I watched the GC demo, and I have to say, it looks amazing. I love the idea of EVA'ing over to a derelict ship and seeing the assorted post-battle detritus floating around.
But I realised that most of the online gamplay wont be like that. For a start, I suspect the "AI" on the destroyed Starfarer were players, as the "pirates" on the planet. I doubt players are going to be sitting around in empty ships, waiting to troll someone who may or may no come along.
Then, that mission briefing was amazingly well motion captured, and voice acted. Will every mission be like that? For every mission giver, in all the stations and ports in all 100 sytems?
No, I doubt it. So I think this is deliberately misleading.
I also think the "Ermahgawd, double-cross" was absurd. If the Bald dude thinks he can overcome the players, then why could he not overcome the Pirates the player just ROFLstomped? He clearly has ships in the area, why spent the 6000cr on someone just to risk attacking them later, when you can do the job yourself? I know that's a minor complaint but the mission was fine up till that point. It's like CR thinks that the nonsensical drama should be added for the sake of adding it, no cos it makes sense. And after the eye-rolling Garry Oldman trailer, I don't have high hopes for story quality.
Also, the flight model looks like it continues to be dog , from watching that Freelancer move about. The ships feel like they have no mass.
Still, on the hole the GC demo left me feeling slightly optimistic. The game might be a fun diversion when it eventually comes out.
