Stellaris - Paradox Interactive

Smokey Deza · 27 Jun 2017 at 17:32

Glaucus said:
oh i have no doubt it was bad luck and a fallen empire, I've never seen them attack so early though (literally you've met someone, close screen. Declared war instantly). its really annoying as the start of the game is so slow and pretty boring, and end game wasn't exciting, they have improved that slightly but not enough for £15

You probably colonized one of their holy worlds prior to meeting them.

Semple · 27 Jun 2017 at 18:13

I've been pretty hooked on this game for the last month or so, takes a bit of a while to learn a good deal of stuff.

I've mostly played solo or co-op with a friend from Uni as these games take hours and hours. Has anyone actually managed a multiplayer game yet? Can't see how these would work as you might get lucky and get a group which you can play for say 6 hours, but then to try and arrange to continue must be a nightmare?

Old Man · 15 Sep 2017 at 09:35

Latest on the ST: New Horizons MOD, which plays well and should be given a try!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688086068&searchtext=ST:+New+Horizons

TNA · 15 Sep 2017 at 09:40

Old Man said:
Latest on the ST: New Horizons MOD, which plays well and should be given a try!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688086068&searchtext=ST:+New+Horizons

Looking good

DampCat · 4 Jan 2018 at 23:36

Started this today. Bit of a learning curve, got crapped on by a neighbour as i was busy expanding trying to satisfy criteria and only had a small fleet.#
Fun though.

Old Man · 12 Jan 2018 at 22:19

Very cool new dlc for Stellaris: "Apocalypse expansion adds Titan ships, marauding pirates, planet-killing weapons"

Article : http://www.pcgamer.com/stellaris-ap...source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb

Steam : http://store.steampowered.com/app/716670/Stellaris_Apocalypse/

Old Man · 13 Jan 2018 at 03:38

DampCat said:
Started this today. Bit of a learning curve, got crapped on by a neighbour as i was busy expanding trying to satisfy criteria and only had a small fleet.#
Fun though.

For some fun and seeing how the game can be played, pls take a look at this ongoing game

; all episodes listed here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Stellaris+Season+4+-+#1

Vidar · 13 Jan 2018 at 04:47

Just picked this up myself today as was in need of a bit of a distraction and it was surprisingly cheap. Looks like it could be great fun though!

Smokey Deza · 18 Jan 2018 at 21:47

Haven't played much since Utopia. Will definitely check this out though.

Vidar · 19 Jan 2018 at 01:03

Finding this game a decent distraction at the moment, looking forward to the Apocalypse expansion, but find the lack of ground combat a bit of a let down.

Smokey Deza · 22 Jan 2018 at 20:27

Vidar said:
But find the lack of ground combat a bit of a let down.

I would love some MOO2 ground combat.

Daftbrown · 23 Jan 2018 at 20:27

This is available in current Humble bundle at circa £8.64 with other games, including highly rated CRPG, Pillars of Eternity.

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/paradox-bundle-2018

Chuk_Chuk · 25 Jan 2018 at 21:47

Release Date Feb 22nd

[YG]Bug-Eyed · 26 Jan 2018 at 10:50

Daftbrown said:
This is available in current Humble bundle at circa £8.64 with other games, including highly rated CRPG, Pillars of Eternity.

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/paradox-bundle-2018

Is the base game “good” as I remember a lot of comments from first release about the first few hours of a game having stuff to do then it just seems to fizzle out?

Also from a background of loving the old MOO2 game, and also Ascendancy i think it was, is this “similar” or much more involved. For example I just couldn’t get into CK2 as I play quite sporadically and felt that game needed more intensive learning period and put into practice to “get it”

Cheers

Daftbrown · 26 Jan 2018 at 20:07

[YG]Bug-Eyed said:
Is the base game “good” as I remember a lot of comments from first release about the first few hours of a game having stuff to do then it just seems to fizzle out?

Also from a background of loving the old MOO2 game, and also Ascendancy i think it was, is this “similar” or much more involved. For example I just couldn’t get into CK2 as I play quite sporadically and felt that game needed more intensive learning period and put into practice to “get it”

Cheers

The wider group will have to answer you. I'm afraid I haven't played Stellaris, just wanted to raise awareness of the deal in case it was of interest to others.

Chuk_Chuk · 27 Jan 2018 at 11:44

[YG]Bug-Eyed said:
Is the base game “good” as I remember a lot of comments from first release about the first few hours of a game having stuff to do then it just seems to fizzle out?

Also from a background of loving the old MOO2 game, and also Ascendancy i think it was, is this “similar” or much more involved. For example I just couldn’t get into CK2 as I play quite sporadically and felt that game needed more intensive learning period and put into practice to “get it”

Cheers

Can't really comment on that but hopefully these threads answer your question

https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/6djd3d/for_those_who_are_curious_about_the_game_or_dlc/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/...etic_dawn_was_recently_released_so_heres_the/

Also there will be a number of changes to the base game as detailed here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/7o34yh/summary_of_dev_diaries_and_changes_coming_in/

Glaucus · 19 Feb 2018 at 14:55

pretty big update and a new expansion coming next week. changes the game play a fair bit. hope this changes mid to end game a fair bit as that got boring and tedious.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ev-diary-105-2-0-cherryh-patch-notes.1069794/

Glaucus · 21 Feb 2018 at 17:17

great explanation of the changes, cant wait. looks like an amazing update.
roll on tomorrow.

Vidar · 23 Feb 2018 at 02:11

Am absolutely loving the new dlc and patch... it's made an already brilliant game even better!

Glaucus · 23 Feb 2018 at 03:22

Vidar said:
Am absolutely loving the new dlc and patch... it's made an already brilliant game even better!

Indeed, although I wouldn't call the original brilliant.
So much harder though. Travel time is now a major thing, space isbig and you need far more flowers spread out.

Spaceports arealos important now.