Everspace 2 — It's pretty good

[rusty_shackleford]

Any of you play this?


Just got an update recently. Unlike the previous game, it's not a roguelike but a story-based spess RPG. Didn't detect any pozz. Some of the mechanics are too streamlined for my liking such as the economy, but the combat/flying is good fun. If, for whatever reason, you don't like arcade-style flight you can disable it in the options and have 'troo' newtonian physics.

The game can be quite difficult on the harder options.

From my previous post on this game:

It's not open world but it has a bunch of regions you travel between. Each region has a lot of puzzles & secrets. Good combat. Controls are very good. Art is fantastic.
Cons: Trading isn't very in-depth, and there's no real companions, just temporary ones. I get lost a lot, it appears I'm not very good at navigating the void of space, you can only place up to 3 markers per zone for whatever reason. Story is meh, which wouldn't be a big deal but they put too much emphasis on it. Controls feel designed for a controller rather than M+KB.

There's also an option to disable the stuff that makes the flying less arcade-y and makes it more like a simulation in terms of physics.

Also didn't encounter any libtard ****.
Also also they've released two major free updates and more are coming.

Other critiques I'd add:

• You can't get up and walk around your ship. I know this sounds weird, but it's something I like to see.
• You can't build your ship. You can change individual parts like equipment, and there are a bunch of ships to pick from with their own unique bonuses/maluses(incl. feats, unique abilities, etc.,) but there's no actual building of ships.

Don't focus on finding secrets BTW, you'll unlock stuff later that will assist you in this.

[Xenich]

I toyed with the first one, it looked cool, and I meant to get into it, but every time I play a space flight game I want to setup the joystick and HOTAS, and If I remember right, I had issues getting it to work well initially and just moved on. Have you tried to play this with a stick and accessories?

[rusty_shackleford]

I toyed with the first one, it looked cool, and I meant to get into it, but every time I play a space flight game I want to setup the joystick and HOTAS, and If I remember right, I had issues getting it to work well initially and just moved on. Have you tried to play this with a stick and accessories?

Just KB+M, it worked alright.

[somerandomdude]

I haven't played it recently, but the combat is decent for a space shooter and you have decent build options & choices. But unfortunately it suffers from the problem where every new system starts feeling the same as the last one, and I couldn't finish it.

I preferred the light/agile class of vessels once I got a good handle on using boosting and strafing, but the game does throw situations at you that give advantages to using a heavier vessel with heavier loadouts.

[GhostCow]

Played it a bit. Way too arcadey for me. I found it boring

[nyxnyx]

It's pretty neat; art style was a bit too cartoony for my taste and music sounded like something you'd use in Abu Ghraib to torture people, but otherwise a solid package.

Flying without inertia dampeners was especially fun and helped offset some of that arcade feel to it - somewhat similar to Elite Dangerous with flight assist off.

[OnTilt]

It looks like Star Fox for adults.

[rusty_shackleford]

It looks like Star Fox for adults.

It's definitely more of an arcade flight game than a simulator if that's what you're referring to.

[gastovski]

Nothing impresses me after playing x series (for space games)

[rusty_shackleford]

Nothing impresses me after playing x series (for space games)

Not really in the same genre at all

[Cogemeister]

If you like space games with an economy and in depth nothing beats Starsector. You can get it off their website, or use a key to get the full game for free (keg can be found on Sseth’s video). Here is a discord for it, more lenient than the gay ‘official’ discord.
https://discord.gg/T65335Kk

And here is a discord link to the based Starsector channel, they will ban you for censoring your slurs

https://discord.gg/wRx2CPgT

[Rand]

You can't get up and walk around your ship. I know this sounds weird, but it's something I like to see.

Your ships are not that large, cabin-wise. The largest would be smaller than a full sized camper truck.

[Rand]

I toyed with the first one, it looked cool, and I meant to get into it, but every time I play a space flight game I want to setup the joystick and HOTAS, and If I remember right, I had issues getting it to work well initially and just moved on. Have you tried to play this with a stick and accessories?

The first one is perfectly designed for a mouse and keyboard, imo.
Played it all the way through a bunch of times.
Never completed enough runs to get the full ending, though.

[Rand]

And here is a discord link to the based Starsector channel, they will ban you for censoring your slurs

That's very based indeed!

[Cogemeister]

And here is a discord link to the based Starsector channel, they will ban you for censoring your slurs

That's very based indeed!

Both of those discords are better than the “official” one anyway because if you ask a question or want to discuss something people actually will; bigger discords ******* and ******** just post ******** ‘memes’ and don’t even discuss the game itself.

[gastovski]

If you like space games with an economy and in depth nothing beats Starsector. You can get it off their website, or use a key to get the full game for free (keg can be found on Sseth’s video). Here is a discord for it, more lenient than the gay ‘official’ discord.
https://discord.gg/T65335Kk

And here is a discord link to the based Starsector channel, they will ban you for censoring your slurs

https://discord.gg/wRx2CPgT

I ain't touching any of 2d ********

[Cogemeister]

If you like space games with an economy and in depth nothing beats Starsector. You can get it off their website, or use a key to get the full game for free (keg can be found on Sseth’s video). Here is a discord for it, more lenient than the gay ‘official’ discord.
https://discord.gg/T65335Kk

And here is a discord link to the based Starsector channel, they will ban you for censoring your slurs

https://discord.gg/wRx2CPgT

I ain't touching any of 2d ********

That’s kind of why I put off on playing it at first, but honestly it’s a great game. If it was 1st person or 3rd person it wouldn’t have nearly as much depth.

