They said “Sophon Cave, now that we’re surrounded by moon rocks, what do we do with them.” I said buy em, the bean counters said we couldn’t afford 7 dollars worth of em. Fired those guys and bought 70 million worth. Ground em up and turned them into a gel. Turns out moon rock gel is pure poison. I am gravely ill.
In Mass Effect the human faction of The Alliance for sure is friendly to all other races and is in fact, subjugated at the beginning of ME 1 with none of them being allowed on the council or as specters. In Star Wars its a case were the republic is so wide that racism really doesn't exist on most worlds. Now The Empire though... that's another story.
What if it was the Sophons who 'accidentally' created the rift that exiled the rift born? That would be awkward. "Like we thought it was a really good experiment at the time. Sorry about that" - Sophons.
The rift was actually caused by a group of survivors fleeing from Auriga, the Vaulter's home planet! Their ship had a Dust relic of tremendous power in their cargo hold, which blew up, thus creating the rift. If you wanna read up on it, the ship's name was the Grey Owl. ...Though I do agree that it would've been pretty funny to have the sophons be the ones behind the whole ordeal.
This was pretty fucking cool with both the presentation, art style, music, variety and everything. WHy havent I heard of this game before. Fucking awesome man. The second race intro also gave me goosebumps.
Honestly, the Sophons are more my speed. Brilliant and powerful, but... soooo very stupid in their own unique way. The United Empire is a close second just because I'm a Warhammer 40k fanboy, and love me some alien killin'.
Unfortunately for all you followers of the God Emperor, The U.E is closer to the British Empire than the Imperium: Why purge the xeno when you can steal all their wealth, destroy their culture and expect the ungrateful primitives to thank you for it?
@@vagabondwastrel2361 Actually the United Empire is very capitalist and pro business. It would struggle to control so much territory without the help of its corporations.
@@grugmangaming5152 IN DEATH I STILL SERVE. I NEED MORE RECAFF FOR IT IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING MY SOUL IN THIS COFFIN, THE ONLY STIMULANT THAT GETS ME READY AFTER MY LONG SLUMBER
It's been one year, so you might know by now, but just in case : It's been addressed in one of the Endless Space 2 Free comics, available on their Website. Basically, the Sophons build a very dangerous installation on their moon, using the Moon's core as a source of energy. It was indeed incredibly dangerous, but as the comics say: "Sophons just can't resist a bad idea." When the facilities suffered a major crisis, it took the moon with it. And just after that, they decided to build ENFER.
The Riftborn are definitely my favourite race so far, and their intro is so tragic it almost brings me to tears. t. Endless Space 1: Sower and Endless Legend: Cultist player
Их история ещё более трагична, чем вы можете себе представить. Для того чтобы спасти свою вселенную они фактически отправляются в аналог варпа, наполненного, для них, бесконечными ужасами и уродствами. Для большинства, если не всех из них, эта дорога в один конец. И они идут туда без страха и сомнения.
H5 So what? Videos game history is about pushing limits. Ground battles would just be a PART of our ideal game. Btw no need to be vulgar to disagree with us.
One can push and not force an unecessary concept on teh gamers. The raw concept of Endless Space does not entail ground battles, I would have completely abandoned it for a superior *space* alternative if it had ground battles. A toggle may work but it's unecessary. I do see the potential of a Endless Space+Xcom hybrid but not at the expense of what Endless Space is. Push the limits, don't push in a different direction. And the vulgarity was merely efficient.
The Unfallen intro was more like that moment when you play really tall with only one city/planet but have advanced your tech by a lot. And then someone came into your borders to kill someone else. "You did not just spill blood all over my roots?! Do you know how long that'll take to clean?! Heads are gonna roll!"
the riftborn are so mysterious and that is what makes me love them. A species that came from another dimension that only seeks survival and doesn't bother anyone else.
They thought about it. So they instantly became a space faring civilization by thinking about it? They built the ships with their mind, complete with interstellar travel capabilities ? Powered by apple cores and bark? yes
Well, Plants that evolved nervous systems learn to think. They did think about it ''for a very long time''. Which means their tree-intelligence network which was vast. Potentially the entire planet. They can also genetically engineer themselves. So they thought about what design they wanted to make, and then made it. Tree ships powered by chemical reactions (rocket fuel) which is created by bio-engineered processes. Seams reasonable enough.
