You will notice from the first turn just how differently the Vaulters play when when you start with one ship in the remains of an Endless rejuvenation field rather than orbiting a planet. The Vaulters may not have been in space that long since they were last grounded on Auriga, but they bring some fantastic tools to the stars with them that make them unique.
However, if you play Amplitude games you probably enjoy their infusion of lore and narrative into the 4X experience and you can rest assured that the continuation of the Vaulters story is as good as ever. I don’t want to spoil anything for those who have not enjoyed this firsthand, but rest assured you will see your favorite characters such as Opbot ! Now, if you never cared about the story in EL this may not matter to you. It was a fun refresher and was helpful since the Vaulters tale picks up relatively close to the story’s conclusion in EL. Before the expansion released, I actually took a few evenings to go through and beat the main story missions for the Vaulters in Endless Legend. The Vaulters aren’t the first sci-fi race to experience this struggle, but Amplitude does a tremendous job bringing the narrative to life.
They were always such a fascinating race as they had been a starfarring civilizations that was essentially grounded in EL. Bridging the two games through the continuation of the Vaulters story is a fantastic idea from a universe building perspective and it pays off as you play through their story. It isn’t my favorite from a gameplay perspective, but from a narrative standpoint, as it can be extremely fun to play in conjunction with your knowledge of the Vaulters race from Endless Legend. “It is fortunate to be favored…”ĮS2 ’s first expansion was a solid overall start and one of my favorite expansions that Amplitude has ever released. While I would say there have been too many space 4X games as of late, Amplitude continues to show that ES2 deserves to be considered as it rises above the noise. Their vision for the game continues to push improvements and possibilities for their narrative-driven take on the space 4x genre. I wouldn’t say all the features are as in-depth as I would like to see, but everything that has been done feels polished and well thought out.
The post-launch support provided by Amplitude has generally been good. For those of you who haven’t purchased the DLC yet don’t worry, I am going to parse out each individual expansion and its features. I’m going to kill two Cravers with one bomb by covering both the Vaulters and Supremacy expansions in this reexamination. Since the release of Endless Space 2, Amplitude has graced its fans with multiple small FreeLCs spread out between their two major expansions.
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