5kl]

its a really feature rich game, even in its game modes. devs mentioned that after the heavy update thats incoming, they ll have another update to survival for water adventures etc, and the incoming update will all ready bring new enemies, new biomes, etc

[@flashdabeest1615]

It's honestly amazing the devs are still hard at work for a game that came out in 2016. The game has so many cool ideas that the devs are trying to make sure that are fully fleshed out.

[@MrLarsgren]

@@flashdabeest1615 just too bad they work so slow that kids who got it in 16 will be parents when chapter 3 airs.

[@flashdabeest1615]

@@MrLarsgren It does. I wish they had more devs or something so the work load could be taken off them a bit. There's only 12 devs working on the game.

[@flashdabeest1615]

Maybe if they paired up with a bigger company or were bought under one, they could have more resources.

[@jh5kl]

@@flashdabeest1615 being bought by big companies does not give freedom to small companies, on the contrary

[@GameSpace3]

Ok, I have been playing scrap mechanic since 2016, a few months after it came out. I have a lot of hours on it, survival and creative. And I honestly disagree with you in almost all of the cons. First of all survival, while it seems light on lore, it has some community created lore behind it which is pretty dam cool, I suggest you check it out. And you need to play more than 24 hours to judge survival as it is a long game and can take more than expected. Which is good. Also, if you check the Scrap Mechanic dev logs, you will clearly see the work put into new updates making the game a lot better. If you have just 10 hours these dev blogs will make you twiddle your fingers in excitement for when they come out. I prefer mods as they let you do a lot more in the game, you can make math algorithms, guided missiles, turrets or higher detailed blocks. Mods can make you do so much more than vanilla. Scrap mechanic can last you a lot longer than 500 hours. If you aren’t creative, then this game might not be for you. It’s about innovation and improvement. I highly suggest this game as the devs work on it 24/7 and when they make a dev blog, they make sure everybody damn right loves it! Also poor optimisation is being worked on. And the possible reason you are having issues with connection, load times and lag spikes is possibly because the host’a settings are to high. This fixes it 90% of the time. Just lower graphics a bit and keep render at max. Scrap mechanic is a beautiful game low settings or max.

[@programmeralexgames4953]

the connection issues have been there for awhile. and their optimisation fixes are questionable.

[@valeron6130]

@@programmeralexgames4953 the devs wrote about this issue on their dev blog. Read it!

[@olibobs1411]

suvival mod is quite new and the dev team is small. what they have managed to do is incredible

[@pixy6239]

can you do another one of these when the massive Chapter 2 update comes out? Survival mode will be MUCH better and have loads of content

[@Voidlingstudiosofficial]

Yeah other than it’s kinda toaster physics it’s a great game 8.92/10

[@Gudies]

Chapter 2 is in fact a myth

[@pixy6239]

for the moment@@Gudies

[@vibaj16]

Just gonna point out: that donkey kong (well, it's technically called Konkey Dong) arcade game uses no mods, it's completely vanilla! They just used tons of logic gates, which are a vanilla part (and I think they may have used glitchwelding for the screen, I can't tell. But that doesn't use mods either, just some file editing or in game glitches. The point is that you can download the creation from the workshop and use it without any mods)

[@username_mihai]

yes, the arcade is fully vanilla with actually no glitchwelding :D and yes.. A TON OF LOGIC GATES I am one of the creators and I'm so happy to see it in this video :)

[@evaningstar7190]

This game is awesome. Me and my friends have had it for almost a year now and we have managed to creat some pretty awesome stuff(ig: fighter jets with full auto stabilization, VTOL capabilities, and multiple variants of rockets(no mods). Don’t let the games simple appearance fool you. I would recommend playing the game un-modded since in my opinion it’s far more fun and rewarding to for example: try and come up with a design for a rocket that will turn towards anything it can sense in front of it, than it is to install a mod that just gives you guided rockets on the spot. If you just want to be handed new tech than go play some other game. Scrap mechanic is about the design process. Some things to note however: 1- scrap mechanic is really only fun if you have a couple of friends who will play it with you 2- if you have a bad computer or bad internet than you are going to struggle with a lot of larger creations. 3- the survival gamemode is really fun but only if you play it right and bring a friend or two. However, there are multiple updates planned for survival mode that will make if feel far more complete. All and all, I really wish scrap mechanic had more players, It’s an amazing game and deserves it.

[@Vallee152]

I don't play SM in multiplayer, typically, but it's still lots of fun for me

[@AIC_onyt]

i kinda started getting hooked on building realistic offroad suspension. 200+ hours of building crawlers and trophytrucks later.. you will get hooked if u are into sandbox games. i also know peapole who build ALUs using the switches and logicgates

[@Peace7904]

Used to play this game back when it was first released and had a lot of fun. Randomly popped into my head today and had to know ho2 it's grown since i last played

[@TheGoldNinja101]

I would like to add to the cons that every time the rotating sawblades doesn't cut through wood sometimes and drills doesn't cut through stone sometimes.