Sounds like fantasy, not science fiction. Could have had a planet full of children that built spaceships out of lego and it would have been just as believable if not moreso.
@@NickJaime My only problem with endless space and endless legends, mostly due to my part is that I was never exposed to too many 4x games so those games tend to really kick my ass hard but even then endless legend has some problems I have with it also partially due to my shite luck and some bad balancing to the point some victories are only plausable with certain race or QUESTS THAT TASK ME TO SEND MY ONLY ARMY TO SOME DISTANT UNKNOWN TERRITORY WHILE I AM BEING HARRASSED FROM THE START BY OTHER MINOR FACTIONS
Yea some quest's can have some bad rng and put stuff very far from your home system. So when I see that happens lol I make that playthrough a warmongering one.
@@NickJaime Well I am glad I am not hte only one who runs into that problem but speaking of warmonging, jesus declaring war has hoops to be jumped through
E.N.F.E.R. is the AI the Sophons created as a pinnacle of their intelligence, now it is supposed to tell them what the next steps are, and this is where their lore quest begins...
Glatix The problem is that it seems like it is unlikely to find more than 2 or 3 sentient space faring species in the same Galaxy. I hope we do not end up like 2100, with the humans fucking over the Universe while fighting each other instead of the Xenos.
For playable faction, its just the one listed in the vid and a DLC faction called the Vaulters (not in vid)... there are a lot more minor faction we can interact in game
Küken Unknown. We have found few planets outside of out own solar system. Yet there are at least 8 here, likely more. But undiscovered. Not counting microplanets like Pluto.
Background music in sophons and cravers intros is just too good... but I can't find any, idk if they just made it for the intro and not actually a soundtrack.
The Domini (Custom Faction Variant) - I removed Sophon's war weaknesses, added Tolerant, all Terraform Tech (cancels colony penalties) and really destroy myself with HERO based negatives, no starter dust and a Unlucky Colonists. Terraform every planet into Methane Gas Giants, specialize exploits on planets, watch those babies burn science, dust and industry like eating cold cream cheese icing.
Yea I wish this game got more press but the big media companies didn't cover it much, such as ign and gamespot both had small articles but not much else.
Фактически эта игра права , с человеческой ленью и жестокостью, только с помощью тоталитаризма мы чегото добьемся , ну либо страх......страх всегда обьединяет
The United empire is more based on the british empire plus it is capitalist because if you see in the first game trailer also they have a monarchy. They are also more xenophile then xenophobic because they accept other races as long as they do military service thats all im gonna say
0:08 - Sophons
1:25 - Cravers
2:47 - United Empire
4:11 - Horatio
5:30 - Riftborn
6:42 - Unfallen
8:07 - Vodyani
10:10 - Lumeris
The races are in the description but thank you for adding time stamps
You're welcome!
So the Sophons are a type 2 civilization
No pilgrims?
7:43 It's beautifull
sophon = kerbals
I love how the Sophons were just like "man that sucks we just blew up our moon"
i bet they could have just builded a new one with science. just to blew it up again cause it sounds like a hell lot of fun to blow up moons
They said “Sophon Cave, now that we’re surrounded by moon rocks, what do we do with them.” I said buy em, the bean counters said we couldn’t afford 7 dollars worth of em. Fired those guys and bought 70 million worth. Ground em up and turned them into a gel. Turns out moon rock gel is pure poison. I am gravely ill.
Its probably like 9/11 for them
Stoßtruppen a moon is blowed up:
Other races: "Damn it must be terrible for them"
Sophons: "Oops we did it again"
'' YOUR ONLY SUPPOSE TO BLOW THE BLADY DOORS OFF!''
the humans sure seem friendly
In Mass Effect the human faction of The Alliance for sure is friendly to all other races and is in fact, subjugated at the beginning of ME 1 with none of them being allowed on the council or as specters. In Star Wars its a case were the republic is so wide that racism really doesn't exist on most worlds. Now The Empire though... that's another story.
matthew minchillo in star wars there not humans. There humanoids but in the end aliens that evolved to look like that.
