Stellaris All Cinematic Trailers Reaction

[@19Mirat]

Stellaris is one of these games that are very complex but super captivating! And omg the game soundtrack .. I could listen hours to that! Thanks for you great video!!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Glad you enjoyed the video and complex but captivating is a great way to describe what we saw 🤩

[@cyfertea8707]

I wouldn't really say it's complex. It's actually very simple and easy to learn, but actually mastering it is a whole different idea. Like I've been playing this game for years and every playthrough I discover new features I never knew before. I love how it's not really overly complex like other 4x but gives an equal amount of challenges and roleplay.

[@VulpesChama]

Stellaris, you either play one game as xenophile democracy or spend a thousand games purging the galaxy of every single xeno you can find. For the Emperor.

[@bengunn9670]

For the CPU and FPS. Burn them all.

[@Spartan135]

i play as a criminal syndicate and sit back watching the npc empires do sht while my empire builds hidden facilites under the nose of my allies.

[@Myuutsuu85]

Jokes on you. I allways play the xenophile empire.

[@the_fenix_3247]

Xenophile megacorp syphoning money out of the other empires

[@DzinkyDzink]

There is an explanation to this you know... The universe is finite, the computing powers are finite. If Xenos are left out of check they will claim and consume everything. And then they will bring on the Great Lag. Oh we have to destroy them...

[@Tazkar]

Stellaris is basically an RP sandbox for making your own stories. You start off each game as a precreated empire or one you've created yourself. And then you play through it basically making up stories in your head about your race's trials and tribulations and their interactions with other races of the galaxy. Some people play just to beat the game, while others basically try to roleplay the Empire they've created. Which is why each cinematic is more an overview of the concept of the expansion coming out.(Though later on they did establish a bit of a loose story going on between them). Like Utopia, the Humans idea of Utopia was ensuring nothing could hurt them, controlling everything so they could have peace. While the Three Aliens established a Federation and sought diplomatic means to bring everyone together. Fortunately in the Apocalypse Trailer the planet that was blown up was a colony of the UNE but not Earth itself. Still bad for the planet but at least Earth is still there. There is a follow up trailer where you see the Confederacy of Man(A long lost human expedition turned to new civilization and a bit Xenophobic) Basically declares war against the race that blew up that colony and unleashes their own Planet Killers in retaliation.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for giving us a quick rundown of Stellaris and how the cinematics we saw incorporated the concepts 🙂

[@exudeku]

You mean the Emperor in Overlord DLC is from the CoM and just said "fuck it, same human, same struggle'

[@DSiren]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yeah, none of those were gameplay trailers but rather trailers for the concepts which the game now incorporates. In megacorp they added in the megacorp government type and city-planets called ecumenopolis.

[@kvjbreaker7054]

Stellaris actually helped finalize some aspects of my science fantasy novel trilogy I am writing. It enabled me to be able to roleplay as my civilizations and actually lend a grasp as to how threes empires would work and function in a galactic setting. I have 15 space faring civilizations that make up my galaxy in my universe, each with their own governments, economies, politics, traditions and cultures, militaries, technologies, and religions where applicable. As an avid lover of space and all things sci-fi, I can’t wait to be able to publish my first book and take my readers on a journey through political intrigue, conflict, the fight for freedom of sapient life, the mystery of the creator gods and the fallen lord, and a story of honor, sacrifice, love, and valor.

[@MontuPlays]

8:27 Gets me every time

[@darkflex91]

Omg I found a wild Montu!

[@LAVINIUS]

The lord is here

[@yesiamman6423]

it gives me good shivers

[@Sephiroth144]

I mean, except for the Star Shanty, that's the one I made sure to download. "I solemnly swear to devote my life and ability in the defense of the United Nations of Earth, to defend the constitution of man, and to further the universal rights of all sentient life, from the depths of the Pacific, to the edge of the galaxy, for as long as I shall live."

[@pikadragon2783]

@@Sephiroth144 ... as long as I shall live. *dies*. welp.

[@Robert-cl2ft]

The robot that was looking into the mirror had gained sentience

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Ah, okay 👍 😯

[@Atrectos]

The last Apocalypse trailer where the human fleet goes against the aliens is easily the best Stellaris trailer they have done. I always choke up when watching it. Watching a mother say her last farewells to her child -> into the human fleet fighting insurmountable odds with their pledge of allegiance playing in the background, just to end with us watching the human colony of Alpha Centauri be completely destroyed. And the feeling you get watching that, because most people assume the planet is Earth which honestly makes it even more impactful. You kinda get the sense of dread with how pathetic we are technologically compared to alien threats that we create in Sci-fi. We don't know what is out there, but just the miniscule chance of a giant space empire with a giant space laser, being able to destroy Earth in just a few seconds is terrifying.

