Everspace 2 Preview (Steam Early Access)

by Jim Smale · February 2, 2021

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with deep exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience a thoughtful story, set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Pros:

Decent graphics.
42.29GB Download size.
Controller support.
Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, display mode, graphics quality preset (low/medium/high/epic and custom), fps cap, max fps, motion blur, chromatic aberration, lens flares, anti-aliasing, effects, post-processing, shading, shadows, textures, view distance, volumetric, and SSGI.
Gamepad settings- sensitivity/input smoothing and auto-aiming sliders, Invert axis for pitch/yaw and roll inputs. Automatic rolling and boost behavior (toggle/hold) and rebind buttons.
R camera views-first person cockpit, first-person no cockpit, third-person far, and third-person close. Both have a field of view sliders.
Gamepad icons used-PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.
Initial tutorial to show controls.
Cruise drive-for traveling long distances.
Excellent voice work.
Space shooter gameplay.
In-game cutscenes mixed with animated hand-drawn graphic novel style cuts.
Controls are pretty easy to learn.
Super light travel-hyper drive style travel speed with autopilot.
Clear on-screen icons for controls, enemies, and missions, points of interest.
Can skip cutscenes.
Devices-both warfare (combat) and support (healing) can be fitted to your ship.
Companions-unlock them from doing tasks or bring certain materials. Each companion has a set of u unique skills and perks.
Satisfying combat.
Cool hangar entry scene with no loading times it’s seamless and works on entry and leaving.
Visually it’s gorgeous from the ships to the planets and lighting.
It’s like Elite Dangerous and Diablo had space sex.
Earn EXP and level up to get stats increase and device upgrade tokens.
Enemies can drop loot and you can pick it up by flying into it or by pulling it in with a tractor beam.
Ship editor-color, decals, lighting, cockpit.
Accessible in its approach to control and exploration and especially all the ways to travel.
Handy buy and sell current item option.
Very addictive.
Four rarity levels of loot-common, uncommon, rare, and superior.
Crafting-you can craft in any empty slot of your cargo hold (inventory).
Disassemble loot for materials.
Can increase inventory space.
Shops to buy and sell from.
Can mine ore, find credits, loot boxes, materials.
Little enemy strongholds to take out.
Shops have a quick repair and quickly restock ammo buttons.
Ship remains can be entered and explored and work much like dungeons or instances.
Compare gear/items button with red and green numbers to indicate if it’s good or bad.
Scanner-dictates the distance in which you can see things aka getting icons of loot.
Death-reload save.
Saves when docking or entering a new area.
Photo mode.
Ultimate-depends which one is equipped but you charge a special attack or defense.
They put dialogue in long travel sequences to make it seem shorter.
Items in the shop will show a little marker to indicate its got stats better than what you have.
You can upgrade or adapt ship parts.
Ship loadout slots-four weapon slots, energy core, shield, plating, sensor, thrusters, cargo unit, and four consumable slots.
Ship management is easy as you can click a slot and it will show all compatible parts.
Exploring ships and rocks is like a new adventure every time.
Missions-you have the main story ones and then you can find/trigger side missions.
Total freedom on how you want to play.