Stellaris Impressions
Stellaris is a 4x space game from Paradox. I've often picked up 4x games only to set them down after an hour or two out of frustration. It's a genre I've always found interesting in the abstract but I have trouble finding a game that nails the execution. So I was a little surprised that my first play session of Stellaris lasted four hours. I was learning a lot and made some mistakes but overall it was great! I came back to that same playthrough another night and played for another few hours before stalling out in the mid-game as all the alien cultures' borders filled in. I immediately jumped over to a new game with slightly tweaked settings (for fun and variety) and proceeded to spend another six hours of so in that game. And this time I made my own alien race! That part was super fun. The second round was much better since I could apply everything I learned the first time... but again I found myself stall out in the mid-game without muc...