Endless Space 2, the 4X recreation about attaining galactic supremacy with distinctive and attention-grabbing factions, is having a free weekend. Just to substantiate: your house will finish on Sunday at 9pm GMT except you purchase the sport. There’s a brand new replace too, which expands the diplomatic choices and provides a bunch of different new stuff.
If you solely settle for your house in really infinite type, it’s half-price now too.
The devs have additionally launched the ‘Galactic Statecraft’ replace, which provides extra choices to the diplomatic facet of the sport. In principle, you’ll be capable to remedy your conflicts by way of chatting reasonably than combating. It additionally pirate lairs to fret about, plot-related end-game bonuses, orbital stations, constellation management bonuses, weapon balancing and new occasions. It’s all detailed in the patch notes, in addition to this right here video.
Oh, and Amplitude are additionally operating a “play-to-win community challenge”, the place the extra gamers that launch the sport throughout the free weekend, the extra bonus stuff they’ll add to the sport. It appears a bit odd to me – you possibly can see the bonuses on the backside of this page, and I get the impression that they’re already accomplished. Hopefully they’ll discover their method into the sport sooner or later, no matter how profitable the weekend is.
I haven’t tried Endless Space 2, although I had quite a lot of enjoyable with its predecessor. Our man Fraser will tell you issues have solely improved:
“Amplitude have crafted a game that oozes character and charm out of every pore. With its faction-specific soundtrack, lavish art and light RPG-like quests, it’s hard not to fall for it. Character doesn’t just mean flavour, either. Sure, Endless Space 2 is full of that, but what’s most compelling is the way in which it intersects with the mechanics, elevating them both.”
My favorite factor concerning the video games Amplitude make is that they’re all set in the identical universe – from fantasy 4Xing in Endless Legend to roguelike tower defence in Dungeon of the Endless. They’re all a part of an interconnected story, and the identical useful resource sorts get harnessed in numerous methods in every recreation.
The free weekend on Steam for Endless house 2 ends at 9pm GMT on Sunday, and you’ll choose the sport up for 50%-off till November 22nd.
