Stellarium reviews5/17/2023 ![]() I found myself wondering why I couldn’t press the currently unused L1 and R1 buttons to quickly switch between categories. The only way to navigate it is using the d-pad, which is fairly slow when there are a lot of entries. And in the late game, the outliner that lets you quickly select all of your planets and fleets can get a little cluttered. A few rough spots do rear their heads every so often, such as how it’s sometimes difficult to order a specific ship to a specific spot using the cursor. Paradox games are notorious for having menus upon menus, but they’re all fairly easy to access with the d-pad and some clever use of screen space. Sound familiar at all? The kinds of scenarios that can arise are beyond the scope of traditional 4X and make Stellaris both highly replayable and a great stepping stone into the grand strategy genre. The Egalitarian faction won’t like it if you allow slavery, but the Authoritarian faction will get red in the tendrils if you abolish such practices, potentially sparking rebellion on a world where they have a lot of sway. Your citizens can form political factions based on specific ideologies, for instance, that will either be pleased or upset with how you choose to govern. The Egalitarian faction won’t like it if you allow slavery, but the Authoritarians will get red in the tendrils.The depth to which these interstellar societies is modeled is also much deeper than average and adds a great amount of flavor and dimension to each campaign. And doing so is only made more enjoyable when done to the tune of one of my favorite game scores ever. Pursuing the goals I’ve imagined for my empire, whether that’s finding and uplifting as many pre-FTL civilizations as possible or declaring a crusade against all non-democratic despots is always more entertaining. There are a few baked-in victory conditions like owning a certain number of planets, but I can’t say I’ve ever paid much attention to them. ![]() Where series like Master of Orion and Civilization have leaned harder into the idea that you should play a specific way in pursuit of a specific set of goals, Stellaris allows you to simply explore, experiment, and decide on the benchmarks of success you want to hit all on your own. Once you get out onto the great-looking star map, the biggest factor that sets Stellaris ahead of similar games is how effectively it creates the illusion of being part of a living, organic galaxy – not just a board game with a space theme. ![]()
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