[@13g0man]

What if you gambled with your life - and lost?

[@Sephiroth144]

Pretty sure the colony was Europa 7

[@IchigoKurosakitheSalvation]

Ooh, Stellaris. Wasn't expecting this but I'm glad to see ya'll covering it. It's a very intriguing game and these trailers was fun to see. And the soundtrack is incredible. This would be excellent to see you two livestream

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

The soundtrack for this game has been getting a lot of love 😀

[@Noctazar]

As an OG Stellaris fan, this was unexpected, but greatly appreciated!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤗 we like to throw in a few surprises here and there

[@divisiondude2011]

Should check out the release trailers, they give a lot more information that might help understand how the game work

[@therealsirchewy]

I have been in love with Stellaris recently and now you're reacting to the game's trailers! It must be a sign

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

It is indeed a sign 😜 glad you’ve been enjoying the game 🙂

[@justinrodriguez3916]

same actually

[@CosmoTheCosmicCat]

Wow I wasn’t expecting you to react to Stellaris! This game is one of my favorites due to all the stories you can tell with it. My friends and I use it as a medium for role play actually, creating empires and lore and building a universe from that with the game as a medium

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s a cool idea to use it as roleplay with friends. Kind of like a video board game or dnd game 😀

[@CReaper210]

If you guys would ever do a series, it would be cool to see some reactions to the Stellaris Invicta series by The Templin Institute. They turned their Stellaris game into a narrative-focused 10-part series. It's very high quality.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We’ve seen some stuff from Templin Institute before. Thanks for the recommendation 😀

[@warangelthelight2077]

Gtu is GREAT!

[@Marcharound]

I second this.

[@KeytarArgonian]

I do a similar thing but in text. It’s super roleplaying nerdy but I have so much fun documenting the histories of my empires, even down to individual leaders and their accomplishments, all dated. It’s just a way I like to chill.

[@Scientist118]

It's great to see you react to Stellaris. Each trailer is interconnected with each other in subtle ways if you can catch it.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We missed a lot of the connections having just checked it out, but can see the level of care and detail they put into each 🙂🤩

[@fedakyn1583]

There are a few trailers set to original music for stellaris. Some of my favorites. A couple of my favorites are the Aquatics release trailer and the Toxic gods release trailer. Both shorter but definitely fun to watch

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for the recommendation on some good Stellaris videos to check out 🙂

[@LilyKittyCatto]

i really did not expect to see stellaris on ur channel! this game is one of my most played and it has a special place in my heart

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😊🤗 it’s a game we’ve been meaning to check out for sometime now and glad we finally got around to it 🤩

[@rattles2326]

In Stellaris, you play a massive space civilization that can span dozens of worlds, and every aspect of your empire is yours to shape. Your economy, your ethics, your role in the galactic collective. Much of Stellaris is learning the history of the universe, the billions that came before and their achievements, ones you yourself can surpass. It's pure strategy and management, but it is none the less enthralling to play and experience.

[@Adanu191]

I typically play a more benevolent Imperium of Man type civilization where other races are welcomed, but not allowed into politics... at least until they've been uplifted enough to be on our level. With Overlord, and the Hegemony federations, I can also play benevolent dictatorships now too.

[@NoxvideoStudios]

"Here's a mirror" to a robot achieving sentience and self awareness :p

[@ASithLordd]

oh wow! didnt know you'd find your way to Stellaris!!! i've been playing that almost since it came out, this is why i love you guys. You keep finding all the games i play that i never would have thought you'd cover. Plus you guys are just awesome :)

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks so much for the kind words 🥰😊🤗 we like to branch out and check out new games. There are so many on our list and Stellaris has been recommended for awhile now

[@lolthelol]

Stellaris is a sandbox grand strategy game. Your galactic empire is yours to shape. Game play is between total war, and civilization series. You could be a hive mind that just wants to eat all life in the galaxy, You could be a mega church that wants to convert everyone peacefully to your religion, You could be a peaceful empire that want to help others, build federations and just research in peace, You could be an empire that want to kill or enslave all other life, You could be robotic empire that just got free of their organic masters, (that mirror represents when robot got self-aware) You could be a democratic collective that wants to impose you own ideas on others, be it peaceful or using war. And many many more. Nearly all the cinematic trailers have a game play trailer that explains them little more and makes things clearer. You have basically watch the first parts of very trailer without getting to see the rest.

