It's Paradox. I am sure more typea and fkexibility will be added in DLCs.
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Stellaris - Paradox Dev Studios new sci-fi grand strategy game
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hobblygobbly
Member
New developer diary is out: #5 - Empires and Species
I am so wet right now.
Either they are still balancing the exact values or maybe the race had some other modification that allowed less points.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Oh man, this sounds AMAZING.
Early access pls.
Early access pls.
LurkerPrime
Member
Stellaris just sounds better and better.
Beyond the presence of spaceships, this is literally nothing like Homeworld.
At all.
Like not even a tiny bit.
Go check out Shipbreakers
Poodlestrike
Banned
XCOM 2 drops in 2016, tho.
Looks amazing.I love how into the detail you can build your ethos. I also like how your Pops' ethos can change as they get further away from your empire influence. This game is gearing up towards god-tier.
BTW, am I the only one who thought of these (from Cosmic Encounters) while looking at the pics?
BTW, am I the only one who thought of these (from Cosmic Encounters) while looking at the pics?
LurkerPrime
Member
Only two games and 2016 is already stacked. What a time to be alive.
RedSparrows
Member
2016, on every platform, is insane. Savings account, hooooo!
Stellaris is top of my PC list though. Oh yeah.
Looks awesome.
edit: So any hints about when this game is expected to release? or if they are doing some sort of early access thing?
Science based.
February 2016 was initially listed on the Steam page, but it has since been removed (and it was most likely just a placeholder).
Yeah, it was just a placeholder, they're done when they're done for better or worse.
Happy-Bunny
Banned
Nice trailer... but why did they had to rip off "The Grid" from "Tron Legacy"?
https://youtu.be/bxTT258PmNc?t=63
https://youtu.be/aPd5y_8eNZU?t=207
https://youtu.be/bxTT258PmNc?t=63
https://youtu.be/aPd5y_8eNZU?t=207
Yeah, in the time you need to get into the basics you could finish a AAA game. it took me 20-30 hours to get really into CKII, but it was a blast afterwards.
There are tutorial videos on YouTube. Look for them anf watch a few hours than mess around with the game and see how things happen.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
They ain't called Paradox for nothin' you know...
Think you're right. I need to just put the time in, it'll be so worthwhile if I do.
And I feel like the skills you gain from learning one Paradox grand strategy game will carry over into their other titles. Like I have been a long time EU4 (and EU3 before) player and was able to jump into Vicky2 and CKII with minimal issue since I already had a good feel of how Paradox games played. HOI3 was a bit more of a struggle, but definitely not as high of a learning curve as the first time I ever opened EU3 and was totally overwhelmed.
Poodlestrike
Banned
One thing that interests me is the possibility of a mid-game government/ethos change. Say there's a civilization where there's large Materialist and Spirtualist pops, the Spiritualist bent being the currently dominant one. Civil war breaks out, and the Materialists win. Is that... what, just game over? Or do you keep playing but with a new government/ethos?
I think that is what pretty much happens. They said that it's going to be feel similiar to EUIV. In that game people can rise in rebellion against the state religion and may force you to change it.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Interesting. Government type in EUIV feels pretty minor in comparison to what they're showing of Steallaris, though. The transition could be... interesting.
I need to edit my post. They said that the game would feel most like EU IV after the 4x beginning, they didn't state that that specific thing is going to be like that. But I imagine that it could work like that. Maybe even with more outcomes, like part of your empire just quitting instead if you don't destroy them or agree to their demands.
RedSparrows
Member
In EU IV you can even move to control a colony over the motherland, still run a country if under a Personal Union, have the government and religion changed by force etc. They're good at the fluidity.
Them screenshots. Just give to me, Paradox ;__;
hobblygobbly
Member
New developer diary is out: #7 - Science Ships, Surveys and Anomalies
Poodlestrike
Banned
Sounds amazing. Just hope there's an auto-explore, it could get kinda fiddly having to direct your science ships after each survey. Would probably end up forgetting during war.
Even so you'd probably still have decisions to make similar to how Search for the Seven Cities works in EU4 (though hopefully less frequent).
I would guess Stellaris will have an active notification system as well, so even if there's no auto-explore, you would probably have a notification that your science ships are idle.
This dev diary was a little less detailed than I was hoping for, but I still expect Stellaris to be a really good game. Hope they take their time, I know if it's good it will be stealing a lot of mine...
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pretty much an expected aspect, but very cool nevertheless. I like how they're tying "events" into the research system, e.g. "do you want to divert the asteroid heading for this world or work on shield technology that could be crucial in the upcoming war."
I need this game now. In an era where everybody and their dog is putting their games on Early Access, why not this? Why, Paradox, why?!?
I need this game now. In an era where everybody and their dog is putting their games on Early Access, why not this? Why, Paradox, why?!?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Little disappointed in the planetary tiles system; was hoping for something more like Gal Civ III's system, where it's tied to some kind of visible planetary geography.
Still, other than that, looks promising.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Very nice. Rare resources seem pretty standard, but I like the sound of Modules.
Really looking forward to Technology next week
Very cool! That should make things more interesting than critical pathing technology trees.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Oooh, went up early today.
YUSSSSS
The not-techtree sound legit amazing. So much replay potential right there.
My god I am going to lose my life to this when it comes out. Somebody else comment, I'm in shock at how great that all sounds.