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[bjaelke]

They wont do Early Access.

Stellaris @StellarisGame

Rumour has it several amazing things will happen next week.

Fredrik Wester ‏@TheWesterFront

Pro tip: don't miss our press conference next week. We have some Stellar stuff to show you. Stellar, I tell you.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Please, god, give us an Available Now moment. Pls. Pls.

 

[epmode]

Have any >1080p screenshots been released? I'm still trying to figure out if the UI scales properly.

 

[Helznicht]

For those in the know, is this a 4x game? Hard to tell from the steam page and trailer. Can I colonize planets? Do I select my race?

 

[Poodlestrike]

For those in the know, is this a 4x game? Hard to tell from the steam page and trailer. Can I colonize planets? Do I select my race?

Yes and yes, but it's not really a 4x game. It's Grand Strategy like EU4 and CK2. Leans a lot more into a simulation-y direction than a 4x which is pretty gamey.

 

[Jimrpg]

I'm pretty excited for this. Paradox and Space 4X seems like a match made in heaven!

 

[Elandyll]

Please be better than SoaSE... Please.

What I've seen gives me hope

 

[Dennis]

Have any >1080p screenshots been released? I'm still trying to figure out if the UI scales properly.

I have a monitor with very small dot pitch and I am wondering how close to the screen I am going to have to sit to avoid squinting....

 

[Poodlestrike]

Please be better than SoaSE... Please.

What I've seen gives me hope

Doesn't look all that much like SoaSE (though I liked that well enough).

 

[epmode]

I have a monitor with very small dot pitch and I am wondering how close to the screen I am going to have to sit to avoid squinting....

I don't think there's a single Paradox grand strategy game with UI scaling. I have a really hard time with them as a result.

Dropping resolution to 1080p and letting my video card handle the scaling just looks terrible.

 

[DiscoShark]

Stellaris gameplay from the PC Gamer Weekend is up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMpggVeK64M

Edit : Looks like it was taken down! Woo!

 

[Mindlog]

Stellaris gameplay from the PC Gamer Weekend is up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMpggVeK64M

Looking great. Can't watch the whole thing right now, but skipping through I noticed the mission paths. Orbital trajectories would have been a nice touch :]

 

[One Foul Note]

Stellaris gameplay from the PC Gamer Weekend is up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMpggVeK64M

That video is coming up as private for me. That a regional thing or did they just decide to lock it?

 

[bjaelke]

Even took the article down: http://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-stellaris-pc-gamer-weekender-presentation/

New DD is up: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...e-engineering-and-unique-technologies.913539/

And we're getting some good news tomorrow

 

[StereoVsn]

You know what would be amazing, VR support. 4x or Grand Strategy in VR could be fairly awesome depending on implementation.

 

[Basileus777]

You know what would be amazing, VR support. 4x or Grand Strategy in VR could be fairly awesome depending on implementation.

It'd need to be designed around a controller, which doesn't work so well with this genre.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Bah. I need moar, not less. Pdox pls.

 

[Lach]

And we're getting some good news tomorrow

When was the last time we had a game just released, without any previous release date announcement?

 

[StereoVsn]

It'd need to be designed around a controller, which doesn't work so well with this genre.

Steam controller could potentially work plus Vive's touch controllers or Oculus upcoming touch controllers would do fine if interface in VR is good.

 

[Poodlestrike]

On another note, I like the sound of unique technologies, especially if they branch out and build on each other. From the example in the dev diary, it'd be amazing if we could eventually transition to fully organic ships.

 

[RulkezX]

Mirror of the 40m PCG event.

What time is the live stream tomorrow ?

 

[Poodlestrike]

Mirror of the 40m PCG event.

What time is the live stream tomorrow ?

Hah, that's down too. Too many people accessed it.

The thirst is real.

 

[Octavianus]

Some of those alien portraits are quite amazing.

 

[RulkezX]

It looks incredible.

