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So Stellaris has really grabbed my attention. There have been a lot of storage 4x games recently that have outright failed in execution or have been lacking in critical features. I've been watching some gameplay videos and Stellaris from Paradox looks like it will hit it out of the park in execution. The game appears to roughly be space EU4 and is very reminiscent of Distant Worlds. DW has a much more sophisticated economy, but I think Stellaris has it best on most other features. Research is far more interesting, better ship design, GalCiv like planetary management, better leaders system, streamlining management to scale into the late game while not losing important detailed control early on, etc. Actual combat is the game's weakest part, but the grand strategy is so good I can overlook that, much like I did for DW. Game come out next month.
Summary:
http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2016/03/stellaris-release-date-and-gameplay-footage/
Detailed videos:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-gameplay-videos-full-list.914030/
Endless Space 2 is the only other game really on my radar and for different reasons. Stellaris looks pretty special.
Summary:
http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2016/03/stellaris-release-date-and-gameplay-footage/
Detailed videos:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-gameplay-videos-full-list.914030/
Endless Space 2 is the only other game really on my radar and for different reasons. Stellaris looks pretty special.