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STELLARIS: New Paradox Game in SPAAAACE

Started by Syt, July 30, 2015, 10:12:50 AM

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Syt

In their press conference they said they aim to have high replayability (random galaxies, random alien races). Also, you start in the beginning with exploration via science ships and their commanders, then in mid game you deal with other races, and in end game they say that factions within your empire will become more important, and that in late game galactic crises can occur (Henrik alluded to e.g. robot slaves rising up).
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Syt

Also watching the Q&A stream. Damn, Adam Smith from RockPaperShotgun looks like a hobo off the street craving his next shot. :D
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Syt

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The Brain

I'm cautiously optimistic. Would be nice with a space game that is actually worth playing.
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Barrister

Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2015, 03:39:37 PM
I'm cautiously optimistic. Would be nice with a space game that is actually worth playing.

This.

A lot of promises, could be hard to pull off.  Paradox is without a doubt my favourite game developer, but they are certainly not infallible.
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Syt

I think they've become more cautious over the years. After the meh to bad EU3 and HoI3 launches I was ready to give up on them, but they really redeemed themselves with CK2 and EU4 (and them publishing titles like Cities Skylines or Pillars of Eternity also helps). And I hope they learned their lesson about promising stuff and then realizing it's not gonna happen (their Norse RPG project). So I'm also in the cautiously optimistic camp.
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Syt

Steam page is online: http://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/

QuoteExplore a vast galaxy full of wonder! Paradox Development Studio, makers of the Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis series presents Stellaris, an evolution of the grand strategy genre with space exploration at its core.

Featuring deep strategic gameplay, an enormous selection of alien races and emergent storytelling, Stellaris has a deeply challenging system that rewards interstellar exploration as you traverse, discover, interact and learn more about the multitude of species you will encounter during your travels.

Etch your name across the cosmos by uncovering remote celestial outposts,and entire civilizations. Will you expand through war or walk the path of diplomacy to achieve your goals?

Main Features
- Discovery Events – Emergent Storytelling.
- Deep & Varied Exploration.
- Enormous procedural star systems, containing thousands of planets.
- Numerous playable species, each with their own traits and engineering styles.
- Vast number of Unique Random Species.
- Advanced Diplomacy system.
- Ship Designer (even civilian ships can be customized).
-Stunning space visuals.
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garbon

Could be cool based on what rps summarised. We shall see.
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Crazy_Ivan80

getting a MoO3 vibe here regarding promises.
We'll see.

Grallon

Hmm this looks very promising, what 'Galactic Civilizations' should have been in fact; even though GalCiv 3 is a very fun game it lacks the depth Paradox usually brings to their titles ...   Maybe we'll have our antiquity game afterwards.



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celedhring

Quote from: garbon on August 06, 2015, 11:10:25 PM
Could be cool based on what rps summarised. We shall see.

Yeah, it is what I hoped; taking the great character driven and organic procedural aspects of CK2 and using them to innovate the space 4x genre.

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