Posted on: May 9, 2023

rewindf

Games: 44 Reviews: 6

2D Stellaris for 1/20th the price

This game is seriously underrated and awesome, and gets even better with mods. Game loop and flow is better than stellaris, and replayability is great. It also comes with a pdf full of detailed info on how to mod and tweak the game. You can reskin the game to look like EVE or Star Trek, change tech trees, add species and make an entire resource overhaul (as some modders have). You can also play during different phases of the galactic history: pre-ftl, pirate dominated era, classic and lategame, and each makes for a different experience. Downsides: 1) 2d graphics forever. 2) Not as much "stuff" as in newer titles like stellaris. For example, much fewer spying/infiltration/sabotage options (I haven't found any mods that address this) 3) You may have to edit some notepad file to get the game to work on some systems, which apparently is a challenge for some people in year 2023 pre-FTL era.

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Posted on: December 27, 2021

Bulwaifson

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Games: 31 Reviews: 1

Great Game

This game is at the top of complex 4X games in general and as space 4X. You best could imagine its depth by thinking about Stellaris, but with Hearts of Iron like complexity. Although like there, you can automate every catogery, so the AI designs ships, explores, etc. for you (I would activate the option that they ask you for permission first. Some actions are not that wise). Although it visuals look outdated (there are like in the pictures, just a few 2D sprites) it takes nothing from the game. Now as mentioned above with complexity, if you just want to sit and play after work, without much thinking, other 4X might be better. This game needs hours before you really understand it. But don't worry, it got an inside encyploedia with informations about actions, planet types, ship types, ship modifications, etc.. You still will need some time before you can plan while playing, and not have to pause for every step. But it is worth it. And if you can't start the game, because its crashing right after the launcher screen, you can try installing directX from June 2010 in the game folder. This worked for me, but you might have to download it. This should work for the steam version too. And you could try to set 'playmovie' in the startup.ini to 0.

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Posted on: May 23, 2020

finegamingconnoisseur

Verified owner

Games: 196 Reviews: 10

A True 'Living, Breathing World'

I'm giving Distant Worlds: Universe a 5 out of 5, not just because it is the best 4X game since Master of Orion 2 in my opinion, but one that lives up to the name of 'living and breathing world', not merely marketed as such like so many games do these days. I could easily write a whale of a review for this gem of a game, but if a picture speaks a thousand words, then a video a million. I have put together a video which will hopefully give you a good idea of why I love this game for the two reasons mentioned above. Check the video description if you want to check out the mod I featured, or if you're having trouble getting past the launcher window. https://youtu.be/aNe3_Gb61Ao

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Posted on: June 12, 2022

BennabusKahn

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Games: 346 Reviews: 6

Seems Really Cool But...

I've been trying to get into this game but the UI is so bad I can't. The idea of this game really appeals to me, I love in depth complex game systems and enjoy figuring out how to make it all work. I love the idea of being able to start out with a single planet and almost no tech and expending my empire to cover the galaxy. But with the lack of ability to scale the UI and how terrible the game looks in 1024x768, I end up with a headache and sore eyes after about 10 minutes of trying to see things. It's unfortunate because I think the game is probably pretty good, it's just unplayable for anyone without eagle vision.

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Posted on: December 8, 2017

demonbox77

Games: 337 Reviews: 23

Simply the best 4x

I truly believe there is no other 4x (new or old) that even comes close. A plethora of options to customize your game, the usual ones (size of the galaxy, race, sotryline, etc...), but more important the ability to decide how much you want to micro-manage your empire. You can decide you want to take care of everything, from building ships/starbases, to perform reserach, to directly command ships. Or you can decide you don't want any kind of management in your hands, the AI will take care of everything, literally everything, and you can just watch it play your empire (maybe by commanding a single ship?). Ok I lied, you won't be able to control everything, the private ships/activities are out of your hands, yes you got it right, your empire is not only inhabited by your state/military ships and stations, but also by private ships that are the ones actually making it run (as in real life). One last option? You can decide to play as a pirate and harras AI's empires, not my favorite option, but is there.

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