Besides, since this job is the repair shop's fuckup, I'm not even going to get paid for my time here. Poor DR Waterman only got an average 8 frames per second, but the PC was working now so it's not my problem. This is all fine, but I realized that PC Building Simulator really wasn't fucking around when it actually demanded I sit through the entire 3DMark test before I could finish the job. I installed real EVGA GPUs and even worked on the Master Cooler brand PC case I have at home. For example, PC Building Simulator seems to take place in some kind of utopian alternate dimension where everyone uses an operating system called Omega, which I'm assuming is a Linux distro that magically runs all PC games. Some parts are fake, I'm assuming, because the developers couldn't get the necessary licensing deals. One of the cooler things about PC Building Simulator is that it uses a lot of real brands. To make sure that the computer is working properly, I also had to install and run 3DMark, a real-life piece of software that tests a computer's performance by running 3D graphics demos. For this job, I had to open the PC, unplug the CPU fan, apply thermal paste, and then put the CPU fan back in. Here, for example, is an email from a customer named DR Waterman:Īs you can see, my idiot uncle sold this poor guy a PC but forgot to apply thermal paste to the CPU. This will start a new day, which starts with me getting new computers to fix, the computer parts I ordered previously, and new emails with new jobs in my inbox.Īs the days pass, the jobs get more complicated. Once I'm done with my tasks for the day I walk out the front door. When I go to my own computer (as in, my own in-game computer), I can check my email to accept more jobs and order any parts I may need for those jobs. I installed some anti-virus software, ran a scan, deleted the bad files, unplugged it and sent the computer back to the client to collect my payment ($100 in this case). All I had to do is put the computer on my workbench, plug in a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. PC Building Simulator, which is played from the first-person perspective, starts with my uncle Tim suddenly leaving me in charge of a small computer repair shop with nothing but a late virus removal job and $15 in debt. It’s too limited and simplistic to replicate the experience of putting a rig together yourself, but it does a good enough job to get you started in the right direction.Another day, another dollar. PC Building Simulator is one of the better entries in the genre, with nice touches of authenticity and attention to detail.
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