[@mindsout]

I love stellaris! Thanks for reacting to all these trailers

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Our pleasure 🥳😀🤗

[@drunkduck7160]

Just to add a bit context for Nemesis trailer the giant cube is able to destroy entire solar system and turn the star into a black hole, in Utopia trailer two sides fighting over remains of Dyson Sphere that if completed will harvest entire energy output of a star which is alot, in Apocalypse trailer you've seen a Colossus(Planet Killer weapon) it has many configurations such as: world cracker, neutron sweep(destroying all biological life forms on a planet), shileding(makes a force field around planet which can't be broken from within or out), for aquatics there is an option to drown the world to make it an ocean world. In a short Megacorp trailer you can see Ecumenopolis which is a one giant city planet like Corrusant from Star Wars. And in a last trailer purple fleet using a Quantum Catapult which is used to launch fleets through long distances but it lacks accuracy and the lonely ship in the end is a result of that inaccuracy :D

[@Adanu191]

One thing to note about Stellaris is that there is a sort of galactic history in each game, but it is, ultimately, a pure sandbox 4X game. It is what you make of it. It has no set narrative. It is Grand Strategy on a galactic-semi-universal scale. Each expansion pack is designed to expand or refine that concept. You play as one of many galactic scale civilizations, and your goal? Your goal is what you make of it. There are /many/ victory conditions that you can set yourself... or you can just sit back and watch the galaxy do it's own thing while you're on the sidelines. The choice of what the game is... is quite literally, yours.

[@ZakhadWOW]

That MEGACORP commercial was STRAIGHT out of "Starship Troopers" for sure! I couldnt stop laughing at it!

[@Lostbymydreams]

If you want a scifi setting with more lore based stories if you havent seen it: Endless Space and Endless Legend both have some fantastic trailers! As always great reactions and content! Hope you both are doing well and look forward to more reactions!!

[@mackjrbell7828]

Hey guys. Love the matching colors of the shirts. You guys are epicly awesome. 👍

[@sovietpowersupereme6231]

The Shroud is empty. come join me in it.

[@aptspire]

It's missing the 3rd part of Nemesis where the Custodian removes the term limit of its powers, names itself the Galactic Empire and faces a rebellion. Also a more recent trailer for Toxoids focusing on Scavengers, and the other Aquatics trailer with a space sea shanty.

[@Julienq]

Hey guys I have watched you videos for 2 years you guys are the best. Keep it up

[@fuzzydragon]

So Stellaris is pretty huge, you sort of design your own space society as good or hanously evil as you desire and guide it through it's hystory First space travel first contact, exploring the history of species that came before and ultimately facing a galaxy wide threat.....or in some cases becoming the threat.

[@bengunn9670]

The Apocalypse cinematic had a second part. For some reason it was not included in here.

[@adrianvulpes9509]

Developers: makes Stellaris: Megacorp Also Developers: blocks access to it behind a dlc paywall along with hundreds of dollars worth of other dlcs and their features’ paywalls, plus base game cost.

[@yaelz6043]

The dev has always been full of it.

[@mateusferraridemelo4863]

The brighter the light, darker the shadow it's about when in game once you get a leading position in galactic community against some Crisis, you can try to get emergency powers and you can try to keep these powers after you dealt with the Crisis. It's basically the beacon of hope, turning a galactic republic into a galactic empire(not talking about movies sksks).... Thanks for reacting to it you're amazing

[@nahlannentrela5376]

It's like Civilizations but in Space

[@ryank5424]

Someting you might be interested in checking out is stellaris invicta from the templin institute. It's essentially a story told through videos on their youtube channel of a stellaris playthrough. The story was shaped by the institute and those of us who watched the streams. And if interested the streams can be found on the templin archives channel.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for the recommendation. We’ve had that recommended before but didn’t know quite what it was so appreciate the explanation 🙂

[@ryank5424]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I forgot to mention that the nations depicted in stellaris invicta are created by the templin institue as well. Fun Fact:The ones used are each the winner of their respective polls out of several options.

