Game is definitely weird and a little janky but it goes on sale regularly and has some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing quests/interactions/discoveries. I've never had issues with the lander or ship piloting that didn't feel intentional (don't try to mine on dangerous planets unless you have no other options lol, seems obvious), use the easiest difficulty until you understand the game enough that you want an even harsher experience etcetc and be chill with most of your runs ending in defeat cuz you'll learn more with every run and be more prepared for the next one. Like, personally it was obvious to not trust the mizzurani, but if you do make that mistake and live with the consequences and your run ends for that or other reasons then u don't have to throw a fit in the game's reviews lol, just learn ur lesson and try again (also if any of the specific major alien species are pissing you off only a subset of them are in each seed so u can just find a seed that doesn't have the ones you dislike and run that).

If you've played dwarf fortress and can vibe with "losing is fun" you should enjoy this also, if you can't wrap your head around that the game still regularly goes on sale cheap enough that you'll get your money's worth with some of the early quests and interactions even if you never stick around for a full run (I haven't made a successful run yet cuz I haven't sat down and given a consistent effort but I've had bits of the end-game quests and beats spoiled for me and they sound even more wild than some of the buckwild ♥♥♥♥ I've pulled off in the game already having only gotten to the halfway point of the full journey a couple times.
Reviewed at 35 ish hours and still feels like I've barely scratched the surface while having had a very complete and satisfying experience, looking forward to getting back around to this one once I've gotten through some other stuff in my backlog.