Thought I would make a discussion thread for the new game since I didn’t see one up. I haven’t picked it up yet, was planning on getting it this weekend. I’m curious what any Trekkies who’ve also played Stellaris think of it. Is it worth getting?
The only thing that has me frozen is Stellaris has so much, and Infinite has 4 factions to pick from. What is the bonus of buying this over just downloading the Star Trek mod for Stellaris? Other than that it looks great, I like the inclusion of popular Star Trek characters, it looks like a reskin of Stellaris which imo is not a bad thing. It looks interesting, but I would have preferred far more faction choices.
quark42@startrek.website 1 year ago
In my opinion the Stellaris mod Star Trek New Civilizations is much much better. It actually uses the current version of Stellaris as a base, you can play literally any species in Star Trek, and the mechanics are just great. The game starts in 2150, before the Federation is founded and you (or the AI) actually have to form it as one of the canon founding members, and you can also play as Klingons, Doninion or Borg, all with some unique mechanics. In comparison Star Trek Infinite is not worth it, considering there is a free mod for Stellaris that does almost everything better.
Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 year ago
I agree with this entire post. I love how you can recognize the episodes they made into anomalies.
culpritus@hexbear.net 1 year ago
freeware mods continue to be the cradle of game development innovation
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Mods let people bring art back into buisness. People can make what is actually good without having to worry abour making money doing, or paying someone else for the privilege.
Id bet the limited features in this official stellaris mod are held back DLC and concessions to Paramount. Money choices over art.