Pity they can’t release a way to erase the game from my memory so I can play it afresh.
That's why people watch playthroughs to see somebody else go through the game for the first time. There's an "Interloper" Discord server for people who are looking for VODs or live playthroughs.
I still played with mouse and keyboard just fine. I wish they had finer thrust control for that one part, but it just made more sense to me as a first-person and space sim game.