Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition

Critic reviews

• COGconnected

  Doug Mercer · Oct 08, 2021

  6.0

  In the end, Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition is potentially the type of game I could definitely lose myself in. The amount of options to build your craft, the variety of things you have to do to maintain your space program, the charming Kerbs you blast into a million pieces, and the feeling of accomplishment when you reach a new milestone are the kinds of things I look for in a simulation. The added streamlined game modes are bonuses, letting me scratch whatever itch the game may give me. However, all of those positives are offset by a nearly insurmountable control problem. Even in Sandbox mode, where my wildest ideas begged to be carried out, I grew more and more frustrated with each passing moment the engines didn’t line up or my failsafe parachute just disappeared because it wasn’t where I thought it was on the lander. I could always go out and buy a keyboard and have to rearrange the entire layout of my living room to really get the most out of KSP. At that point, though, wouldn’t it be better to just find out if my laptop can handle some Steam?

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• Wccftech.com

  Rosh Kelly · Jan 31, 2018

  7.0

  Kerbal Space Program is a game that makes you feel dumb before it makes you feel smart. That is its appeal. There are some issues with its presentation on console, but if you want to feel smart and have the time to learn (and don't mind the annoying controls and menus), this is the game.

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• PS Lifestyle

  Chandler Wood · Jan 18, 2018

  7.0

  It’s a lot of fun to fail and screw around with the physics engine, and for this, the sandbox mode unlocks everything so that you can just play around with building absurd multi-stage rockets and launching them into the sun (if they can even make it off the ground). When you want to start actually simulating successful space missions though, don’t expect Kerbal Space Program to hold your hand, and don’t expect that the Enhanced Edition for consoles will acquiesce to those who might want a more guided experience.

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• Game Grin

  Blake Hawthorn · Feb 11, 2018

  9.5

  While the original release of KSP for consoles was a buggy mess, the new enhanced edition is a full blown masterpiece of a game. If you have ever wanted to become a rocket scientist then this is the game for you. With a huge variety of options, whatever spaceship you can imagine, you can build. The new control scheme is perfect for every kind of player.

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• Game Reactor

  Roy Woodhouse · Feb 06, 2018

  8.0

  If you're looking for an experience that gives you a high sense of accomplishment and if you have the patience to try and try again to the point where you finally get it right, then take a look at this little gem, because there really is nothing else quite like it.

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• God is a Geek

  Nicola Ardron · Jan 28, 2018

  7.5

  The Enhanced Edition has resolved much of the complaints I had with the earlier release and this version is significantly more stable and easier to control. I do still feel that some work needs to be put into the tutorials and guidance systems for players so that the brutal learning curve doesn’t scare too many curious players off. For now, it feels like only the most dedicated of players will stick with it, and that is shame because Kerbal Space Program is fantastic once you get to grips with it.

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