Rockfish Games will be experimenting with side quests for the early access release. The optional missions though, are in dire need of improvements. Life is stressful enough” – is what Everspace 2 aims at.Ĭoming to the single-player, Michel clarified that the previous mention of the campaign being 20-30 hours long was without including the side quests. “Exploring space alone, without being called names. Something of interest is that despite how many players have requested support for multiplayer, Rockfish Games believes that “there are fewer fans who want multiplayer as there are who want a fulfilling single-player experience” from an Everspace game, at least right now.
It’s a high risk, high reward situation we are not comfortable taking at this moment. Make no mistake, adding online multiplayer would add years to the development cycle, many job descriptions to our fairly small team, and require a significantly bigger budget if done right. Let’s keep the evolution healthy from a single-player roguelike to an open-world space shooter RPG and maybe add online coop-multiplayer in our next game. We often discuss it internally, but we are simply not ready for it. There’s always a possibility for a multiplayer Everspace in the future. Everspace 2 though will be sticking with the single-player side, majorly because adding online support right now would add years more to development. Michel noted that there are regular internal discussions around adding online elements and the franchise could receive a multiplayer installment in the future. However, multiplayer will still not make the cut.Įverspace 2 will be strictly a single-player game.
Steam Early Access is still on the cards for 2020 as we cannot hold out forever.īetween now and then, Rockfish Games will be looking to polish Everspace 2 as much as possible and that covers improving existing features as well as adding new ones.
We are so ready to get this early build out into the world and collect that juicy feedback. We are about to hit the Alpha milestone which will conclude in the “closed Alpha” for our Kickstarter backers. Speaking with SegmentNext in a recent interview, project manager Caspar Michel confirmed that getting Everspace 2 out in Steam Early Access within the year “is still on the cards” and the developer is “so ready” to release an early build for Kickstarter backers to experience and relay all-important feedback. While working remotely due to the pandemic did bring up new challenges, the good news is that Rockfish Games is fairly confident of meeting the new deadlines. COVID-19 recently forced developer and publisher Rockfish Games to push the early access release window of Everspace 2 into December 2020.
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