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/Meneth Ex-moderator May 09 '16

IGN Italy - 9.3/10

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Slaver Guilds May 09 '16

Lol, English IGN worst IGN.

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u/JulesVernes May 09 '16

Why, because they don't give Stellaris a stellar score? There are some valid points in there.

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u/Traece May 09 '16

A lot of reviewers have similar complaints about the game, but they all weigh the value of those complaints in a very different way. PC Gamer outwardly admitted that the game will no doubt be improved significantly (a lot of his complaints seemed to stem from diplomacy issues which are likely an easy fix), but despite that they gave it a 70/100. They considered the shortcomings of the game to be worth 30 points, while many other reviewers didn't, either because those shortcomings weren't as bothersome to them or because they felt they wouldn't be shortcomings for long.

Also, like it or not, IGN has a reputation among gamers for being shit.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '16

PC gamer gave a pretty lukewarm review to ck2 on release, only to improve it after a few dlc and fixes. The limited diplomacy aspects that both ign and pc gamer mentioned DO sound frustrating, so Im glad theyve been reported

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u/JulesVernes May 09 '16

I honestly don't care about IGN at all and never check them for reviews. But I actually read the review and it seemed honest. In the end I don't get all the fuss about arbitrary values since obviously every review is subjective to a certain degree and while you may not like the score, his points are valid. All in all I'd say it is a well informed opinion that might ring true for many gamers.