Awesome gameplay, been with the game devolopment since you could forceably push the borders of space at your will and spread the culture to the point where you overtake stars. ah those were the days..

Recently they've added so many new ideas that i've lost track with where everything is going and i thought i may have lost the plot.. and yeah, i'm crazy.....

Stellaris is a game where you play with the spaceybois of different governemts and speices, some even robobois and some hiveminded fellas.. and then there's the INC. pigs and the pirate CORP pigs.. and it gets all jumbled up and spat out through a space cannon, placing you on a swirly-worly. Your goal in this game is to mine and burn resources to stay alive..

In the base game without mods, it's a ton of fun.. but with the mods... One can have any race, any nation, any starting situation.. Just about anything is possible with mods, (and mod developers, they're the real heroes).

This game is easily comparable to Sins and Spore (in the space era) .. Super simple space strat rts.. no flashy flashy words gunna change that.. If it's too hard, lower the setting; if its too easy, raise the setting.

Wish they would add espionage to base game.. tech trading or tech gain stuff.. like 17 ships worth lazer3 for 13 ships worth torp3, etc.. or hero trading.. embassy establishments.. sounds easy enough to implement give what had been added so far..

anyway anyway.. def recomend if you like rts games.. and if you need a hand in learnin just hmu and i'll pull u into the group.. we can have a nice game sometime maybe.. always lookin for more spacy fleshlies to crush under my mechanical drill.. the core directive demands more asimilation..

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since posting this review, espionage has been added, and embassy added. now we need tech trading and ships/units trading.

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They added mercs and did some working on tech speed changes for different pacts and the such. not quite what i was asking, but its in there..

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Cleaned up the review a bit, fixed some spelling errors, the game is still the same and great, 100% worth buying it on sale.