[@Caldera01]

Another post, but I feel like I need to explain about the gameplay. Stellaris has no fixed story. You create and shape the story yourself. - You start (usually) alone in a vast universe as an early space fairing civilization. Your species can be a mammalian humanoid, an intelligent avian bird, a neural fungal network, a rogue AI, or just about anything you can imagine and it is up to you to guide your people through the universe. - Your first encounter with a xeno (species outside of your home world) lifeform is very likely going to be one of the neutral species of the universe, such as the Tiyanki (A space fairing herd animal), or a primitive space amoeba (Massive space blob), or a primitive species living on a different planet, that you can later uplift to sentience, or a pre-space fairing civilization that you can observe for science, invade to take over their planet, or help them become space fairing themselves. - Your first encounter with another space fairing species can either be friendly, neutral or hostile depending on the policies you and the other civilization has set for first contact. If you're open and peaceful, but they are hostile, you are very likely to have your people get kidnapped and disected by them for study, but if both are peaceful, this will give a relationship bonus for both going forward. - After a while when enough civilizations have discovered each other, some of them will form a Galactic Federation that you can either be a part of in forming it, or be invited into. Staying out is of course an option, but you really need to know what you're doing. You can try to become essentially Emperor Palpatine and unite the federation through authoritarian military power, or you can become a Galactic Defender against threats to the Galaxy, or you can even become a Crisis. - Crisis is the end game; what it is depends on your game settings and what has happened until now. There are multiple forms of what the Crisis can be, but if you choose the become the Crisis yourself, then one option you have is resetting the reality itself. Down this path, forces from other dimensions even will come to try and stop you from doing this and you win if you manage to destroy everything through this method, including yourself. I would say that only the middle part of the story is always the same. How it begins and how it ends is left up to you. On the meanwhile you need to juggle diplomacy, war, economics, trade, industry, expansion and espionage until you can realize what you were hoping to achieve. There is no singular goal. Well, that's not entirely true. There are multiple ascension paths you can follow. From becoming cybernetic AI consciousness to unlocking Psychic Powers and multiple others that provide a huge boon for your civilization, but these are not your ultimate goals. Only ways to improve your species and civilization. And yes, you don't have to be an authoritarian dictator. You absolutely can also be a democratic pacifist and have your civilization become a mixture (Even inter-species) of all the other civilizations, or a single minded hive consciousness, or an AI gestalt society. Like I said, the story is up to you to make.

[@o-mangaming5042]

There are two Crisis stages. There's a mid-game crisis too. The middle of the game definitely isn't always the same.

[@smokinggnu6584]

Awww, you missed the Aquatics Space Shanty one! That's my favourite one!

[@captainfunktastic2255]

Fucking finally! Ive been waiting for this forever! I have 5000 hours in this game and a tattoo to match! To answer some questions. Stellaris, as a game is free form space politics simulator, also known as a 4X - Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate. You create a race of people. Determine how they interact and govern themselves and their neighbors. Create ships, craft planets, make allegiances, have centuries long wars. There is not central story or plot, and barely even a tutorial. The game starts are your left with nothing but your wits and will to figure it all out. A single game can last week's and only ends under one of two circumstances. You either unite the Galaxy or end it.

[@Pebbles-vs5bo]

Ah stelaris, so many inside jokes came from this game between me and my friends.

[@Ricatwolf]

U.U Stellaris one of my favorite games i never saw a reaction to it xD

[@orderofthenightwalkers4174]

Essentially you start in a single system, develop technology and expand. So like real time strategy game (RTS). You can play online with other people or with AI. Your main troops are the ships. You can invade planets during wars, can assimilate loyal factions into your empire, etc. There's a lot to manage and is overwhelming at first. Pretty fun regardless. It is also the game that makes my laptop hot enough that I'd get genuinely concerned something will catch fire. The game that often ends not by someone winning, but because there's so many ships by the endgame it just crashes.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

The destruction of Alpha Centaurii which we assume at first to be earth, always breaks my heart, and makes me even more xenophobic in Stellaris.

[@yaelz6043]

The utopia one was two seperate and morally opposite empires gearing up to fight over a Dyson sphere to use it's power output to create their version of a utopia. Synthetic dawn had three guys from the previous trailer being used as batteries by robots a la matrix. Apocalypse had two planets exploding, the first being mistaken for a sun. Neither was earth.

[@co-bruh1423]

Should definitely play it. And check out the non-cinematic trailers, cuz you missed the Plantoids, Lithoids, and Humanoids trailers. They added a bunch of different portraits, ships, and what not. And Synthetic Dawn and Apocalypse have more trailers that explains what they’re about.