[@ScottaHemi440]

I did, got it on sale early this year. even without the sale price 20 bucks for a fun building game like this is a steal!

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

Just had a random player in Crossout recommend this. I have to say im VERY impressed and told Targem (devs behind Crossout) to take notes. Gona add to my list and wait for it to be a finished product.

[@username_mihai]

ngl the devs are taking their time on finishing the survival so you might wanna get the game even as it is now, watch some youtube videos and just explore stuff by yourself! I have the game since 2016 and damn I just simply love it

[@realspeed1944]

my answer: i recommend to buy it why? you can literally almost make any type of car, truck, or any sort of system that includes complex logic gates. you can do so much in this game, from building randomly to building MINI GAMES. personally this is the best building game ever made, but the optimization is very bad. if someone puts down 2 tanks, the game gets so laggy, and also, players can glitch through walls at high speeds, that kind of sucks. there's multiplayer too, which makes it even more better. the developers are also pretty slow on updating the game. they mention something, and add it a year later. this is going on with the turret seat. they posted the turret seat on march 11th, since then, no clues whatsoever were given to the community about when its coming out. So, in a few sentences: optimization sucks, gameplay is good. so i give scrap mechanic a 8/10, and recommend people to buy it!

[@hikoplays]

yea ep 2 of survival is gonna be the underground. as someone that plays yes survival is bare bones and needs rebalancing with the tape and explosive bots.

[@Raf-01]

I feel like scrap mechanic survival is the funnest part and to me it’s not unfinished , I have lots of worlds and over 300 hours and I don’t think survival is bad it can be fun with mods and stuff and the devs are working on removing the bugs.

[@BhGriffon13]

I've been playing since it came out and survival is my favorite game mode the game expects you build and do more things

[@ezydyxg23]

I like the fact that all of the textures and 3D models are available in the local game files and they can be used to create beautiful fanarts...

[@squidtito8501]

Still great to see videos about this game still in 2022!

[@Cheios-Demiose]

scrap mechanics creative is so fun and enjoyable because of how easy it feels. while other games can have you looking at the creation with ahh... _where did i go so wrong_ feel, this game is just, easier feeling. the survival was really grindy for a long time. and still is a game where you focus on getting resources for everything. but i can say the grind is actually fun now. the challenge mode is really fun. the challenge builder is really nice. btw i want people to remember the game is getting updates and getting more content added in. so even if you have a problem with something now, there is no reason to believe that problem will still exist by next patch.

[@mrkay2553]

This game is phenomenal, I love it. It has always been awesome but it's always getting better. Totally worth the money for this masterpiece.

[@thegooseking818]

I am a big fan of scrap mechanic and yeah the survival doesn’t have all that much however there’s still a decent enough amount of content to keep you playing and not seem to barren but there’s just no real motivation to find the content yet, key word there is yet as the upcoming quest system may fix it

[@alinarust1731]

theyve optimized allot, and they also have more optimizations and survival content in an update coming soonish

[@slenkhar]

If only the devs were far more prolific, they put out may be one extremely minor bug fix update a year, and sometimes it's just a text dev update. Feels like it'll never get there. And also, the lag issue you mention, makes survival mode absolutely unplayable in multiplayer, after about 10 hours at 5 players, the lag input from all the stuff we built came upwards of 20 seconds, we gave up, such a shame, it's a really cool game, especially survival mode

[@demonrunner802_games]

What is your ram or ddr4

[@mki443]

It's very much worth it, but one thing that I would like to point out is that the multiplayer experience can be quite laggy at times (input lag, weird bugs, etc)

[@talos1279]

Thank you for your video. I realized that the core of the game is in challenge and creative mode. Starting it in survival mode is a mistake.

[@mask_23]

there adding A WHOLE story line to the new upd in scrap mechanic for survival mode so when that upd is out its goanna be a BLAST

[@user-wr3sq9um6s]

I used to play scrap mechanic is 2016 with a GT710 and it ran perfectly and I miss the game

[@guillermoelnino]

ive played this for over a week now (realtime) and am still enjoying it. but i have to say, its an acquired taste. its not for everybody.

[@tewniyt1506]

This would be wonderful on the switch

[@funnyanimalworld7579]

I played it last year on my old pc ,had no lag.

