Yes, worth buying.
At $39.99. It has been as low as $9.99.
- Story and characters: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 23k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Compared with its competitors, ES2 is rather more focused on story-driven single-player campaigns.
- good replayability thanks to very different factions
The graphics are also beautiful and the UI is clear and concise, if you are a CIV veteran you will have no problem figuring out what is going on in the game.
The sound design in the game is incredible, the music is bold and astounding, you feel the vastness of space just listening to the bold brass instruments in the soundtrack.
Just frustrating to be playing a multiplayer game alone in the far reaches of space and maybe somewhere out there your friend is having a good time.
Theme by theme
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.
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