Stellaris Game Info

[DKM]

Judging by the screenshots, the battles look like real-time tactical like the TW games. Is that true?

 

[Cuthuthulu]

Judging by the screenshots, the battles look like real-time tactical like the TW games. Is that true?

Tactics are out of your control. But you can watch them duke it out.

 

[Hackworthy]

Excitement! This looks good and I have the utmost faith in Henrik.

 

[DKM]

Tactics are out of your control. But you can watch them duke it out.

So I don't have to control the battle? It will be like in CK, EU, Vic, and HoI battles? I hope so; I hate the type of battles TW has.

 

[Demarque]

Yeah, Endless Space was very lacking in the personality department.

While I kinda liked Endless Space, I've got to agree that it didn't have much of a personality. The bland UI with no aesthetics only helped to make immersion more difficult. I consider even Stardrive 2 to have a more prominent atmosphere.

 

[Strager]

FYI - We still can't post new topics

I am absolutely loving this game already. Paradox, if you haven't, take a look at "Space Empires 5" - it has TERRIBLE (read: non-existent) AI, but has a "federation" system that is really well thought out for its time- might give you some good ideas

Really looking forward to this!

 

[Pyramid_Head]

My liege, along with Arcturus IV, our forces captured Jzxkasoik's eleven daughters, some of them with already developed tentacles and mandibles. What should we do with them?
- Take them as concubines.
- Torture imprisoned.
- Have a feast. Eat half of them and sacrifice rest as offering to Jesus.
- Ransom imprisoned.
- I want to be a mother! Let them lay eggs inside of me.

Dis gonna be gud.

 

[BishopCornelius]

Now I can't decide if I'm more excited for this or Fallout IV... CKII and Fallout NV are my top two favorite games of the decade (followed by EUIV and Skyrim, naturally).

Here's hoping I can make a Neo-Feudal Empire with Great Houses in Stellaris... and if not in Vanilla, at least after some DLC!

 

[Holy.Death]

Yes, but I will add to this that federations aren't a government type. Like I said, they're more like the HRE in EU4 or a kingdom in CK2. But the factions inside a federation will have different government types and races, like you said.

I mostly meant that with so many variables (races/phenotypes, ethics, technologies, governments) we are bound to have a living thing on each level of galactic expansion. It all can add up. The most important now is to get it right. I hope characters will play larger role than what already has been unveiled, because CK2-esque approach (of characters impacting everything) also holds a lot of promise.

 

[Darkgamma]

Sinistrophobia aside, absolutist xenophobic imperia here we go
We still haven't seen all the possible governments, but at least kingdoms are in

 

[Cuthuthulu]

I hope I can seek out new life and civilizations then sell things to them.

 

[Pius IX]

isnt the Clausewitz engine getting a little long in the tooth? i would have thought a brand new IP, especially one as ambitious as this, would have come with a new engine

 

[Mendeth]

isnt the Clausewitz engine getting a little long in the tooth? i would have thought a brand new IP, especially one as ambitious as this, would have come with a new engine

It's being iterated on all the time. The screens we've seen so far have been labelled pre-alpha but the engine doesn't look long in the tooth to me.

 

[cleef]

Will I be able to convert my saves from Vicky 2 to Stellaris ?

[/sarcasm]

 

[gorillacakes]

Btw, I'm I the only one that was hyped for an asymmetrical 4X? Hope they decide to give us an option for that.

I don't think it should come as standard but I think there should be a random chance of it happening if the player ticks a box in game options from the main menu.

It would offer an interesting dynamic if there were more advanced or ancient civilisations than yours already out there. If they are peaceful and diplomatic then maybe you can be taken under their wing and start a federation.

If they are aggressive however then you would be pretty much screwed. Which is why it should be something to be selected in the options menu.

 

[Holy.Death]

If they are aggressive however then you would be pretty much screwed. Which is why it should be something to be selected in the options menu.

Or just make assymetrical warfare a possibility... I'd like to encounter space-faring races that aren't "the playable ones" and symmetrical.

 

[SnowHawkKiller]

I've already shamelessly jumped aboard the hype train. I can't actually remember a game I was excited to buy and play. I mean it's been a vary long time that I've been deeply elated to play a new game, but this just looks absolutely astounding.

 

[gorillacakes]

Will I be able to convert my saves from Vicky 2 to Stellaris ?

[/sarcasm]

Tried to break Groogy's spirit by joking that he should make a CK2-Stellaris converter.

 

[Afterain]

I don't think my present computer can handle this mighty Stellaris, and doubt a gtx titan x can handle it as well. Imagine what will happen to the ck and eu, only time will tell...

 

[fabius]

Maybe Paradox will take another step and let us pick tactics for the battles.