I was mildly interested in this game until about three hours ago. Then I read the recent Steam reviews since 1.0 launched and lost any interest I may have once had. The original Starbound sounded cool and dynamic. It had a lot going for it prior to the 1.0 release and had really turned into something I felt I could sink my teeth into. Then it turns out they decided to rip out basically everything interesting and dynamic about the game and turn it into a random, wandering, little impact and low risk title for the official release.
I do not accept having to mod a game just to make it worthwhile. It's why I have so many issues with Bethesda titles since half the mods are just fixing broken things, forgotten features, or poor UI decisions. Mods should not have to make a game what it should have been to begin with to significant degree. So, ya know, maybe if Starbound becomes what it once was, I'll really consider it. In the mean time, I take genuine issue with Chucklefish's approach to reaching what they felt was a stable and feature rich 1.0 release.
