Anyone that isn't seen the similarities is in denial. I think it was a good choice of game to copy as well as FTL, it it's going to work out remains to be seen.
I warned people that it wasn't wise to overhype a game no one had seen, it's really hard for any game to live up to what you envisioned in your head. I think the original trailer was very misleading, it looks very grounded and unique but the game itself is a shooter, with aliens, etc, very basic stuff.
It looks technically very unimpressive and janky, with nothing current gen about it (and at 30fps on the XBSX). At the same time it is more interesting than anything Bethesda ever released, specially the part about managing your spaceship. First-person FTL sounds great to me. Manually mining and procedurally generated world all sounds terrible.