Endless Space 2 is another game from Amplitude Studios that captures the imagination and majesty of the frontiers of space like few other studios manage to do. From merchantile frogpeople, a civilization of clones, bloodthirsty bioengineered conquesting cyborgs, and polygonal creatures from another dimension, the potential of "what is out there" seems, well, endless.

Painstaking efforts have been made to make each race of aliens unique, with unique focuses, playstyles, and storylines, that are rich in worldbuilding and introspection about their place in the universe.

At its heart, Endless Space 2 is a long scale board game, that will take many hours to days in order to complete a single game. Each turn will require many decisions to be made or planned out in advance, while the AI or your human opponents do the same. Endless Space 2, as far as 4X games go, is on the simpler side. There is inevitably a lot to process and make sense of, and its very easy to lose track of what you're doing as the seemingly nonstop flow of new things keep being introduced.

But after a while, once you've become accustomed to the experience, it can feel like the fate of the universe is in the palm of your hand. And few games manage to imagine the breadth, scale, and beauty of space so well.

Endless Space 2 is another game from Amplitude Studios that captures the imagination and majesty of the frontiers of space like few other studios manage to do. From merchantile frogpeople, a civilization of clones, bloodthirsty bioengineered conquesting cyborgs, and polygonal creatures from another dimension, the potential of "what is out there" seems, well, endless. Painstaking efforts have been made to make each race of aliens unique, with unique focuses, playstyles, and storylines, that are rich in worldbuilding and introspection about their place in the universe. At its heart, Endless Space 2 is a long scale board game, that will take many hours to days in order to complete a single game. Each turn will require many decisions to be made or planned out in advance, while the AI or your human opponents do the same. Endless Space 2, as far as 4X games go, is on the simpler side. There is inevitably a lot to process and make sense of, and its very easy to lose track of what you're doing as the seemingly nonstop flow of new things keep being introduced. But after a while, once you've become accustomed to the experience, it can feel like the fate of the universe is in the palm of your hand. And few games manage to imagine the breadth, scale, and beauty of space so well.