Alternatively, you could pick the Sophons (bonuses to exploration and science) or the Horatio (greater population of systems, upgrades to your population but more expensive vessels).Ģ.

They can also colonise a greater amount of systems before reaching the approval penalty, which is connected to having too many systems under your control. They employ classic solutions, their ships have the ability to mount larger numbers of modules, and they use Influence (one of the basic resources in the game) for the purposes of speeding up production, research, etc. This way, it will be much easier to manage your empire. Select the human faction (United Empire) for your first playthrough.

While starting each game you should definitely keep several things in mind, especially if this is your first encounter with this game.ġ.

Endless Space 2 is seemingly just a typical 4X game, however, it contains an incredibly high level of detail and the player can quickly become lost among the countless options and sources of different benefits to the empire.