EVERSPACE™ 2

+++ Very much tickles the exploration/reward itch. +++ Fun and inventive story, set inside a rich world. +++ Visually beautiful environments to admire. +++ Easy to get into, with little in the way of obscure mechanics or gotchas. --- Equipment leveling system sours the sauce. --- Not as daring in design as its predecessors. --- Shallow, unsatisfying combat encounters. This is a thumbs-up that comes with a large asterisk. It is an objectively 'correct' game to play, and its greatest fault is really to try to play it too safe and too mainstream - when the previous title's guts to be different was what had made it attractive in the first place. The upside is that it makes this one more universally accessible, and one's at liberty to explore to their heart's content with no time pressure. The exploration is by far the best aspect thanks to a world strewn with puzzles and little challenges that give out equipment as a reward, although because the equipment has RPG-style levels tied to them, these rewards can quickly feel hollow. It's a game to sit back into, enjoy the story, and scrounge for all the little secrets. That's good enough to carry it across the line.

it's nice overall, cool graphics and envs, but poor design choices like stupid puzzles, time limits, restrictions, constant "companions" babbling, etc make every activity a pain, you start to hate it over time, getting just more of the same annoying stuff further into the story

Well it's been sitting in my libary for a long time. The first encounter was brief and another game stole it's spotlight for my time and attention. However as most newly developed games fall short in so many ways due to the lack of gameplay or as the critical drinker might say "the message". I decided to give Everspace 2 a try.. I decided to forego the HOTAS setup for a try out and binded my keys. This worked quite well however the F key if rebinded and binded along side the game still only accepts the F key all other key settings.. beautifull done! as it should.. And before i knew it i was fighting other ships and quickly learned that some drones always take up station up your six and adjusted my space craft fighting. The atmosphere and story drew me in with the strong gameplay and now i'm 40 hours down the line and I think i only scratched the surface of the game. I'm having fun figuring out the balance of weapons, shields, what to upgrade.. what to create. I play on an old machine W10 with a GTX960strix it runs quite smooth and everything looks nice. The scenes that tell the story are also nice as they use a similar kind of drawing movies i'm used to with battletech another great game with a nice narrated story. If you like sci-fi and sci-fi space ships shooters with a nice story line then this may be something for you. check out some ytbe vids and it will give you a better idea than me writing about it. For me I would say this game hits a 9/10 overall as I'm having fun and enjoy the gameplay and story!

Played 9 hours in mission trying to deliver the plasma gin and won't deliver. Not the first mission that I had to restart to get to work and I don't want to do this mission over. This is an early access type issue. I definitely don't expect it in a mature game.

25 mins game time and over an hour trying to get my HOTAS (Thrustmaster Sol-R) to work. Gave up in the end and refunded, Shame as the game looks enjoyable. I initially was going to set up HOSAS which sometimes is a bit of work on most games, HOTAS however shouldn't have been.

如果你是跟我一样是冲着太空战斗爽或者幻想这是一款很不错的太空RPG游戏，你迫不及待准备战斗爽，在各个势力之间游走辗转为自己谋求利益。那么不好意思。这个傻逼游戏全TM是解密，一半以上的内容还TM是解密，解密就算了，在一大片太空区域！！没有任何提示，你去解这个傻逼迷吧！！！360度一度让我好找啊，傻逼能量球藏得真深，垃圾太阳光折射真的是阴间到家了！！！我是来玩太空RPG，战斗的！！不是来TM玩你那个逼劣质解密游戏的！！！不要购买不要购买！！！！

The "puzzles" in this game are just you flying around an environment blindly without a map of the local area to find like 2-3 interact-able objects for like 20 minutes and it's a huge time waster. Also some of the items that are supposedly common are actually super rare making crafting some items like catalyst a pain to where I search up guides to help me find them like I am playing an MMO or something. The dog fighting is top notch, blowing enemies up sounds amazing, like it's the crispest pop. It's just that what makes this game kinda a headache for me to play. Also last thing, there are so many loading screens in this game, sometimes I skip to distress calls or signals flying between locales because I just don't want to deal with them.

they have a free demo if you are not sure. its a good looter shooter, there is a bit too many puzzles to solve to get some of the loot and a lot of searching around for the puzzles but you do get some better upgrades for your weapons and ship after completing the puzzles. there is a perk that you get later in the game that helps you to find the loot but I wish they made that available earlier in the game

Loin d'un freelancer mais qui occupe une place dans un genre qui n'a pas trop la cote. Peut-être rébarbatif. Défoule, et donne envie d'explorer. Prenez le en promo.

Everspace 2 is a mixed-bag, but has more in its favor than against it. Solid 6.5/10. Pros: Great environments (space actually looks pretty in this game!) that have engaging (if occasionally maddening) puzzles. The story, while nothing special, also has great "comic-style" visuals for its cut-scenes. The combat and progression system has its moments, and it can be fun trying to find strong synergies with equipment and skills. Cons: In the end, the setting and characters don't really feel developed, and aren't memorable. And while the combat and missions can be fun, this game would've benefited massively from a modding community, which is a staple of many other games in this genre. Unfortunately, there are precious few spaceship rpgs, so I do recommend this game if that's what you're looking for. It won't blow your socks off, but it was solid enough to scratch that itch for me, and it may for you, too.