Hadn't heard of that one, but looked it up and it definitely got me interested. It looks exactly like the type of game I was looking for a couple of years ago, and only found Warlock - Master of The Arcance, and Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes (both of which were pretty crappy).
How is it compared to them, if any of you have played those? And how is the late game? I'm not an avid 4x player, but I usually love them up until the point the micro-management gets too tedious.
My positively biased, fanboy-ish take on the Endless games:
I haven't played those games you mentioned so I can't say how it compares. Endless Legend is the second game by Amplitude Studios. Their first was Endless Space, a space 4X game that is good (and great if you're a fan) but had some things feeling empty. Still, a great game and incredibly polished and detailed. Soundtrack and art design alone were worth the buy.
The detail and lore in these games is very heavy - each faction, research item, resource, and other things have their own lore and well-written backstory. Endless Legend takes this further by having quests associated with each faction that you can complete during the game to achieve a Quest Victory (one of the victory conditions - there are many such as the usual expansion, science, diplomacy victories, etc.). This actually works well and introduces a kind of role-playing into a 4X game in an interesting and new way.
Each faction has an interesting lore that fits into the Endless universe and their traits and units are tailored to their lore in such a way that you really can play different factions in different ways and specialize in different things. The last I checked, the Roving Clans cannot even declare war in the game (their main victory type is the Economic Victory). Another faction, the Forgotten, cannot even see science resources and have to rely on espionage and currency for technological advancement.
Micromanagement is definitely a thing in these games - they are more detailed than Civilization and it takes a while to learn how to manage things. There is a decent tutorial in Endless Legend though. If management isn't your bag then I don't recommend it.
The late game can get a bit micro-manage-y but there are some options to limit this like having an AI specialize the production of cities. The quest system and special projects also give a bit more focus. It also depends on the kind of settings you choose - you can customize the map and victory conditions to pretty much anything you'd want. Overall though, this is a game that is meant to be played slowly and micromanagement is definitely a thing.
If you like Civilization and want to try something a bit deeper or more complex, then I'd recommend Endless Legend with all its expansions. And I would definitely keep an eye out for Endless Space 2, which is currently in development.
These games have a ton of detail, lore, ambience, and atmosphere and the
best soundtracks and art design of any game I've ever played. For me, the soundtrack and sound design alone made it worth the purchase. However, I would recommend getting the complete game with all expansions because like many 4X games they really made the game complete (this happened with Civilization and apparently many Paradox games).
There's some good let's play videos on YouTube as well.
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