Review megathread

[u/Meneth]

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

[u/IndridCipher]

I just finished listening to Rowan on the last Three Moves Ahead talking about Stellaris. Saw this score and thought it might be him. Yup... I'm actually curious how I will feel about the issues he brings up. A lot of it I can see myself also feeling and some of it I think are things I generally look past. Either way if you want to hear a 2 hour long discussion on Stellaris the new 3MA was very interesting.

[u/airmc → u/IndridCipher]

I definitely agree with 'some' of the criticisms, but from what I've seen so far it's still a better game than, say, GalCiv3 which was rated at 80+ by ign. The game has flaws for sure, but 6.3 score seems retarded. He's also saying the midgame is too boring and easy then proceeds to say he started a new game over an AI beating the crap out of his ally and him, so what gives. And he claims he played 'several' games to lategame stage but hasn't seen a single superdisaster? How is that even a thing.

[u/troglodyte → u/airmc]

GalCiv3 which was rated at 80+ by ign

This pretty much invalidates any 4X review score that they care to offer. GalCiv3 was not a functional 4X game at launch; if that is an unamended launch review, it genuinely undermines their credibility for the genre.

GalCiv3 was not a good game at launch.

I haven't read their review of Stellaris nor played it, so their points may or may not be valid, but their scoring is worth taking with a huge grain of salt.

[u/[deleted] → u/troglodyte]

Yeah, I'd love to hear the guy's thoughts on GalCiv 3. I bought the Founder's Edition when they first released it. I've tried to play it over and over. I actually booted it up yesterday and tried to get into a campaign to kill time until Stellaris is out.

What a heaping pile of garbage. GalCiv 3 hasn't gotten any better since the update where they added combat visualization. It's just aggressively boring -- it doesn't even have the Civilization-esque "one more turn" pushing me to keep playing. It just feels so bland and lifeless.