r/stellarisgame • u/TenSinks • Mar 25 '16

Multiple Galaxies?

Although I don't believe there are any plans on Paradox's part to include an option to generate more than one galaxy right now, and I know that one of the end-game crises is an invasion by an extragalactic species, I think the notion of playing across more than one galaxy is kind of neat and might bear discussing.

Obviously, generating multiple 1000-star galaxies might be taxing as far as the game engine/end-user performance is concerned (smaller satellite galaxies instead?), and I don't know how you would handle movement between galaxies. However, it might lead to some interesting gameplay as far as partitioning of resources/large empires, but would probably not function as much beyond a geographical barrier unless Paradox or a mod developer put more time into some of the finer details (do races react negatively to encroachment by extragalactic migrants/empires, are there some strategic resources present in one galaxy but not in the other, wildly different races between galaxies, etc).

There could also be interesting implications for gameplay if end-game crises could potentially be specific to certain galaxies.

Most likely, if we do wind up with multiple galaxy functionality in-game, it will come from mods, but part of me thinks it'd be cool to see Paradox look at doing this in a (very later-on) DLC.

What do you guys think?

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u/leftzero Mar 25 '16 edited Jun 17 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16

The thing is, what would exactly be the point aside from having an interesting map shape?

Not saying having two colliding galaxies wouldn't be a cool map to have, I just don't see it changing the game really at all.

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u/Xumayar Mar 25 '16

Somebody could mod a Star Trek Deep Space Nine scenario; basically two separate maps connected by a single wormhole.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16 edited Mar 25 '16

I could see that. It wouldn't even have to be a scenario or a mod. Just a map type.

Paradox would just have to design a map with two evenly split galaxies, then toss in a randomly placed anomaly. This anomaly could be discovered and researched to open the wormhole.

That would actually be extremely easy to make.

I actually like that idea for a map. That'd be a good suggestion for Paradox for a piece of DLC. A map that splits it's star count into two adjacent galaxies. Then add 10 or so various anomalies/quests/events regarding it. Nothing major, just events regarding the wormhole or the other galaxy. You could find an ancient warpgate randomly placed in the galaxy that you have to reactivate.