No there is Humans, and other races that evolved separately.
but no holy terra where humanity come from
Yep, the guilt of some nations that also produce these movies and games echo in their products.
What if it was the Sophons who 'accidentally' created the rift that exiled the rift born? That would be awkward. "Like we thought it was a really good experiment at the time. Sorry about that" - Sophons.
"But on the brightside we were able to develope 6G because of it"
- a Sophone (probably)
@@asdf-ne1vt
Rifborn: ... Pi? Call the Obliterator.
The rift was actually caused by a group of survivors fleeing from Auriga, the Vaulter's home planet! Their ship had a Dust relic of tremendous power in their cargo hold, which blew up, thus creating the rift. If you wanna read up on it, the ship's name was the Grey Owl.
...Though I do agree that it would've been pretty funny to have the sophons be the ones behind the whole ordeal.
This was pretty fucking cool with both the presentation, art style, music, variety and everything. WHy havent I heard of this game before. Fucking awesome man. The second race intro also gave me goosebumps.
DavidAkhter They are the Cravers. They tend to do that.
Honestly, the Sophons are more my speed. Brilliant and powerful, but... soooo very stupid in their own unique way. The United Empire is a close second just because I'm a Warhammer 40k fanboy, and love me some alien killin'.
JCDenton 2012 but there not really xenophobic other races gain there citizenship through military service
Unfortunately for all you followers of the God Emperor, The U.E is closer to the British Empire than the Imperium:
Why purge the xeno when you can steal all their wealth, destroy their culture and expect the ungrateful primitives to thank you for it?
@@necktiefox2917 its true they subjugate the natives and conscript them but say they can have citizenship if they do service
@@cavanthompson5129 so did the British empire
@@heliveruscalion9124 Atleast they wernt slaughtered outright like certain empires 😂😂😂💀
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R3GARnator i understood that reference
Ah, another man of culture I see.
Only a dead bug is a good bug!
except the government in starship troopers wasn't totalitarian. The united empire is obviously a socialist style state.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 Actually the United Empire is very capitalist and pro business. It would struggle to control so much territory without the help of its corporations.
We will find new life, and turn them into new patriots! Lol.
thats a nice race you have there... i'd be a shame... if someone... guaranteed citizenship with service...
Communism~
soviet anthem starts playing from somewhere far away
Андрей Кулаков communism does stand against such things. After all, why enslave a foreign populace when you could enslave your own?
United Empire? I think not, it's the Imperium of Man.
3:36 notice how the skulls match the alien offering fruit
The other races in the video are xenos that need to be purge
But uhh... where are the space marines?
Out crusading for the emperor's name i do believe
Some random guy from the beyond
Busy crusading.
For the empire of mankind for the emperor of mankind
AVE IMPERATOR.
PURGE THE MUTANT, THE TRAITOR, THE HERETIC
UNTIL DEATH DUTY ENDS
*Drinks recaff* And until theres no recaff
@@kaloyandraganov9462 It's about warhammer 4K. They're just making a parallel. Let them be, it's not OUR game, it's A game.
@@grugmangaming5152 IN DEATH I STILL SERVE. I NEED MORE RECAFF FOR IT IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING MY SOUL IN THIS COFFIN, THE ONLY STIMULANT THAT GETS ME READY AFTER MY LONG SLUMBER
*HOW THE HELL DID YOU 'ACCIDENTALLY' BLOW UP YOUR MOON*
They wanted to blow up the sun and missed
Danny2462 happened
SCIENCE!
"Lets blow some stuff up! oh err... I mean SCIENCE" -sophones probably
It's been one year, so you might know by now, but just in case :
It's been addressed in one of the Endless Space 2 Free comics, available on their Website. Basically, the Sophons build a very dangerous installation on their moon, using the Moon's core as a source of energy. It was indeed incredibly dangerous, but as the comics say: "Sophons just can't resist a bad idea." When the facilities suffered a major crisis, it took the moon with it.
