Recent reviews by UpstartPuppet

Maybe there's an eldritch beast roaming the English moors and forests, but you know, I think I'm just going to chill in here, sorting my weird plants, while the rain beats against the window panes. This game has great atmosphere. It's just a really great place to relax, do some light brain work, and occasionally pet a perpetually sleepy black cat. Highly recommended for folks who liked Harry Potter, but were upset there wasn't more herbology.

Buggy as hell on launch, to the point of being completely game breaking at times.
But still great fun, as long as you are saving early and often - and the only thing that scratches the old Baldur's Gate itch for the Pathfinder crowd.

So this is an example of typical Kerbal logic:
1) I need to get 10 kerbals into suborbital space flight for a few contracts I took... Should I make a cheap vehicle that will allow me to quickly take a few up and down at a time?
- Nope. Put 'em all in the air at once.
2) The vehicle doesn't have enough thrust...
- Add another stack.
3) It still doesn't have enough thrust...
- Have you tried adding another stack? Why are you still asking this question? Did you do it again? Moar Rockets!
4a) Okay, I can get them up there, but I burn up on reentry.
- Have you tried more rockets?
4b) Didn't work.
- Have you tried going faster?
4c) How is that supposed to... oh wait. That worked.
5a) Okay, so I don't burn up on reentry, but now I slam into the ground at 1000 m/s. I'm going far too fast for parachutes.
- Have you tried more rockets?
5b) How is that supposed to work...
- Point 'em the wrong way around, and fire 'em at the ground before you crash.
5c) Still hitting the ground to fast even with a parachute...
- Moar Parachutes!!!

I have lovingly wasted so many hours in this amazing game.
Highly recommended for anyone who has ever geeked out about space exploration.

Found this game through watching random Let's Plays on YouTube. I've always been fascinated by the *idea* of Dwarf Fortress, but uninterested in the effort required to learn the game. RimWorld fits the bill in that regard. Now I've see quite a few DF Let's Plays (Including Boatmurdered) and I think the complexity here doesn't match that in DF - but this is infinitely more playable. I've been having a blast just mucking about on different difficulty levels and on different terrain. The high degree of customization, the variety of environments and strats, and the awesome mods available to further tweak the game, make me really glad I bought it. I'd highly recommend the game to folks who like Simulation/RTS games - especially ones who enjoy a high degree of difficulty or procedural generation.