Kerbal Space Program (2015)

Kerbal Space Program is not really a game that has deep narrative contextual undertones, it's pretty much a game where you send things to space and occasionally blow them up, and I love it. As a massive admirer of physics and astronomy(my ideal profession is a theoretical physicist) this game changed my entire point of view on how I approach the subject. For the first time I could travel and see black holes, neutron stars, dwarf planets, dying stars and much more in a first/third person perspective. It brought a whole new meaning to Sagan's "pale blue dot" as, using modifications, saw Kerbin getting farther and farther away with the help of time warp. Soon, as I meet the neighboring galaxy, Kerbin was simply indiscernible from the hundreds of systems I could also visit. That's when I truly grasped the true beauty in the vast loneliness and isolation of traditional spaceflight.

Other than that, this game is the epitome of complete player freedom. You could make it a hardcore space simulator(which I do with the RSS/RO mods) that requires genuine proficiency in spaceflight mathematics, or you could make a thousand booster rocket and watch it explode with a inexplicable glory. The universe is yours in this game, use it to your advantage, or your Kerbals demise.

TL;DR: I really have to play this game again. Have a nice day :) !

Score: 97/100

Kerbal Space Program may seem like a peaceful casual funny game but rather appears as a complete simulator. You won't have the courage to play it more than an hour if you don't stop sufficiently at the tutorials. And just when you think it can't be that hard to reach the stars, you suddenly realize that there are an impressive amount of parameters required just to visit the stratosphere without landing anywhere.

The game strangely manages to give you the impression of total freedom when it doesn't allow you to go anywhere without following and understanding an incredible amount of rules. Each step you will achieve in order to reach an objective will demand you to dig deeper into the game mechanics. It tries to be funny but I think its humor is totally obliterated by its incredible difficulty.

Graphics seems effortless and do not help to truly get involved in the game. It is important to highlight the fact that the game benefits from a huge community that is hyper-active. Play it on Steam and you will easily discover plenty of crazy-original mods.