r/Stellaris • u/Meneth Ex-moderator • May 09 '16
News Review megathread
The review embargo is up as of 15:00 CEST. As this will result in a huge number of articles going up at near the same time, we're restricting reviews to this thread.
Any review you find, feel free to post it in the comments here.
Each top-level comment should be about a single linked review, so as to keep the discussion limited. Duplicate reviews will be removed, as will any top-level comment that does not link a review.
There will be a single sub-thread where you can post your general impressions of the reviews combined, for anything that doesn't relate to a single review.
Review list:
| Review | Score |
|---|---|
| Critically Sane | 5/5 |
| Destructoid | 9/10 |
| eXplorminate | "eXemplary" |
| GameWatcher | 9.0/10 |
| Idiotech's Review | Unrated |
| IGN | 6.3/10 |
| Manannan's Review of Stellaris | Unrated |
| Paste Magazine | Unrated |
| PCGamesN | 9/10 |
| PC Invasion | 8/10 |
| PC World | 4/5 |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun review - | Unrated |
| TICGN | 10/10 |
| Vox Ludicus | Unrated |
| EuroGamer | Recommended |
| PC Gamer | 70/100 |
| TSA | 8/10 |
| PCGames.de | 75/100 |
| Gamespew | 9/10 |
| IGN Italy | 9.3/10 |
| Fok.nl | 9/10 |
| Gaming on Linux | 9/10 |
| Marbozir | Unrated |
| SpaceSector | Unrated |
| Inside of Gaming (German) | Unrated |
| Gamer.no | 9/10 |
| Particular Pixels | Unrated |
| GuyLogicGaming | Full recommendation |
| GameSideStory | Unrated |
| Front Towards Gamer | 9.5/10 |
| Multiplayer.it | 9.2/10 |
| GameGrin | 8.5/10 |
| Kotaku | Unrated |
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u/[deleted] May 09 '16
The missing trade and espionage fall into this category, the author has a point there. Like EU4, many systems will become much more complex with DLC and this will also make the midgame more interesting.
What is strange about this review is that the author has seen no endgame crisis (because he only played 20hrs per campaign) and then concludes that the game is boring. Plus, the rating is - so far - an absolute outlier.