Shipped today...

[unholydog]

I also got my copy this week through amazon (game version 2.1.0.0, I would appreciate if someone could confirm that this is the latest uk version).

The graphics are actually pretty good (no X3 but then X3 does not allow you to land on planets). For example take the saturn rings (I assume it saturn) which look like a bitmap at first, however fly to it and it develops into proper individual detailed asteroids (actually impressive the first time you do this).

I wish the cockpit textures were a bit more detailed though (hopefully the game can be modded).

The voice acting is as to be expected but so far it really is a good game.

Just ensure you drop the gamma (which for some reason will not keep its setting) and crank up the graphic settings.