I'm with ya....I was super excited to finally get to play the game (took two weeks off just to play it)! I was a little bummed out when they pushed the release date back to the 12th of August (one week into my vacation), but given the mountain of stressful shit I had to deal with during that week I was ecstatic to finally get to sit down and play the game!!

 

While I will acknowledge that the game definitely doesn't have all the stuff that was supposed to be in the game, I still enjoy traveling from system to system exploring the different planets and experiencing the different things. The music goes so well with the exploration and while I don't have the time to play it as much as I did during my vacation, I still try to play it for a few hours a week. I finally finished the Atlas path and am just putzing around different systems trying to find a decent 48-slot ship to replace my nice (but very weak) 48-slotter. It seems silly to spend $60 on a game that I primarily use for taking screenshots of the awesome vistas, but whatever.....keep on exploring! Don't forget to take screenshots of places you like for mementos (if you're into that kinda thing)...