One of the things I like most is how they brought back star lanes from Ascendancy. You also get new cards further down the tech tree. Some cards cancel out others at the same time, so there is still some rock-paper-scissoring involved. Battles are divided into three distinct phases in which you can select a special card/power and throw it at your opponent (or yourself it's a Repair card for example). The one thing it gets criticized for the most is the combat which takes away a lot of micro management from you. If you enjoyed Master Of Orion 2, Ascendancy or GalCiv2, Endless Space is the game for you. It's pretty much how you'd expect these type of games to go - 'Just one more turn' easily changes into 'Damn, I am supposed to get up in 3 hours!'. I haven't played the Mac version yet, but last time I sunk some time into it on my PC I clearly enjoyed myself. Also, I would say that you should try it if you get a chance as the developers are clearly very interested in improving their game and I would expect that the current version of the game is probably much improved over the version I played last. I can't speak to Multiplayer, since I didn't try it. I think that, if you are a patient gamer who enjoys longer, strategy-oriented games, you would enjoy ES. The AI certainly gave me a good run for my money, though, in the version I played, I found that, overall, the game did not allow much flexibility for different strategies, so games tended to feel the same after a while. It certainly is nice to look at, design wise. I haven't played it in a few weeks (life getting in the way of gaming), but I enjoyed it when I did. If, like me, you liked Gal Civ, Master of Orion, Stars! and other turn-based space 4X type games, Endless Space will likely give you a few hours of fun. Yes, I purchased Endless Space when it was in the beta. Finally, a thread I actually know something about.

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