And just after that, they decided to build ENFER.
The Riftborn are definitely my favourite race so far, and their intro is so tragic it almost brings me to tears.
t. Endless Space 1: Sower and Endless Legend: Cultist player
Их история ещё более трагична, чем вы можете себе представить. Для того чтобы спасти свою вселенную они фактически отправляются в аналог варпа, наполненного, для них, бесконечными ужасами и уродствами. Для большинства, если не всех из них, эта дорога в один конец.
И они идут туда без страха и сомнения.
So to the sophons with great power comes great irresponsibly
Such a beautiful game - its only sin is absence of surface battles
Impossibur Ducklov Actually Stellaris should have too. Stellaris + Endless space + real time = awesome game
Nah. It's a space-game, you want ground? G.T.F.O..
H5 So what? Videos game history is about pushing limits. Ground battles would just be a PART of our ideal game. Btw no need to be vulgar to disagree with us.
One can push and not force an unecessary concept on teh gamers. The raw concept of Endless Space does not entail ground battles, I would have completely abandoned it for a superior *space* alternative if it had ground battles. A toggle may work but it's unecessary. I do see the potential of a Endless Space+Xcom hybrid but not at the expense of what Endless Space is. Push the limits, don't push in a different direction. And the vulgarity was merely efficient.
H5 it have got ground battles.
GLORY TO THE UNITED EMPIRE!!
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS
PURGE THE XENOS
DOWN WITH THE HERETICS, UP WITH THE REPUBLIC. YOU'RE A JEDI MASTER, MASTER CHIEF, NOW GET TO THE NORMADY (WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?)
Snow Leopard there not really xenophobic my friend
The Unfallen intro was more like that moment when you play really tall with only one city/planet but have advanced your tech by a lot. And then someone came into your borders to kill someone else.
"You did not just spill blood all over my roots?! Do you know how long that'll take to clean?! Heads are gonna roll!"
"My business is with Isengard tonight... with rock and stone. Hromm, come my friends, the Ents are going to war!"
I LOVE THE Riftborn, i always protect them.
"Nationalism will bring us victory "
AK-47 for everyone XD
I will do what I must
Keeping it clean
Is there a threat?
guys as long as ur people dont starve everythings fine and there no problems
"Hey, Check out our new Tow Missile."
Dont wait, enlist today and prove you have the strenght and courage to be free!
Service guarantees citizenship!
Would you like to know more ?
Riftborn theme always brings a tear to my eye, damn that D minor key!
The United Empire, a mix between Xcom 2 and Warhammer.
Unfallen definitely my style. They are just good trees. And you can even change them a little into militaristic trees that bring the fire with em.
I love the Riftborn because of the ship's. There look an style are my favorite in the game.
I'll admit the Cravers are more my style.
Warlike, commit to what you've been made for. Very militaristic.
The space war locusts
The techno-tyranids.
i suppose there is a purity to what they do. no uncertainties with these guys
@@JewTube001 they are stright up guys, no bull, no shit, just eat and war. They are like 40K orks, but with higher vocabulary
Every single one of these races is BRILLIANT. Amazing work, developers!
Vodyani all the way. Best looking ships hands down
Vodyani music is THE BEST.
i like the vaulters. their ships are like a mix of homeworld and eve online
JoyfulUniter they don't eat this energy. They convert people into more vodyani
the riftborn are so mysterious and that is what makes me love them. A species that came from another dimension that only seeks survival and doesn't bother anyone else.
Their ship's aren't bad looking either.
oh damn you reply to comments on a 3 year old video
:) yea I try to reply to most comments.
@@NickJaime you are a good man, thank you
So many chills. Every time.
*FOR THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND!*
"Imagine the future that We can build..." best faction!!!
When u accidentally blow up your moon
"Well... how's gona tell it the boss?"
I bet half the sophon population noticed right away. The other half read of it on reddit half a minute later
Long live Emperor Zelevas!
Long live the United Earth Empire!
Good video! Keep it up!
God I hate Horatio, pure satisfaction smashing him with my Imperial fleet
A jealous and predictable response from a lesser being who cannot reconcile its ugliness when confronted with the majesty of all that is Horatio.
