Terrible Mechanics masked by great UI and graphics

I really wanted to like this.
However it has some major flaws that I am not sure will be fixed. Lets start with the positives:

+Great art style and humor.
+Fun to customize your ship with rooms.
+Really well done research. Not complex, but still rewarding.
+Trading is fun, but also pretty shallow.

However the game has some terrible gameplay systems designs.

-Combat is bad, slow and boring. My gunner went to sleep because it was dragging on for so long and got me blown up. Once my pilot got sick mid combat and my ship started floundering. Sure I should not have engaged a stronger ship, but the game doesnt make it clear that I am about to get into trouble.

- the save system screwed me. I took a kill mission, but forgot that I had no ammo. I undocked and a ship auto engaged me a few moments later. I couldnt run away and couldnt kill it. Reloading the game takes me back to orbit right before this ship engages me. No way to use that save game. No prior saves. Again technically my fault but there should be a way to do something about it.
-Bugs. Holy game breaking bugs batman. Too many to list. Had to restart campaign twice.

Overall fun presentation that looks great doesnt make up for poor design choices and bad bugs.

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Boris.Poletaev about Cosmonautica