ENDLESS Legend II launches in Early Access this summer

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This summer, the next installment in the “ENDLESS Legend” series, titled “ENDLESS Legend II“, is set to debut on PC through Steam’s Early Access program, as confirmed by both its publisher, Hooded Horse, and developer, Amplitude Studios.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

ENDLESS Legend II”

Description: Experience a captivating strategy game set in a fantasy universe. As the leader of diverse factions, you construct sprawling empires while engaging in galaxy-wide conflicts on an ever-transforming ocean world teetering on extinction. Natural disasters have disrupted the balance, and time will bring more changes, offering fresh avenues for exploration and domination to those who dare. Construct vast cities to expand your power, strategize and lead troops in turn-based combat to defeat adversaries, and venture into uncharted territories to unearth the ominous truths buried deep within the planet’s core.

Lead Disparate Factions

In ENDLESS Legend II, regardless if your forces are honorable star-born troops or combat-focused alien hives, the game offers a multitude of diverse factions, each shaped by unique philosophies, histories, skills, and stories. Each faction showcases distinct characteristics that make them unlike any other in warfare, trade, empire development, and diplomacy. It’s your task to understand their strengths and weaknesses, and devise strategies to leverage them effectively, crafting a personalized gameplay experience for each faction.

  • The choice of faction will influence every aspect of the game. Will you prefer to benefit from a constant state of fighting, untethered by the need to justify your wars, spawning additional warriors with each victorious battle to grow endlessly in strength? Or will you choose to benefit from cohabitation and cooperation, spreading tendrils of influence throughout the world to build a network of allies, leveraging relationships with the minor factions of the planet to further enrich your empire? Learn what makes each faction distinct and use it to your advantage whether you’re leading them, or looking to destroy them.
  • Military doctrine varies greatly between the factions, providing unique opportunities for a capable commander to gain an advantage over their foe, even when out of combat. Whether you’re building massive fortifications as the Kin of Sheredyn to defend your cities, establishing connections to powerful weapons and support systems waiting in orbit, or you’re investing in the spread of coral that allows the units of spiritualist Aspects to support themselves outside of friendly territory, know your enemy and know yourself to gain the upper hand in any conflict.
  • Either auto-resolve combat or take direct control of individual units within your armies when battle begins, using the surrounding terrain to your advantage as you seek out chokepoints, cover, and the high ground. Apart from having faction-specific units, traits, weapons, and attributes, each faction also features special battlefield abilities that can turn the tide of battle if properly utilized. Where one faction might work best with a patient commander, able to meticulously maneuver troops to secure powerful adjacency bonuses, another might rely on force of numbers and overwhelming strength.
  • Recruit heroes and watch them grow over time as they gain new traits to bolster their abilities, build relationships that provide them with various boons, and acquire equipment useful both in and out of battle. Powerful commanders, properly trained and armed, can turn the tide of entire wars when wisely utilized.

Reign in an Evolving World

Empires will grow and decline based on their capacity to adapt to an ever-evolving world. Beginning with a small, modest city, expand in accordance with your faction’s special attributes and constraints while adapting to seasonal downpours (monsoons) and tidal shifts (tidefalls). Construct areas around your cities’ core buildings, utilize scattered resources of strategic and luxury value throughout the world, and enhance your technological advancements and industrial power.

  • Cataclysmic tidefalls will expose new opportunities and threats as the oceans recede to unveil new land ripe for expansion. While your existing territory will remain unscathed, the newly revealed terrain from the retreating oceans will open up new avenues of approach for you and your enemies, alongside new resources to exploit and new anomalies to explore. While this can fundamentally change the strategic value of various locations as time goes on, a wise leader will plan for the inevitable—will you prepare to expand into new lands as soon as a tidefall occurs, or focus on shoring up your defenses where you anticipate new landbridges to appear?
  • Plan the development of your cities to focus on population growth, industrialization, and commerce, or prioritize their contribution to the sciences, your empire’s influence, and your military might— the choice is yours based on the needs of your burgeoning empire. Establish districts that provide fortifications or further the production of various resources, take advantage of adjacency and terrain bonuses, and pursue technological advancements that allow you to upgrade established districts or unlock entirely new options. Will you patiently seek out ideal locations to establish long-term economic hubs and military strongholds, or will you spread rapidly to secure new lands and increased productivity ahead of your enemies?
  • The lands around you are teeming with both opportunity and danger alike. Crush the weaker minor factions littered around the world to pillage their resources, or instead cultivate friendly relations and have them join your growing empire, incorporating their distinctive units and heroes to further strengthen your people. Explore ancient ruins and strange anomalies, braving the dangers of the unknown to enrich your lands and gain powerful artifacts to wield against your enemies.

Write Your Own Legend

Beneath the serene facade of this former ocean planet, there’s a hidden enigma waiting to be uncovered in the depths, where an old force awakens in the shadows. You can claim control by resorting to brutal wars, win through peaceful negotiations and technological progress, engage in missions and face unexpected events that could reshape your campaign, or let your loyal champions reveal the history of your people—the decision is all yours.

As a gamer, I find myself pondering: Shall I be a relentless empire-builder or a crafty strategist? A charismatic peacemaker or a fearsome predator? Will I restore balance to this world, uncovering ancient tales and legendary figures, or will I defy the destiny that binds my faction and forge a tale of my own making?

Watch a new trailer below.

Gameplay Trailer

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