[PC] Endless Space 2

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https://www.endless-space.com
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Launch trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpNXdVaBVcs
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Played for a few hours over the free weekend on Steam and really enjoyed it. Best time I've had a with a 4X in a long time. I might just pick it up while it's still on sale.
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I'm loving the game so far. Only issue I have is the relative difficulty of selecting a new research technology. I've never had so much trouble with this before. The techs seem to offer so little, and so much of their utility is hidden away on other screens, e.g. potentially colonizable planets nearby, economy screen unlocks, hero recruitment, etc. It's as if the tech tree was designed to emphasize long-term planning. Hence why I'm at a loss on what to do as a beginner.
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End of the Voyage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-Jzx0AOF8

Teaser video. We'll find out more on January 18 on their Twitch stream - https://www.twitch.tv/amplitudestudios
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Community challenge update - https://www.games2gether.com/endless-sp ... ost-255873
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Brief overview of update's major features - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfNSgA-df0
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Vaulters DLC - http://store.steampowered.com/app/73314 ... __Vaulters
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Content Summary
  • Vaulters major civilization
  • Sister of Mercy Minor Faction
  • Vaulters heroes
  • Vaulters special node
  • Vaulters main quest
  • Pirate Diplomacy
  • Opbot (hero)
  • Exotic ship modules
  • Additional Deeds
  • 4 exploration quests
The Vaulters Prologue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8GbjZwuEA
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http://steamcommunity.com/app/392110/di ... 9867173125
Astasia wrote: I also like the research system better in ES1, that's more personal preference, but a lot of the techs and research placements actually made sense while in ES2 it's a jumbled mess with unlocks attached to techs that don't make any sense at all.
I noticed this also and found it bizarre. Apparently the devs are not only aware of this, but might even fix it one day.
Frogsquadron [developer] wrote: Techs used to be linked to things that made sense in early days, but we've moved things around a lot, which resulted in this confusing result. I'm still longing for Applied Casimir Effect to unlock warping, however I think we will eventually do a pass on all these and check tech/name matching.
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http://steamcommunity.com/groups/explor ... 9872888540
Mezmorki wrote: The UI and notifications around victory conditions are abysmal in my opinion. The victory screen is practically useless. I'm only guessing that they are going to replace that with some better "foreign intelligence" screen when espionage gets added (assuming that it will).
I agree. Here's hoping that it does receive such an update.
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