Just putting the idea out there, but bears would be an awesome new species to add. They could have black bear, grizzly bear, polar bear, and panda phenotypes.
New Species Idea: Bears
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We already have a whole zoo of mammallian aliens looking as if they came right from earth. In all honesty I would like to see more alien looking aliens and less earth species adaptions.
On the one hand, Elimdur does have a point and this game would be better with more alien looking mammals.
On the other hand, freaking space bears! That would be awesome. Just one species, multi-coloration options that hit the big styles.
On the other hand, freaking space bears! That would be awesome. Just one species, multi-coloration options that hit the big styles.
Although I personally don't use robots, in my opinion we need more robot / synth portraits, because more variety is needed for synthetic ascension users. Wiz said in the recent reddit AMA that it is planned for the future.
But I would like to see more earthlike animals and cute races later so I can make a premade empire for each one, hit force spawn and start a game with all cute empires. Half of them would be very unfriendly for ironic reasons.
But I would like to see more earthlike animals and cute races later so I can make a premade empire for each one, hit force spawn and start a game with all cute empires. Half of them would be very unfriendly for ironic reasons.
We already have bears, actually; they're just disguised as other species. Secretly hatching plots of galactic dominance, dreaming of doing among the stars what they have done to the nations of Europe and Earth.
Especially more alien aliens. Like if they evolved in the atmosphere of gas giants or other alien environments ; or like if sentience emerged from bacterial colonies or coral-like animals. There are already alien-looking portraits like those :
but I'm addicted the sense of uncanny we can get from weird alien lifeforms. If there must be an earth-inspired portrait pack, we have the Ediacaran and Cambrian fauna.
Yes especially humanoid panda bears would be very popular and also good marketing in the most populous market on earth
Yes, I have heard another large scale video game company made that claim.
I think they are hidding that expansion now...
I think they are hidding that expansion now...
Yes especially humanoid panda bears would be very popular and also good marketing in the most populous market on earth
Actually, really unpredictable how the Ministry of Culture reacts to pandas in media. Do they see pandas and let it open doors, or do they discover it's possible to eat pandas and ban it forever?
This exactly! Stellaris have already too much aliens based on earthlife form or with anthropomorphic stature. We need just more aliens that looks aliens...
PS: Isn't this mammalian already inspired on bear?
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Why not use a portrait mod (is there realy not a single one including bears?) and play without ironman?
Because I would prefer the artwork team to concentrate more on realy extraterrestial portraits. Stellaris does not/should not become like Stardrive where in some regards some races were just too much earthy in appearance and culture.
Because I would prefer the artwork team to concentrate more on realy extraterrestial portraits. Stellaris does not/should not become like Stardrive where in some regards some races were just too much earthy in appearance and culture.
I'd also like to see more non earth-like species, but I don't think that earth-like species should stopped being created entirely. I think a mix of both is best. Making species earth-like does have it's advantages however; such as they look more realistic and the phenotypes are much easier to make (many current species have only one phenotype). Mammals especially are difficult to make non earth-like, and I would prefer quality/realistic design over non earth-like styling.
Natural selection has provided several good designs here on earth, and I think it would be a shame to leave these designs unused in the future. Stellaris also starts with the premise that the fallen empires have been roaming the galaxy for some time before your species becomes interstellar, so I don't see a reason that planets couldn't cross contaminate (via fallen empires' ships), resulting in similar/related lifeforms across the galaxy. In games/scenarios that include Earth as a planet, earth-like species on far-off planets aren't so far-fetched if you factor this in.
I'm not really sure what this species is based off of. The body profile doesn't look very bear-like however, so I think it is probably based off of a smaller mammal. I've never really thought of it as bear-like but I do see some resemblance now you bring it up.This exactly! Stellaris have already too much aliens based on earthlife form or with anthropomorphic stature. We need just more aliens that looks aliens...
PS: Isn't this mammalian already inspired on bear?
This exactly! Stellaris have already too much aliens based on earthlife form or with anthropomorphic stature. We need just more aliens that looks aliens...
PS: Isn't this mammalian already inspired on bear?
Always saw them as more Capybara-like myself.
I always thought of it as a mongoose, my favorite portrait for getting rid of those filthy reptilians.
One of the by fungus infested portraits was stated to be a invested bear mamal right?
