QuoteI rather like their building system, with the mothership essentially being a massive 3D printer. It’s a clever building system, as the mothership opens up and buildings rise out of the golden liquid.

Reminds me of Battlezone II's construction system. :) This definitely sounds pretty interesting. Is there a campaign you play through for the story, or is it more just random maps? Or both?

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Oh, nice! I got this years ago back when it first came out and was just thinking of going back and playing it some more (since I don't think I ever finished the new campaign stuff they added later). This looks like just the incentive to do so, plus now I can play with friends. :)

I'm sure they'll be able to get the multiplayer system more user friendly in the future now that they have it in place.

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How does it compare with Civilization: Beyond Earth? I was excited for that but somewhat disappointed with it. I like the 4X-on-an-alien-planet vibe though and this looks similar, so while it looks interesting I'd love to hear from people who've played both.

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Interesting. I've had a few non-Linux games on my wishlist for a while, which I go check whenever they go on sale; I think there was one earlier this year that actually had been ported to Linux since I added it without me being aware of the fact, though I can't remember what it was now (it might not have actually been on my wishlist and was just one I was interested in, though).

Quoting: WorMzyI only wishlist games that are on Linux, since my less-techy friends and family often buy me birthday/Christmas gifts from it (it's either that or socks!).

Your less-techy friends and relations use your Steam wishlist? Jeez. :'( Wish I had a single friend or family member who was techy enough to realize I have one, let alone buy my something from it. :(

(Ok, my little brothers might be, but as minors sans credit card… :))

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Quoting: Asufinally a valve game...

Well, not quite; Valve's not involved with it as far as we know so far, they've just let ClockStone Software license the Portal IP.

I haven't really been interested in the bridge constructor games before (at least, not interested enough to actually get any, I've watched a video or two) but this looks pretty fun.

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You left out one highly significant change to the war system: the new ability to have a "Status Quo" peace, where both empires gain whatever they're occupying at the moment, meaning it'll finally be possible for the first time in a Paradox grand strategy game to have wars where both sides gain and lose some territory which, frankly, sounds amazing. If this war system works out as well as it sounds like I really hope they take a long look at their other franchises to see if any of its principles could be adopted there as well. :)

(EU IV, for instance, despite being a period of many small-scale border wars and skirmishes, always turns into a series of all-or-nothing wars because the loser never gains anything from a war, so countries fight to the last man trying to keep from losing any war. A system where two countries fight and can both get something out of it—even if one is the clear victor—sounds really cool, preventing every war being a war to the death even if you only want to take a single one of the enemy's 50 provinces and are willing to give up one or two of your own in return.)

Back to Stellaris it sounds like the Cherryh update will significantly shake up gameplay, and while I can't say I'm 100% happy with the FTL changes I have faith in Paradox that they're doing what they're doing because they sincerely believe it'll make the game better and more fun, so I'm willing to give it a go with an open mind.

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Quoting: Mountain Man"The vast majority of my time has so far been wondering around, hunting small animals and foraging."

So just like a real cat.

Shouldn't there be a lot of napping and grooming in there too? ;)

(I know, we're talking about non-domesticated cats here.)

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Quoting: robobenkleinIndeed, WASD controls motion relative to the camera direction controlled by the mouse.

Thanks!

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How do you adjust the camera with keyboard + mouse? Is it movement with WASD and camera with the mouse?

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I, on the other hand, put my PC to sleep when I'm not using it like a proper environmentally-conscious individual. :P

And, uh, to save on electricity costs as a starving student.

(And yes, I know it's still technically drawing current while asleep, but to such a tiny extent it's hardly worth mentioning. If only hibernate wasn't so hit-and-miss on Debian…)

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