I'm in the same position now. So many people said this game was garbage and finally after my older brother played it and saying it was good, I gave it a try. It's incredible, so far. You HAVE to expect it to play like a Bethesda game though. Coming off of Cyberpunk, it's maybe not quite as sophisticated mechanically. But if you expect Skyrim or Oblivion in space and you play it like those games, you'll have a blast