Let me start off with the positives. The general role-playing elements are great, and there are a LOT of choices you can make throughout the game that can drastically alter elements of the story. Your companions, though not the best cast for me personally, have hundreds of lines of dialogue with you and other companions for various situations. They feel very realized, and it gives a great reason to swap out party members and to try out different combinations of partners. The voice acting is great. If those sound good enough reasons to play a game for you, then get this by all means.

Me on the other hand, I really, really, REALLY wanted to like this game more than I did. But after playing through it one and a half times, I just couldn't get myself to enjoy it.

Combat is essentially Fallout in space but with an unfun version of V.A.T.S. that just slows down time. None of the aliens or enemy soldiers you fight have any interesting designs, attacks, or behavior and the combat gets repetitive REAL fast. Most of the weapons are also really boring, with the exception of the science weapons which are impractical to use in most situations. The leveling and perk system is... fine (if really uninteresting). The real deal breaker for me is the crafting and upgrade system. I won't go into the nitty gritty, but it's essentially a super unrewarding system to interact with that punishes you for experimenting.

Outside of your companions, all of the other NPCs are just really uninteresting. Off the top of my head, I can really only remember Junlei, the head of the sardines corporation, and the guy who sells the moon helmets. Everyone else is just kind of... eh. This may partially be because of the limited character creator also being used to create the NPCs, making it hard for them to stand out.

The maps themselves are also really uninteresting. There's a lot of recycling of the same buildings and flora. Emerald Vale and Monarch don't feel distinct enough from each other, only really different by way of color and enemy spawns. They also just don't have any interesting caves and dungeons to explore. Even if there are, they won't feel rewarding to explore because of the combat issues I mentioned previously.

I find it hard to really care about the story as well. My only motivation to push through with the story was Phineas, who is a great and charismatic character. Other than that though, I couldn't care less about the colony, the board, or any of the factions. They just feel so cookie-cutter and unoriginal.

On my last playthrough, there were also performance issues that weren't there when I first played it. The game freezes sometimes and there is massive FPS loss on specific locations.

I don't have any motivation to play this game again, despite the fact that it's supposed to be played multiple times for different story choices. The flaws with it are just too much.

My favorite game of all time, this game has someone for everyone, whether you are a raging murder hobo or some peace-loving hippie, you WILL love it.

Personally, if you enjoyed playing fallout series this is the same but in space.