I hate a great dislike with selfish transhumans who want to replace native populations with himself.
Narcissism over-load. Fuck him. Smash.
Fuck Horatio indeed. He is so Narcissistic that he makes Kuja blush.
Horatio and his clones would solve Craven's food supply!
Men the United Empire has some nice "assets" in their disposal. SIGN ME IN.
WHO ELSE LOVES THE CRAVERS?!?
Hey ya'll we're a bunch of trees! Oh look we have spaceships now. for some reason. somehow.
They thought about it. They viewed it like a cosmic spreading of seeds of life.
They thought about it. So they instantly became a space faring civilization by thinking about it? They built the ships with their mind, complete with interstellar travel capabilities ? Powered by apple cores and bark? yes
Well, Plants that evolved nervous systems learn to think. They did think about it ''for a very long time''. Which means their tree-intelligence network which was vast. Potentially the entire planet. They can also genetically engineer themselves. So they thought about what design they wanted to make, and then made it.
Tree ships powered by chemical reactions (rocket fuel) which is created by bio-engineered processes.
Seams reasonable enough.
Sounds like fantasy, not science fiction. Could have had a planet full of children that built spaceships out of lego and it would have been just as believable if not moreso.
"Waaa the game where there is a faction of clones of one guy who wants to make everyone himself has an unrealistic alien species :((("
Vodyani intro is coolest music just gives me the chills. Also cool desighn
The riftborns has to be my favorite race in terms of looks and concept
Mine as well, I have played many game's through with them. The Cravers are also a good one when I want to be locust and just sweep over the galaxy.
@@NickJaime My only problem with endless space and endless legends, mostly due to my part is that I was never exposed to too many 4x games so those games tend to really kick my ass hard but even then endless legend has some problems I have with it also partially due to my shite luck and some bad balancing to the point some victories are only plausable with certain race or QUESTS THAT TASK ME TO SEND MY ONLY ARMY TO SOME DISTANT UNKNOWN TERRITORY WHILE I AM BEING HARRASSED FROM THE START BY OTHER MINOR FACTIONS
Yea some quest's can have some bad rng and put stuff very far from your home system. So when I see that happens lol I make that playthrough a warmongering one.
@@NickJaime Well I am glad I am not hte only one who runs into that problem but speaking of warmonging, jesus declaring war has hoops to be jumped through
The Dust must flow
Sophons and Rift Born, the ultimate science bros.
Who's the "me" the Sophon intro is talking about ?
I guess it's sadly not Horatio.
EDIT : I found who it is, it's an IA.
AI
The E.N.F.E.R.
E.N.F.E.R. is the AI the Sophons created as a pinnacle of their intelligence, now it is supposed to tell them what the next steps are, and this is where their lore quest begins...
except ENFER fucks up. as usual sophons usualy screw up.
Pardon his French
Cravers: "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!!!!"
The united empire is the best presentation by far :-1
I want a movie series based off of this game.
As a Stellaris player I find this lack of species disturbing.
I have created 87 custom empires to play in a 10k galaxy, and i still think that have a lack of species in my game lol
Glatix The problem is that it seems like it is unlikely to find more than 2 or 3 sentient space faring species in the same Galaxy.
I hope we do not end up like 2100, with the humans fucking over the Universe while fighting each other instead of the Xenos.
Glatix each is unique
For playable faction, its just the one listed in the vid and a DLC faction called the Vaulters (not in vid)... there are a lot more minor faction we can interact in game
Stellaris species aren't that unique, it's just a portrait, a set of ethics and some traits. No unique mechanics like in ES2.
FOR THE GREATER GOOD!! FOR THE WALKING TREES!!
10:10 She has huuuuge, um, plots of land...
We will discover new life, and turn it into new patriots :P
1:08 from this sight I got some Crysis 3 vibes.
I love the story building
Horatio is beauty, Horatio is life
CRAVERS INCOMING
So do you play as the AI as the sophonity?
No because later in the Sophons quest line you have to destroy ENFER, and there's no choice around it.
Gotta love this lore.