[@TheLinksOfficial]

Funny to think that this was the first steam game I ever got. Funny how a single decision can change a life so much

[@mediocreprogrammer]

I have a lot of nostalgia of watching stampy playing this game back around 2014 Edit: I just looked it up, stampy’s scrap mechanic series was in 2016, not 2014

[@Vulcannyx]

Iballistic squid made some newer vids on scrapmechanic with someother people recently

[@blackblue2224]

The survival mode is pretty new so it's just logic that it's not finished. The devs continuously make the game less laggy and wants to make the game the best possible. A lot of players have more than a hundred hours on the game (personnaly around 450, and yet doesn't know everything) and I think playing 24h isn't sufficient to experience this game, yet it gives the basics of what you can do in it

[@lame1191]

man space engineers not being mentioned just crushes me lol any one wanting a game with creative edge that is not MC Space engineers all day for that

[@RaycePenguin]

Great video! one thing that needs to be said is, you kept comparing it to games like minecraft survival saying that scrap mechanic's survival is lackluster but you need to keep in mind that minecraft was once at this stage too, minecraft has been out for like 14 years and how about this game? idk but i know its significantly less than minecraft.

[@RaycePenguin]

my point is that it will update over time cause as stated it is an "early access" game

[@waffle498]

this game was started development in 2014 and released early 2016

[@JustANoob1]

I'm someone who has had scrap mechanic since 2016 and has more then 400 hours on it. Scrap mechanic has a realistic physics system(just see what scrap man has done). One the topic of the poor optimizations: It was worse and is getting better, it takes time both in waiting for new updates and playing the game(you teach yourself how to optimize your creations). Scrap mechanics community is very inviting and open but small AKA people will gladly teach you how to play and join you in the game for some fun together. The best way to define and categorize Scrap mechanic is a more detailed Minecraft. It's worth the money!

[@cartoonfox6128]

I've played this game for 3000 hours at the time of this comment and I can say that this game can really begin to pickup speed as updates release and your skills improve

[@lmeza1983]

I wanna try it but it has been in early access for almost 8 years, studios tend to "scrap" their games after that long.

[@forgiv]

You know, thinking back on it. Minecraft was basically the same way when it first came out. A pretty barren survival mode with awesome build mechanics.

[@GameAdvisors]

Do you remember playing Minecraft on the school library computers with it installed to a usb stick?

[@forgiv]

@@GameAdvisors No, that was after my time. I did install the halo ce demo on the lab computers and my whole class played slayer on blood gulch during computer class.

[@GrubyOut]

After the 0.6.0 Update it became 100% worth it to buy the game because you can experience a style of gameplay

[@Randomguy-sw2ir]

Man talking about problems i have never experienced in scrap mechanic survival.

[@BrotherSekh]

This game is double the fun with friends. I got no friends who play this game 😢

[@chaotictdk9410]

It took them 4 years to add Survival. And they have not a date for a Chapter two yet..

[@JolanXBL]

Great review, except the comparisons with Minecraft, as Mc doesn't have mechanical physics

[@maxrecz1028]

This game would be described most accurately as a masterpiece, no stupid micro transactions or battle pass or any of that sh**, just a great game.

[@marluna_x]

i have 2000 hours in scrap mechanic it is my main game i played before there were spudguns

[@jakemc-kenney9806]

I'm so happy that chapter 2 is in the not too distant future (If you have read the dev blogs you will understand the joke)

[@jafjay6024]

Survival is only in its first of quite a lot of chapters

[@pyrok115]

4:01 yea my friend BARELY makes a spinning toilet :/

[@thijsbeer1284]

i have put 500 hours in this game and im not even finished probaly the best game that i have ever seen

[@jakewynn]

I have over 2000 and I still feel inspired to launch the game all the time!

[@subscribe_to_meowiation]

I AM NOT JOKEING YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED IT TOKE ME LIKE 3 YEARS to learn how to freaking make a car i think i set a world record

[@theforgottenknight557]

the lag and loading probloms is not the game its your internet i have a low end pc and it load at a good speed you dont need a high end pc to run this you can run it with a apple

[@JustDriftn]

They are still working on the lag and they are trying to make a mining mechanic

[@Losjo4093]

Its like trailmakers but advanced

[@marcus757fugaming7]

Don’t worry due to new updates it’s been optimised

[@not_rng4046]

Bruh i just bought it and when i am hosting a server my firend is lagging but when he hosts it happens to me

[@GameSpace3]

Lower your settings, internet or hardware issue

[@realspeed1944]

thats probably internet issues

[@reuben6049]

good vid but i do not think 20h is enough time for this game

[@Timmiieehh]

When it comes to survival mode:It isn't an early access game if it exists more than 5 years.

[@sophisticatedduck1807]

yes, yes it is (i have like 250 hours)

[@Brick8651]

8/10 spuds wow

[@blibblob101]

Survival isn’t a con, u just haven’t put any time into it, as you haven’t even been into a warehouse.

