![]() ![]() With Endless Space 2, each faction feels unique and entirely different from one another. You can go much deeper in faction customization in Stellaris than you ever can with Endless Space 2. However, the game shines when you start personalizing a faction of your own. In Stellaris, the provided factions feel more like demonstrations of what can be achieved rather than being substantial. CustomizationĮndless Space 2 and Stellaris both provide deep customization options, but here is where Endless Space 2’s deep focus on its factions ends up being detrimental. In terms of gameplay, while Stellaris starts out feeling easier to play, Endless Space 2’s streamlined objective system does help make it easier to finish. Instead, the tech you research in Endless Space 2 has more of an impact on gameplay as you move forward. Unlike Stellaris’s more random and vast tech tree, Endless Space 2 handles tech in such a way that each discovery feels less like a stepping stone to more advanced things. The tech tree as well is more streamlined in Endless Space 2. This focus helps you to have something to aim for, which ends up making a round of Endless Space 2 feel a bit less drawn out. Every different Stellaris game feels like an open sandbox, with vague objectives and victory conditions that are more determined by you rather than chosen for you.Įndless Space 2 games come with a more streamlined approach in terms of objectives, setting clear goals for you depending on which faction you picked. This, however, is complicated by the fact that the gameplay in Stellaris is extremely open-ended. This directly ties to how the gameplay feels “easier” with Stellaris. This might sound like a very subtle difference, but it does influence how smooth the gameplay feels, even if only superficially. Compare this to how Endless Space 2 is a more traditional “turn-based” 4X. This probably has to do with the fact that Stellaris is actually “real-time” 4X with the option to pause. While both Endless Space 2 and Stellaris are 4x Strategy Games set in space and share many similar concepts, Stellaris initially feels much more fluid than Endless Space 2. So yes, Stellaris might be easier to start with, but Endless Space 2 was more structured, introducing its advanced mechanics in a more accessible way. In short, I can say that while Stellaris felt like it was initially more accessible and had a lower learning curve, the sheer depth of the game ended up slowing understanding instead as you went further into the game. Compare that to Endless Space 2, where I felt that the extra hours needed for me to make sense of the fundamentals did progressively help me understand more advanced aspects of the game. That said, in Stellaris, during those few initial hours, I never could shake off the feeling I was barely scratching the surface of what can be done with the game’s deep mechanics. ![]() ![]() While it took me a few hours to make enough sense of what was going on in Stellaris, the same few hours weren’t enough for me to feel that I was doing something meaningful in Endless Space 2. While this might run counter to what you might have read elsewhere, this is what I experienced. For this, I would say personally that Endless Space 2 felt a bit overwhelming to me initially compared to Stellaris. In trying to answer whether or not Endless Space 2 is more accessible than Stellaris, the first aspect that we should look into should be in terms of accessibility and the learning curve. While both of these games are space-themed grand strategy by genre, they do have apparent differences, which we will check out in detail below. One of Paradox Entertainment’s biggest releases, already there have been 15 expansions (what Paradox calls updates) and 9 smaller DLCs since the game was first released in May 2016. The game came out in May of 2017 and thus far has gone through three major updates and at least 7 different DLCs. Released by Amplitude Studios, Endless Space 2 puts you as one of twelve different space-faring civilizations, each with its unique backstory and accompanying traits. Knowing about the complexity of 4X games, the question arises: Is Endless Space 2 easier than Stellaris? Which one of these two games is easier to get into? So today, let us dig deeper into this issue and see the differences (and similarities) between these games in terms of several different aspects.īut before that, let’s get into the background of both these games first. However, two specific titles usually come to mind when you mention Space 4X Strategy: Endless Space 2 and Stellaris. Nowadays, we’re never really at loss for choice regarding space-themed strategy games. ![]()
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