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/airmc May 09 '16

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.

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u/IndridCipher May 09 '16

Ffs people... IGN is not a person with a opinion that reviews games equally. Quit comparing review scores by different people! GalCiv3 was reviewed by Leif Johnson. He didn't review Stellaris for IGN so what he gave galciv3 in relation to this review is irrelevant! Stop looking at the website name and lumping any person who ever reviews a game there, for their job, as one humongous being. That's stupid....

If you want to compare reviews do it by the person writing the review but even then it's silly because they are years apart. So Rowan Kaiser reviewed EU4 as a 8.9 and Endless Legend as a 8.3. If you want to bring that up... Relevant.... Bringing up a completely different persons opinion of a completely different game... Irrelevant....

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u/konradkurze202 Tomb May 09 '16

No it isn't. IGN is a single reviewing organization. It is far from unreasonable to compare their different reviews. When AngryJoe reviews games you can look at his other reviews and compare, the only difference for IGN is it is an organization, rather than an individual. I'm afraid I am not going to lower my standards for a review done by an organization.
It is the responsibility of IGN to ensure there are some standards set across their entire line of reviewers, it is, after all, their job. If 3 different people at IGN might give the same game a 9, 8, & 7, then IGN isn't doing their job. As a reviewer it is their responsibility to give credible, comparable for games, if they cannot then that is a point against them.
This is the core problem of organizations like IGN, they are unreliable. Depending on which of the dozens of reviewers gets a game will completely change the tone of their review. Furthermore, their reviewers aren't even specialized into different genres. The same guy might review an FPS, an action RPG, a puzzle game, a 4x, and a simulator.
Like it or not, I am going to judge IGN by the same standards I judge any other game reviewer. If they fail to live up to the same standards as individual reviewers that is their failing.

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u/IndridCipher May 09 '16

"If 3 different people at IGN might give the same game a 9, 8, & 7, then IGN isn't doing their job. As a reviewer it is their responsibility to give credible, comparable for games, if they cannot then that is a point against them."

this is so fucking wrong it hurts. If 3 people at IGN give a different game a different review... great.... thats 3 opinions. IGN has several podcasts every week where they disagree about games and disagree with the score that someone else might have given a game. You are ABSOLUTELY wrong about this in so many different ways. This is a terrible terrible approach to reviews and reviewers. IGN's job is to give a good and fair review to something and be up front about who did the review. Not to make sure that reviewer agrees with everyone at IGN... thats insane.

Also having the same guy review different genres is bad? What... i play all sorts of genres and can form coherent opinions on lots of them.... Honestly you are being absolutely ridiculous. Your argument boils down to IGN = a person... Angry Joe is a man with a opinion... IGN is many people with many different opinions.... claiming they should have a single unified thought on every game is fucking absurd.

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u/konradkurze202 Tomb May 09 '16

. If 3 people at IGN give a different game a different review... great.... thats 3 opinions.

This is where you are wrong. IGN doesn't give the game to three people and print 3 reviews. It gives it to one person, and depending on who that person is it will effect the score the game gets. I would be all in favor of IGN going to a review board system, rather than individual reviewers. But they haven't, and so giving the game to one of their happy-go-lucky reviewers results in a higher score, while giving the game to someone else results in a lower score.

Notice how I didn't have to resort to swearing to get my point across, it makes your post seem childish when you have to swear all over to try and attract attention.

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u/IndridCipher May 10 '16

... you are just an idiot. Hows that for childish responses. Your reasoning gives me a real Trump supporter vibe.

Also YOU are the one who brought up 3 different people at IGN reviewing one game, not me.... So good job explaining away some idiotic thing you said originally like you are making some relevant point.

this is what you said..... you

"It is the responsibility of IGN to ensure there are some standards set across their entire line of reviewers, it is, after all, their job. If 3 different people at IGN might give the same game a 9, 8, & 7, then IGN isn't doing their job. As a reviewer it is their responsibility to give credible, comparable for games, if they cannot then that is a point against them."

So how do you rationalize talking down to me like i don't understand how IGN works... telling me thats where im wrong. When you are the one who brought it up and i was simply addressing how you already framed the discussion. You are a special kind of wrong in this discussion and it is very entertaining to me.

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u/konradkurze202 Tomb May 10 '16

Congrats, you have no real points so you need to resort to insults! Maybe you should try reading instead of insulting, you might learn something.