What do you do in this game

[James]

What do you do in this game and does it get boring

[doum]

Once you start, you can't stop. it's addictive. Putting thing in orbit,then peoples then go to the 2 moons then the other planets and their moons. And as you develop new technology you do more. Try the demo if you can find it. Then decide if you like it. May be someone can tell you where to get the link for the demo.

[Chibbity]

Build rockets/planes/rovers, fly rockets/planes/rovers etc...

Depends how much you like it I guess? I have 1000+ hours off Steam and like 500ish on Steam. I'm certainly not bored of it.

[Yuki]

What you do? Whatever you want. As long as its somehow about space. Drive a robo rover over a planet akin to mars? Yea sure. Visit Ceres counterpart and do some drilling? No problem. Build a space hotel? my current favorite.
Catch an asteroid!
Learn about astro physics while trying to achieve your first orbit, or what does it actually take to bring a plane to space?

Nearing 3k hours on steam, and about the same off already. My opinion might be biased.

[Astronaut]

Doesn't get boring unless you have another game that's fun, but it keeps you coming back anyway. You build rovers, space stations, sstos, vtols, planes, bases, and so much more. I personally prefer career mode, where you play with funds, science and reputation. I also love to mod this game, the mods are incredible. You'll love it, trust me. See for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prpGNLmiKVs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG_v74QWKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyRaxlRY_Oc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYrw_OHuvQY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNa5f8nZus4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkCQztz4Y0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4LoyxNAx1g

Mods make the stock game so much better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ipCXpkSOwc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aa2g3q5wa4

Buy it!

[OpticalShadow]

most of the time? youll prolly blow yourself up.

[DeadlyDialga]

You blow sh!t up.

[dogwalker1]

Space travel. Astrophysics. Engineering. The challenge of setting a goal (get somewhere, do something, save someone, build something, etc.) and figuring out how to accomplish it with the components available to you. You really feel the challenge of space travel and when you succeed at doing something for the 1st time it really feels like you accomplished something. Hard to explain - this is a game that does not hand you solutions but provides you the tools to figure them out yourself and makes you want to find them. All with a generous coating of quirky humour (your scientists and astronauts are a race of little green nerdy Bart Simpson-like beings). You'll probably go through a 'trial-and-error' phase, then start warming up to the idea of using your brain and doing your homework to succeed. Or just reading up and taking a cue from what others have tried - no shame in that after all, it's a game. If you're just looking for a comp-stomp or 'easy win' though, wrong game.

[Astronaut]

Originally posted by dogwalker1:

Space travel. Astrophysics. Engineering. The challenge of setting a goal (get somewhere, do something, save someone, build something, etc.) and figuring out how to accomplish it with the components available to you. You really feel the challenge of space travel and when you succeed at doing something for the 1st time it really feels like you accomplished something. Hard to explain - this is a game that does not hand you solutions but provides you the tools to figure them out yourself and makes you want to find them. All with a generous coating of quirky humour (your scientists and astronauts are a race of little green nerdy Bart Simpson-like beings). You'll probably go through a 'trial-and-error' phase, then start warming up to the idea of using your brain and doing your homework to succeed. Or just reading up and taking a cue from what others have tried - no shame in that after all, it's a game. If you're just looking for a comp-stomp or 'easy win' though, wrong game.

That's the best explanation you could possibly find.

[andylaugel]

I enjoy colonizing the whole solar system, collecting all the experiments from all the biomes, training my crews, and handling tourists.

That said, in my primary save things have hit a slow, boring spot. Most of my time is spent transmitting science back from my ~24 labs/bases and putting their next transmission on the schedule to transmit again 30-60 days later (thank you Kerbal Alarm Clock). All the biomes in reach are explored. All my contracts are waiting on interplanetary missions that'll take months to reach their destinations. All my kerbals around Jool's moons have planted a flag on all 5 of them. All of my housekeeping is in order (refueling orbiting ships, training kerbals, building a relay network, etc). What do you expect 3,000+ hours in? (Not that I've ever hit 4-digit hours on anything else ever.)

But that's where having seperate saves with mods come into play. I've played around with USI MKS/OKS mod in one. I have another with TAC life support. There is always something new you can try thanks to our wonderful modding community.

[invision2212]

i can mindlessly play and just do whatever sounds good.

[munch15a]

The only time it really gets boring I find is when im stuck for a few days on a problem

[killer_Foxy]

i have almost 800 hours and still lots i havent done and want to do

[Yuki]

Bring your problems to us!
There is no problem. There are only challanges, and solutions.

[Jackattack]

Took an almost two year break from this game, and i keep coming back still enjoying the game.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656150968
Over 1100 hours playtime, close to 1200.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=190764184

[funkynutz]

Mostly blow stuff up. Sometimes intentionally... Other times, not so much....

It sometimes gets frustrating, but never boring. Feel free to have a nosey at my profile to see how many hours I've played (then add about 500 on top for old modded version I've still got as backups that don't count towards steam hours) or my screenies http://steamcommunity.com/id/super_hot_chilli_fiend/screenshots/

I've always been quite proud of my space stations:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=455498936
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1192963388

But Jacks above has made me a bit jealous lol

Originally posted by Jackattack:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656150968

TL/DR: The "overwhelmingly positive" reviews are there for a reason :)