Unfallen has the best intro in the game
4 planets in all of his home systems ... What are the odds?
Küken
Unknown. We have found few planets outside of out own solar system.
Yet there are at least 8 here, likely more. But undiscovered. Not counting microplanets like Pluto.
The Empire is what would happen if Soviet Russia took over Earth, developed market economy, but kept its core values and conquered the galaxy :D
These are dope :D
Anyone else expect the voice for the first one to break out into one of those science-remix songs?
Gods... No gods... We still hunger, and all will be our prey.
I'm sorry, I think the Mafia Aliens are pretty damn corny.
Like the Lumeris, they mean business.
But the Riftborn as refugees looking for a home.
So many choices, it's hard to say whose the favorite.
Background music in sophons and cravers intros is just too good... but I can't find any, idk if they just made it for the intro and not actually a soundtrack.
They sell some of the game's music as DLC.
It's on Spotify, as craver prologue by arnaud roy
Vodyani is by far the coolest race.
the first ones seem like the kerbals only fully space faring
08:00. We are Groot?
*V A U L T E R S*
the bright future is looking rather...smoggy.
ALL WILL BE HORATIO
Now I feel bad, for blowing up the Riftborns planet
Yeah kinda puts a damper on it when knowing the back story.
Cool
The Domini (Custom Faction Variant) - I removed Sophon's war weaknesses, added Tolerant, all Terraform Tech (cancels colony penalties) and really destroy myself with HERO based negatives, no starter dust and a Unlucky Colonists. Terraform every planet into Methane Gas Giants, specialize exploits on planets, watch those babies burn science, dust and industry like eating cold cream cheese icing.
We humans shall make discoveries....with ...with *WITH BIG GUNS*
"I'm Nick Jaime, bitch!" Sorry I couldn't resist.
How have I never heard of this before?!?!
Yea I wish this game got more press but the big media companies didn't cover it much, such as ign and gamespot both had small articles but not much else.
Фактически эта игра права , с человеческой ленью и жестокостью, только с помощью тоталитаризма мы чегото добьемся , ну либо страх......страх всегда обьединяет
they where always first.....
Not only to blow up their moon, but to get their sun obliterated too. Gosh, so surprised we are bunch of jerks again? I hate those cringy nerds
Unfallen are basically space ents.
I think more like locust, since all they do is eat and move on.
@@NickJaime how about cravers? They are literal fuckin locusts
Yea both feel like it ones more aggressive then the other's
Yeah I think I know what I will play xD
He looked at mirrors so much he lost his mind lol jk
My favorite was the Horatio
The sophons are literally kerbals
hey hey people...
why am i hearing the imperial march in the background?
I REALLY hate that sound glitch between each intro, makes me think my computer just crashed
The Horatio of 3rd intro look like the Coneheads
ThunderHaven AE
Knarftl the garthok!
What accent does the Vodyani lady talk in?
It does sound interesting and I wish I knew
@@NickJaime I like to think she has a speech impediment, but it's probably just an accent.
I don’t get the second faction are they the soldiers or what?
Yes they are bioengineer soldier's made from the eldest faction called the endless. The endless ran out of use for them and stranded them on a planet.
Purge the Xenos
what's the races in this game?
I thought I put in the races in the description but I just updated the description with all the race names plus the expansion race name.
I don't like how at the end of each thing it sounds like my computer crashes xD
Strange. That's the first I'm hearing of that happening. Try the updated version which are linked in the description if you wish to see the rest.
@@NickJaime thx, i will take a look :)
Np happy to help.
HERESY!
Hey hey people
Wait what fuck? The Sophons made Horatio? Was that Horatio? How have I NEVER noticed that before!
Does the Galaxy have it's own army?
The United empire is more based on the british empire plus it is capitalist because if you see in the first game trailer also they have a monarchy. They are also more xenophile then xenophobic because they accept other races as long as they do military service thats all im gonna say
@Deathcoldan Leftism is a disease, All shall be united.
No Vaulters?
I have an updated version with the Vaulters
LONG LIVE ZELEVAS
I like how the factions basically go through their lore and struggles while the United Empires intro is just a fecking propaganda video