I bought it for PC too. The reviews don't discourage me. I bought it for the sandbox and exploration aspects. Not to min/max or follow some predefined story. We'll see if my attitude changes after logging some hours into it, though.
The math behind it is really mind-blowing. It's hard to comprehend but as an example, if you divvied up the 18 quintilian planets among every person on Earth, each person would be responsible for discovering 2.8 billion planets.
Kinda makes you think how mind-blowing that 1st encounter was on Day 1 with the 2 streamers.