While I personally loved the recent Apocalypse DLC, many people complained about it being too focused on warfare and not much else. Since these particular Marauders relied so heavily on shields for their ship’s defenses I obliterated their main fleet and sent them packing. But I lured them close to a type of star which zapped all ship’s shields within its solar system.

These enemies were so powerful that they backed my forces up to my homeworld.

That day came sooner than expected when some of the new Marauder enemies began invading my stellar civilization’s borders. Since the magnificent 2.0 update, I’ve had some of the most interesting multiplayer (and AI) battles I’ve taken part in a long, long time.įor instance, in my last game, I was playing as a surly band of “don’t tread on me” type aliens who were mainly pacifistic but would roll out when they were pushed to. With the last updates, which introduced hyperspace-only modes of travel and many more offensive and defensive options for your solar empire, Stellaris has become much more of a true strategy experience. The latter almost seems sophomore-ish now compared to how epic Stellaris has become. With all of the post-launch content that its developers, Paradox Interactive, has released it has totally eclipsed (pun intended) Endless Space 2 and most assuredly Galactic Civilizations 3. I’ll just say right off the bat that Stellaris has been my favorite space strategy game for some time now.

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