Kerbal Space Program

After reading some reviews, I was really excited to play this. I was disappointed. Far too many options and variables and controls with almost no support or instruction. The tutorials are manditory to have any idea whats going on, but they don't properly explain the dozens of buttons and tabs and settings. I am NOT and idiot, but learning to play this is like learning SolidWorks, all of it. It's doable, but represents a large investment of time. Be prepaired to watch hours of Youtube before your ready for the big time. Worse, once you figure it all out, there really isn't much left to do. You either build a thriving but pointless space program, or you build some goofy ships in creative mode and watch them blow up. Both get boring fast. I'm actually floored at the high ratings this game got with so little actual GAME involved. It IS well executed. I can believe that the physics engine mirrors real space physics, and you get a real feel for what astronauts do. That's a problem though. Real minute by minute space flight is boring. Adjust yaw 3 degrees... coast for 10 min... pitch down 7 degrees... burn starboard thruster at 10% for 3.2 min... take readings from on board equipment... coast some more... I was so ready to love this game, but after two days I was down to letting my kids build whacky ships to blow up, and after three days I was done. Don't make the same mistake I did. If you can pick it up for $10 you might be happy with it, but the $30 is spent on it was the worst I've ever spent on GOG.

Let's start with the good stuff - of course, it is legendary among those who enjoy building and flying rocketry. The physics are great, and they do work on making it enjoyable. The Kerbals are really cute and funny and watching their reactions alone makes a spaceflight that more enjoyable. Bad stuff: It feels unfinished. Like a beta version for full price. There are a few tutorials for spaceflight/orbiting/docking maneuvers, but most things must be either found out through trial and error or researched in forums (the in-game documentation is hilariously inadequate). This, like a lot of almost-finished stuff in the game (the controls.. oh god the controls), could be still overlooked, because the gameplay is a lot of fun. The straw that broke the camel's back was the incredibly frustrating tendency to crash, without warning or autosaving for hours - especially in 'unsafe' states, like when a spacecraft descends or something. (And no, there is no 'quicksave' function, the only way to do that is to leave the flight, save manually, then go back again... thereby losing the 'revert flight' feature, and it can't be done in 'unsafe' states). Summary: I want to love this game. The idea is so great, and it's right up my alley. The Kerbals make an already good concept hilarious; even the crashes were fun. I can not recommend it, however, until at least the more frustrating bugs are fixed.

THis game is good for people that aregoood at enganeering!

keeps asking me for money when i try to install it... was supposed to be free through twitch.

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