Good game. Not great. Short but with good replay value. START OUT ON EASY. Try and catch it on sale. $10 is probably the most its worth, but I enjoyed it.
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.
