OK, I just tried the demo and I have to say, I don't get what all the fuss is about. It's dull and not very engaging. I spent more time playing with the character creation tool designing a weird albino alien than I did running through corridors shooting things or flying through space shooting things.
I admit, I'm not much of a fan RPGs to begin with (with a few notable exceptions) but the game play and combat system just feels...I don't know, not awkward exactly, I mean it works ok but I can't help feeling remote and disconnected. Not immersive at all.
Perhaps it was just because I was playing the free version, but I didn' get much of a sense of the wider community that's supposed to be one of the main selling point of any MMORPG. That is unless you count the little chat window that's full of what I assume are fellow noobs asking how to do this or that.
Oh and I was very disappointed with the starship customisation. I thought there'd be the same amount of slider-bar fiddling to deform the default shapes any way you like. Instead it's just a kit-bashing engine.
So tell me, does the demo gibe an accurate sense of the game or dose it get radically better once you subscribe?