An amazing space sim. To bad there is no #2.
small suprises here an there. Although you can just ignore the story and do as you want, but for your first time playing I suggest stick with the story.
This game also has a lot of replay value to it as it is all by itself. But if you add in some of the created content from the mod community, such as new ships, weapons, systems and etc. Raises the replay value even more.
The main thing I think really missing from the game is gamepad/joystick supported control