Space Program Manager

[stahlhart]

I'll bet this is going to be a hit:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/308270/

 

[Elcs]

Plan it all.... just to be the second man on the moon!

*clicks link*

 

[JamesV]

Kind of hard to tell what kind of game this is, but it looks like an on-rails manager sim; boring.

If they ripped off everything from Kerbal Space Program (which a few screenshots seem to indicate some borrowing), but made it in the real solar system... I'd buy it in a heartbeat. But, not a manager sim; I just don't see the draw in going over stats and then having missions automatically take place.

 

[ThinClient]

I watched Scott Manley play this and was interested.

Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5xucaKXjPg

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Kind of hard to tell what kind of game this is, but it looks like an on-rails manager sim; boring.

If they ripped off everything from Kerbal Space Program (which a few screenshots seem to indicate some borrowing), but made it in the real solar system... I'd buy it in a heartbeat. But, not a manager sim; I just don't see the draw in going over stats and then having missions automatically take place.

I had the same thought, not really sure what kind of game it is

 

[ThinClient]

I had the same thought, not really sure what kind of game it is

It's a turn-based strategy game.

 

[Ferzerp]

After you complete the objectives, you get to keep playing an occasionally punch out npcs that deny that you completed the objectives?

 

[norseamd]

It's a turn-based strategy game.

That could mean anything.

 

[ThinClient]

That could mean anything.

Shut up, Norse.

 

[norseamd]

Shut up, Norse.

Well is this game worth spending money on? How does it compare and contrast with KSP?

 

[ThinClient]

The two games are wildly different. They cannot be compared.

If you'd take the time to watch the freaking video I posted instead of asking stupid questions that have already been answered, your curiosities would be satisfied.

Shut up, Norse.

 

[Dankk]

This is not the same kind of game as Kerbal Space Program. The two games are fundamentally different from each other and shouldn't be compared too closely.

KSP is a sandbox spaceship builder. Space Program Manager, contrastly, is a pure management game; you don't design spacecraft or pilot them at all. It's more about managing your funds, hiring crews, approving missions, research, and such to reach various goals. If you've played games like Football Manager, I imagine it's something like that.

To those who don't know: This is actually a successor to a previous game that came out in the 90's called "Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space". It was a great turn-based game but insanely punishing.

 

[norseamd]

Does it have all the possible spacecraft and space programs from the era or just the ones that were pursued? Like do they have the Russian rockets that were never built due to internal political conflict in the Russian space agencies? What about unbuilt stuff like the Apollo Applications Program?