Distant Worlds 2

The best and most fun space 4X strategy i played so far

Amazing 4x. Unique. Universe simulator!

Better than the first game but still horrible

I like the automation, the moderate complexity and mechanics, but the UI is a hot mess. The advisor boxes for the semi-automated reactions especially for war fleets quite simply don't have enough information on Who-Where-What. The game has options for AI handling some or many aspects of the empire, which can be set up to ask for confirmation beforehand. This is an awkward system, because extremely important decisions can just fly by, exacerbated by the lack of relevant popup box information. At least highlight the fleet in question and the target... It is equally frustrating that the map is highly cluttered, and e.g. enemy invasion fleets may sneak in colony captures just for the defenders being on a lunch break chasing rickety pirates, because the player misclicked, or simply being distracted by something else. Fleets tend to move comparatively very slowly, as the empire grows, which means bad moves cost the player potentially dearly. It's less player mistakes, and more UI and map clutter issues. There's so much going on...! Also, I never figured out the private/state funding for ships and buildings. Where that money comes from, what are the effects of funneling this or that much credits from fleet maintenance to wallet. I'm also annoyed by the fleet organization mechanics. It's just a lot of clicking and obscure systems just to create a quick battlegroup to respond to a sudden, major threat. Just select fleets, move ships, combine and send. Creating fleet templates is a convoluted mess, as well. It's like there are rules and optimization routes, but the player has to guess. What's up with the UI and map? It's a totally cool game otherwise, and I'm considering buying the DLC. This is competition to Stellaris, but in a proto-stage.

This game is Bascially Stellaris with automaion. However, after some time you feel like you are just sitting back and approving everything. Just like it would be in real life. You dont get as much control as you get in stellaris. Also you can't really play a single speices empire. You are forced to expand and take over other planets that have other speices on it. Again, not bad. You can control how much you micromanage.

Very good, slower paced, more detailed alternative to Stellaris

i just didnt like it i guess, its kinda cool but i guess i cant seem to understand how borders work in this game,

Initially this game started off incredibly rough. As time went on the devs released tons and tons of fixes and quality of life improvements. Now they continue to push out more content,fixes, and improvements to the base game races. and as of 2025 they will finally be bringing back playable pirates and i cannot wait for more :)) thank you erik and elliot!!!!