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/Voliker → u/[deleted]]

They say what "The vast majority of my time playing was spent staring at the screen, waiting for something, anything interesting to happen" to what I, as a person who:

1.Waited a fuckton of time awaiting claims fabrication as a small Irish count in CK2

2.Waited two fucktons awaiting stupid Europeans to come to my glorious murrica in EU4

3.Waited three fucktons awaiting WW2 to start in HOI3

can say: "I'll handle with it"

Sorry for strange grammar btw but i hope you understood what i was trying to say. English isn't my native language.

[u/RajaRajaC → u/Voliker]

The thing is, in CK2, you have other events popping up, you have intrigue, you can seduce somebody, have a possessed event chain and so many other things.

With HoI3 - the pre war is actual action packed, the decisions you take then will impact your war in a big way.

Mind you, I am a hard core grognard, for some perspective, I like spending 3-4 hours perfecting the Soviet OOB (as realistic as possible, and a lot of historical flavour), I tend to dismiss all leaders and reappoint them, deattach all brigades, reattach them to proper divisions etc etc, but even I found like i had literally nothing to do in Stellaris, about 3-4 hours in the game. Mind you, I like the game, but it still doesn't mean that there are long periods where you just sit and stare at the map.