The Infinite Black 2

yeah ok, the game is fun. Here's the thing, it's really kinda not, but like, it is at the same time. You're welcome. This will be the most accurate review you read before playing, which you will mostly enjoy to not enjoy.

Edited review 09-13-2026: 1. This game is insanely grindy and consists mostly of whales. They make the new player experience terrible. You're not allowed to enjoy the game until level 50-60, and it takes a minimum of 400 hours to get there. Along the way you get bullied out of your mind by the most toxic and controlling community of corporation alliances ever, and you literally cannot survive without them. I have been harassed by corp leaders simply for leaving and was singled out and ostracised by the sorority of corp alliances just bcos of it. 2. The economy is really punishing, you have to repair your mods & ship every time you get dunked on which is often as a new player, and you require a special currency to repair them which is really hard to attain. They are usually earned from doing grindy daily tasks and lengthy "elite" hunts that are insanely challenging as a solo newbie. You'd often get jumped and tackled by these "elites" and they will immediately demolish you. The cost to repair each time you die alone is more than what you'd earn from the tasks, it's insane, and ratting/farming in low security sectors yield little return for the time it takes. Final thoughts: I really really tried my best to enjoy the game as a new player, but the devs are not interested in getting new players on this game, the trading system is crude (no station trading) it's pvp/pve oriented, with an emphasis on coop, yet its nearly impossible to get anyone to play with you, everyone is busy doing daily tasks just to cover the expenses of dying/losing your ship. They want a small player base that is willing to spend many many hours daily and spend $50-$100 a week just to get strong enough to play. It's a dying game with a horrible community.

If you want a game that feels like every minute spent = valuable progress, look no further. Don't even look at it if you don't want to grind because that's 99% of it. You'll be obliterated in regular PVP early on but there are plenty of ways to spend your time in game without ever encountering it. There's also a FFA mode where all players have the same ship and gear, allowing players of any level to compete for PVP currency. Devs are always tweaking things and adding new features with big plans for the future. Yes, the community has toxic players. However, they are well-moderated and honestly they provide an interesting ambiance to the dynamics in chat. Mute works, if you don't enjoy watching the trolls feed. The majority of players are on discord, ready to help you grow and answer any questions you have about the game. You will have a lot of those. The learning curve is VERY steep. The milestones feel like genuine achievements and always increase your capacity to grow quicker. The primary problem the game is facing is that we need more players. The competitive nature of alliances has become very quiet as of late because we simply don't have enough people to stir the pot. The population isn't gone by any means, but open world PVP is pretty uncommon these days. This is partly because it's been neglected by the dev team and the core players are bored of repeated content. This is going to be addressed in future updates, though. Overall, this is a fantastic game with tons of promise to become much better, provided you can make it through the early learning curve. I've probably spent 10,000+ hours in game between this and the original. Edit: Reading the negative reviews, the vast majority of those players have no idea what they're talking about and are giving completely false info about how the game works. Don't let their misperceptions detour you from trying it out. And yes, the steam version costs $7 while the game can be played completely free via direct download or on mobile. There are reasons for this. If you're upset over losing $7 on a game with easily 1000x the content of similar AAA titles, you need to go get a job and stop reviewing games.