EVERSPACE™ 2

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Posted on: July 15, 2023

takemyfuckingmoney

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Games: 29 Reviews: 5

Truly fleshed out and worth the price

It's rare I have a game meet my expectations. Even when games do so, I tend to have only middling positive feelings about it. It's even rarer to have a good space game. Everspace 2 takes what worked in various other space games and wrapped it up in a beautiful, fantastic package, while recognizing the failures of every other space game. Instead of focusing on being a mediocre 'sim,' it perfects the space formulae of entertaining gameplay without trying to stick to some old dogma. Combat is robust, the world is well designed, and there's a HUGE variety of set pieces and environments/novelty which is extremely rare for an indie title. Let's just say this is like the devs saw Elite: Dangerous and said, "what if we ignored the stupid literal game-breaking gimmicks and focused on making a fun video game in space and take what worked in Elite instead?" The visuals are stunningly beautiful at times, with gorgeous landscapes. This isn't just 'oh the graphics are good.' Graphical fidelity doesn't mean anything. STYLE does, and some of the space views are just some of the most beautiful scenes I have ever seen in a modern video game. It has taken its engine and made use of modern graphics Puzzles are simple, require a little thought, but aren't overwhelming, and lean heavily into using visual environmental cues. It makes you pay attention to the gorgeous crafted details of the game and it's an excuse to actually FLY your ship around with some style. How fast you do a puzzle is determined by how agile you are with your ship and your ability to solve them. Normal difficulty is perfect for a relaxed but not mindless experience. Adjust as desired. Some ship classes could use a couple more modules (lego parts for lack of a better term) but overall cosmetics are robust and well designed. Overall, the game is a legitimate 5/5. It has a few flaws, but almost none worth mentioning.

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Posted on: April 10, 2023

Belross

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Games: 34 Reviews: 2

Fantasic Indie Arcade Space Romp

Everspace 2 is a really good game on the verge of greatness. It is well polished, packs a lot of content, and is just plain fun to play. But, some aspects of the game design lack depth and there is a clear gap of untapped potential keeping from from 5/5 stars. The good: - Flight and combat controls are fluid and feel great even with a keyboard and mouse - Stellar art, visuals, and atmosphere - Between the main quests, missions, challenges, exploration, grinding, crafting, and economy, there is always something to keep you busy The not so good: - Close quarters combat is frustrating because once most enemies get close they pack a punch and it's difficult to target them, biasing towards medium to long range combat which is less engaging - Not many unique/unusual item affixes or abilities which would lend themselves towards more complex or interesting builds, instead the vast majority of items feel rather same-y with a limited pool of stats

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Posted on: August 9, 2024

Enlargee79

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Games: 91 Reviews: 2

It's modern freelancer with random loot

From the controls through to the B-grade movie story (and it's still good, mind you) this is everything I would have expected from another Freelancer title. And OMG other developers take note - THIS game shows you how to have customisable controls and UI. The options are well organised, and nigh limitless in scope.

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Posted on: November 16, 2024

SketchFile

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Games: 415 Reviews: 14

It's just ok

I was super excited for this game. I wasn't a huge fan of the first one, it has a lot of of 'roguelike' problems. And unfortunately this game also has problems from the 'looter shooter' variety. The battle mechachanisms are also really dull, so you end up basically doing the same thing for every fight. It feels like they didn't have enough to make a full game so instead, they padded it out with grind-based looting mechanics, that really you don't even need that much. In a game where I was expecting things to feel slow, it feels like you're just going through the motions and the whole thing feels like a slog. Mechanically, and storywise I'm sold more. If the battle systems were fleshed out a lot more it wouldn't be so middling. Not being able to automate at least a little bit of buying/selling stuff for ages also is kind of a problem. Again it feels like it's so late, just to make the game feel longer, and the game needed to feel shorter.

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Posted on: November 30, 2024

8manblack

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Games: 142 Reviews: 1

It's written on the tin

Everspace 2 follows on from what Rockfish/Fishlab GmbH have mastered over the years- a well-refined looter-shooter with some crafting mechanics, experience bars and shopping lists to give it a sense of progression. I preferred the first Everspace, and while most of that is still here with extra stuff attached, it's just delivered in a different format, and doesn't run as well on my potato computer. This time when you die, you'll be reloading to the start of the same encounter that killed you/ reverting to an earlier save; you're no longer pitching yourself against a boiled down escalation-curve of a space-sim in roguelite fashion. I feel this subtly detracts from the core of Everspace 1's format; you're no longer drafting a loadout from a a limited scope of equipment options, but taking the most appealing option from the entire scope of options presntly available at a given point in the campaign. Due to the long-form progression, there's a much broader, diluted gamut of stat-growth, and preferred equipment can typically be recrafted at your current level from the piles of materials you've accrued across the length of the campaign- so diversity in your loadout is not really enforced, and often not adventageous. While this isn't a game that's trying to sell itself on white-knuckle tension or deeply nuanced systems of interaction, it IS a lengthy narrative campaign with flexible RPG elements; for all the extra content and encounters they've included, it doesn't actually change the way you engage with the Everspace 2 as a 'numbers game' which IS what the lengthy meta progerssion hinges on, and not the reason I continue to play the game. You need to find your own fun and enforce your own restrictions if you're going to benefit from the novelty the added content would otherwise hope to provide, which I imagine is achievable for most.

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