I had watched the launch of this fall flat and disregarded this game. However I heard rumours of patch spam and many improvements so I added it back to my faithful steam library and dived in…. WOW! This game is literally jaw droppingly good! Being a veteran from original Elite right through to ED and anything else space faring … I’d put this easily in the top 3 of all time space games.

The variety is incredible. The learning curve is ok. You can do whatever you want to do….fight, trade, build, explore. The only slight thing is lack of pvp but that’s probably down to the size of the game. It is massive….

Spoilers ahead please be aware.

So I started this expedition a few days ago, it is also my first one. Once I got the hang of it I enjoyed the challenges of “permadeath”

Tonight I stayed up till 2:30 am est (at the time I’m writing this) much MUCH later than I should, I usually go to bed at 10pm est. I stayed awake wanting to finish this expedition since my time to play over the coming weeks will be bar none.

Don’t read further if you don’t want spoilers please.

So as I summon the leviathan in space and initiate the conversation, it eventually says it will close the loop, screen goes black and the quotes appear. Man the wave of emotions that washed over me thinking I made a mistake and at the very end I had to restart.. I was angry sad miserable dismayed and heart broken all at once, I’m pretty sure I heard the controller cracking as I squeezed it. But to my joy and surprise as the screen lit up on another world and the notification appeared on my screen my emotions took a roller coaster spiral to happiness relief joy and excitement as I claimed my leviathan frigate.

I hope to hear your reactions to the end as well. Thanks for reading!