Planets were discovered, resources gathered and ships sent to eradicate a newly discovered target. With the Cravers not really into representative democracy and preferring a totalitarian method of rule, the hive mind set about exploring, expanding and exterminating as they regard the 'eXploit' part as a byproduct of destroying things.

Essentially they're a race who were constructed to destroy and are thus seeking to do that very thing to all sentient beings they encounter. These are a machine/biological hybrid who are hellbent on destroying everything they come into contact with. The build of Endless Space 2 I played had me controlling the Cravers. Everything is designed out from the fact that the player has a limited amount of actions per turn depending on resources available and units that are under the player's control. After playing Endless Space 2 and chatting to Jeff Spock, the Narrative Director from Amplitude Studios, I think they are getting ever closer to answering these two fundamental questions, or at the very least a hint of how they can.Įndless Space 2 is a space-bound 4X title that uses the fundamental turn-based structure that is traditional for this genre and places it at the forefront of the game's interface. It is these two questions that Amplitude Studios have attempted to answer with their much celebrated games of Endless Space and Endless Legend.

What is it about 4X games (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate) that compels us to continue to play them long after the night has drawn in and in some cases hear the dawn chorus the following morning? Why does this specific genre command so much attention and what can be done to make it even more entertaining than it already clearly is?

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