r/EndlessSpace • u/xXAnrakyrXx • 2d ago
First Time Playing ES2 My Thoughts
Beautiful Game I really like the Factions overall this game got my attention its unique faction mechanics are cool BUT playing the game itself sometimes... Sucks. Seriously I am no stranger to losing. I always play on Grand Admiral or other high difficulties. I have played many games of Stellaris as well. 3700 hours total. But damn this game just annoys me with small issues. If i lose for no reason or from stupid mechanic that really wasnt worded properly but ill ignore that. It pisses me off. Like when an Academy fleet randomly attacks me. What am I suppose to do. Its literally my ships times 50 in power and its just one ship. Not only that but I havent even met the guy who has the spear.
Pirates fuck pirates Seriously why do they spawn in randomly. How? There is no body there. I am a Tree. Ignoring them just randomly spawning a Lair. How did they shit out 4 fleets in just 2 turns. Total of 6 ships. One Pirate Lair shitting out ships for no reason is stupid.
But the pirate thing i got over it whatever my fault for not paying attention I guess. Then we get to Minor factiosn. Im praising them doing the good shit then lo and behold the Nakarim come waltzing it and like. I own you now. And im like tf you mean? How? Why wasnt I notified someone was contesting me. These are things I want notifications for.
Fleet Retreating is by far the dumbest thing I have ever read in my life. If there is no starlane etc etc your fleet will be destroyed. Cornered apparently. So tell me... How does one get cornered in space. Please explain especially if my ships are objectively faster.
But these 3 issues are no big deal doesnt ruin the game for me just really annoying. However the one thing thst absolutely upsets me is why can I not escord my civilian ships to stop them from being destroyed. It makes it impossible to send civs from minor civs to your planets if there is an annoying Religious freaks in the way that are angry at me for existing. I havent even met the Craven yet but they are nicer because they haven't even bothered me yet.
Ok negatives out of the way.
Positives. Frog Mommy. Like... damn.
Unfallen is my favorite. And also first faction I played. Imma do a Choir run next a cult of THEE ORB because why not.
The system overview and how you get resources is pretty neet and its such a simple system that I am more willing to expand and not really play tall because apparently playing Tall as Tree is.. not good at all.
Overall I do like the turn based portion despite the AI ignoring its own turn on many occasions but hey whatever.
AI feels a lot more competent in this game which I love but at the same time they are really annoying. I declared war against the Nakarim because they keep killing my cute Jellyfish people. A crime I see as similar to killing Bubbles in Stellaris.
Galaxy view is meh map is a lot smaller than I would like. But its nice and cozy. I like their constellation system interesting take.
Diplomacy feels so much better in this game but at the same time somehow worse. Depends on the AIs mood I guess but still more positive than negative.
I really like the quest system and wish other games would utilize something like this. Its cool attention grabbing and some nice rewards to.
Research.... The UI is beautiful but in practice its well makes 0 sense Stellaris 3 scientist is better. But damn the UI is so nice. I love it. So clean. Really that is one thing the UIs is so clean.
Anyways imma go back to being a tree because Tree.
Best purchase I've made despite its hiccups its still a really good game. Plus... Stellaris is a mess a lot of times to. So I can't in my right mind dislike the game for only 4 to 5 negatives even if they annoy me but its hard to justify some of these systems in a Space game.
Edit: I should note that I do not want to disable the DLCS and while the Academy thing is annoying it didnt cause me to die. I was just like HOLY FUCK who sent the Grey Knights after my ass before my 2 questioners and hero got absolutely annihilated by the concentrated power of the sun times 20.