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[Serrato]

There's is no trading mechanics like in EU.
Just a pretty basic 1on1 trading agreements system.

Sad to hear, but oh well. Maybe later it will be added?

 

[Volodja]

Sad to hear, but oh well. Maybe later it will be added?

I fully expect it to be already among their DLC ideas.
Too obvious a feature not to be at least somewhat planned.
And with the game seemengly selling quite well, I don't think support will be lacking (both in DLC and in free form).

 

[LightInfa]

Want to support paradox directly while giving a big finger to steam..... so buy the game from Paradox which means steam doesn't get their 30% right?

You are correct! And you get best of both worlds because paradox gives you a key to activate on steam anyway.

 

[Uzzy]

I finish work at 4:30pm, and it'll take an hour to get home, so I'll miss a precious 30 minutes of Stellaris. Per ardua ad astra, again.

 

[J Jizzle]

I know it's early but have they indicated what their plans are for DLC? I couldn't find anything via google but I'm intrigued to know. There are so many options for them on this type of game!

 

[Forerunner]

I know it's early but have they indicated what their plans are for DLC? I couldn't find anything via google but I'm intrigued to know. There are so many options for them on this type of game!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202989473&postcount=461

That's all we have on their DLC so far.

 

[DBT85]

I know it's early but have they indicated what their plans are for DLC? I couldn't find anything via google but I'm intrigued to know. There are so many options for them on this type of game!

They already have one ready to go and will do loads more, some free, some paid, some full expansions some dlc like portraits, music etc.

 

[von Stroheim]

You are correct! And you get best of both worlds because paradox gives you a key to activate on steam anyway.

Egggg celent!

 

[Li Kao]

Hmm, quite some time since I last played a strategy game, I could see myself biting the bullet on this one but...
I have a serious war fatigue in this type of game, meaning I'm quite interest in only the first three X, do you think Stellaris with be fulfilling to someone more interested in the diplomatic path ? I'm not totally opposed to war but it's generally the least interesting phase for me.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Hmm, quite some time since I last played a strategy game, I could see myself biting the bullet on this one but...
I have a serious war fatigue in this type of game, meaning I'm quite interest in only the first three X, do you think Stellaris with be fulfilling to someone more interested in the diplomatic path ? I'm not totally opposed to war but it's generally the least interesting phase for me.

You can more than likely go for a Xenophile Federation Builder and build up allies as a means of defense and focus less on any combat or go the tech route and be so advanced that people are less likely to want to fight you, allowing you to build up your empire vertically.

 

[Sickboy007]

Sorry for the off topic, but the title contains a mistake. 'Imperium universalis' doesn't exist, the correct form is 'Imperium universale'. Please More_Badass don't ban me . By the way awesome OT, can't wait to try it.

Comet sighted was better anyway

 

[J Jizzle]

Hmm, quite some time since I last played a strategy game, I could see myself biting the bullet on this one but...
I have a serious war fatigue in this type of game, meaning I'm quite interest in only the first three X, do you think Stellaris with be fulfilling to someone more interested in the diplomatic path ? I'm not totally opposed to war but it's generally the least interesting phase for me.

From what I've seen, war is unavoidable even as a pacifist.. Also if you lack military ships then you will likely get swallowed up by the Xenophobic Militaristic empires that spawn throughout your galaxy and see you as easy pickings.

 

[Nzyme32]

Bah. Won't get to try it till around 7pm, and won't get to properly play it till Tuesday.

 

[Airbar]

I should really review my college stuff of the last two weeks but man that countdown page is mesmerizing

 

[Lashley]

Not long now fellas

Got Game of Thrones to watch so that'll help make the wait less painful

 

[ExVicis]

Maybe I'll watch a full Lord of the Rings movie and come back. Surely that will make time pass by fast.

 

[Impulsor]

Maybe I'll watch a full Lord of the Rings movie and come back.

You should maybe watch star trek or something to get in the intergalactic mood.

 

[More_Badass]

Sorry for the off topic, but the title contains a mistake. 'Imperium universalis' doesn't exist, the correct form is 'Imperium universale'. Please More_Badass don't ban me . By the way awesome OT, can't wait to try it.

Perhaps, but it was also a reference to their other series Europa Universalis

 

[von Stroheim]

Alright, Stellaris purchased direct from Paradox. Got email confirming purchase but no steam key yet.....

 

[Skyball Paint]

Can you be a small, but highly advanced empire, with a small but well-trained and equipped military?
I kinda want to role-play as the Tau from 40k.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Can you be a small, but highly advanced empire, with a small but well-trained and equipped military?
I kinda want to role-play as the Tau from 40k.

Yeah kinda. You have a increase to tech costs the larger your empire is. I believe it's 2% per population unit after 15 or something. So if you have highly efficient tech research you can outpace your larger opposing space nations.

You'd just want to use Frontier outposts to get more territory so you could put research labs on research resources.

