A Comparison of KSP Rocketry to Other Video Games

[Cmdr. Arn1e]

No-one mentioned X-Wing, Tie Fighter or X-Wing vs Tie Fighter yet?! for shame!

Classics, if you don't mind the Star Wars universe... but people on the forums seem to be more Trekkie

It was accurate in that they had power-sources far exceeding our own or the Kerbals, and that to just turn around and fly the other way you had to go through 0m/s to get there - so as someone else has mentioned, lots of flying in curves!

EDIT: Just ninja'd a little by previous poster bringing up Star Wars! meh, I'm gonna go make myself a Millennium Falcon, should be possible with the SLS!

Edited April 15, 2014 by Cmdr. Arn1e

[Justicar Shodan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-War_%28Independence_War%29

I-War was notable for its use of Newtonian physics; unlike other popular space combat games such as Wing Commander and Descent: Freespace, the flight model is subject to inertia caused by a ship's mass and the absence of drag in outer space. In addition to common flight dynamics, vessels can move and accelerate in all directions: up, down, forward, backwards and sideways.

I-War was an awesome game, a bit buggy and hard as hell. And back then i had absolutely no idea about real space flight. I only knew X-Wing and Wing Commander and was pretty confused about the strange way the ships moved:D

[benc85]

When you begin to understand how things work, you find the vast majority of "entertainment" a giant pile of crap. You sit picking holes it in - much to the irritation of others

Knowledge is a wonderful thing

[NovaSilisko]

I usually find it a waste of energy to try nitpicking sci-fi stuff, most of the time. I only really make a big deal of it if it's trying to say it's very accurate when it actually isn't.

That doesn't mean I lack an extra appreciation for physical accuracy, though. Space combat in Frontier (Elite II) was really fun - it was like jousting, but with lasers.