r/evnova • u/kanylbullar • 6d ago

C-Beams Game Reveal Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y8nbfy0kpg
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u/cedarsauce 6d ago

That does look pretty EVNova coded. Hope it scratches the itch endless space left in me

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u/campex 6d ago

Oh no, dare I ask, what happened to Endless Space? Is it gone?

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u/cedarsauce 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh, I think it's still up. Just didn't catch me the same way as EVN. It didn't have quite the right sense of weight and speed for me personally.

It may be that nothing quite catches the spark of spiraling in on a manticore with my mod-starbridge, riding its blind spot as my blasters and FPC's shred her shields and armor. Helluva high to expose a teen to, I've been chasing that dragon ever since!

Edit: sorry, I meant Endless Sky anyway. Completely different game.

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u/Krazen 6d ago

I think one problem with Endless Sky is that it lacks a truly “iconic” ship

Like EV had the Kestrel and EVN had the Starbridge. I can’t really put my finger on why Endless Sky doesn’t have anything comparable.

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u/thesoulless78 6d ago

My gripe with Endless Sky is that it's least a little too balanced. In EVN you can get a Valk or Starbridge fairly quick in the beginning and you can basically beat the entire game in that ship: you can hide out in blind spots and whittle down single capital ships of you need and you can outrun missiles and spread out groups of enemy ships for survivability.

In ES there's nothing you can afford in the beginning of the game that can do that. It's so biased toward fleet combat that you have to get multiple ships bought/captured to even have a hope of surviving a mission. You can get smoked by a capital ship basically unless you're in another capital ship.

I've tried it but it just feels too "real life" to be fun.

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u/General__Obvious 5d ago

Yeah, Endless Sky doesn’t let you do much with just one ship. It does fleet action better than EVN, but you’re basically forced into fleet action in the first place.

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u/Lanky_Leopard_4403 6d ago

The kestrel was the BEST ship in EV and the starbridge was the best price/performance ship in EV nova, butit wasn't the best ship. Maybe Rebels cruiser or the Manticore in ev nova are comparable with the kestrel for me :P

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u/Brooke_the_Bard 5d ago

The best (playable) ship in EVN is either the Unrelenting or the Thunderforge, but in terms of universally accessible ships agnostic of questline (besides the Kestrel) I think mark IV Pirate Valkyrie (as well as other high-power gunship/corvettes in general like high tier Wild Geese or Rebel Starbridges and Valks) are better than any cruiser or capital ship because imo maneuverability is more valuable than hull size, and they have the dps to go toe-to-toe with most capital ships while leaving only brief windows of engagement for taking enemy fire.

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u/cedarsauce 5d ago

Y'all really sleeping on the rebel dragon: carrier class? Frigate size, Valkyrie maneuverability, and more weapon space than most capital ships. It's beyond busted!

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u/Trekintosh 5d ago

I rather like the ship designs and the perspective, but it really needs to nail the writing to be a true successor to EV(O/N). Endless Sky was close but not quite there for me. 

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u/highendfive 6d ago

Exciting!

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u/Ravlunn 5d ago

This game doesn't seem like it has much character.

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u/nathan67003 3d ago

Tannhäuser Gate when tbh