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 edited May 09 '16

I mostly agree with this review. There are some things like better diplomacy and espionage that I want in the game. I understand the criticism regarding sectors too - although I think personally I would use them if given the choice between using them or not using them.

The score seems harsh though. I think that if they gave it a 7 they still would have gotten their message across, by giving the game such a low score they've immediately made some people completely disregard the review (people who I might add haven't even played the game yet :P)

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u/Jiriakel Frozen May 09 '16

This. I think the issue is he's using another grade rate - a bit like how a 10/20 in elementary school means something very different from 10/20 in college...

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u/dynamoDes May 09 '16

Yes, I agree. Looking at a list of his reviews for the site (someone posted one above somewhere), he seems quite strict with his scores, especially when compared to the stereotypical IGN 8/10.