Stellaris Nexus Reviews

good overall

I think it's fun. It has all of the interesting decision making I look for from 4x games, with all of the smooth streamlining of a good boardgame, but with the computer to keep track of all the fiddly numbers. The consecutive support costs make every action of every turn matter and cut out the pointless micromanagement. There's a wide array of races, each of which is pleasantly asymmetric from each other. Enough is randomized each playthrough that there's no guaranteed optimal strategy, and the AI does a decent enough job to not feel completely braindead. I haven't noticed any major or glaring bugs, though it's said they exist. I have noticed that the multiplayer community is sadly non-existent. There's a matchmaking thing, which just bleakly tells you nobody else is playing, and there's no projected time until you find a match because, presumably, that just won't happen. I don't think that's serious enough to be a negative, to me, I usually play 4x games on my own, and the thought that I -could- play this one with friends (or even internet randoms if I ever see another person online) with bots to fill in, in a -single evening- is a pretty big plus. The graphics are quite nice, the UI isn't bad, the sound is... nothing special, but fine. I don't have any issues with the game, and it's fun to play. It's longer, deeper and feels like your strategy matters more than playing Space Tyrant, it's a lot easier than playing Twilight Imperium or something like that over tabletop simulator, and it's SO much faster than a game of MoO2, Endless Space, or even Sword of the Stars. One thing of note is combat is entirely automated and comes down to numbers and a small variable dice roll, but I think that helps overall.

Play this game if you're a masochist and physical pain isn't enough for you anymore, and you want to hurt yourself on a spiritual level. The mario party of strategy games. I'm one of the five players currently online playing this game and I am not having a good time. Take that as you will.

Great game for multiplayer match with friends. Highly inspired on Twilight Empirium 4. Devs did a good work thinking on how to adjust the genre to an online game.

Ah yes, the [b]5[/b]X strategy where your only X is sprinting towards a score goal before your enemies reach it. This is beside a short campaign the only available game mode btw. Development was probably cut short by Paradox, forcing a hasty release and subsequent abandonment of the project.

Dead game, avoid. Needs more races and characters, that's never going to happen now. Real shame, core gameplay is great.