Review: Everspace

We know that life in space is both dangerous and difficult. But for the hero of Everspace , the debut project of the studio ROCKFISH Games , constant pain and death among the stars - not news and not scary. After all, he is a clone who plays the cosmic "bagel".

Indeed, we have pure water "Rogalik" in space "- with its peculiarities and some reservations, of course. The role of the dungeons is played by starry sectors, not broken into floors, but into several systems with their own planets, a set of enemies, stations and so on-all this, of course, is generated randomly.
We in these sectors-dungeons are engaged in the usual for all the fun with elements of "bagel" things - we fight with enemies that come in waves, we collect resources, we do not copy experience, it's true, but we try to survive in every possible way. Did not survive - everything, start again. That is, you are again in the very first sector, but with slightly differently generated systems and conditions.

After learning a certain improvement, you can go back to your dead carcass (more precisely, to the wreckage fragments) to pick up the lost junk, but until then after each death you will have only the accumulated money, but everything else that is acquired during the unsuccessful attempt excessive work, is lost. And this is the different resources needed to repair ship systems and to create items, and valuable things like new "guns" and sensors (they are installed on the go), and all sorts of shield amplifiers.
Money should be spent immediately - you can not patiently accumulate them between attempts, because the purse is reset every time you leave the hangar. If there is a lot of finance, you can buy a new ship. In addition to the standard universal prime mover, there are two more classes - fast and fragile (actually an analogue of a thief), which can teleport and hide, as well as powerful and slow ("tank", respectively).

However, with the ship issued by default it is possible to become a very strong pilot. First, money is also spent on learning new elements and skills that increase the damage, the chance of a critical hit, the speed, the survivability of the hull, the efficiency of the hyperdrive, add new cells for consumables, allow you to extract more resources and coins, and so on. Secondly, the star is still allowed to put different amplifications, subroutines and glyphs.

Another thing is that all this will take a lot of time and effort. Even at the usual level of difficulty, they kill quickly, and even at the easiest transition to the second sector, you can be met with joyful shots by a crowd of enemies accompanying a large destroyer - in the initial stages of the chances of surviving in such a situation is practically nonexistent. Yes, and periodically come across especially strong, skull-marked enemies and "bosses."

Therefore, it takes quite a long time to start again, patiently learn new "features" and skills, gradually becoming slightly stronger. But you still want to do and try number five, and number ten, then to show everyone where the crayfish winter in the space ...


The above is quite typical for almost any such entertainment. But here it must be taken into account that all this in Everspace unfolds in the entourage of a very beautiful cosmosima in the spirit of Freelancer , Descent and  Elite Dangerous. 

We fly among the expressive wreckage of the lost ships or inside the huge asteroids, where once there were colonies and where now there is something to profit, we shoot small asteroids on ore and other useful minerals, periodically we meet merchants, service or again trading stations. Hack beacons to scan the environment and understand where everything is hidden. And, of course, we try not to anger the local law enforcement officers patrolling the sector, so that all their ships and stations do not attack us.

And all this - in the light of stars or in sparkling nebulae, against the backdrop of huge rings of some local Saturn or black hole, in which, if too close, you can immediately disappear. In general, it is really very beautiful, epic and with a sense of real cosmic romance.

Yes, and with a very interesting story, designed to shed light on what happened to our main character. He communicates with his partner, the AI of the ship, periodically sees strange memories, finds out that he is a clone, meets old friends, and now enemies. Intrigue, in other words, enough. "Lor" too worked well: the local code is constantly updated with new information about the factions, characters, locations and events unfolding in the world of Everspace .

Rate:9/10