I got to add my 2 cents to this hot topic.
Looks good in the videos. If I understand what I've read and seen so far:
- you can walk around your ship's interior and interact with crew while flying to a destination or relaxing in orbit (and romance is available)
- I can fly to and land on any planet and explore the entire surface, not just the cities (~1000 planets iirc)
- I can avoid most combat situations (but not all) to focus time on exploring and making money
- Early access is only 5 days and cost $99 USD and starts Sept. 1; regular release is Sept. 6 ($70 usd) atm
please correct or comment on the above since I am old and have really bad eyesight (atm)
I had to get in on this to keep SC Discussion thread V12 from taking top spot again (???)
btw, a five day early access is not going to get me to jump. If it was a month or so and was basically a final integrity test on hundreds or thousands of a wide variety of computers, I'd be interested. I did early access on ED and AW way back before 1st beta. The price is not a problem for me but the duration is not worth it.