When comparing Star Baron vs Fantastic Contraption, the Slant community recommends Fantastic Contraption for most people. In the question“What are the best online flash games?” Fantastic Contraption is ranked 7th while Star Baron is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Fantastic Contraption is:
Thanks to the Vive, building a contraption is incredibly fun and actually feels like you're creating something "real". You can move around your machine to adjust it and add new components in a very natural way.
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Pros
Pro Easy to learn
It's easy to learn the basics - just select the ships you want to fight with and click where you want them to go. Clicking once will send half the the selected ships, and double clicking will send all of them. Other mechanics aren't quite as simple, but still are very easy to grasp (for example, if you are surrounding a planet which you are attacking you get a significant boost to your damage).
Pro Advanced gameplay is rewarding
While beginners will throw around ships, not caring what types of planets to attack, more veteran players will need to play strategically, taking and holding defense planets to help their front line. Finding a few large strategically placed economy and naval stars will be essential to a victory if playing against harder AIs.
Pro Make your own maps
You can create your own maps which you can play on, including 7 types of planets, 5 different planet sizes, and adding up to 5 players. The editor is easy to work with - adding planets is as simple as clicking on a blank space, and editing them can be done by clicking an existing planet again.
Pro Very fun to build and create machines
Thanks to the Vive, building a contraption is incredibly fun and actually feels like you're creating something "real". You can move around your machine to adjust it and add new components in a very natural way.
Pro Encourages creativity
By giving you a task and leaving how you will complete it up to your own devices the game allows for a sense of creativity as well as the feeling of accomplishment.
Pro Cute art style
The art style is cute and when you look at how you look only to see you're a cute animal, it can be quite funny and sweet. You also have a pet cat named Neko that you get your supplies from, and a dog that you press to go to the next level.
Pro Comes free with the vive bundle
Comes free with the Vive bundle, which is a bundle with no additional cost, but has limited stock, so may be difficult to obtain.
Cons
Con Expensive
It's the most expensive game on the Vive costing $39.99. When comparing price to content, there may be better options out there at a lower price.
Con Building can be frustrating and causes a lot of trial and error
It is almost impossible to attach objects completely straight to one another, meaning if you are trying to use multiple wheels, each will be a bit crooked, causing a lot of adjusting and restarting, which can be very frustrating.