Stellaris

Start the game with Stellaris.exe not with the Shortcut. This Version however ist is not the same as on Steam. But savegames seam to work. The game in its core is top of the line. But the price/dlc politic is "for fans only" ;-).

This game is fun space 4x game, you can build federation with other empire and there are end game crisis that might change political landscape in the galaxy, you can exploit this situation by attacking weakened empire or unite your federation to fend off the crisis.

I'm having a great time with it. I recently bought it and got hooked. I'm still discovering it, but you don't need to understand all of the mechanics to start it. So, even if you're new like me, you'll have a lot of fun from the beginning.

Holy Hell. I've never played a strategy game like Stellaris, and I'm going to eternally regret that I didn't buy it sooner. The game is immensely enjoyable. I've never played a Paradox strategy game before, although I've played many others like Civilization, and the Total War series. This game easily beats those others, by a factor of two, bare minimum. Seventy hours in, and that was just a single game. Looking back on the history of the faction I created, their struggles, defeats, victories, rivalries, and the cataclysmic event that nearly ended them, entirely, I'm just stunned. I feel as if I could write a book about the experience of managing a star empire, for four hundred years (2200 AD to 2600 AD). Buy it. Sure the DLC is expensive but you can get in on sale, or not at all, and the game will still be enjoyable. The only real complaint I have is that late-game, even on a powerful system (2700x, 32GB RAM, 2080), it can get very laggy, around the year 2500.

First off I want to praise Paradox for it's ongoing efforts to patch and update their games. I've been thinking about some of the complaints levelled at Paradox regarding their business practices. Some people don't like the cost associated with the DLC packages. Sure it'd be great if they were all free. The way I look at it is this: accompanying each DLCs have been major FREE updates to the game. Working on these updates and patches takes time and money. I see the purchasable DLC packs as a way for the Devs to cover these costs. I bough the game for 50% and have bought a few DLCs (again, waiting for sales). I find the DLCs fairly priced for the content (some more than others), and they bring many additional aspects to the game. I'm enjoying my play experience so far very much. The feeling of guiding a species through several hundred years in an evolving galaxy is second to none. I find the difficulty scales nicely as does the ability to scale the galaxy and various performance options. One thing to note: I've not had any success in getting the fantastic Star Trek mod for this game working on this GOG version. I'm hoping a version will be released by the mod Devs soon that doesn't rely so heavily on Steam workshop. Highly recommended game. Get the DLCs on special and you'll be laughing. 👍