ENDLESS Space™ 2

Very Very Good.

One of the top 4X games ever made. This game is so well polished, and judging by this most recent update, clearly well loved. Thank you devs and the unsung community heroes for not letting go.

Paradox is a greed monger that charges for DLC that should be in the base game.

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I would say, this game is a pretty immersive Experience.

An absolute bad purchase, even though I bought the game on sale for a few euros. The space battle system in the game is just illogical with its battle cards. Accordingly, 2 of my largest battleship lost to 6 of the cheapest battleships of my enemy simply because they had the morale bonus. One of the ships was already bigger than all 6 of my enemy's combined, had far better weapons, better armor, etc., but apparently that doesn't matter, so my battleships were shot out of space without destroying any of the enemy ships. But the biggest joke about the game is still to come, I have started 3 rounds and haven't been able to finish one because the game always gets stuck at some point and I can't do anything anymore, the AI ​​can still build, move ships, etc. but all I can do is press end round. I thought I'd give the game one last chance. It went so well, that for the first time in my life, I used Steam's option to get my money back. I talked to a friend who also owns the game, and we tested a few things. In the game, you have around 20,000 technologies and options to design your ships, and 99% of them are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The game gives you the option, when designing your ships, to choose between an armor and support module or a weapon and support module. So my friend and I chose the same faction and the same ships. The difference was that he filled every slot with armor and weapons, while I used a few support modules. On my defender ships, I replaced one weapon slot with a support module that says the ship will be attacked first by the enemy fleet. On my attack ships, I replaced one defense module with a support module that increases the damage output. And now guess what happened? I lost with a devastating defeat. Because of the missing defense systems, my attack ships were blown out of space in an instant. So it's really impressive how well the tank module works — or rather, how it doesn't work at all. Another thing we tested was the Moloch. Based on its description, it is a superweapon ship that should be able to eradicate all enemy fleets in a system instantly. But if your opponent isn't blind, you can forget about ever using this ship and its weapon. If a space battle is already happening in the system, you can't use the weapon, even if your Moloch is not part of the battle. So I thought I'd make a big-brain move. First, I sent a small sacrifice fleet into the system where my AI enemy had several fleets, just to trigger a battle. Then I brought in my fleet with the Moloch to activate its weapon. Couldn't use its superweapon because a space battle was ongoing. Okay, maybe my sacrifice fleet first needed to be annihilated by the enemy. I started the battle, got the message that I lost, and instantly the next window popped up, the second enemy fleet triggered a battle with my Moloch fleet. So another space battle started, and again I couldn't use the Moloch's superweapon. Because of the superweapon, I had to sacrifice several normal weapon slots on the Moloch, so it was blown out of space together with the rest of my fleet. Next attempt, I sent in my second Moloch and tried to activate its weapon instantly. It entered the system, and the AI triggered a space battle immediately I didn't even get the chance to activate the weapon. By the way, it's not possible to equip the Moloch with a stealth system. Okay, one Moloch left. My enemy had used all its attack points, now it was time for my third Moloch to shine. It entered the system, but the time I needed to activate the weapon was enough time for the AI to remove all its fleets from the system. So the only way to use the Moloch is when the enemy has no attack or movement points left. The superweapon of the Moloch is usable every 30 turns, so I thought it would be a great last line of defense. It isn't, unless the enemy is blind or completely stupid. Since I'm already talking about defense. I don't know if I'm too stupid or if the AI is cheating, but when I attack a system controlled by the AI, I use ships that can attack the enemy's ground defenses before sending in my troops. I wait 2 or 3 turns until my ships have destroyed the enemy's ground defenses. Then I send in my troops and the AI is still able to defend it's system forever, even though my troops are winning the fight, I can't take over the system. The fact that my ships are still in orbit doesn't matter at all. Now the AI attacks my system with a very small fleet of 6 small ships. A planet with a completely intact defense system. First, I send in my fleet to destroy the enemy ships. Then I trigger the ground battle. And what a miracle, I lose the ground battle. What happens next? The AI takes over my system. The AI had no ships left, its ground troops were still outnumbered 1 to 10 by my reserves and yet the AI took over my system. In my opinion, Endless Space 2 is the worst and most illogical game I have ever bought. So if someone wants to buy a game with big space battles like I thought I would do, they should buy a different game.