I think AI being a bit passive at the moment really hurts the depth. Leaner in fact, since Influence, minor factions and resources you actually spent all came with EL. Hopefully there will be some nice guides or Let's Plays made soon that prove otherwise!ĮS1 was pretty lean as well. City placement, tile management, map terrain, seasons, manual control over combat and wide unit variety are all gone, and so far I have found no real new sources of strategic depth to replace them. My only real frame of reference is Endless Legend since I never tried the first Endless Space, and so far ES2 seems quite unimpressive in comparison. So far I'm not a fan, but I haven't played far enough to write it off yet.
I've been playing some Endless Space 2 now.
