Each Faction honest  overview:

Sophons:

mad scientists with british accent, what do i think of when i see that?its good,they are the only ones who are shown as a group in the faction menu (that 3d portrait or smth)

nice robotic looks. clean,whiteish,simple,sharp.

Decent monologue when you click on them

"choose science, choose recklesness , choose the sophons"

reminds me of trainspotting the movie intro

they lack a bit more rudeness tho and some heroine

Cravers:

they are showing some badassery,some power,strenght. they are bold looking and bold when they talk.they dont give a fuck about you and they show it.they 'd crush your baby and eat it  i like it.

Voice acting is pleasing to the ear.

When i see a craver i think of battles,brutal wars,gore,lack of empathy

nice faction intro

Lumeris:

god. that monologue sucks.

"taking over the galaxy may be a little risky, but its fun" , are you trolling me? thats worst shit i ve ever heard untill now 

Lumeris look and sound like some shitty coksucking (technically i did not write that word) commercial motherfak piece of shit faction for 9 year old girls from middle east

"lets conquer the galaxy, hee eheeeee heee". 

1/10

i wont play with them only because of pathetic presentation

that 'random' faction  figure in faction menu is better than lumeris

United Empire:

he is human, hes fine. and he is a male. he is the emperor. end of story

Vodyani:

nice.the colors ,the theme. they are gona suck your blood and they are gona feel proud. i like it.

voice acting is kinda weird,but charming.it makes me wonder. good thing

Horatio:

now this is something. now we are talking. whoever created horatio, he knew why he created horatio .part  of him is in horatio

when i see horatio in that prologue i see

Alexander The great

Pyrrhus of epirus

i see Andy Kaufman

i see an artist

i see "The fool"

i almost feel sad

such a fantastic character, and theme. everything

only thing that is lacking is some very very mad monologue/dialog , like borderline extreme and sick stuff,but at the same time funny stuff

i want to play horatio only because of his presentation, i dont care if i fail i love them

maybe add some "joker" element (from the batman movie) , the movie was piece of trash but that actor and his story and his joker was worth it (the one who allegedly killed himself)

Riftborn:

piece of shit floating metal.

at least not as soulless as lumeris. 

they came from another dimension. that was "interesting" untill 80s

bland,just bland

Unfallen

"listen to the whispers of  the/a heart"

that bought me.

they are nice. nothing special

summary:

its good, (Except lumeris,thats bad. only good thing about them in es2 is that moon sign on her belly, reminds me of carthage (since they were kinda je... i mean traders too)

Those bland and boring factions server their purpose in my opinion, simply because they are making horatio shine more when he stands near them

game needs more energy kinda (factions), at least some factions

they are too conservative, they are like : " here i stand , look at me standing, talk to me"

Witchi wrote:

Good God. Is every American dumb as you? Puts into perspective how Trump got elected.

i am not* from that english colony 

Witchi wrote:

So I guess racism is fine.

Two wrongs =/= right.

This whole thread needs to be purged.

KnightofPhoenix wrote:

As a Middle Easterner, I don't quite get why girls from home would like the Lumeris specifically?

voices in my head told me to write that while i was writing. they said : " lets provoke mohammedians" while we are examining  the worst faction (it happened in split second)

his wife was 9 year old (i think)  but no really, thread is being derailed too much.  the fire is spreading too fast. damn. i dont necessarily desire that