Ok so after committing 200+hours over the last 2 weeks that I have bought the game I can happily say a few things positive and a couple negatives.

Let's start with the negatives. Now truly if you were too buy the base game of Stellaris and expect a fully fleshed out 4X gameplay and beautiful environments you really would be half satisfied. With all the content that is added through dlc the base game looks sorely lacking in numerous areas. The only other think that truly irks me is being locked basically too 4 maps that get truly boring after your 200 hundredth playthrough. The last thing is it seems the modding community is struggling to either adapt or keep pace with the changes that the developer makes. Now I mean no slight towards anyone who devotes their time to making a game better through their own works. It just seems that the tools given to mod the game are still almost the same ones as what they gave the community on a few months after releasing Stellaris.

So now we come to the part where I simply scream at the top of my lungs "I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!". Now to even basically address the very issues I brought up myself thanks to user generated content in the Steam Workshop most of my severe drawbacks were immediately cured. Then to top it all of the content added through the dlc truly polishes off a fine piece of work.

If they keep going in the direction of getting feedback from the community and implementing chages while at the same time continually adding new content this will be a supreme 4X game.

Ok so after committing 200+hours over the last 2 weeks that I have bought the game I can happily say a few things positive and a couple negatives. Let's start with the negatives. Now truly if you were too buy the base game of Stellaris and expect a fully fleshed out 4X gameplay and beautiful environments you really would be half satisfied. With all the content that is added through dlc the base game looks sorely lacking in numerous areas. The only other think that truly irks me is being locked basically too 4 maps that get truly boring after your 200 hundredth playthrough. The last thing is it seems the modding community is struggling to either adapt or keep pace with the changes that the developer makes. Now I mean no slight towards anyone who devotes their time to making a game better through their own works. It just seems that the tools given to mod the game are still almost the same ones as what they gave the community on a few months after releasing Stellaris. So now we come to the part where I simply scream at the top of my lungs "I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!". Now to even basically address the very issues I brought up myself thanks to user generated content in the Steam Workshop most of my severe drawbacks were immediately cured. Then to top it all of the content added through the dlc truly polishes off a fine piece of work. If they keep going in the direction of getting feedback from the community and implementing chages while at the same time continually adding new content this will be a supreme 4X game.