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garfield666
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i'll still go with distant worlds, but have to say that stellaris has lots of potential
L'ennui
Magister
Stellaris will be the best, by far, in at the most two years.
For now I hesitate between MoO1 and Star Trek: Birth of the Federation.
For now I hesitate between MoO1 and Star Trek: Birth of the Federation.
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It really depends.
If you've got an itch for something more simulationist Distant Worlds satisfies this.
And yeah Stellaris could overtake in time and with mods.
If you've got an itch for something more simulationist Distant Worlds satisfies this.
And yeah Stellaris could overtake in time and with mods.
Comte
Guest
MoO1 everything else is shit.
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Added it in the poll
Stellaris.
MoO2.
Tao
Savant
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The X saga (x3: Terran Conflict f.e) are the truest 4x experience. All those games in the poll follow the same Civilitation patron where you are already a power of some kind especially when we talk about a space theme background, those games feels more like countries simulators than 4x games (like f.e Freelancer).
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oldmanpaco
Master of Siestas
MoO2
SE4 (or 3 cannot remember which one I liked more).
MoO1
GC2
Endless Space
GC1
Haven't played or cannot remember the others.
SE4 (or 3 cannot remember which one I liked more).
MoO1
GC2
Endless Space
GC1
Haven't played or cannot remember the others.
SerratedBiz
Arcane
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MoO2 remains unchallenged, I think. I do like the foundations Stellaris has set down but it's currently too limited in content.
Hobo Elf
Arcane
It's kinda sad, but MoO2 is still the best one.
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Man is that the one where you influence Empires to do wars and shit? And you basically control one ship in the whole game?
I am really interested in that , say more
*I didn't have it as a 4x in mind, since I though you don't exactly "expand"
Multiple Sarcasm
Arcane
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Sword of the Stars 2 was a flawed gem that I enjoyed the most. But for something polished, MoO2 is an obvious choice.
Stellaris might rise to mediocre after 5 years of DLCs worth $200 and an overhaul mod on top.kek
Stellaris might rise to mediocre after 5 years of DLCs worth $200 and an overhaul mod on top.kek
Andkat
Educated
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SotS for the combat and racial variation in hulls, FTL, and technology distributions. I never felt like every faction was headed for being a reskin of everyone else in the lategame, which is my usual issue with this sort of setup. Even two iterations of the same species could wind up with substantially different roll outcomes for late game techs, and there were a fair few fun or clever strategies to be employed in the actual RT comnbat. While it's a little bit too simple on the economics side, most 4x game are too heavy on tedious, pointless micro-management in this departmen. A shame that SotS 2 was too broken for me to ever get into it (although maybe project hiver or whatever will finally sort of fix it).
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Bustamonte
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Master of orion 1. Master of orion 2 is great for building and many other aspects but all the micro can be a big chore and the combat resolution is even worse.
Average Manatee
Arcane
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Gotta go with MoO2.
MoO1 and Distant Worlds I'd both rate higher if they had multiplayer, which is almost wasted on MoO2 due to how long turn timers get managing pops and fleet designs and too much shit, but sadly they don't. At least MoO2 has a solid "I'm now powerful enough to bomb everyone else to nothing in 5 turns, game won't be overly drawn out at all" feeling.
Honorable mention to Star Wars Rebellion but its not even close to a 4x, it's just a very large scale RTS.
MoO1 and Distant Worlds I'd both rate higher if they had multiplayer, which is almost wasted on MoO2 due to how long turn timers get managing pops and fleet designs and too much shit, but sadly they don't. At least MoO2 has a solid "I'm now powerful enough to bomb everyone else to nothing in 5 turns, game won't be overly drawn out at all" feeling.
Honorable mention to Star Wars Rebellion but its not even close to a 4x, it's just a very large scale RTS.
MoO2 is still my favorite.
Every single time someone mention that game I instantly think of Birth of Federation, which I hope will get to GoG during my lifetime.
Every single time someone mention that game I instantly think of Birth of Federation, which I hope will get to GoG during my lifetime.
SerratedBiz
Arcane
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Kinda like Master of Magic is still the best fantasy 4x.
duanth123
Arcane
How about best space 4x since MOO series? These polls are always the fucking same. And with votes otherwise wasted.
Hobo Elf
Arcane
Kinda yeah. Although fantasy 4X games have had more competent entries, like Age of Wonders.
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