19 hours of exploring, mining, and questing. Mainly been in New Atlantis and the wilderness surrounding doing different quests there. I think the quests are varied enough to not become boring. Obviously, there are plenty of fetch quests also but you would be mental to think a game at this scope would not have them. Some of the quests I got just by eavesdropping, which is cool and the chained quests have been solid enough.
New Atlantis looks great and I'm quite impressed with how the interiors of each building complement what the building is all about. If you go to a restaurant, for example, you'll see some of the detailed food from the menu on the table and it actually looks like food. If it is a posh restaurant, you'll see more fancy tables and even the waitress will talk/look fancy. It's nothing new RPG-wise, but it is done very well. New Atlantis feels like a city! Now, if only the faces of most of the NPC's did not look like ass... Funny enough, some made me think of Oblivion, so at least you got that nostalgia pumping each time you see a face of horrors. It does not take away the immersion thankfully, it's just that Bethesda REALLY sucks when it comes to making facial animations.
Going around in the wilderness has been enjoyable. Scan this, slam some animals (not that kind of slamming, this is not BG3), and find whatever is to be found. Some of the structures you find are huuuuuge! Had me looking twice at times just from the sheer scope. This is exploration at its core and I did not once think about any borders or even get to one. The map areas are huge and while exploring on foot is fun and all, you most likely will not be walking on foot all the time, or else your playthrough of this game will take a gazillion years if you don't have a really good jetpack on a low gravity planet.
The starter ship is still bloody amazing! Some of the ship sounds got that nice clickity-clack, which reminds me a lot of the instrument panel sounds from the movie Alien or Alien Isolation for that sake. If all the ships are equally as awesome as this ship, man, I'm in for a treat!
The game is solid and I would not hesitate to give it a 9/10 impression. I'm having fun and that is what matters the most to me. Some are saying this is Morrowind in space and you know what, that is exactly what it is!