EVERSPACE™ - Encounters DLC

Adds a ton of variety to the runs, some really unique gear and loadout options. Definitely a must have, even before having completed the game.

this certainly isnt some random skins and half baked content. this is a real expansion adding so much more. new weapons, devices, enemies, missions, consumables, upgrades.....and a new ship along with some paint jobs if thats more your thing. this expansion is worthy of the term expansion. it truely augments the gameplay and is worth it if you bought and enjoyed the base game

If you're going to buy Everspace, Grab this DLC aswell. The base game is somewhat repetitive due to its roguelite nature, so having more content, weapons and characters makes your runs a more varied experience.

I got it on discount. And I feel bad about it. I feel like I stole it. I'm a fan of the binding of isaac and enter the gungeon, and this 1 ups EVERY OTHER ROUGELIKE GAME. I LOVE IT. You will love it too!

I got this with the 20 dollar sale package, and it's definitely something I wouldn't live without. Looking back and seeing what features would be missing if I didn't pick this up with the base game, I'm honestly surprised. Pick this up, it's definitely a great addition.

I consider this an essential DLC to enjoy the game to it's fullest. It expands the game in a meaty way adding new side quests, weapons and dialogue to experience each run. The sectors of Everspace would feel notably less alive without it.

A must have DLC, it adds substantial amount of variety, and, perhaps, most importantly, meaning for each individual run. It enhances the core gameplay with quest lines you can do for 5 new characters. The interactions are mostly humorous and the quests are easy enough, but it changes the atmosphere of the game dramatically, and for the better.

Remember back in the day, when you bought an expansion pack for a game? It cost you, like, what, fifteen or twenty bucks and you basically got enough new content for a completely new game out of it. These days, you might be lucky to get two or three extra missions and a cosmetic pack for that price tag. Well, not so here. Encounters is HUGE, adding tons of goodies for its price and enhancing the game to the point where I'm amazed I was even capable of playing the game without it. FEATURES: - NEW SHIP: Sure, you could defeat your enemies with boring things like "guns" or "missiles", but wouldn't you rather lay waste to your foes with the almighty power of SCIENCE?!? The Sentinel has you covered! - QUESTS AND NPCS: Encounters adds a bunch of lazy good-for-nothing blackguards who will pay you handsomely to do all the things that they are too lazy to do. I won't spoil too much, but the writing and VA for these guys is actually pretty good, and it really helps bring life to the galaxy. Coalition for life! - ANGRY SPACE ANIMALS: Speaking of bringing life to the galaxy, Encounters also adds a bunch of bizarre space creatures that you can scan, harvest, and in some cases, weaponise! Weird scrap anemones! Worms that live in ice asteroids! Angry clouds of soul-devouring nanobots! Its ridiculous the stuff they got out here in space! - HOLY CRAP THATS A LOT OF NEW ITEMS: Gear for days! There's a ridiculous number of new goodies in here! Want to spam homing missiles in every cardinal direction like an unholy fusion of Macross and the Alpha-Class Star Wing? Done! Want to shoot balls of sentient hull-devouring explosive green goop at your foes? Got ya! Make your ship shoot lightning bolts like a sith lord? Check! Flamethrower in space? WHO SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE?! - NEW UPGRADES AND STUFF: G&B have stepped their game up and installed some sweet upgrade stations that can hand out some sweet bonuses for you during your run. Of course, they ain't doing it for free, and you have to turn all the generators on first, but ain't nothing good in this life (or the next) that you didn't have to work for. - SKINS!: And it comes with a cosmetic pack! Because the only thing better than laying waste to your foes with the power of SCIENCE is doing it with cool pictures of skulls all over your spaceship. So yeah. If you have Everspace already, buy it. It's that good.

The problem is the game lacks variety (unless you want to pay for more). The additional content makes the experience way better. It adds several new layers to the randomly generated levels, a new ship and gameplay mechanics, making the experience a lot more immersive and less repetitive. but obviously you have to pay for it. I want to recommend it because I like the game with all of its content but supporting this buisness policy will lead to more unpolished games with hidden, later costs which are required to fully enjoy the game.

I recommend buying Encounters, if you've already played the core game, and enjoyed it. But I do have to say, I don't suggest buying it with Everspace as a first-time player. The reason is that Encounters doesn't really change Everspace. The core game is basically the same, with just a few new items and a new ship to play with. But none of that turns Everspace into anything beyond what it already was, or fixes anything that was wrong with the core game. It just gives you a bunch of new reasons to do more runs - acquiring resources for Tareen, searching for rare lifeform specimens for Throng, hunting criminals for Maurice, being hired muscle for Elek, and helping Karlie...well, do what Karlie does. With some painfully slow and poorly voice-acted (and often poorly reasoned) dialogue scenes to explain it all. So if you liked Everspace, you'll like having new reasons to send Adam out one more, two more, twenty-seven more times. But if you are just buying Everspace and wondering if you should grab this in a bundle, you're gambling the extra money on something that isn't going to make it more likely you'll enjoy Everspace in the first place. Better to buy Everspace, see if you like it, and then wait for Encounters to come on sale.