[@galacticbunny1205]

i really wanted a high quality reaction to stellaris and im glad it now exists thanks

[@thescottsman1996]

you should check out the Templin Institute's "Stellaris Invicta" they used a playthrough of stellaris to tell an epic story

[@Darlf_Sevil]

fun fact that big thing on last trailer It's a quantum catapult, it can only be built over a neutron star, it allows you to launch any number of ships over huge distances bypassing hyperlines. But the farther you throw the ships, the greater the chance that they will hit near the target system and not at the target. that one small ship at the end was unlucky because it ended up in a different place than the rest of the fleet :p

[@dragonboy131308]

I've been waiting for so long for this!!!

[@jebediahkerman3610]

Well stellaris is a Grand strategy Game in which everything happens in real time (In multiplayer you don't take turns and instead everything happens synchronized) you can create an empire and play with it in a galaxy against AI or other players. Basically you can either purge and enslave the whole galaxy or be nice and grow while creating strong federations and stuff

[@chadwarden593]

So the game is a logistics simulator, incase you are wondering...

[@alexandrugeorgianstan2919]

Thanks for reacting to Stellaris . You should check out Bendy and the ink machine and Bendy and the dark revival trailers

[@HunchbackStudios]

Sci-fi games are our favorite! Thanks for recommending this one, beyond any doubt we are gonna add it to our shopping list

[@Caldera01]

Ooooo, Stellaris!! Paradox Interactive game that focuses heavily on grand strategies, mostly historical, but a couple fictitious games as well. What I love about Stellaris the most is how it references so many different sci-fi series in various ways from possible races to small events and anomalies you can encounter. A fair warning for anyone that hasn't played Paradox games before: They are EXPENSIVE!! The base game is usually like 20, or 30 USD/Euro, but that only gives you the base game. They do update the base game and give some features for free, but they have a tendency to release a lot of DLC's for the same price as the base game. For example, if you want to buy Europa Universalis IV with all DLC, you'd be shelling out over 300 USD. Granted, since these are grand strategy games, the price / hour played does have a tendency to even out if you like these kinds of games as it is not uncommon to see people play these games for hundreds of hours as a single campaign takes a long time and these games have an insane replayability. They do publish other studios games, such as City Skylines (Which is the current city building sim king in my opinion) is published through the Swedish company, the dev team is actually a separate Finnish company. In my personal collection I have: Crusader Kings 2 & 3 Hearts of Iron 4 Stellaris City Skylines with practically all DLC, so I've emptied my wallet quite a bit for these guys, but I need that grand strategy crack to live. LOL

[@avsbes98]

9:12 Don't be afraid, the Launch Trailer confirmed that it was "Colony Europa 7"

[@dexde51a]

What a great game. Stellaris is a strategy game in which you make your own story. There are still some trailers left without seeing, hopefully one day they will see it complete.

[@Meinalptraum]

got into stellaris by watching Greater Terran Union | Stellaris Invicta Season from The Templin Institute, have now over 300 hours played myself...

[@GirlofCulture]

Stellaris is a beautiful game that gave me the feeling.. i felt.. when i was playing Mass Effect for the first time. A whole Galaxy full of different races with their own motivation, relition, technology, emotions.. against the forces of progression. Because progression leads to destruction.

[@muldoone6920]

Hey i love this game! Been playing it tons recently, I am usually an Empire, sole ruler with goal to reach immortality so that i can watch over my people eternally. I tend to evolve from flesh to machine, becoming something greater than either. PS!! that was no space mirror, those were two robots, in love, holding hands.

[@myne5689]

Utopia "Path to Ascension" is one of my favorite video game trailers of all time. Btw, could you please react to Nahida's character teaser, demo, and collected miscellany? She is a new character in Genshin Impact and is the Archon/God of Wisdom.

[@dlpheonix]

Endless space 2 is another strategy game that has faction trailers. Its neat to check out to see the style differences between companies.

[@armelliumthefulgent.6053]

5:50 You can exploit Aliens liie this in the game. You can use the chemical process that sustains the aliens to fuel your reactors. The process leads to fatality. They are finally attaining a more efficient form!

[@alannorris3819]

I loved the nemesis dlc. It's unique in the genre because it let's the player become the endgame crisis.

