Comment on Paradox date Stellaris 4.0, a "phoenix update" to attract new players and improve performance

lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Stellaris is far from an early access title, it’s also probably their best managed game.

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  • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I know Stellaris isn’t an early access title. And it shows the same problems as EU4: Paradox is so invested on milking players through a predatory DLC policy that the game becomes a sloppy mess of feature creep, without any sort of consistent design behind the new features. Just like EA loves doing, except with a niche genre.

    it’s also probably their best managed game.

    Given how poorly managed the other games are, might as well say “so far the poor management is a bit more bearable”.

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  • TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure they mean The Company Formerly Known As Electronic Arts.

    Because Paradox have a track record of buying studios and monetising their games in a similar way that EA monetised Maxis’s The Sims.

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    • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure they mean The Company Formerly Known As Electronic Arts.

      Exactly. (I should’ve used its full name, now I get where Madbrad200 got that “early access” thing.)

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