As an experienced SE player, I switched to Empyrion for a few reasons.

1.The game is not an empty environment, it has random pirate ships, random trading stations and fauna and flora on the planets, there is a lot of PvE combat.

2.In this game having a second operator on the ship is a big bonus, the turrets operated by Humans have more shooting options, generally a ship with a crew is stronger and is not just a ship with turrets ,for example artillery turrets in the Human operator option can shoot EMP, which is quite effective at knocking down enemy shields.

3.Fighters from small blocks are very important in the game because CVs are useless on planets, Fighters also have greater strength as shield attackers, generally small fighters are important throughout the game which this aspects was very discredited in SE.

4.The game has a lot of infantry combat aspect, where you have to attack stations and take part in gunfights,

5.Very large galaxies with many planets and moons with different shells, endless time of research and discovery ,POI ,mines ,reactor , towns full of spiders or bugs ,fight fight fight.

6.I was delighted that gold is gold and platinum is platinum, money is important in this game ,this is your choice if you get gold how you are going to utilise it as resource or money.

Please don't get me wrong, SE is a great game but all the shortcomings it had were filled in Empyrion, Empyrion generally gives you game satisfaction until the very end, it's hard to reach end game status and start to get bored ,for me 90% score ,there are negatives such as Graphic in comparison to Star Citizen or small bugs but game is great.

*SE = Space Engineers

As an experienced SE player, I switched to Empyrion for a few reasons. 1.The game is not an empty environment, it has random pirate ships, random trading stations and fauna and flora on the planets, there is a lot of PvE combat. 2.In this game having a second operator on the ship is a big bonus, the turrets operated by Humans have more shooting options, generally a ship with a crew is stronger and is not just a ship with turrets ,for example artillery turrets in the Human operator option can shoot EMP, which is quite effective at knocking down enemy shields. 3.Fighters from small blocks are very important in the game because CVs are useless on planets, Fighters also have greater strength as shield attackers, generally small fighters are important throughout the game which this aspects was very discredited in SE. 4.The game has a lot of infantry combat aspect, where you have to attack stations and take part in gunfights, 5.Very large galaxies with many planets and moons with different shells, endless time of research and discovery ,POI ,mines ,reactor , towns full of spiders or bugs ,fight fight fight. 6.I was delighted that gold is gold and platinum is platinum, money is important in this game ,this is your choice if you get gold how you are going to utilise it as resource or money. Please don't get me wrong, SE is a great game but all the shortcomings it had were filled in Empyrion, Empyrion generally gives you game satisfaction until the very end, it's hard to reach end game status and start to get bored ,for me 90% score ,there are negatives such as Graphic in comparison to Star Citizen or small bugs but game is great. *SE = Space Engineers