Can someone explain Deep Rock Galactic to me?

[Runa216]

Been looking up guides and adding friends and nobody seems to know. My friends are trying to get me to play this game and it looks fun enough as far as the core gameplay loop is concerned, but I have a pretty nasty aversion to games that don't end or have a hard goal or quest.

I don't play Free 2 Play games or mobile games because most of them are just repetitive.

I don't play games like monster Hunter because the gameplay loop is just 'kill monsters, get parts, upgrade weapons to kill stronger monsters and getting stronger parts'. I get the impression this game is kind of like that, in this regard. I'm not putting it down, I absolutely do feel there's a place out there for all manner of games! IT looks like a good game!

I just want to know if it's the kind of game I fear it is or if I'm potentially missing something. Like, I heard there are boss battles but is there a story? Is it just an endless loop of getting ore and materials, levelling up and making better tools, to then get better ore and better materials to get even better tools?

Honestly, I just don't want to get involved if that's all it is and I want to be respectful to my friends that do play it.