Stellaris a new grand strategy game from Paradox

[Zap]

ORIGINAL: Cauldyth

No, that's the point, they're not scripted events, those are all core game mechanics, and the whole point of the game design itself. There are plenty of small scripted events in the game too that you react to, but I made a point of describing things that were actual core game mechanics.

I'm not trying to convince people they should like CK2 or Paradox games in general, but the emergent storytelling of CK2 is truly remarkable, and i never would've suspected someone could pull it off. And yes, Stellaris is uncharted territory for Paradox, but at the very least I'm impressed with their ambition.

Hmmm, I like that. Got my interest.

[Torgrim]

ORIGINAL: Kayoz

ORIGINAL: Torgrim

The galaxy can have a up to 1000 star systems and up to 10 planets per system.

Source for this?

All I see is "thousands of planets" - where do they specifically state "up to 1000 star systems"?

It's from Paradox press conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXi17KdPrEU

General presentation for Stellaris starts at 25min in, and Q&A about the game starts at 50min and the reference for the 1000 starsystems are at 54min mark.

[Cauldyth]

Yep, Henrik said during the reveal that their current largest galaxy size is 1000 stars.

[Ranbir]

Distant Worlds 2 now or we riot! [;)]

[balto]

I do not think it is possible to be as good as Distant Worlds (before the pirate expansion crap). But if it is just half as good, it will be awesome.

This and Civilization Rising Tide means the next few months are going to be pure heaven.

[Rising-Sun]

Don't think this game is going to be any better than Distant Worlds, it might be pretty and it will just waste your time and money on it. The tricky parts is having something that is attractive and the package or ads, a lot of customers realize that they were not happy with it. I would wait awhile after release and see how it goes. Most games from Paradox aren't that great.

[Terminus]

From what I heard, they're aiming at doing something sensible with the endgame, and fixing a chronic problem which all 4X games suffer from, namely that the game loses any sense of challenge at some point. The player becomes too powerful and just flattens everybody else. I have my reservations about Paradox (they tend to bite off a lot more than they can chew), but I'm keeping Stellaris on my radar for now.

[Eambar]

I own and like most of the major Paradox titles, so will be keeping a close eye on this. If it can truly mix EU with CK in a space 4X environment, then it will be a must-buy for me.

Cheers,

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: Doggie3

I own and like most of the major Paradox titles, so will be keeping a close eye on this. If it can truly mix EU with CK in a space 4X environment, then it will be a must-buy for me.

Cheers,

I'm pretty much the same way... it's on my list for future acquisition.