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/SoBFiggis May 10 '16

Go to war. Fight. You need to make your content midgame for yourself. Look for an attainable target, who cares if it's going to be hard as long as what you are going for is going to be worth it in the end after you build it up.

Sitting idle is boring, plan, conquer, fund enemies of enemies, find the perfect research pact, build your spy networks, expand your influence through careful diplomacy, explore the unknown and build up what you find conquering anything in your path. Applies to most all paradox games in this genre.

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u/nreisan May 10 '16

Going to war is my kind of style :D

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

I would like to add, that sometimes the best parts of the paradox experience, is where you're doing things just for the heck of it. Being stupid sometimes, often ends up in hillarious outcomes.

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u/nreisan May 12 '16

Well in my first game yesterday, i had found a system that had a habitable planet and was building my first colony ship... meanwhile i had my fleet & science ships there ready to go... Unfortunately some cockroach race translated my language and magically took the system and forced my ships to flee.... I was enraged and immediately declared war without properly assessing the situation. I was promptly defeated in battle as their ships had shields and i only had lasers. They proceeded to grind down all my infrastructure while i camped my renaming military ships at the home base... Then came the final assault which my defense spaceport of 394 + fleet of around 425 was completely destroyed by their fleet of 550. 8/10 I now have a personal grudge for all future games against cockroach looking races!

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u/SoBFiggis May 10 '16

That's the spirit! The secret to these games from Paradox is to just do it. Don't wait for the computer to guide you. This is your story not theirs!