[@IgnarXela]

The thing with the robot and the mirror, was that at that point the robot had become self aware. Much in the same way how a human child realizes that that person in the mirror is them

[@CashrenSins]

Okay, this video is such a surprise. lol! I love this game. I'm just shocked that you guys even found out about it. xD

[@idnyftw]

love Stellaris, and how it's practically a "make your own sci-fi universe" kind of game... at the start of the game instead of the usual easy-medium-hard selection prompt, it gives you this large options panel that lets you a whole range of choices from how you want your race to look and "feel" like, to even what kind of eventual existential threat you want your universe to come to grips to in the end for that extra spicy challenge, you could always toggle all kinds of universe-ending existential crises at the same time to witness how chaotic it can be :P

[@officechairpotato]

I had a game of Stellaris where I was playing as a Servitor. (An AI that puts organic lifeforms into a society it manages, where they don't do anything except live utopian lifestyles). As luck would have it, a determined exterminator empire was also in the galaxy. (An AI that wants to kill all organic lifeforms). I got overconfident in our cold war and wars with eachother over seizing organic territories, and eventually an all out war between us left us both weakened. The organics swept in and pushed us back. Stellaris makes great stories... it's just you aren't always the protagonist.

[@bitemyshinymetalass7393]

the mirror is important, it's a synth, recognizing itself. like us and some other animals that has a sense of self.

[@bitesizedhero8030]

If you like space stories, i suggest watching the stories of Stellaris Invicta. It's basically playthroughs of Stellaris, narrated with cool visuals and music.

[@nightcoreadmire4639]

you make a race with different traits and what kind of system, that rules your people.... there's so much to it, it's hard to explain it all, but you steer your people into an unknown galaxy, where you need to fight, research, expand, build, spy and be diplomatic in order to survive..... you can choose how you wanna start, but you decide where it all will lead..... to Downfall or Glory..... together or alone... save the galaxy or become the crisis that will end it all

[@lulzimi]

The scene at 16:57 is the United Nations of Earth destroying the capital planet of the race that destroyed one of their colonies (The planet that was blown up in the apocalypse trailer wasn't earth, but a colony).

[@MrMeddyman]

All of these trailers are for DLCs and expansions (except the first), part of Paradox Entertainment's business strategy is to get the base game in you hands for next to nothing and then develop DLC for 10+ years so the final product is unrecognizable from what it initially was, enticinbg people to buy piecemeal, If you go on Steam right now and try to purchase the complete edition for either CK2 or EU4 it could run you like 400-500 bucks. These games have no win condition so the additional value comes from novelty and the story you create as you build your empire which will inevitably fall in time. Leviathan adds giant space monsters which help or hinder your empire, Synthetic Dawn is about cyborgs the ability to enslave organics as machines or vice-versa or integrate synthetic parts into your race to the point they are indistinguishable from machines, Apocalypse is about the ability to destroy, giant star imploding lasers, weaponizing meteors to destroy planets etc. Nemesis allows you to become the endgame crisis that every other civilization must respond to after a certain turn limit or be annihilated OR become the Custodian, a figure granted abusive power entrusted with organizing the other empires against the threat. MegaCorp allows you to play as a cutthroat mega corporation engage in slave trade, fix markets, build mega cities that cover the surface of whole planets and generally do economy stuff. Overlord is about vassalization, mutually beneficial or otherwise and should you become vassalized by the AI, rebellion. Federations is about teamplay, diplomacy etc establishing a sort of EU/NATO situation from likeminded civs whether a Trade League, Martial Alliance, or a Hegemony and voting on issues that all within must abide by

[@knightspearhead5718]

Stellaris is a grand strategy game. Paradox produces amazing strategy games from the middle ages to the space age.

[@SolProxy]

It depends, mostly they're very barebones and meh at release but get better after you buy 200$ worth of expansions and download mods.

[@kurozumi9834]

@@SolProxy Yeah stellaris is hella expansive....Until you wait like a month and three different websites sell all the dlcs for like 40 dollars which is the price of a destint expansion but with actual content in them. The normal prices are too high though. But with how good stellaris is, it can be somewhat accepted. Dunno how anyone can play the other games. They look like interactive maps rather than actual games.

[@knightspearhead5718]

@@SolProxy Paradox is different from traditional gaming companies. They update there games through DLC and they let modders easily expand further from the things theyve added

[@SolProxy]

@@knightspearhead5718 That's not really all that non-traditional. I know Paradox needs to make money with the DLC but they chop them up like with Crusader Kings 2 and how buying an expansion doesn't even give you new unit sprites, overprice them and they sometimes actively hurt the game with poor design. You have to spend a ton of money to get some basic additions.

