It looks... stupid. - I've already flagged it on steam and I've noticed that under where it says controller support, there's a new line I've never seen before; 'Steam is learning about this game' ... Interesting.
When contending with a monster, you'd be wise to give the devil his due.
I watched the videos and the screenshots.
Why does it look like a cartoon game? I think something was stol.. ehm.. taken as a template from Mario Kart.
The voice I heard is terrible too.
I tried the demo and it's optimized like shit, which prevented me from enjoying it.
Also, just so everyone knows, it was made by one of the creators of /v/lancer, /v/'s server-mod for Freelancer. The same feeling is there, you know boss battles and a kind of comedic and surreal environment, though this one is slightly more serious and even has a Lovecraftian vibe to it.
Actually, there was some drama on The Starport some years ago between Pastaspace and some other fellows from /v/ and other users over some uncredited content from Disco and Crossfire in their mod.
The basic idea among that community is that both mods suck balls gameplay-wise, the only good stuff are basically the visual assets like ships and stuff.
Gameplay-wise, it is a virtual Freelancer clone, down to the trade lanes, flight model, commands and interface.
And Freelancer is meant to be played in "third person", with the visual behind the starship.