I'd be willing to wait another 4 years if it meant the game's idea was better implemented.
If the game had expanded and been centered more around the crature stages and wasn't so quick to evolve into grander less interesting stages it would certainly be more fun.
Once you get past the Tribe stage which lasts all of about an hour or two max in real life life the space stages just feels tacked on. I dont feel like my character anymore and have all but lost the feeling that I'm even a character in tha game at all. Instead I'm just this little floating ship icon that keeps doing the same thing over and over.
I expected that there would be a lot more involvement with other players and that the game was really about the incredible levels of creature creation and to see how the creature would look as it evolved into your 'end state' entity.
Instead you are able to completely change the entire look and almost purpose of the creature and almost any time instead of setting up your creature and seeing it evolve to that stage.
It's also a shame that the only 'class' differences are based on what you eat. It also seems that although the choices that are available for customization do offer many visible choices their actual ussage in the world and their effects all seem to be pretty much the same as each other leading to really a cosmetic choice rather then a use based one.
All I can say is that I'm glad I did't pay for the game.