Probably Sean Murray was just overhyped over his own creation and ended up with the mess 2 years ago. Now that he has fixed his game, people praised him to the point of some players build Sean Murray giant face that could be sean from the space.

Anyway, now that it has changed, I've put this on my wishlist. From your review, it sounds like Starbound but 3D, with a whole lot more contents in it. Awesome review!