Quote: "Looks really boring and pointless."
Yeah I totally agree with you that it's pointless and from what I can gather, the storyline is pretty-much an attempt to give a story to a game that doesn't need one.
However, I think that it's a game that's about the gameplay rather than anything else. And the gameplay looks fun. I'll cite Galaga on NES here: I spent hours on that thing when I was a kid. The game basically consisted of:
Shoot the badguys.
Get to the next level (when they're all dead).
The badguys get faster.
Shoot the badguys.
There were only two types of incoming formations the spacebugs took and one final formation once they had ?"landed"?. There was one other ?"weapon"? which involved letting your ship get captured and then freeing it so you had two ships on a screen giving you double firepower. The only break in the game's repetition were the bonus stages. Still it was fun nonetheless. Basically this game is catering to those casual gaming moments, but doing so in a very stunningly visual way. Personally I would prolly buy it. I'd play it as well - but not for hours every day as I may get bored too.
