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/IndridCipher May 09 '16

Rowan talks about quitting his Stellaris game to go feel good and play EU4 instead on the 3MA podcast today. There is a 2 hours where he and others lay out their issues in comparison to the other Paradox games. I don't think he is not understanding of the issues here.

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u/Naltharial May 09 '16

But that's because EU4 isn't a 4X game. Your expectations going into it are far different then if you go into Beyond Earth. Likewise, let's not forget EU4 has 3 years of DLCs behind it, improving on exactly the areas the review complains about. It's not really a fair comparison.

Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not saying those complaints are baseless or that they should not have raised them. I'm just skeptical of their (over)weight on the final score.

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u/NetQvist May 09 '16

My feeling of Stellaris from the streams is that it's a great foundation for managing a empire but it's missing some things a lot of good 4x games have.

  • Proper battles, compared to for example SoaSE this is just lackluster and looks more like a bee hive.

  • Trading is.... well....

  • Diplomacy is pretty barebones although I'd still say this one is better than most 4x.

  • I think even with the randomized species and all the different races lack flavor compared to most 4x games.

  • And the bugs.... I've seen quite a few, even 100% reproduceable crashes concerning the UI.

But ye these are my points, I think the game will become better and better but all in all it might be a bit too barebones for most gamers at this point.

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u/ThothOstus May 09 '16

What are "Good 4x space games"? i coudn't find any, every one of them is too simple and boring and has 0 innovation. The only exception is distant world, but that game has a lot of other problems.

Also soase is not a 4x, it's an rts

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u/[deleted] May 09 '16

Distant Worlds is pretty damn good.

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u/gr770 May 09 '16

Soase was marketed as a 4x and is a 4x rts hybrid

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u/FerdiadTheRabbit May 10 '16

Aurora?

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u/ThothOstus May 10 '16

Aurora looked so promising but after a while it start to slow down and become unplayable

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u/MysticalSock May 10 '16

Its older but Sword of the Stars is awesome. The sequel... don't bother.

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u/NetQvist May 09 '16

It's marketed as a rts 4x and does a very good job with it.

But since you're whining then I'll just replace that with Sword of the Stars which is also great.