[@knightspearhead5718]

@@SolProxy Theyve changed there marketing strategy in recent months adapt to season passes CK3 and Stellaris being excellent examples. EUIV and CK2 used sprites as sort of like micro-transactions like most normal gaming companies do.

[@mercurioslevin1877]

you know your in trouble when your first meet the Cravers as one of their "first contact" diplomatic messages can be "I wonder what you sound like when you scream?" XD

[@Tomha]

Nemesis was my favorite. In Stellaris there's Galaxy Rending Terrors as the end game conflict/boss fight called The Crisis. Multiple Crisis' can occur. In Nemesis: you can become the Crisis, the final boss the entire galaxy needs to destroy before you can finish your doomsday device. If you win, you eradicate the entire galaxy and ascend to godhood, OR you can take the hero role and become the Custodian, someone who protects the galaxy against the Crisis. They also had a feature where as the Custodian, you can force the federation to become an empire like Palpatine. Honestly the game is harder to play compared to most I played, but it's still pretty cool.

[@LuceroGaming]

Stellaris is also on console and i love every second of playing this game hundreds if not thousands of ways to build your own empire to rule the galaxy and it get more updated every year definitely a game worth playing

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

3,000 hours in Stellaris and it still never fails to amuse me how the trailers look vs actually playing Spreadsheets in Space. Insert Spongebob "IMAGINATION" gif here.

[@mrfisher1072]

It's essentially a grand strategy sandbox game that spans across a galaxy you can pick from premade nations or make your own custom nation (if you go the custom route it has a fair bit of depth from origin of your species to what kind of government do they have and what their culture is like) once you pick who you want to play as you can then set up the sandbox then hit start and then you're dumped into the game with a single planet and from there do what ever you like really finding mysteries of the galaxy while exploring, archeology, warfare, find lesser developed species that can range from being in the stone age all the way to the atomic, create unions and be all star trek federation or go full on star wars and make the empire and so much more it's a fun title that takes a bit to really grasp the game but it's a fun imo sadly very pricy though due to paradoxs business model.

[@scottdesemberer8751]

Stellaris is one of the games I prefer to call Roll play strategy )

[@generalx13]

Its basically a civilization builder game that starts with your home planet first developing FTL and steadily expanding and advancing. There isn't a set tech tree (or you could say there are several). It gets pretty deep into tech development and politics and resource management. Quite a bit of the game is randomized, so each new game will be completely different, and even the technologies you can research are different as it basically gives you 3 to 5 options on what to research next and shuffles the deck each time. It is not a quick game, when it first cam out I would spend literally 12 straight hours playing on weekends and I never even reached a solid end. It has changed pretty heavily with various updates over the years (not always for the best in my opinion), but it is easily one of the most artistically beautiful games I have ever played.

[@nickthomas9208]

Unexpected but very welcome to see you guys react to Stellaris! you should react to the Stellaris: Toxoids Species Pack | Announcement Trailer! It's got a banger song :D

[@Liam-xo5ec]

Yes! Finally Stellaris! You should react to the Stellaris aquatics sea shanty

[@Ruosteinenknight]

24:17 This is sort of in-game joke. The mercenaries in question used mega-structure called "Quantum catapult" that's built around a neutron star. It can shoot ships across great distances, but there's a catch: the further the distance gets between the catapult and the intended destination, more inaccurate it gets. Send in four fleets and they can end up in four different systems of the the intended destination.

[@azevol216]

Getting into Stellaris is a rabbit hole quite enjoyable (saying this before going into your vid

[@jome2284]

You guys missed out big time on the last trailer from Nemesis that wraps up (sort of) the story. Also if you want to react to a good RP playthrough of Stellaris, try Stellaris Invicta by the Templin Institute. It's long though, if I'm remembering right there are more than 20 something episodes that are 30-ish minutes long each.

[@itsCaptainEli]

Stellaris is basically civ in space, with if course a few of its own twists and mechanics.

[@paul-antonywhatshisface3954]

Love a bit of stellaris, it's a great time killer when you want something to do but are likely to be regularly interrupted.

