Stellaris: GOAT 4x?
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Apparently this is 5k stars
1k is biggest recommended settings tho
1k is biggest recommended settings tho
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IGN only big negative I've seen so far, and that score seems hilariously low even with his complaints.
Review list:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/c...ew_megathread/
eXplorminate rates it "eXemplary"
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...ris-review-pc/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/30673...tegy-game.html
http://www.destructoid.com/review-st...s-358688.phtml
http://www.gamewatcher.com/reviews/s...s-review/12559
Review list:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/c...ew_megathread/
eXplorminate rates it "eXemplary"
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This is my favorite space 4X in decades and with Paradox’s business model for their DLC, expansions and patching, I have a feeling we’ll be enjoying this game for at least another half decade before it’s all said and done. Transformative games like this don’t come around very often and even when they do, it’s usually not very obvious at first just how much those games affect their respective genres. Stellaris’ contributions to 4X are immediate and obvious; our beloved genre will forever be better for them.
TL;DR: Stellaris is an absolute masterpiece, combining the Paradox sensibilities of grand strategy and epic international relations with the best that space 4X has to offer. Those looking to experience a huge range of spectacular encounters, in a seemingly endless galaxy, while feeling like true space emperors, are going to be very, very happy. The game isn’t perfect, but knowing that it can and will grow almost makes it more of a pleasure to play. Stellaris is a landmark in the genre and we fully expect it to have a lasting impact on the games we play and love.
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And it’s brilliant. I’d expected something messier and sometimes the edges are a little too clean and tidy, without the room for chaotic simulation that is such an integral part of Crusader Kings II. Stellaris is far closer to its 4X inspirations – Sword of the Stars, Distant Worlds, Ascendancy etc – than it is to Paradox Development Studio’s historical grand strategy titles, but it’s been carefully constructed so that there is room for growth in certain areas. Diplomacy and politics both feel like satisfactory foundations rather than fully-fledged systems at present, and the nature of the event chains opens up all manner of possibilities for new stories.
I say that I’d expected something messier and part of me had hoped for something messier. That messiness may come with expansions and DLC, but for now Stellaris is incredibly assured and confident, if perhaps a little too tidy and streamlined. It’s one of the most accomplished 4X space games I’ve ever played, but it feels knowable. Despite all of the randomisation and the extraordinary influence of Fallen Empires and other features that shake the 4X formula hard enough to make it wobble, this is a game that can be understood, analysed and mastered. Doing so has been, and will continue to be, a joy, and yet I crave the early days of exploration before the galactic map became a place on which to exterminate the competition rather than to find new ways of living.
The great experiment of the game was not so much the change of scenery, from history to science fiction, it was the decision to create a Civ-like game of expansion with some complexities and aspects of simulation borrowed from grand strategy. It’s in the simulation of a living galaxy that most of the complexity has been lost, but what has been gained is a precise and finely tuned machine. Less erratic and surprising than its ancestors, but much more elegant in its design.
I say that I’d expected something messier and part of me had hoped for something messier. That messiness may come with expansions and DLC, but for now Stellaris is incredibly assured and confident, if perhaps a little too tidy and streamlined. It’s one of the most accomplished 4X space games I’ve ever played, but it feels knowable. Despite all of the randomisation and the extraordinary influence of Fallen Empires and other features that shake the 4X formula hard enough to make it wobble, this is a game that can be understood, analysed and mastered. Doing so has been, and will continue to be, a joy, and yet I crave the early days of exploration before the galactic map became a place on which to exterminate the competition rather than to find new ways of living.
The great experiment of the game was not so much the change of scenery, from history to science fiction, it was the decision to create a Civ-like game of expansion with some complexities and aspects of simulation borrowed from grand strategy. It’s in the simulation of a living galaxy that most of the complexity has been lost, but what has been gained is a precise and finely tuned machine. Less erratic and surprising than its ancestors, but much more elegant in its design.
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4/5 stars
Stellaris is great. Maybe not Crusader Kings II great yet—give it a few expansions to fill out—but it’s a compelling bit of player-directed science fiction. Freed from the chains of history Paradox has created something creative and bold and inspiring, something that illuminates just how vast and unknowable space is and how tiny our place in it.
Still there’s something reassuring, watching the decades and centuries tick by and the tendrils of civilization creep across the galaxy, thinking “That could be us someday.” Maybe.
Stellaris is great. Maybe not Crusader Kings II great yet—give it a few expansions to fill out—but it’s a compelling bit of player-directed science fiction. Freed from the chains of history Paradox has created something creative and bold and inspiring, something that illuminates just how vast and unknowable space is and how tiny our place in it.
Still there’s something reassuring, watching the decades and centuries tick by and the tendrils of civilization creep across the galaxy, thinking “That could be us someday.” Maybe.
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9/10 SUPERB
A hallmark of excellence. It may have some flaws, but they are negligible to what is otherwise a supreme title.
A hallmark of excellence. It may have some flaws, but they are negligible to what is otherwise a supreme title.
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9/10
+ Deep and engaging grand strategy.
+ Accessible micromanagement with helpful, but never obtrusive, tutorials.
+ Huge amounts of customisation, variation and unpredictable outcomes.
- Those unfamiliar with the genre may find it slow starting out, but it’s worth the wait once it gets going.
+ Deep and engaging grand strategy.
+ Accessible micromanagement with helpful, but never obtrusive, tutorials.
+ Huge amounts of customisation, variation and unpredictable outcomes.
- Those unfamiliar with the genre may find it slow starting out, but it’s worth the wait once it gets going.
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