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Taking one last stab at figuring out Factorio...
 
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Taking one last stab at figuring out Factorio...
I've got it on my watchlist.
Worth my shekels?
(Worth my shekels given that I'm working gratuitously long days at the moment and I won't have 300 hours to grapple with a deep and complex management system prior to May 9th?)
 
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I've got it on my watchlist.
Worth my shekels?
(Worth my shekels given that I'm working gratuitously long days at the moment and I won't have 300 hours to grapple with a deep and complex management system prior to May 9th?)

Probably not if you're busy, since you can kill a surprising number of hours on it.
 

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My pre-release obsession it burning itself out. I am no longer spamming the forums or thinking about various ethos/trait/government combos all of the time. I simply want to play the game and realize my remaining questions will keep until then...
 
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My pre-release obsession it burning itself out. I am no longer spamming the forums or thinking about various ethos/trait/government combos all of the time. I simply want to play the game and realize my remaining questions will keep until then...
Sounds like you've reached enlightenment. Teach us how!
 
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I envy you guys. I haven't felt this kind of intense expectation you're all describing in years. I want to play Stellaris and I preordered it, but I am not even sure I will like it in the end.
 

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Piddling around on the forum at home, piddling around on the forum at work, watching television, doing something else that's too mysterious to share because I don't want to, reading my new book on WWII in the Pacific. Stuff like that thar.
 

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Until I found out about Stellaris, 1066 hours logged on Fallout 4.

After finding out about Stellaris on 4th March ... 1,069 hours logged on Fallout 4.

Yes, 3 hours in 18 days (all of them today after realizing I have 2 DLCs to poke with a stick).

I can't get my GS4xX Stellaris fix.
HOI3 .... isn't cutting it.
CK2 .... isn't cutting it.
EU anything is definitely not cutting it.

*sobs*

I need arachnid space monsters... so bad ... please ...
 
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I envy you guys. I haven't felt this kind of intense expectation you're all describing in years. I want to play Stellaris and I preordered it, but I am not even sure I will like it in the end.

I used to get excited about upcoming video games all the time but Paradox games are the only ones that still do it for me these days.
Everything else usually ends up being disappointing... Like Spore. That game killed me a little on the inside.

Now that I think about it; this game is actually a lot like what I wanted from Spore's space age.