Posted on: October 4, 2020
sumguy720
Verified ownerGames: 200 Reviews: 4
Rewarding completionism
Hey it's a shooter version of FTL! But actually, everspace is a pretty great game. I've played it off and on over the last couple of years and I wind up dropping four or five hours on it each time I pick it up. The levels are randomly generated and you progress through an overworld map between levels, choosing branches to traverse as you go. The combat is rewarding and doesn't get too repetitive (at least by 30 hours). There are lots of ways to outfit your ship, and while there are some builds that are relatively "optimal" it will take some time to figure out what those builds are, and then a little skill to accumulate the resources in a run to acquire the pieces of those buidls. I should also mention that there is one build that seems to make the game a cakewalk, and I acutally enjoy the game enough that I still do other, less broken builds because the gameplay is actually fun, it's not just gameplay for the sake of progression. Ultimately, if you like planning ahead, thinking strategically about your tools, searching nooks and crannies for treasures, and then blasting steel space hulls in action packed dogfights this game will probaly appeal to you. I was a little skeptical of the control scheme at first - the mouse pointer guides your crosshair which loosely controls your ship's facing? Eugh! But it actually works out well - it's become intuitive for me anyway, and it allows the freedom of aim I'm used to having with a mouse while preserving the handling characteristics appropriate for the ship I'm piloting. I've had this game for so long I kind of forgot if I got this for free or on sale or something, but I think this would be a real treasure for 10-15 bucks.
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