/gsg/ - Grand Strategy General

I don't fucking know.

On one hand, I'm hoping to get a worthy successor to Distant Worlds. The game does look gorgeous in my opinion, and I like some of the features. There's supposed to be all kinds of events, outcomes and shit.

On the other hand, we're talking about Parajew, so this will probably be casualized dumbed down bullshit for retards who can't play DW, with $300 in DLC waiting down the line. I'm so tired of these assholes trying to cater to a crowd that doesn't give a shit about GSG and never will.

Probable torrent for me. Why play this when I can just play DW, a game I know to be excellent?

>>5056

Well about the DLC im kind of glad that Paradox shit them out

They add details that would be impossible to add during the lunch,

Its not like i pay for them anyway.

>>5055

It looks bretty gud tbh, I'll probably buy the base game and pirate all the DLC. I'm intrigued by the idea of a 4X/GS hybrid and I think it'll be a great way to introduce the GS genre to my friends who are into Civilization V.

Also if you look at the dev diaries you'll see that they gave special attention to humans, as they're the only race with different portraits for different ethnicities/genders.

>>5057

I'm not, because there comes a time where they run out of shit to change or introduce and end up breaking the game to get a quick buck (I'm looking at you, CK2 and Conclave).

I'm not gonna pay for Stellaris either, I've had enough of this Swebrew bullshit, but it's about the principle.

You just know that down the line, the morons at Paradox will patch the game taking only multiplayer balance into account, screwing over the great majority of their userbase; also, they will take years to fix simple but serious bugs like the CK2 antipope bullshit that took forever to get patched, and if you want to get fixes to these things you'll have to cope with the "free features" that often break even more shit. Sometimes they'll even decide to patch away a valid strategy because some retard over at Parajew got salty during one of their multiplayer games, meaning they'll break shit intentionally so nobody can have fun.

And I'm not even considering the DLC-fest their games have turned into either, every other DLC they release breaks the game, so the game is near unplayable for about a month, and wouldn't you know, just when they finally finish patching up all the fucking crap they broke, it's time for another DLC that will break yet more shit.

If we consider neo-Paradox's track record, it'll be fucking amazing if Stellaris doesn't blow. CK2 had a decent period but is now shit (status of women laws in the dark and early middle ages are the least of the shit they pulled with that game), EUIV was always shit and I don't actually have much hope for HoI4. Since Stellaris is sci-fi, it's likely to appeal to a wider audience and I'm willing to bet many shekels that the game will be even more shallow and rigid than EUIV.

Paradox just doesn't give a shit about their loyal userbase. All they care about are dimwits who would never play a GSG if it were the only genre left on Earth. Maybe they'll try to make HoI6 an e-sport or something.

Im kinda concerned about "tech research" being tied to cards.

It sounds like a retarded idea

>>5055

It looks pretty good in the dev diaries, but this is parajew we're talking about. I doubt there will be any fun features such as genociding ayys from your planets like in Distant Worlds and it'll probably be unplayable until you get their thirty expansions. Still, I remain cautiously optimistic.

>>5066

You can actually enslave and purge ayyliums. Either by orbital bombardment or you can kill specific pops by purge button. Planets are more like civ cities where you shuffle workers between tiles generating different resources but individual workers have race and ideology that drifts away from the state one so you can purge ayyliums/heretics/commies/whatever.

>>5066

>I doubt there will be any fun features such as genociding ayys

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-26-migration-slavery-purges.914917/

>>5055

Here's the species I plan to make if I ever end up buying this game.

Collectivist

Militarist

Xenophobe

Middle between Spiritualist and Materialist

Military Dictatorship

Arthropoid

Conformists

Industrious

Repugnant

Sedentary (In the non-migrating sense, as opposed to the lazy sense)

I can write a backstory if you want.