*Sigh* This thing is awesome. Really awesome. But it seems to have died. The site sometimes goes down for weeks, there has been no activity there all year, and it's still in Beta.
Anyway. My personal impression of this thing: Elite: Dangerous Offline. I'm not kidding; the only thing in ED that isn't in here is bounty hunting. Oh, and Powerplay, but who misses that. You can mine, you can be a pirate, you can trade. You just can't bounty hunt. I never played this for very long though. I get depressed when I think about this project's abandonment. Also, I find sandbox games hard to get into. I like story lines.
Anyway, the attention to detail in this one would shame AAA companies. Solid trade routes, a stunning backstory that leaves you wondering in suspense, well-thought out factions, and the various gameplay aspects are simply incredible.
I gotta stop, I'm getting depressed again.

--IronDuke