Your empire is not racially homogeneous, and you may have ethnic populations from other major or minor factions that have different needs and will react differently to any actions you take as leader (even in quests). Here population is not just another fungible resource like dust (the ES universe’s currency) citizens have their own needs and will advocate for improvements that will satisfy them. One of the improvements ES2 makes on previous games in the series is how planetary populations are handled.
Though the game has been in development two years, the announcement emphasizes that this access is definitely still early: the alpha version of Endless Space 2 will come with only four of eight major factions and “will be missing some features which aren’t implemented yet.” However, the announcement also says that the “core gameplay will be there.” Planetary Populations and Politics Today, French studio Amplitude announced that the latest entry in the cult favorite Endless franchise will be available on Steam for Early Access ordering on October 6 for an as-yet-undisclosed price.Įndless Space 2 is a space-based 4x game, and that means guiding your faction to explore, expand, exploit and exterminate around the galaxy until you’ve won.