Unless you are an expert at flying ships in a Newtonian physics simulation, steer clear. For someone like me who is a casual player who prefers the point and fly approach, merely docking ships in this game was a nightmare. I tried for hours to dock with various stations and managed to do so only once. There is an autodock feature, but it only seems to work half the time. I honestly didn't get very far in the game due to what is for me a broken and very extremely frustrating flight mechanic, but I did get to play a bit with the economic simulation, which seemed to be very basic, not going any further than Elite from the 1980's, or its numerous clones: you buy goods that differ merely in their names, prices, and locations, and deliver or sell them somewhere else... rinse and repeat endlessly. This is actually kind of what I wanted, but the frustrating flight mechanic stood in the way of enjoying this part of the game for me. Avoid this game unless you are a pro at flying in Newtonian physics.
