When you think about space 4X games, you probably don’t think about hacking at a grand, stellar scale. What does Penumbra bring to the table? Let’s start with the brand-new mechanic. They’ve also been solid about providing video support with internally generated tutorials and other promotional materials for the new releases. It’s a unique and unusual approach to game design that seems to be paying off well. Starting in March 2018, they began soliciting votes through their community-facing site Games2Gether to guide the design of the new faction, starting with the basic type of species, through their origin, onto the physical appearance of what became the Umbral Choir, all the way up until December of last year when the players voted on what they felt the name of the faction leaders should be. Hacking is the name of the game for the UC but if you think of it as a new layer of espionage mechanics, you won’t be far wrong.Īmplitude has been aggressive about engaging with the community and promoting Penumbra. In it, Amplitude has brought a new exotic faction and an entirely new mechanic available for all the species (though the newcomers, the Umbral Choir are inherently better at it). E ndless Space 2: Penumbra is the latest expansion/DLC for what is on balance a decent space-4X strategy game.

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