The complexity of the building and builds is awesome and is the main feature of this game that makes it worth it.

But its just such a barren game, you basically have to use cheats to do anything.

Furthermore the game has taken a more militaristic approach lately, yet the destruction is so immersion breaking. A shell or missile can rip right through your ship and destroy all your essential systems, yet no hole is ripped through your hull. Just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ texture painted over damaged blocks.

Also, control is horrible, using on/off keys to steer or pitch has always been bad in games, but I hooked up my flight joystick and it turns out the flight model is bung as well, so much so that using a joystick is honestly worse than keys.

The complexity of the building and builds is awesome and is the main feature of this game that makes it worth it. But its just such a barren game, you basically have to use cheats to do anything. Furthermore the game has taken a more militaristic approach lately, yet the destruction is so immersion breaking. A shell or missile can rip right through your ship and destroy all your essential systems, yet no hole is ripped through your hull. Just a shitty texture painted over damaged blocks. Also, control is horrible, using on/off keys to steer or pitch has always been bad in games, but I hooked up my flight joystick and it turns out the flight model is bung as well, so much so that using a joystick is honestly worse than keys.