Like Iain M Banks Culture novels come to life. Being able to meddle in the development of lesser nations or support factions withing enemy empires etc sounds great.

 

[Mindlog]

Damn. Should have saved the video when I had the chance.

 

[Anno]

Man I really hope we get a date tomorrow, and that that date is close. Cause goddamn that video has me so hyped. Even the combat looked very interesting visually; slow and like a proper naval battle, maybe a bit like an abstract Sins of a Solar Empire battle.

 

[belushy]

Another mirror Mirror

 

[Poodlestrike]

Another mirror Mirror

Thanks for that!

First thoughts: LOVE the variety of portraits. Also, the menu UI is a huge step up.

 

[Aselith]

Another mirror Mirror

At the beginning there we get a "please clap" lol. What a mess.

 

[Orgun]

God I want this right now.

 

[rainz]

Its been a long time since a single video sold me on a game so easily, but goddamn that looks incredible, having not watched any video of it before. Eager to see the spacesector review. If you like 4x games they usually go quite in depth with them.

 

[zonezeus]

This looks absolutely amazing.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Mirror of the 40m PCG event.

What time is the live stream tomorrow ?

Edit: Nevermind I see you mean a live stream.

 

[Lach]

Easily most hyped game of the year (maybe tied with Planet Coaster).

 

[FiraB]

video limit exceeded, noooooo!

Please tell me one of you guys has a private link you can PM me.

 

[Dragokiller]

Edit: ooops I could watch it from the "Another mirror Mirror".
Thanks for that!

 

[Cameron122]

http://youtu.be/biS4AmnS1BY

Is it this?

 

[fanboi]

Oh.

My.

God.

It seems like they have taken the best parts of each game (EU4, CK2) and tossed it into this game.

 

[Cameron122]

I squeed when they showed the whole map. Excited to interact with the Fallen Empires! It'll be like the Shadows and the Vorlons from Babylon 5!

 

[hobblygobbly]

Guess we're going to hear a lot of stuff over the next few days! Got a feeling it's a release date that is soon.

 

[Anno]

Man I'm going to be so bummed out if this isn't coming out soon. I keep telling myself they wouldn't be hyping it this hard right now if it's still many months out, but that's probably just me being hopeful.

 

[Lach]

Also, Wednesday and Thursday should be saved dates!

Man I was joking earlier when I said I want them just release it without announcing a releasedate earlier. If they actually release it tomorrow I will love Paradox forever!

Spoiler

They wont

 

[Tenebrous]

Guess we're going to hear a lot of stuff over the next few days! Got a feeling it's a release date that is soon.

Guess I'm in for a late night.

 

[DiscoShark]

Guess we're going to hear a lot of stuff over the next few days! Got a feeling it's a release date that is soon.

Maaaan. I don't want to have to wait for Wednesday/Thursday.

... unless they're the respective release dates for Stellaris and HOI4. I can dream.

 

[Octavianus]

Guess I'm in for a late night.

Aye, there's no way I'm sleeping through this.

I love that they're going all out on science fiction tropes with this

 

[CzarTim]

Quill18 teasing a video for tomorrow.

 

[DiscoShark]

Quill18 teasing a video for tomorrow.

Oh man, Quill's one of the only let's players I legitimately enjoy. Gonna be looking forward to that for sure.

 

[bjaelke]

Someone went through the source code (paradoxplaza.com/stellaris) and found the value 39.99 mentioned. After it was pointed out, the code was changed to 1.

<div class="hidden"><span itemprop="price">1</span><span itemprop="priceCurrency">EUR</span>

.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Literally nothing would make me happier than a "releasing now!" announcement, but I really doubt it's happening

Aye, there's no way I'm sleeping through this.

I love that they're going all out on science fiction tropes with this

Even better, they're building systems in such a way that your own personal stories are laden with classic sci-fi tropes. It's a beautiful beast.

 

[RedSparrows]

If it releases 'now' I'm suddenly falling ill.