Sure, I retained the basics – the Pilgrims, the Constitution, and an endless string of wars – but I couldn’t connect these things to our current moment in history, and I found myself extremely ill-prepared to contribute to any discussion about politics or world affairs. Follow her on Twitter much like algebra and the periodic table of elements, is something I learned with the frantic cramming of necessity, memorized the night before a test, and forgotten as quickly as each question was answered. When she’s not deciphering Cold War spy novels, she Instagrams photos of books and tea, reviews all things crime fiction at Sleuths & Spies, and dreams of one day being a Bond girl. An academic armchair detective, Cheyenne is a PhD candidate at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Both are published by Sega.This is a guest post from Cheyenne Comer. If you're the sort to binge on your 4X strategy games (where do you even find the time to sleep?), you can grab both together for a little less here. Not a bad little bit of new DLC, considering the game first launched in 2014.Įndless Space 2 - Penumbra and Endless Legend - Symbiosis launch on Steam on January 24th for $12.99/€12.99/£10.99 each, minus a 10% discount. It seems that there are multiple breeds of Urkan, each with their own special abilities to be leveraged if you can bring them over to your side. While they're a pain to any faction they decide to trample all over, it is possible to turn them to your side, either by beating them into submission or bribing them. Wandering Godzilla-scale crab monsters escorted by smaller minions. The second big feature of Symbiosis are the Urkans. They seem an interesting counterpoint to the Roving Clans faction - stationary and aggressive while the clans are nomadic and relatively peaceful. They can, however, infest conquered enemy cities and gain perks and resources from the new spore colony.
They can extend their roots to tie up resources and points of interest, but they're not going to be establishing new towns. Similar to the Umbral Choir, they have a singular, permanent starting point - the heart of their root network. There are several tiers of invisibility and detection tech, so you might get caught up in an expensive arms race just to see who's shooting at you.Įndless Legend's Symbiosis expansion adds a new playable faction too, and one new neutral force to the world. More direct in its sneakiness is the option to just turn ships invisible. Much of their power comes through their ability to hack into the defences and ships of other races, although the new hacking system is available to everyone. They extend their influence through sanctuaries on neutral and enemy systems, ideally undetected. Their big twist is that they only have one star system, hidden away from prying eyes. The new playable race are the Umbral Choir, a faction of space ghosts who really do work coast-to-coast. Sneaky antics are order of the day in Endless Space 2 - Penumbra.
It's nice to see Amplitude Studios still pouring time, love and vision into these two rather lovely games, even if only the maddest of players will have the time to master both. On January 24th, Endless Space 2 bulks out its espionage options in Penumbra, while Endless Legend's Symbiosis expansion will let players control a race of sentient mushrooms and tussle with giant roaming crab-beasties. The Endless universe continues to live up to its name - both Endless Legend and Endless Space 2 are expanding once more next week.
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