 

[ExVicis]

You should maybe watch star trek or something to get in the intergalactic mood.

Now I wanna see that last Guardian gif with Captain Sisko only replaced with the Stellaris Timer.

 

[Shaldome]

8886 viewers on the release stream from Paradox right now. Also Björn in a bear suite.

 

[Sioen]

Like always time goes slowest when you're waiting for something..

 

[mcz117chief]

I just got a message from GMG saying that I can redeem my code on steam but I got no code Silly GMG be trolling.

 

[Slayven]

Not long now fellas

Got Game of Thrones to watch so that'll help make the wait less painful

I going to watch Civil War then come home and play.

 

[Shaldome]

IGN review out

Spoiler

6.3

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I just got a message from GMG saying that I can redeem my code on steam but I got no code Silly GMG be trolling.

I got that as well.

GMG pls

IGN review out

Spoiler

6.3

bomba confirmed

 

[archnemesis]

Yikes, that's really low on the IGN scale. It will be interesting to see other people's take on it.

 

[Sioen]

IGN review out

Spoiler

6.3

That's really low for IGN.

 

[von Stroheim]

Stellaris preorder key has arrived. Glad I could share these exiting times with all my fans! Ha!

 

[von Stroheim]

RE: IGN review. What some shooter guy reviewed it?

 

[ferrasvansen]

Destructoid 9/10 now that is a decent score.

 

[mcz117chief]

IGN review out

Spoiler

6.3

Wow, they can't recognize a good game even if it hits them in the nuts. And wtf is with their decimal score? Are there like 3 reviewers and they do an average?

Destructoid 9/10 now that is a decent score.

Very good, much more appropriate, I mostly expect scores ranging from 8 - 9

 

[tmespe]

Seems it's the same guy that review EU IV and gave that one 8.9, so he's at least familiar with the genre.

 

[Skyward Sheep]

IGN review out

Spoiler

6.3

I don't really care for IGN reviews anyway.

 

[Forerunner]

Destructoid 9/10 now that is a decent score.

and PCworld gave it a 4/5.

so yeah IGN...

 

[Lister]

That's really low for IGN.

not enough of that Sony money.

 

[Wes]

IGN review out

Spoiler

6.3

If you listen to Rowan on the Three Moves Ahead episode on Stellaris you can tell he got really frustrated with it. Took him 50 hours for an AI to declare war on him for instance.

I recommend giving the episode. It's very interesting hearing everyone's experiences and thoughts in the various mechanisms.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Explorminate.net (dedicated to 4x and strategy games) has their review out. This is probably going to be the most in-depth review out there. It's reviewed by two people with their combined experience playing the game.

They rated it as

Spoiler

exemplary which is their highest score.

 

[mcz117chief]

I don't really care for IGN reviews anyway.

Do you know why they are so popular? Because most stuff I ever read from them ranges from totally moronic to slightly above average. They have a pretty big amount of reviewers it seems and some of them are just complete twats.

They rated it as

Spoiler

exemplary (AFAIK their highest type of score).

Very good

 

[Aaron D.]

Don't do it guys.

IGN is entitled to their opinion, and that's just fine.

Don't s**t up the thread with defensive character assassinations, please!

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Don't do it guys.

IGN is entitled to their opinion, and that's just fine.

Don't s**t up the thread with defensive character assassinations, please!

But it's fun to assassinate characters! That's why I love Crusader Kings II!

 

[KingSnake]

Don't do it guys.

IGN is entitled to their opinion, and that's just fine.

Don't s**t up the thread with defensive character assassinations, please!

Yes, I second this.

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

Come on, 2-ish hours until release I'm going to go to the gym and hopefully it's close to release by then.

 

[Anno]

If you listen to today's Three Moves Ahead I think it will contextualize a lot of Rowan's complaints in that IGN review. I don't really agree with them so much so it doesn't bother me, but I guess I could see some people learning something from it.

 

[Sylas]

Edit: Nevermind. Not constructive!

SUPER excited for this game. Got the Nova Edition to basically subjugate the spider-people. Because fuck spider-people.

 

[Maledict]

The IGN guy is a strategy player, he played it a *lot* according to the review (multiple 20 hour games), and one issue he highlighted was the lack of enemy empires declaring war on him. That's been raised by others as well, so it seems like the solution is to put the difficulty up once you start a proper game to make enemy empires suitably aggressive.

It's a weird issue that's cropped up in a lot of space strategy games I've played to be honest. Endless Space had exactly the same issue.

 

[mcz117chief]

Don't do it guys.

IGN is entitled to their opinion, and that's just fine.

Don't s**t up the thread with defensive character assassinations, please!

Sure, I am just wondering why they give decimal scores, is there some special reason for that?

 

[Wes]

If you listen to today's Three Moves Ahead I think it will contextualize a lot of Rowan's complaints in that IGN review. I don't really agree with them so much so it doesn't bother me, but I guess I could see some people learning something from it.

Agree with you on all counts here.