Stellaris

[Tuna]

Now Bartheart.. I'm jealous!!

[kludger]

CDkeys.com sent me an email with the key finally, downloading now.

[Yskonyn]

Cdkeys just delivered!

After the kids have had their bath (it was pretty hot today!) and are put to bed, daddy will be forging an empire!

[OJsDad]

Cdkeys just delivered!

After the kids have had their bath (it was pretty hot today!) and are put to bed, daddy will be forging an empire!

Sounds like daddy already started an empire with mommy.  O:-)

[Anguille]

I am impressed to see how many of you are already playing the game!

What's this thing with the Paradox account to launch the game?

[Anguille]

What the! I just gave in and bought the game thanks to you guys...i't better be good! 

[Huw the Poo]

So many people on my Steam friends list playing Stellaris right now.  I'm proud of my friends today! :D

[Wolfe1759]

My resistance lasted for all of half an hour - just purchased through CDKeys at £22.99 and downloading on Steam now.

[Tuna]

Lol and we lost power.

[Yskonyn]

Cdkeys just delivered!

After the kids have had their bath (it was pretty hot today!) and are put to bed, daddy will be forging an empire!

Sounds like daddy already started an empire with mommy.  O:-)

Oh yes! Like a true nobility she gave me an heir before a daughter! 

[sandman2575]

So, initial impressions, oh ye who are fortunate enough to be playing whilst the rest of us languish at our places of employ?

[Wolfe1759]

Initial impressions - it starts, so far all I've done is started the tutorial, renamed my science vessel Boaty McBoatface and um that's about it so far. Don't think I'll really get time to play it until the weekend, there will be more helpful comments along soon I'm sure  :)

[Anguille]

Oh my gosh....60'000 people are playing it now  :o

[Huw the Poo]

Well, it works at least - on Linux too.  But I have to wait for the kids to go to bed, then I have to have dinner and watch Game of Thrones.  This is the first time in my life I haven't been excited to watch Game of Thrones. :D

I'm going to be so tired in work tomorrow.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

So, initial impressions, oh ye who are fortunate enough to be playing whilst the rest of us languish at our places of employ?

It's a 4X.  I'm still getting used to the interface and options available so I haven't really formed any sort of opinion on the game yet.  There's already some stuff I like, some stuff I'm lukewarm on, and some stuff I think could be better.

Here are my random initial impressions.

Graphics are nice.  The main screen is accessible and clean so far.  I can see that it might get cluttered if you have a tonne of ships in a system and zoom out to the max.

I wish there were more playable races available.  I'd also like to see more customization for your leader avatar.  It's weird that if you play as the humans, you can pick from a large number of non-human avatars but you're limited to just one human (black chick for one faction, white chick for the other).

I'd like the option to use the mouse wheel to scroll out from a star system to the galaxy map instead of having to use a separate button.  I suspect that'll be an easy mod and arrive soon.


I haven't had a chance to delve too deeply into the politics/diplomacy section of the game but just glancing over the various government/ideology tabs looks very cool.  Lots of possibilities in there.  I hope they're reflected in gameplay.