This game has a lot of charming touches in its opening moments. Starting with a big "in debt" tracker is hilarious. And going around your ship, opening lockers, and using your navigation computer is great fun. I do think there are some real balance issues -- my second play through I had a sword and armor that seemed to make me invincible to anything encountered on the first 2 planets -- I reached level 4 without really thinking about it.
The biggest issue for me is that the maps I played through felt both large and empty. I didn't ever discover any objects in the world besides doors and enemies. At the very least, it would be neat if you had to track down items to "unlock" future locations from your nav. computer, rather them simply add on automatically.