![]() ![]() Simply put, it leaves you with a spaceship and lets you do whatever you want. Hailed as the greatest space sandbox to exist before release, the game was met with a lot of hate due to its unfulfilled promises.įast forward a few years later, No Man’s Sky is finally the game that its developers and its fans imagined it to be. However, it came across as more eye-rolling than nostalgic.Įverspace 2 is coming to Steam Early Access in December 2020.We start our list by taking a look at a game that can only be described as controversial. Both the player pilot and the NPCs lean heavily into campiness, which may be a function of the translation from German. The dialogue also will definitely need another pass. Given the limited nature of the demo though, this is sure to be fleshed out in the full game. It isn’t immediately clear which gear is needed for ship upgrades and which can be scrapped. Loosening up these restrictions wouldn’t hurt the game, but would make for a smoother play experience. This is a godsend since right now you have to be a little too close, and a little too precise in your targeting for my tastes. A handy summon all feature will bring all the nearby loot to you. A simple grid shows the available space for the drops you get from defeating enemies, blowing up turrets, and exploring in the world. The game’s loot system is a little clunky at the moment. These are prime locations, after all, for secrets and loot. ![]() Three hours blew by and I still found myself going back and poking around the massive asteroids and derelict spacecraft. The biggest problem with the demo is the best problem any game in early development can have, which is that there wasn’t enough of it. It’s the little touches like that which make Everspace 2 shine. It disabled them and then turned them hostile towards me. A particularly nice ambient touch happened when I triggered the EMP with friendly fighters nearby. In particular, I found the EMP to be invaluable for getting up close with enemy fighters. The big differentiating factor is the special abilities of each ship. The ships handle great, though given that all three are the same class, they felt a little same-y. The laser light show from a dozen friendly ships fighting with an equal number of foes makes for a pretty spectacular display. A stable framerate is a requirement for shooters of any kind and there wasn’t a hitch to be found. The game runs silky smooth at ultra settings on a Ryzen 5 2600. From the ship design to the weapon sound effects, to the absolutely stunning backdrops, everything pops off the screen. ![]() Given its status as an early build of the game, Everspace 2 has an absolutely impressive level of polish. The capital ship out of the warp gate is clearly a scripted sequence, but it made the world feel alive in a way going against the static pirate base did not. The random events and sense of discovery is the best part of the game so far. Each of the backdrops is stunningly gorgeous and there is a not-insignificant amount of disappointment that you can’t travel to investigate some of them more closely. The final area is an asteroid field surrounding a ringed planet. Here a pirate capital ship dropped out of warp as I approached the warp gate. One had a pirate base that I was tasked to destroy completely with turrets, shield generators, and enemy fighters. The build we played gave access to three different systems, each with their own unique hook. Overall, we came away impressed, with some minor concerns. The vertical slice shown took about 3 hours to run through all the available content, with some exploration tacked on for good measure. Everspace 2 was successfully Kickstarted earlier this year to the tune of €500,000. We had previously seen the game at PAX East and interviewed Community Ambassador Eric Schrader. We were given the opportunity to play a prototype build of Everspace 2, an arcade space combat game from ROCKFISH Games. ![]()
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