I bought this game because it is one my girlfriend played growing up and I wanted to be able to relate to her better. I was surprised when I saw a bunch of negative reviews on a game that just feels kind of like light teen hyperbolic drama. I will admit it is a different experience than most games I've played. For one I think it would have felt more salient when it came out and I was 18, since with the retrospect of adulthood the themes can seem exaggerated or petty. The other thing is, I cannot get into the headspace of the protagonist. She is outwardly meek, but kind of nosy and plotting. So, instead of feeling like I *am* the protagonist, I feel like I'm sitting on her shoulder like, "Is this really our best plan Max?" xD I feel nostalgic playing it and I like that feeling. For my girlfriend it is much more impactful, and I also see a lot of the main character in her (I think she must have played this religiously), but for me it's just kind of cute. I would recommend it. Also, yes, the bad guys are people like the redneck, ex-soldier-turned-security-guard, confederate-aesthetic stepdad who is strict with his punk daughter and wants to install cameras all over the school for surveillance. If you feel like that is "liberal propaganda" and not just a flat, universally hate-able character, maybe you should do some self-reflection LOL I'm a gun owner myself and I'm not offended by this depiction of a nut-job xD
I was looking through my library and decided to check the store page for this game for a friend I recommended it to. I was saddened to see the negative reviews calling it buggy, incomplete, unplayable, etc. even as recent as 2023. I've played this game since the alpha, and there were a few periods where it was buggy, but it was still fun and playable throughout development. In its current state I have yet to find a single issue. All the parts work as expected, all the physics bugs were corrected, the navigation system and SAS computer have been optimized to work flawlessly. I have spent thousands of hours in this game, and it is the most enjoyable space flight and space construction simulator I've played. Plus, they added aviation! It is a complete and fully finished game. Now mind you, I haven't played the scenario missions, nor do I use the stock spacecraft. I can't vouch that those were ever fully fleshed out, but I don't think that's the appeal of the game at all. The devs probably got the hint from the community to let that go. To me this game is a sandbox, and you play on one of the three main modes, Sandbox (Everything is unlocked, explore and build as you wish), Science (Sandbox, but you unlock parts through exploration), and Career (Science, but you have to pay for parts using funds collected by completing missions like launching a satellite into a specific orbit). There's a verified owner here who commented this year that in the base game you can "only land on the moon". That is 100% false. Other celestial bodies were added *years* ago, and I've landed on plenty of them. If you can't get beyond the moon with stock parts, you just need to get better lmao I hope that sets the record straight. People shouldn't be blatantly lying to drag down the game rating. I'd gladly drag them to my PC and rub their face in how well it runs and show them all the features they think "don't exist".