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Stellaris - Paradox Dev Studios new sci-fi grand strategy game
- Thread starter Lingitiz
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Going to make mp games a hassle with all the prolonged pauses during ship design. Interface overall looks like a step up from previous Paradox titles.
DiscoShark
Banned
I can see now why Paradox went with the AI governing specific sectors after you've expanded beyond a certain point, managing the exploitation of resources within systems and the individual planet population tiles/upgrades looks like it'd be a micro management nightmare. Dude was being absolutely spammed with anomalies, diplomatic relations updates, and points of interest everywhere while trying to rush to wage war make lasting friendships with people.
Poodlestrike
Banned
There's an auto designer, I figure that'll handle the minor stuff pretty well. Only need to pause for a total priority shift, like stripping out shields or switching to a new weapon type.
Speaking of new weapon types, seeing stuff like plasma throwers was very comforting. I was worried that weapon progression was gonna be all "red lasers -> blue lasers" and "missiles 1 -> missiles 2". Torpedos and plasma throwers say otherwise though
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I should've probably said EU, either way, I am hyped.
Octavianus
Banned
oh yeah the stream confirmed that robots can be given equal rights to the point where you can get robot leaders.
Pretty cool. I wasn't expecting that.
Pretty cool. I wasn't expecting that.
Cameron122
Member
I was more upset than necessary that the interstellar kingdom met towards the end had an emperor, not a king. I play too much CK2.
Lister
Banned
Yep! And they were focusing on dealing with the party poopers so ignoring a lot. I would imagine in a normal game you'd want to do something about each of those alerts, but yeah, there's a lot to do in the early game! Everything that was happening was so much more interesting than what you'd typically be dealing with in a traditional 4X.
2.5 hours into MoO 2016 or Gal Civ 3, there's no way that a narrative like the Blorg's would have so naturally emerged from the underlying mechanics of the game.
They've discovered precursor ruins, made friends with space jelly fish, made rivals (you can actually make another faction a "rival" giving you bonuses to influence depending on their relative strength) of an empire that sneakily stole a few planets from right under them, had their chief exploring vessel pull a Voyager, by vanishing in unkown territory for a while, and laid waste to a group of zealots intent on eradicating life in the galaxy. During the military build up a pacifist faction of the population rose up and demanded it's independence, at least until it's leader was suddenly, and tragically killed in a terrible skiing accident....
And all of that even after ignoring half of what was actually happening. This game will consume our lives guys.
Also, this is amazing:
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'm glad they found a friend, but the hilarity of literally everyone they meet being Xenophobes is too funny to me.
I found it funny how one race became fanatic xenophobes who want to wipe out all alien life after the Blorg entered their system.
Skyward Sheep
Banned
I can't wait for this. I think I'm going to try and make some sort of Covenent-type empire, forcing races to join our empire or be destroyed.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Hah, yeah, that was great.
Fanatic spiritualists with militarism or fanatic militarists with spiritualism?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Only thing that's scratched my itch so far is Sword of the Stars. Semirandomized tech tree, a lot of different FTL types, huge divergence between races. It's not Stellaris, but it's pretty damn good.
Do NOT get the second one. Great ideas, utterly broken.
Skyward Sheep
Banned
Fanatic spiritualists, for sure. Looking forward to all the mods that will get made for this as well, I can see people adding stuff like the Mass Effect races very quickly.
I thought they fixed that one?
Poodlestrike
Banned
I hope moving portraits will be moddable in, it'd suck if you could only create static ones.
Maybe since the last time I checked, but at that point the studio was working other things and since then they became basically defunct. I doubt it.
doctorcdcs
Member
Sorry if this has been asked before, but have they released any information on how much this game will cost?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Available for preorder on Amazon, I think that it's 40.
BleedOrange
Banned
What is the music in that trailer reminding me of. It's on the tip of my tongue but I can't place it.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Mass Effect probably.
BleedOrange
Banned
Actually it was TRON: Legacy. The 'Flynn Lives' track specifically.
Lister
Banned
Mass Effect was the first thing I thought of too, and it just gave me overall vibes of classic sci-fi themes (70's early 80's sci-fi).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGX3s9cIxE0
Man, everything about this game so far is perfect. I hope it comes out stable too, even if they need to push it back more. I don't think I'm exagerating when I say this could be a new (original) MoO.
Lister
Banned
Thanks! Gonna give it a shot. Need some to scratch that itch.
You should give a shot to Distant Worlds aswell. Game which is probably more complex than stellaris, better mineral gameplay but without good diplo as paradox do and a lot worse interface. Still excelent game and a lot fun to play it.
Octavianus
Banned
What kind of ethos would The Culture fall under? Fanatic Materialist, Individualis maybe?
doctorcdcs
Member
cool, thank you!
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
thanks!
Or get galactic civilizations. Amazing, just great
Poodlestrike
Banned
Ehhhh
Gal Civ is a little too... arcadey. I like it just fine, but it's not really what I'd recommend to tide somebody over for Stellaris.
Omega Kirby
Member
You know what this game needs? A baba yetu calibre song to promote it, and give us nostalgia for years.
RedSparrows
Member
EU IV has some great music. Battle of Breitenfeld etc are suitably stirring and evocative as you smash your foes and spread your colour.
Vlodril
Member
co-oped it with a friend did not enjoy it. i am not sure if us loving galciv 2 was nostalgia or they just fucked up 3. Hopefully stellaris is better. There is master of orion 3. Also polaris sector just came out (no idea if its good) and endless legend 2. A lot of 4x space games lately. Hopefully some of them are good.
Forerunner
Member
I recently reinstalled it because I'm hyped for Stellaris. It's ok, I still find Gal Civ 2 to be a better game. If you're into 4x and space games it's worth trying.
Nice, I wasn't sure if they'd do a dev diary this week with it being easter.
I like what I've heard of the music so far.
Winterblink
Member
Good lord, I love the soundtracks paradox has for their strat games.
Octavianus
Banned
Paradox games have the best music. 'Luminescence' is my favourite between these two tracks.
Skyward Sheep
Banned
Just finished part two of the Blorg stream, this'll be the first Paradox strategy game I buy at launch. Not looking forward to spending loads on all of the DLC though, but I can think of a lot of cool things they can add in it.
I just want the ability to build something like a death star -_-
Poodlestrike
Banned
Superweapons are confirmed, IIRC.