Model Builder Review (Steam)

In our Model Builder Review, we get to play a game all about building and customizing model vehicles. Assemble, customize and display your creations – we fill our virtual shelves with our models! So grab some glue, A keyboard, and your imagination.

Model Builder Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 15.56GB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Graphics settings – display mode, resolution, overall quality, gamma correction, HBAO, reflections, screen-space global illumination, Temporal anti-aliasing, and depth of field.
• Mouse settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, and set default hand.
• Field of view slider.
• Two ways to play – sandbox and career.
• Model building gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
• You open the model from its packaging or blister pack.
• Use a craft knife to cut the parts off the sprue. You can select auto-cut if you wish.
• Paint individual parts of a model.
• Includes model kits and miniatures.
• A laptop is where you go to get missions/builds to do.
• Every build gives a ranking and star rating and you get paid per rank.
• Full control of the model using a drag and drop system. Parts of the model will highlight green or red to help with placement.
• Instructions manual is down the bottom, you can zoom in and change pages.
• Very zen-like experience.
• Keyboard shortcuts.
• Full paint Station with dry brushing, airbrushing, and brush painting options.
• Each page of the manual has a progress bar.
• Clicking paint on the manual will select it for you to use.
• Double click a piece on the manual and it will show only the parts you need to paint.
• Filter to help select parts.
• When painting you can highlight an area to see how it would look before committing.
• Display case to place and display your builds.
• Decals can be added and rotated with their own menu area to spin it around.
• Walk around the room to look at your display, go to the workbench and use the laptop.
• Take part in competitions and do commission work for money.
• Save/load when you want.
• The shop on the laptop allows you to buy new paint, tools, kits, and upgrades.
• Earn EXP for builds and level up.
• Seven levels of model difficulty.
• Basic photo mode. More of screen capture.
• Lenient with decal placing, generally as long as you are in the vicinity you are good.
• Possible to finish a build by missing paints and decals.
• Multiple choice interactions over email.
• Painting is streamlined in that clicking one element of it will do all of them so for example, paint one nail, and all nails are painted.
• Models vary from ships to army vehicles to historic items and even Gundams.
• Sandbox mode lets you choose any kit.
• Unlock new basements and studios.
• You can change opacity and brush size on an individual basis.

Model Builder Review Cons:

• Graphic setting changes can have the game freeze for a short time.
• No controller support.
• Decal placement is a nightmare to line up properly.
• Performance hits happen a lot when painting.
• Career mode is very slow-paced with its gameplay and progress/unlocks.
• Just annihilates your time.
• Had it not always recognized my painting.
• No brands or official models that I have heard of anyway.
• Cannot zoom right in on the manual pages.
• No way to bring up the controls.
• Could do with a quick return to default position button or indeed a way to tell you about it.

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Model Builder:

Official website.

Developer: Moonlit

Publisher: Jakub Wójcik

Store Links –

Steam