By: Ron Burke
Everspace 2 is an excellent game through and through. As you can read in my review, I enjoyed the story, finding it to be far deeper than expected and expansive at over 30 hours of bespoke universe to explore. The music is pure fire, the combat is challenging, gear progression is solid. The only real hitch I found was technical when I reviewed it – something that's been resolved by a recent move to Unreal Engine 5. Playing into the endgame, I did also hit a snag with the loop when I started running rifts as they tend to funnel you into a specific ship and weapon archetype. Still, what's on offer is easily one of the best arcade space sim / looter shooter games on the market. As the team at Rockfish ship their very first paid DLC, it's time to return to the world of clones, tense combat, and one highly-quotable smartass robot.