So your saying you are hyped about a space sim not so much because of its space piloting but more because of 'getting drunk' in it?
That's the dull way to look at it. I am hyped about the wide range of possibilities you have.
In Need for Speed everyone wanted to be able to get out of the car, in FIFA Football everyone wanted to create their own character with personal life and career, hell you even play cRPG because you wanted a multiplayer Warband campaign.
Of course the piloting is 90% of the game. What I like is that there is another 10%; the game is rich enough for it to go beyond the cockpit and the hull and the bridge. Remember the game is called Star Citizen not Star Pilot. Piloting is the main shit, but it shouldn't be the only. And I mentioned that because the other game doesn't have it. I was merely pointing out differences.
Next time be less critic and read again.