I've been waiting for this game to come out for years, with everything they've shown off.

99% of all that is not here.

If you like building space ships, this game's great for that. And that's it.

You can build a station. However, they're very small. They don't really serve as anything but extra storage. You can't exactly use them for anything beyond that and a marker.

You can commit to researching better technology in hopes of using it to earn money more easily by selling products instead of just ore. This takes days and millions of credits to invest into. But then people on the Auction House fight over singular credit undercuts until one person has a tantrum and drops the value of a product down to just what the ore is worth to "make a point" in a brilliant display of pettiness of not "getting their way".

You can go mining. Only asteroids, of about 7 varieties. Most of them so small that they're not even worth stopping to hit. You can go out deep into the ring, but the valuable ore is used very little and not bought as much, and its price is consistently dropping. And then you learn about PvP.

Pirates like to camp the border of the safe zone. While it's not a high chance, it's still a chance you run into someone just sitting on the border waiting to shoot someone up. Do they even salvage your ship or steal the ore? Nah, they simply destroy everything with complete disregard and do it simply to be as petty as possible.

And speaking of petty, that's what most of the community amounts to as everyone seems to be fighting over scraps. Very few people actually want to coordinate towards larger goals, and the ones that do, well, the leadership of their groups also seem entirely petty in their squabbles. And that's just glancing at the "diplomacy" so far.

If you like designing ships, again, this game's great for you. Don't expect much enjoyment beyond that.

I've been waiting for this game to come out for years, with everything they've shown off. 99% of all that is not here. If you like building space ships, this game's great for that. And that's it. You can build a station. However, they're very small. They don't really serve as anything but extra storage. You can't exactly use them for anything beyond that and a marker. You can commit to researching better technology in hopes of using it to earn money more easily by selling products instead of just ore. This takes days and millions of credits to invest into. But then people on the Auction House fight over singular credit undercuts until one person has a tantrum and drops the value of a product down to just what the ore is worth to "make a point" in a brilliant display of pettiness of not "getting their way". You can go mining. Only asteroids, of about 7 varieties. Most of them so small that they're not even worth stopping to hit. You can go out deep into the ring, but the valuable ore is used very little and not bought as much, and its price is consistently dropping. And then you learn about PvP. Pirates like to camp the border of the safe zone. While it's not a high chance, it's still a chance you run into someone just sitting on the border waiting to shoot someone up. Do they even salvage your ship or steal the ore? Nah, they simply destroy everything with complete disregard and do it simply to be as petty as possible. And speaking of petty, that's what most of the community amounts to as everyone seems to be fighting over scraps. Very few people actually want to coordinate towards larger goals, and the ones that do, well, the leadership of their groups also seem entirely petty in their squabbles. And that's just glancing at the "diplomacy" so far. If you like designing ships, again, this game's great for you. Don't expect much enjoyment beyond that.