re: Any Stellaris reviews from the TD gamers?

Yeah the expansion pack set up is definitely there. That's why I said it may be worth waiting for a Steam sale.

The game's framework may be the best Paradox has created, but they rely heavily on expansion packs. I'm not sure it is revolutionary enough to warrant $40. I did buy it though because I am sucker.

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The game's framework may be the best Paradox has created

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It really is worlds better than anything else we've seen from them.

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I'm not sure it is revolutionary enough to warrant $40. I did buy it though because I am sucker.

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It's not really revolutionary in any way other than the exploring aspect. I think they're just dipping their toes into something there that's never been done. Can't wait to see how the exploring aspect evolves in the inevitable 29038409384 expansions.

I definitely feel that way. I'm enjoying myself with it and it's good but it's not nearly as deep as CK2 or EU4. Diplomacy feels very restrictedncomparednto those 2 and I do feel like at times, there simply isn't enough to do and there isn't enough character there to keep it always interesting. It needed to be fleshed out a bit more.

I can't wait to Hearts of Iron 4 comes out next month!

You see, I am not all that into the exploration.

And I'd say eu4s diplomacy is much better than this when it first launched. This is more on par with hearts of iron 3.

Man, I kept playing today and had a pretty huge frustration spike with this game.

1) There seems to be no anti-blob technique with Federations. In my 8 starting empire game, 5 have just joined one federation.... I can't figure out a good way to pick them apart.

2) The lack of real zone control from "forts" is freaking ridiculous. Whenever you are at war there are fleets just flying everywhere. I guess you could coat every system in military stations, but holy frick is that an annoying prospect.

3) I was at war with another empire. Independently, that 5 man alliance was also at war with the same defender. I captured the three planets I wanted...... the big alliance then just peaced out and gave the planets I was controlling to one of their empires on the far side of map.... WTF?

Yeah...... that is pretty fricking stupid.

Stop your bitching. It's a great game and will only get better through patches and DLC. I've put hundreds of hours in ck2 and eu4 and hoi. These games are always a bit shallow and frustrating interface and have some imbalances at the beginning.

Trust in Paradox.

First grand strategy game and I love it

Is it better than Spore?

Downvote me to hell for praising an EA/Maxis game, but from the first few episodes of the playthrough, it looks like Spore does exploration a lot better.

Let me toss on another downvote.

This pleases me...