[@havenmcgarity1472]

I’ve wanted to play this game since it came out but have stopped playing video games since entering adult life so that will prbly never happen 💀💀

[@thomasvillarroel5451]

Yes, you should buy it

[@KolbyYT]

i have 3000 hours in scrap mechanic

[@florunio]

PC specs ? PS. Cool video

[@hikoplays]

my guess they are running 2070 ro 3070s or something near it. if you ment the game MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Microsoft Windows 7 or later Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 or a dedicated graphics card with 2 GB memory and DirectX feature level 10.1 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Microsoft Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i5 6600K Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space

[@realspeed1944]

@@hikoplays wait, 15gb of space? i thought it was 9gb?

[@hikoplays]

@@realspeed1944 unless something changed I copied and pasted this from their Steam 6 months ago

[@realspeed1944]

@@hikoplays I don't remember it ever being 15gb, I've been playing for half a year now

[@hikoplays]

@@realspeed1944 I have so much data space it doesn't really matter to me. But as a game progresses the size does tend to get bigger perfect example will be GTA but that has a lot of stuff in it. Occasionally you'll get some games that optimize and become smaller

[@UtopssAKAPJ]

Pros this is a fair review Cons not found any

[@springygamer6993]

Well I got it in 2021 so it’s worth it

[@olibobs1411]

literally the only problems are caused by hardware if it ain't worth buying it now it will in the future

[@username_mihai]

back in the day I had a potato pc and even now I don't have the best one and the game runs smoothly into my 100fps, the only thing is when creating or spawning in complex creations or when there are lots of collisions is when the game starts to lag. if you have a medium spec pc then this game would run at max graphics in a 60 or even more :)

[@totallynormalcat1]

I did when it first came out why am I watching this

[@aopet7615]

step one: have friends

[@realspeed1944]

yeah with friends its much better

[@mr.person5209]

I’ve had over 1000 hrs (kinda sad), I don’t know why I’m watching this.

[@Jaycindburg]

they shouldve went to the warehouse thingys that i went to and died like 5 times

[@GameAdvisors]

Lol, we went there just did not show in the video. We also died many times

[@Jaycindburg]

@@GameAdvisors k

[@4Bakers]

Not to mention the massive amount of content coming soon

[@reuben6049]

no Scrap Mechanics survival mode is finished it's just so grindy and you probably did not get to see it all

[@rippl3r0]

Tried the survival mode and thought the game was completely boring.

[@GT4Lb0T]

great game but you get so far and its super boring due to no new content and it feels like waiting for the sequel to a movie that seems to never be coming

[@andrewmurphy632]

Youve said basically everything but the price

[@GameAdvisors]

did you watch the whole video? We defiantly mention the price right before the rating :D

[@andrewmurphy632]

@@GameAdvisorsyes, and i didnt hear it, maybe show it on screen or something next time

[@GameSpace3]

@@andrewmurphy632 maybe watch the video next time 😂

[@andrewmurphy632]

@@GameSpace3 boi i said that 3 months ago

[@Odyssey636]

@@andrewmurphy632 hey if ur gonna be an asshole because u missed something then doesnt matter when someone calls you out

[@fox_dog8982]

I’m probably gonna mostly play creative

[@mustard_dave]

EIGHT out of ten potatoes☺

[@Hammered_Industrys]

24 hours? Try 1400 hours

[@callmehSpear]

It is a really old game thou- 6 years=?

[@GameSpace3]

Wdym old game? Fortnite is 6 years old, games don’t take months to make?

[@iblizzard7573]

Good game terrible devs. Still in development after 6 years is kind of unacceptable. The updates are very few and far between. Axolot seems to have time to update The Raft though.....

[@takimicha7291]

I hope you realise that Axolot are the PUBLISHERS of Raft, not its CREATORS. Redbeet interactive are the actual developers, completely unrelated to Axolot games or Scrap Mechanic. Besides that, keep in mind that Axolot in themselves are a small studio, not a Triple-A game development company. With the whole pandemic and developers having to work from home, it was very difficult to make any progress on updates. My point here is, you shouldn't blame them for being so slow, they have reason for it.

[@sageempires1232]

I don’t care if it takes 6 years, 12 years or 50 years, as long as it’s worth it it’s acceptable

[@GameSpace3]

Ok. Games aren’t made in three minutes. Scrap mechanic has a physics based engine. They have just recently added terrain generation and a whole new game mode which usually takes years to develop. It is good that it is still in development as it means they are spending time on it to make it beautiful and not a buggy mess. Next time be a bit more understanding, as programming a game is very hard.

[@Odyssey636]

@@sageempires1232 50 years? Ok your being ridiculous. Tbh anymore then 4 years is a bit long unless its a 400 hour game with tons of content.

[@florunio]

Can you Geometry dash ? Haha