Right... this game... the initial premise was good... You got your capital ship, some missions, gear for the ship and crew that can level up... With nice graphics... not too bad! I went at it with gusto! But then the initial sparkles are gone... The game gets extremely repetitive... Side quests/ contracts are always the same... there are only 9 or less sections with 3 different sectors each, and new ships get unlocked as you progress into those sectors... But it feels very small... and with repetitive quests, it gets boring really fast...

There is a blueprint system for new gear, with a research mechanic, that is completely broken... I dont know how many blueprints I got from looting defeated ships that never translated into researchable items... Also the blueprint counter in the savegame is broken... It only showed that I had unlocked 10 out of 200 blueprints, when at that stage I had researched and could build 99% of the ship gear...

Then the main mission... Its more like reading a book than playing a game... I think the idea is to provide immersion, but there is so much text, and the voice acting is so bad (and again, repetitive - if you have parked 50 times in space stations or engaged in several random ship encounters you will know what I mean) that halfway into the game you just want them to shut up, and will warp speed click the endless boxes of text that aim to provide context for the main mission...

I am not a game developer, and I am pretty sure there was a lot of work gone into this title, but the end product just isnt great... Even if the game is cheap enough to buy... I spent 40 hours in the game, and its 40 hours of my life I will never get back... Buy at your discretion...