1706

Hey, Vangers is still interesting! I don’t think we ever got a good answer to what genre it is.

1707

I would be on that like stink on a chimpanzee if not for my “No Early Access” promise to myself.

1708

Vangers will never not be interesting.

1709

Tribute to TotalBiscuit sale going on at Chrono.gg

We will be donating 100% of our proceeds to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (a charity chosen by Genna Bain).

https://www.chrono.gg/?=TotalBiscuitTribute

1710

GMG’s Big In Japan sale ends today.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/big-in-japan/

1711

Endless Space 2 Collection is $16.79 (72%) as Fanatical’s Star Deal today. You get the Digital Deluxe Edition plus Vaulters Expansion, Untold Tales DLC and Lost Symphony DLC. Not a bad deal at all for anyone who has managed to hold off this long.

Humble Store Summer Sale is still ongoing. Rewards for collecting stamps have turned over, with Meadow (3) and Tiny Bang Story (5) being the new freebies for stamps.

1712

Thanks for the heads-up on Endless Space 2 Collection. Been in my wishlist for a couple years so it’s a good time and price to grab it.

[Edit] First thing I’ve bought from them since 2014 when they were Bundle Stars. Something I didn’t like about them, but I can’t remember what it was now.

1713

Battlefield 1 Premium Pass is free on all platforms from now until the 18th. Add it to your library and it’s yours to keep forever.

1714

It’s showing as $49.99 to me on my Xbox app.

1715

Yeah, me too. But I noticed Battlefield 1 itself is on sale for $6, May have to grab that!

1716

If I found Endless Legend really dry and uninteresting, is there any reason I’d get along with Endless Space 2 better? I generally love space 4X titles, but I’m an Amplitude skeptic at this point.

1717

Yeah, it’s a tempting price. $9 for the version including the Premium Pass, but if that’s going to be free… plus I don’t play multiplayer, so I don’t think there’s anything there for me anyway.

1718

If you found EL dry and uninteresting, you will not like ES2.

1719

Not from what I could tell trying it on one of their free weekends.

1720

I found EL wonderful but bounced off ES2, so let me modify this a bit. If you found ES1 dry and uninteresting, you will definitely not like ES2.

1721

Thanks for the feedback, folks. Amplitude games always sound appealing and look fantastic, but I seem to reliably bounce hard off of them despite wanting to love them. It sounds like there’s no reason to think this would be any different.

1722

Late to the party with my answer, so thanks to everyone else for providing basically the same one I would have.

The first time I played Endless Legend I found it very difficult to grasp and unlike anything I’d played before. I bounced off of it hard. I came back some time later after it had received a couple of patches and a DLC, and I read up on getting started and how to navigate the UI. Suddenly it clicked for me, and I’ve loved the game ever since. I bought every DLC thereafter.

Endless Space 2 has far more in common with Endless Legend than it does the original Endless Space. If you disliked EL, even after giving it a couple of tries, you will bounce off of ES2 as well.

1723

Not really a contradiction! I think it’s fair to say:

a) If you disliked EL, you certainly dislike ES2.
b) Even if you liked EL, you may not like ES2.

I think EL has much tighter design overall. ES2 should be better, but it drops the ball in more places.

1724

I bought EL during a Steam sale but that tutorial is just a firehose of information and by the time it’s over you can’t remember any of it, and then they just say “OK, go play now.” Is there some resource that introduces stuff more gradually?

1725

Have you read their 70-page manual linked to on the Steam store page?