Distant Worlds 2

This is a good example of a simulation rather than a game. Fuel is required for travel, but the tankers and freighters are NPC ships that can't be attached to fleets; the user is only permitted to follow them around as an escort service. Ships are pre-designed by slots that only accept a specific type and size of component, with additional restrictions on max counts, with research serving mostly to dole out the developer's designs.

I honestly don't know why I addicted so much to this game, even since the first part. Yes, the UI is a clumsy mess, but beyond it lies a living, breathing galaxy full of struggle, plotting and planning, empires rising and falling in front of your eyes. Recommend 100%

Game is a great amount of fun. The options to let the AI take completely over vs you micromanaging everything is what sets it apart from all other games. You can truly tune the game to exactly how much you want to engage with it.

Some of the worst game design I've ever seen A single pirate base is stronger than your entire civilization, can hold off your entire attack waves, and then create a fleet 3x the size of any of yours. At the beginning of the game. I don't think the developers play their own game, and don't even get me started on the UI

I really don't understand why this game has so many positive reviews... It's supposed to let you automate the details, but the AI is awful. It suggests bad decisions (we're in the middle of a massive war - let's build 1 frigate ! Let's give ALL our money to a minor civilization so they'll like us a tiny little bit more !), bad decisions that it cannot even implement properly when you approve them (attack fleets go on suicide attacks; defense fleets don't really defend anything; etc.). Things are often hard to find: For example, many times, you get notified that you can buy information about a star system from another civilization, but there's no way to know where that star system is on the map (there's no button to see where it is...). Even the tiniest galaxy is huge, and you have to zoom out and zoom in all the time and very precisely to find hundreds of tiny things. Finding where combat is taking place is tedious because ships are very small compared to planets. The star system view looks good, but you quickly end up spending most of your time in the galaxy view, which doesn't. Overall, this game is extremely boring. Other space 4X games I've played are way more fun (Stellaris, Endless Space 2, Master of Orion).

I find myself standing once again on the bridge of my flagship, gazing across the infinite expanse of stars that stretch beyond my viewport. It’s a familiar place, one I've returned to countless times in countless galaxies. But this time, it feels different. The blurry nebulae and indistinct worlds of the original have sharpened, gaining clarity. It’s not stunningly beautiful, perhaps, but it finally matches the scale and ambition of the universe it holds. In Distant Worlds 2, the heart of the galaxy beats with a complexity that feels alive. Resources are not magically conjured; they must traverse the dark gulfs between stars to fuel your empire. Some are abundant, others frustratingly rare, igniting silent conflicts over remote systems worlds so precious they demand sacrifice and strategy in equal measure. The tech tree itself is a wonder, a luminous orb spinning gently, revealing technologies with names that veer delightfully into the absurd. You’ll find yourself amused by their eccentricity, yet compelled by their utility. Each technology feels like a step into unknown territory, a gamble on a brighter future for your scattered colonies. Yet, as my domain swells beyond its first hundred planets, something heavy settles upon my empire. Time slows, the machine beneath groans under the weight of ambition, and the smooth dance of fleets and freighters becomes labored. My system, despite its robust cores and ample memory, feels the strain, longing for optimization from its creators. It's not an insurmountable hurdle, but a persistent reminder of mortal limitations within my digital universe. The early runs taught harsh lessons missteps that required fresh beginnings, false starts that turned into genuine mastery. But soon enough, I found comfort within complexity, adjusting difficulty sliders until the universe matched exactly the challenge I desired. No two galaxies felt alike, each unfolding in unique patterns of diplomacy, resource scarcity, and silent warfare. To those considering stepping onto the bridge of their own starship: at least the first DLC is worthwhile, enriching your exploration. The others can wait until curiosity or completion demands more. To the developers, I send encouragement: Keep refining, optimizing, and nurturing this grand creation. It is already impressive, yet its full potential still awaits discovery. Distant Worlds 2 has not only earned its place in my expansive collection. It has reminded me why I keep exploring these distant, digital galaxies. It captures the quiet grandeur and persistent struggles of running an empire across the endless dark, where victories are measured not by immediate glory but by patient, strategic perseverance.

Distant Worlds 2 isn't a game, it’s a performance art piece about the futility of control like a Franz Kafka in space. It’s a metaphor for bureaucratic hell, rendered in stars and broken tool tips.

不推荐，都2024年了，你应该不会喜欢玩一半就突然闪退的游戏了，更别提中后期的卡顿。（14600kf，32GB都扛不住） 依旧依托，制作组好像不知道自己在干什么？