[Xenich]

I toyed with the first one, it looked cool, and I meant to get into it, but every time I play a space flight game I want to setup the joystick and HOTAS, and If I remember right, I had issues getting it to work well initially and just moved on. Have you tried to play this with a stick and accessories?

The first one is perfectly designed for a mouse and keyboard, imo.
Played it all the way through a bunch of times.
Never completed enough runs to get the full ending, though.

Yeah, it seemed to be fine for that, but at the time I was in pursuit of games that supported flight sticks and while it looked cool, it is just not the same feeling of play with a mouse and keyboard. I ran into the same problem with Freelancer. I enjoyed the game, its mouse controls were very smooth, but.. well... nothing compares to a flight stick /HOTAs setup unfortunately.

[rusty_shackleford]

I toyed with the first one, it looked cool, and I meant to get into it, but every time I play a space flight game I want to setup the joystick and HOTAS, and If I remember right, I had issues getting it to work well initially and just moved on. Have you tried to play this with a stick and accessories?

The first one is perfectly designed for a mouse and keyboard, imo.
Played it all the way through a bunch of times.
Never completed enough runs to get the full ending, though.

Yeah, it seemed to be fine for that, but at the time I was in pursuit of games that supported flight sticks and while it looked cool, it is just not the same feeling of play with a mouse and keyboard. I ran into the same problem with Freelancer. I enjoyed the game, its mouse controls were very smooth, but.. well... nothing compares to a flight stick /HOTAs setup unfortunately.

I recall the game having a bunch of control options but I don't own a flight stick/HOTAS so I can't tell you. Pirate it and find out?

[Xenich]

The first one is perfectly designed for a mouse and keyboard, imo.
Played it all the way through a bunch of times.
Never completed enough runs to get the full ending, though.

Yeah, it seemed to be fine for that, but at the time I was in pursuit of games that supported flight sticks and while it looked cool, it is just not the same feeling of play with a mouse and keyboard. I ran into the same problem with Freelancer. I enjoyed the game, its mouse controls were very smooth, but.. well... nothing compares to a flight stick /HOTAs setup unfortunately.

I recall the game having a bunch of control options but I don't own a flight stick/HOTAS so I can't tell you. Pirate it and find out?

I have it, but my flight setup is boxed up atm and it takes a bit of effort to set it all up and configure it. Was just interested if you had messed with it because you talked about games using flight stick setups in the past.

[rusty_shackleford]

Upcoming DLC, and base game is 60% off.

[DDC]

It has also been free on PC gamepass for quite a while for anyone who wants to try it. I've been meaning to get through this or Chorus at some point. Have played both a bit and Chorus is more arcade-like and has more complex controls and better visuals but a wokeslop mystery-meat female lead (although it's not that obtrusive).

The Star Wars game from a few years ago is also really good if you have a nice hotas and powerful VR rig, but it's pure arcade with multiplayer and a relatively short campaign.

[rusty_shackleford]

[TKVNC]

You can't get up and walk around your ship. I know this sounds weird, but it's something I like to see.

Your ships are not that large, cabin-wise. The largest would be smaller than a full sized camper truck.

Tbh tho, there is nothing more immersive than being able to walk around (or just move around) in a ship while it is moving through the gamespace. A few games have done this, but it's still pretty rare.

[rusty_shackleford]

You can't get up and walk around your ship. I know this sounds weird, but it's something I like to see.

Your ships are not that large, cabin-wise. The largest would be smaller than a full sized camper truck.

Tbh tho, there is nothing more immersive than being able to walk around (or just move around) in a ship while it is moving through the gamespace. A few games have done this, but it's still pretty rare.

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Your ship should be a location unto itself

[Cloharp7]

Upcoming DLC, and base game is 60% off.

Nice! I didn't know there was a dlc in production. I quite liked playing it while in development (the game truncated after trying to enter a tunnel iirc), I need to come back and finish it. Ironically, I quite enjoy the arcade-y flight controls, it's a nice break from space sim games with more realistic flight controls. Always reminded me of Miner's Wars (the first game Keen Software House, the creators of Space Engineers, put out).

[Cloharp7]

If you like space games with an economy and in depth nothing beats Starsector. You can get it off their website, or use a key to get the full game for free (keg can be found on Sseth’s video). Here is a discord for it, more lenient than the gay ‘official’ discord.
https://discord.gg/T65335Kk

And here is a discord link to the based Starsector channel, they will ban you for censoring your slurs

https://discord.gg/wRx2CPgT

The invitation links expired, would you know their discord name by any chance?

Edit: or, if you are in the discord, could you give a new link?

[Bertram_Tung]

great game, enjoying it muchly

[Bertram_Tung]

EVERSPACE 2 UPDATE:

218 hours in

Still fun

[campersinc]

I put about 50 hours into the game back in 2023. I enjoyed it when played it, but I wasn't satisfied. I'm pretty sure I stopped playing because of how much I hate puzzles... a visceral hatred of puzzles. Ain't nobody got time for that. However, I will say that unlike a lot of game Devs, the Everspace Devs often responded to feedback on Steam forums - which was nice. Wading through the abuse and idiots was (or is) probably rough, though.

Perhaps I have rose-tinted nostalgia for "Freelancer", and none of the space adventure games I've played have scratched that itch. "No Man's Sky" is pretty awesome, but I also like a good story, with humans (not multiplayer). "Rebel Galaxy" was interesting, too, but felt more of an arcade shooter. I recently picked up "Spacebourne 2" and "Underspace" during the big Winter sale on Steam, but haven't had a chance to play either.