Endless Space 2 Fans...

[Jarhead0331]

Am thrilled to see planetary invasion getting some love!

[CJReich46]

Try before you buy......Free to play weekend on Steam!

And not just Endless Space 2, The Entire Endless series too!    :o

I must download Endless Space 2 or Endless Legend?

[Gusington]

Both!

[Barthheart]

Both. Very different experiences. Both are very unique.

[CJReich46]

Both. Very different experiences. Both are very unique.

Very true. I have played both during their free weekends.

[OJsDad]

Endless Space 2 is on sale for $13.59.  That's 66% off.

[Gusington]

Just watched the YouTube video for Supremecy and  it  looks excellent. If I can only buy one of the new DLCs it's going to be this one.

[solops]

Try before you buy......Free to play weekend on Steam!

And not just Endless Space 2, The Entire Endless series too!    :o

I must download Endless Space 2 or Endless Legend?

Endless Legend is one of the best, if not THE best, of its genre. Get it. Endless Space 2...I don't know. Endless Space 1 was slick, pretty and unsatisfying, mainly due to a dull, repetitive auto-combat (the ONLY combat resolution available). I have been told in this thread that although Endless Space 2 follows the same model, combat has been improved.  Based on that, I am buying ES2 during this sale, as I already have Endless Legend (and ES1).

[OJsDad]

I see ES2 is turn based and multiplayer.  Does it offer good multi player game paly.

[Yskonyn]

I picked up ES2. Its a great sale and it had been on my wishlist for quite a while now.
Haven't played yet, though.

[Jarhead0331]

Been playing a lot of this over the weekend. I love the complex elegance and style of the game systems and I love the diversity of the major and minor races with truly meaningful differences among them.

After playing several different games over a period of many hours, though, the one thing that keeps hurting the experience is the same old side story events that ultimately add little to gameplay and distract from the focus of the game which is building and managing an empire. I've found that in the mid to late game, the choices that these side events force you to make are meaningless since it's irrelevant whether you take a -20 hit in dust or science for a brief period of 10 turns.

This is one of the few drawbacks to what is otherwise a fantastic and unique 4x.

[Yskonyn]

Is there a way to play without story enabled?

[Jarhead0331]

Is there a way to play without story enabled?

I don't think so. It's not just the story events though...there are also frequent random events that occur, which force you to make a choice. Each option usually offers a bonus and a penalty of some sort. Eventually when you are producing tremendous amounts of dust, resources and science, the choice you make is largely irrelevant.

[Rayfer]

Is there a way to play without story enabled?

I don't think so. It's not just the story events though...there are also frequent random events that occur, which force you to make a choice. Each option usually offers a bonus and a penalty of some sort. Eventually when you are producing tremendous amounts of dust, resources and science, the choice you make is largely irrelevant.

When creating a new game you select a difficulty level....besides the usual easy-normal-hard-etc. there is one called "sandbox".   Not sure what that does and the Steam forums weren't much help figuring it out.  I wonder if it disables the story/choices?  Anyone know?

[Jarhead0331]

Is there a way to play without story enabled?

I don't think so. It's not just the story events though...there are also frequent random events that occur, which force you to make a choice. Each option usually offers a bonus and a penalty of some sort. Eventually when you are producing tremendous amounts of dust, resources and science, the choice you make is largely irrelevant.

When creating a new game you select a difficulty level....besides the usual easy-normal-hard-etc. there is one called "sandbox".   Not sure what that does and the Steam forums weren't much help figuring it out.  I wonder if it disables the story/choices?  Anyone know?