tl;dr at bottom

EDIT: Many of the bugs referenced in this review have already been fixed by active developers, and it's already easier to find a game.


Remember 2008? Obama had just been elected, Breaking Benjamin were on tour, and every other YouTube video was a stick fight animation using their music. If you don't remember, proceed with caution- you may just cut yourself on all of that edge. For a safer (and arguably more fun) physics based experience, play Stick Fight: The Game.

• Ingenious in it's simplicity
  
• Procedural animations give the experience fluidity
  
• Badass movements
  
• Chaotic gameplay
  
• Local Multiplayer
  
• Huge map variety
  
• Solid weapon variety
  
• Good performance on my mid-range laptop
  
• Gamepad, Controller, and K/M support, and all of them feel great
  
• Fair, if not generous price point
  
• Kickass score
  
• Works with Hamachi, if that's your thing
  
• Devs seem to be listening to the community already- off to a good start
  
• Looks REALLY good- the colours, effects, animations, etc. are all very well made

• The settings don't always seem to work very well
  
• Very new- it may be difficult to find online players
  
• No singleplayer AI
  
• A couple of the maps are broken (everyone just shoots into the abyss on spawn)
  
• Combat could be a bit more fluid- sometimes it feels clunky
  
• UI seems to lag a bit

• Perhaps overly simple- no acheivements, no map selection, no workshop
  
• No server system
  
• VERY rough multiplayer- a lot of people are having issues with matchmaking. Try Hamachi, or similar services- just make sure you turn that ♥♥♥♥ off before you play KSP.
  
• Gameplay can get repetitive after you play it for a few hours. That said, I was compelled to play it for a few hours just outside of the box.

When it works, it's awesome. This game is very well made, and very fun to play. There are a few kinks, but the developers are alreay working on ironing those out- and it's been out for less than a week at the time of writing. For five dollars, there's really no reason not to buy it. Hell- buy a few copies for your friends.



My friend Katie's laughter and my screams of "JESUS CHRIST JESUS CHRIST THE SNAKES ARE INSIDE ME CHRIST" scored me a noise complaint, and someone next door who hadn't even seen any gameplay purchased it immediately.


Also: You should vote this for the Steam Awards. It would be cool to see it pickup even more traction.