Distant Worlds 2

This game has some really cool features, like an AI that helps you micromanage everything. What's great is that you can choose what you want to manage and what you prefer to focus on, which is really helpful because the game is so immersive. At times, it can get a bit overwhelming, especially when you're managing a large empire. What I really love about this game isn't just its unique concept, but also the battles. When a war breaks out, there are tons of battles happening all at once. Not many space strategy games offer an experience like this. You can recreate battles reminiscent of Star Wars, Star Trek, Mass Effect, and many more. I remember wiping out an entire species that fired lasers resembling the Reapers from Mass Effect at Sol. And when I encountered the Hive, it reminded me of the Tyranid faction from Warhammer with their purpose of consuming everything in their path. As for my AI policy settings, I turned off auto-war with factions. Sometimes, I design my own ships to maximize their usage. For the best experience, I create several fleets and manually control a few key ones. You can even create massive fleets with unlimited capacity, but the downside is that your GPU may slow down, and it could cause your empire to go bankrupt! What I really need to highlight to the developers is that it would be great to see each race's ship designs in the startup menu or to allow slight modifications to the original designs. Another suggestion would be to enhance race customization. The storyline is good, but it could use a little more depth. For example, when the Shakturi arrive, adding a more cinematic vibe would be cool. Also, what if failing to defeat them had consequences? And if we do beat them, we could earn something unique as a reward. Introducing another crisis or endgame challenge after the Shakturi would help keep the story flowing and add even more excitement.

Patches have improved the game and its one of the most detailed space empire sims you could hope for. I still wouldn't recommend, Its just too much going on you cant keep track of, half the time i have no idea wtf is happening. I want to play a game not get a PHD to understand the systems here. The UI is pretty terrible also.

I'm way too dumb to play this game.

gud

Ok, 30 minutes "intro" read into mostly automated progress with useless menus and a lack of manual control, confusing instead of being interested with this kind of game start to dive further

Vanilla is better than Stellaris in every way, as a simulation just wish modding it was as feasible as Stellaris :( where's my power fantasy furries

Extremely early impressions, just comparing to the little I played of DW:U: - The interface of DW2 is absurdly better. Some stuff requires more clicks than it probably should, but at least it's very easy to find everything, and it's generally pretty informative. - The economy seems to make more sense than DW:U - at least I don't feel like the private sector is just throwing their money at my feet for no reason to the same extent (though they still do it to a degree), and the distribution of resources seems more interesting in general. - The options for a slower paced game like the type I tend to enjoy seem to work better here so far. All in all, I was never a big fan of DW:U, but DW2 improves a lot upon it. The problem, for me, is that I never feel like there's real actual decision to be made. You'll explore everything you can explore, you'll colonize every planet that can be colonized, you'll build mining bases everywhere that can be mined. I don't get a sense that I'm juggling decisions between this or that.