Stellaris

[Relit]

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Stellaris is a sci-fi grand strategy game set 200 years into the future. It is developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. If you are familiar with Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 3 and 4, this new game takes elements of both games, as well as many space 4X games (master of orion/sins of a solar empire/etc) and combines them together.

The official game wiki has alot of information about how the game works:
http://www.stellariswiki.com/

If you want to see gameplay here is a video of Wiz (the Developer in charge of the games AI) and cKnoor (one of their Community outreach people aka PR) playing as the Blorg Commonality from the very beginning of the game.

I've been looking forward to this game from the very moment they announced it, as the space 4X genre has been dead for years. It is now up for pre-order on steam if you are into that sort of thing.

[Uther Pendragon]

I have great hopes for this game, watched their dev streams, looks like an instant hit.

I really hope that going deeper into mechanics won't just reveal Europa Universalis 4 In Space, but I doubt that'll be the case.

Their customization options are marvelous.

[Kafein]

They are running this Blorg joke to the ground really. "Pre-order and get a Blorg forum avatar" lol

And also yes, the things they showed already leave no doubt this will be in every way superior to the new Master of Orion.

[[ptx]]

This does look amazing, yes.

[Taser]

Fuck. Its awesome.

[AntiBlitz]

OMG I WANT MY NAME IN SPACE, IM BUYING THE SUPER ULTIMATE DELUXE EDITION AS WE SPEAK!!!1!

[Relit]

They are running this Blorg joke to the ground really. "Pre-order and get a Blorg forum avatar" lol

And also yes, the things they showed already leave no doubt this will be in every way superior to the new Master of Orion.

There is talk of them having little plushy Blorg dolls made and sold on their website. Agreed though, while I love me some Blorg, the joke is being stretched a bit.

They are running this Blorg joke to the ground really. "Pre-order and get a Blorg forum avatar" lol

And also yes, the things they showed already leave no doubt this will be in every way superior to the new Master of Orion.

I was really disappointed in the Masters of Orion remake. I wish the devs had listened to the players more during production.

[ARN_]

Why make a new thread?

http://forum.melee.org/and-all-the-other-things-floating-around-out-there/stellaris/msg1165014/#msg1165014

[Voncrow]

soon

[Tibes]

Oh yeah. Watched Joe play this some time ago. I drooled over the idea of the AI workers rebelling and becoming a galactic threat if you arent careful. Kinda makes you wonder what other possible scenarios will be present.

[Grytviken]

This, hoi4, or both ? Sometimes it worries me when paradox released two games within a month of each other, sometimes one of them is a rushed product money maker they will abandon (march of the eagles) to fund their dlc whoring for the next, looks gud tho, like alpha centauri on steroids.

[Relit]

I will be playing both with my grand strategy friends

[Kafein]

I'll probably play HOI4 some day, but to be honest most of the appeal of these games for me is the diplomacy. Not much of that in HOI.

[Lt_Anders]

I'll probably play HOI4 some day, but to be honest most of the appeal of these games for me is the diplomacy. Not much of that in HOI.

HoI4, though is a combat oriented strat game. So tech and tactics rule, while the others, diplomacy and power are key.

I'll hold off for a day on Stellaris. Please post reviews so I can yay or nay it(until sale)

[Relit]

I'll hold off for a day on Stellaris. Please post reviews so I can yay or nay it(until sale)

I will post my review the day of release after I get some hours into it. Everything I am seeing from the live streams and the paradox forums is pretty reassuring though. The most recent live stream really showed off how the combat is going to work versus larger alliances/federations. Speaking of, I like how stellaris seems to have very distinct chapters/phases of the game. The early game is entirely dedicated to finding resources and colonizing worlds and maybe finding some friendly neighbors or rivals .

The mid game is forming alliances with like-minded species or trying to get some land (space?) grabs so that you can become even bigger before you get boxed in from all sides. The late game is diplomacy and huge wars between many different alliances/federations all over the place. I know I am pretty excited to get this game in 14 days.

http://www.stellariscountdown.com/