i think personally the game was more of a remaster than a sequel, it runs poorly, i think they added enough and changed some mechanics to make it just above that baseline to say "its just a remake" and if they add the content they say theyre going to then itll be WAY better, but at its current state if you pay $50 for this game you will regret it, the "wobble" from KSP 1 that took them years to optimize and fix is back and about 3x worse, any rocket over 50 parts tanks the FPS down to like 5 max and in pre release builds they were doing 80+ part rockets, the game is missing a lot of promised parts and feautures (the devs did say that a lot of it would be added after early access and released a road map showing their intended update path) but other than that the game is very solid
I personally have enjoyed myself playing it for the 5ish hours i have in it already, they changed enough that it feels new and the graphics and sound design are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing
but the terrible performance and rampant bugs have pissed me off enough that i wont be playing anymore until i see some updates

TLDR - Needs some TLC before its worth $50 but if you can handle the bugs worth it IMO

i think personally the game was more of a remaster than a sequel, it runs poorly, i think they added enough and changed some mechanics to make it just above that baseline to say "its just a remake" and if they add the content they say theyre going to then itll be WAY better, but at its current state if you pay $50 for this game you will regret it, the "wobble" from KSP 1 that took them years to optimize and fix is back and about 3x worse, any rocket over 50 parts tanks the FPS down to like 5 max and in pre release builds they were doing 80+ part rockets, the game is missing a lot of promised parts and feautures (the devs did say that a lot of it would be added after early access and released a road map showing their intended update path) but other than that the game is very solid I personally have enjoyed myself playing it for the 5ish hours i have in it already, they changed enough that it feels new and the graphics and sound design are fucking amazing but the terrible performance and rampant bugs have pissed me off enough that i wont be playing anymore until i see some updates TLDR - Needs some TLC before its worth $50 but if you can handle the bugs worth it IMO