Stellaris: Console Edition Review – Hyperspace Jump (PS4)

Stellaris, a 4X/grand strategy game set in space, hit the shelves at a sweet spot in between Endless Space releases. Meeting a surprisingly starved market, Stellaris rapidly gained a huge player base, relatively speaking. Years later, it’s attempting to do the ill-advised, if not impossible—port to consoles a real-time-strategy game originally made for PC.

Given that this is a new audience, this review will…

  • Addicting
  • Refreshing 4X mechanics
  • AI better than original version
  • Some controller mechanics are inspired
  • Feels dated
  • Controller is too complicated
  • No DLC

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