Stellaris: Galaxy Edition

The base game is very enjoyable, and I had hoped to stay up to date, but lost interest a while back after DLC overkill and overpricing. Grew weary researching which DLC's were worth it, so just decided to spend my dollars on something else, something new entirely. Otherwise, if you do not mind spending money on that which in my opinion is the downfall to the gaming industry (too many overpriced DLC's that fail to deliver), go for it! It is a fun, in-depth, and engrossing experience, especially for 4x space strategy. I fire up the base game from time to time, and probably will again soon.

Rip off. Hard pass.

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen, I have 170+ hours on the steam version and more then double that on the GoG version and so I figured it was time to add my review to the list. I enjoy this game completely, in vanilla it is a little drab and sometimes boring but once you get a handle on the way the system works you can add mods to the game. Once you make this mile stone the game REALLY comes alive! I run over 200 mods (Custom built mod list) and this game is endless! I have 33 hours in my current PT and I've yet to meet another race in a huge galaxy with 15 races! The prices are a bit high but they are often on sale for 50% so as I said on steam They're going to charge what they think its worth based on their time/manpower/resources/equipment invested, YOU have to decide if the enjoyment is worth their price. That choice will vary person to person, I find it worth it when on sale. The programming makes late game and loading with tones of mods...time consuming, but I don't know why they made the choices they did as I wasn't part of the dev team. The result can be mostly avoided with mods, but you will feel it, especially if you have a lot of mods on start up! Before i combined all my mods into 1 I had over 16 minutes load to main menu times on a Samsung NVME SSD. Now I have about 1 minute, so its all about investing time and energy into learning how to play the game and, if you plan too, how to mod properly for your enjoyment. I have not even TOUCHED on the conversion mods out there as I have not played them yet! but you have a Star trek, Star wars, B5 (in process), Battle star galactica (In process), and many others which completely transform the game into a game based on AND in that universe! you can play the entire Star trek time line from Enterprise through the movies and beyond! I recommend waiting for a sale and getting the "galaxy edition" and giving it a few dozen hours before buying the whole series!

I had to write a review because I see a lot of bad reviews. I personally have not had many issues and I willingly buy all the new expansions and all pretty much as soon as they are released. Paradox still is taking care of this game many years after release and Nemesis especially breathed complete new life into this title for me. The ability to be a galaxy destroying menace or defender of the galaxy or even pull a full blown Emporer Palpatine type thing and create the Empire is pretty fun. No game will ever be perfect or without problems, but Paradox does put a lot of work into this game and it does show they care a lot. The AI ALWAYS can use improvement but it has gotten a lot better than it used to be.I spend hours playing this and always change up how I approach how I want my civilization to turn out. The depth, the choice, the features, the vast number of ways you can even set your planets up are things that just make this game incredibly fun. I recommend this wholeheartedly. Paradox is honestly doing a fine job and this is one game I have yet to regret buying. I'm excited for Overlord!

I own this on Steam and now I own it here too. This is by far one of my favorite games of all time. It is a real time 4X strategy game. You create an empire from a list of races. You specify their various traits and government types, which adds various bonuses. You select what their ships look like, the types of weapons and propulsion, and select their planet type. From then its on expanding, exploring,exterminating, and the fourth X that Im forgetting. You develop your planet, placing various food production, science labs, and resources. Build a space station and also customize it and customize the vrious classes of ships. You go about exploring star systems and planets, developing your culture and technology through research, explore anomolies, conduct science and engineering projects, and interacting with friendly and hostile species through diplomacy or war. It is a complicated game, but it is not difficult to learn and get in to. Its a 4X game that anyone can get in to. The graphics are amazing and make you feel like youre actually exploring a galaxy. From the details of black holes, to planets, right down to little asteroids. It is a very beautiful 3D game and you can zoom right in to see every detail. The sound is equally amazing ad immersive. On top of all of that, there are a bunch of great mods available. I cant recommend this game enough!