Plan on dying a lot. It's a foregone conclusion. I haven't read the instructions, either. But, that didn't stop me from playing and having a decent go of it. Ship is easy to control. Dogfights are entertaining. Resource gathering is pretty solid. The enemies show up so quickly even on easy and doesn't really allow much time to explore before fleeing. You lose credits at death but not your available Perks so you can improve your ship over time. I do which there was more mystery and finding cool or neat objects. It's much like Elite Dangerous in the generated planetary systems but not as complicated as E:D.
