Is this simply EU in space?

[Astralis L.]

Starting to get tired of this formula.

[SumYungGuy]

Does EU allow you to eat people from other nations to feed your growing populace?

[billy]

it's nothing like EU

[Cryten]

No, there are many significant differences. Ill just list a couple since I dont have all day:
- No Warscore. Instead we have claims or total war.
- No Morale in space battles. We do have moral in ground invasions but its so insignificant as to not exist.
- Space. IE no segmented tile based map. Instead we have solar systems with full 2d movement and space lanes for choke points.
- No super starts. You cannot take over an all ready super powerful empire at the start without modding. Everyone starts at a single solar system with 3 corvettes and a science and construction ship each.
- Customizability. We can set up our fledging space empires with ethics, civics and species traits that can have a significent impact in playstyle. From Egalitarian alien loving hippies who fit great into giant city worlds, Science loving roboticists who give up their organic lifestyle to ascend to machine life or finally the Swarms, robots or purifiers who cleanse the galaxy of anything but themselves.

But keep in mind it IS a grand strategy game. If you want something completely different you might want to play Doom or Stardew Valley.

[Xaphnir]

At the base level, yes, it is similar to EU.

But there are so many differences. There's the 4x mechanics EU doesn't have, much more in-depth management of your population, more customization of your empire, each galaxy in a new game will be distinct from any previous one you've played, more customization of your military forces, genocide, etc.

[velasquezt43]

Originally posted by i8pikachu:

Starting to get tired of this formula.

If you mean, is this a usual Paradox Interactive title with very indepth, almost micromanaging, gameplay that makes old Grognards drool with pleasure, then, yes, yes it is.

Otherwise, no, other than being a grand strategy game in the very general type, no, it has nothing at all to do with EU.

[Astralis L.]

> If you mean, is this a usual Paradox Interactive title with very indepth, almost micromanaging, gameplay that makes old Grognards drool with pleasure, then, yes, yes it is.

I sound spoilded, but I'm looking for something more.

[Malvastor]

It's a combination grand strategy and 4X. There are similarities to EU4, but that's to be expected; Paradox knows their customer base and knows how to make what they like.