Matrix Games, Slitherine and Code Force have just released this extended gameplay and features preview video for Distant Worlds – Legends. The video details the long list of new features and improvements coming with Legends, in addition to showing off some of the battles that players can wage across the galaxy.

Distant Worlds: Legends is the second expansion to the 4X space strategy Distant Worlds, that adds a new character system which includes Leaders, Admirals, Generals, Governors, Ambassadors, Scientists and Agents, each with defined abilities and traits and opportunities to advance and grow over time. Expanded gameplay for all existing races includes new race-specific events, technologies and victory conditions that can create a completely different game depending on a player’s choices. An expanded tech tree also awaits, with dedicated carriers, cutting lasers, rail guns, new planetary facilities and wonders, and a new hidden faction.