I recently saw a copy of the aforementioned book in a FLGS, and it looked to be the first substantial 3rd party supplement I've encountered in the wild. How is it, quality wise? Are its critter writeups 'mechanically congruent' with official Starfinder? Do they have good quality lore and fluff? Do they fill in useful niches within a game? Does the book have generally good production values ( paper/binding quality, editing, art )?
Basically, do you recommend the book?
( Note: when I say 'mechanically congruent', I mean in the sense that it follows similar design principles and benchmarks to the official material. I have in the past encountered third party material for various games wherein the designers clearly had radically different ideas of concepts like "balance" and "complexity" than the creators. Its a black mark in my eyes, as regardless of overall quality, it makes inter-compatibility a pain. )