[@13KX]

Didn't expect you would react to Stellaris ... Stellaris is one of the most complex games I ever played and play it still ... With all the expansions and species packs you can have so much story telling to do ... Utopia, as one of the most favourite expansions, bring mega structures to the game, as Dyson sphere you saw in trailer and bring a lot of resources in so it is very valuable ... Apocalypse bring o lot of fire power to everyone and Fallen Empires become even bigger threat thanks to that ... Distant stars and Ancient relics bring a lot of flavour to the game so they are beloved too to some of us ... By the way, you still miss some of them: Toxoid species that recently came out for the record ...

[@FanEAW]

Stellaris isnt specifically about anything specific, but rather the many possibilities of different lifeforms, stories, cultures and technologies. Stellaris is a 4x game, galactic empire management game with war, diplomacy and spying aspects as well as different stories you can encounter.

[@kristoffkvel6870]

I love the ticking clock in the federation trailers

[@Deuzen_FIN]

Stellaris is a fascinating strategy game with nearly endless possibilities for beautiful (or harrowing) player-created narratives. You begin by creating your own species with its unique physical traits, united under a government structure of your choice, following ethics you get to decide; each option granting you unique bonuses. Starting from a single solar system, you send out your ships to explore the galaxy, and to expand your borders - eventually running into other species and empires doing the same. After that, the choice to make is whether to extend your hand in friendship, to exploit them for your own gain... or to exterminate them off the face of the galaxy. And each expansion and update has added to or redesigned the tools with which you to engage with each layer of the game, making "expansive" almost an understatement at this point.

[@MilanOodiah]

The Endless Legend and Endless Space faction intros (not the focus videos) would be a good thing to react to if you liked this

[@GeneralBass]

So Stellaris, like most games from Paradox Interactice, is a Grand Strategy Game. You can play alone (with AI) or other players, and the story a campaign tells is never set in stone until you actually play. The games draw from a pool of possible events which you can influence through your decisions, creating an emergent story together with the pure strategy game aspect of it.

[@lavabeard5939]

I like how culturally curious these 2 are. It's not like they grew up playing video games (my assumption), but they take the time to see what is going on with iconic video games. Video games have been disrespected as "not an art" and so on since they've existed, and it's nice to see people who you'd expect to see at the Louvre or something checking out trailers from my favorite games.

[@mathewjohnson9917]

If you are curious to react to something that maybe gives you a bit more of what Stellaris is about while also being a great story and is something that is worth a reaction video. I do recommend Stellaris Invicta by the Templin Institute. It is a fan made project of a person's play through in stellaris where they allow their twitch community to participate in various portions of the playthrough. The story is actually quite good for a fan made thing.

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

So, we got Stellaris now. A good game indeed. Would you see all race intros from Endless Legend and/or Endless Space? They're all pretty great!

[@shade4108]

Stellaris is a real time galactic strategy and you can play as pretty much any anthropomorphic race including plant, fungis, insect, AI and golem races, you can also custom the race if you wanted to for example deciding life span, how fast they breed, how waste full they are, physical strength and weaknesses, there beliefs, there values and even there government (for example empire, republican, hivemind and more) you can also choose the planet you start on from a frozen snowy to scorching sandy worlds, a bone dry lands to completey waterlogged and finally you can choose what form your technology will look like, once your happy with your new species you can unleash them as you see fit, be an restless or peaceful, i admin its is very difficult to wage war against multiple races when under attack from all fronts, i actually turned against and crushed the federation i formed because they started a war and left me to clean it up and yet somehow i was the "bad guy" lol

[@shade4108]

There are a few references from other games too, for example "does this unit have a soul?"

[@camos117]

It basically like an rpg rts game of who can out smart or out play the the other.

[@artembentsionov]

The robot staring into the mirror is meant to indicate it becoming self-aware. AI becoming self-aware is a major part of the game

[@TheCockroach126]

the best villains in my view are always the ones that think they are the good guys. they always are great characters. handsome jack is one of my favorite of this trope

[@simsom4343]

Ah Stellaris, I've always been considering if I should get into it, I gotta say my favourite reactions were to the apocalypse ones haha Also, this makes me really want to see your reaction to all Endless Space 2 faction intros (For another dive into galaxy strategy game trailers)

[@vyst8132]

Did they do endless space 2 yet? Because that game has awesome cutscenes

[@zaneex4043]

Stellaris anniversary trailers, you have to check them out If you are looking for condensed idea of what the game is like you should also check out Stellaris Invicta by the Templin Institute The game has been active for about 6 years now constantly expanding to add new content and shake up existing mechanics, the game is always growing and I love it.