Nemesis release timing - poor choice?

[universecreep]

Given Humankind is coming out on the 22nd, and it's getting tons of hype, wouldn't it make more sense to have timed the release for Nemesis a month earlier or later?

They're kinda competing for the same fans (4xers/strategy gamers). It seems as though this DLC will get lost in the craze over Humankind's release. I know my gaming dollar is likely to go to Humankind than Nemesis at this time. I love Stellaris but I'm more excited at this time to play Humankind.

It kinda makes me think of when they release blockbuster movies, they try to release other movies either before or well after so as they don't get forgotten and missed by the public.

Any thoughts?

[ElPrezCBF]

I'm not getting Humankind until it's proven to be a success. While its devs have a record of making good games, there were also misses and this is their first ever non-fantasy 4x (even space is fantasy considering the many techs that we do not yet have). For an unproven game, the price tag is also rather high, not that Stellaris prices are any more competitive. I just take this time to look at other good games with good prices.

[HyperKnight]

引用自 DiscoShark：

This time around I'm waffling on whether Nemesis is worth the release price when I could get Valheim or Dyson Sphere Program for the same amounts

I have both Valheim and Dyson Sphere purchased, but here I am, playing Stellaris all day long. Pay for what you play.

[Tiasmoon]

引用自 frowningmirror：

引用自 Tiasmoon：

A DLC for a game with a lot of DLC already, being more accessible then a new game?

"Accessible" in that it takes a less powerful graphics card, already has a player base that wont decrease anytime soon and the base game is cheaper.

Instead it requires a far more powerful CPU. The 5600x and 5800x are in stock these days (and intel CPUs are always in stock) which does make it more accessible then having to buy a new GPU, so that is a fair point. Imagine being able to buy a GPU.

Then again, the average person can probably get a better experience (in terms of performance) in Humankind then in Stellaris even if they have worse hardware, but who knows. With the game not yet released that's just a guess at this point.

引用自 universecreep：

I'm concerned about Humankind - all the stuff they say you can do but can the AI use them competently. Otherwise it's just a solo game with the AI just there to take up space. I want an AI to use everthing they put in.

That is a good question. Honestly I dont have high hopes for that given how bad AI in 4x tend to be. As others have mentioned by now tho, the AI in Stellaris is very poor at using features. Doing better then Stellaris in that respect wouldnt even be hard.

引用自 Ratmannf：

I'm not getting Humankind until it's proven to be a success.

r/outofcontext

引用自 Ratmannf：

For an unproven game, the price tag is also rather high, not that Stellaris prices are any more competitive. I just take this time to look at other good games with good prices.

Its 10 euro cheaper then most new releases. (50 instead of 60) The price tag isnt that high.

[Tiasmoon]

引用自 Neckbeard：

引用自 DiscoShark：

This time around I'm waffling on whether Nemesis is worth the release price when I could get Valheim or Dyson Sphere Program for the same amounts

I have both Valheim and Dyson Sphere purchased, but here I am, playing Stellaris all day long. Pay for what you play.

I would actually reverse that and say:

Play what you paid for.

Many of us have way too many games in our backlogs as it is. Why are we even talking about buying more games and DLC?

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Humankind remind me of endless legendses.
That game is bad.

[DCBenton]

As soon as I saw Amplitude were making it, I lost interest.

[ElPrezCBF]

引用自 Tiasmoon：

引用自 Ratmannf：

I'm not getting Humankind until it's proven to be a success.

r/outofcontext
:cf_Taokaka:

Irrelevant comment.

引用自 Tiasmoon：

引用自 Ratmannf：

For an unproven game, the price tag is also rather high, not that Stellaris prices are any more competitive. I just take this time to look at other good games with good prices.

Its 10 euro cheaper then most new releases. (50 instead of 60) The price tag isnt that high.

It is for an extremely bland base game.

[HyperKnight]

引用自 Tiasmoon：

引用自 Neckbeard：

I have both Valheim and Dyson Sphere purchased, but here I am, playing Stellaris all day long. Pay for what you play.

I would actually reverse that and say:

Play what you paid for.

Many of us have way too many games in our backlogs as it is. Why are we even talking about buying more games and DLC? :Musse:

Imo forcing oneself to play a game he doesn't like much just because he paid for it is a certain path to boredom and burnout. All those achievers doing silly things in games then abandoning them after "completion"... like it's a job.

[Tiasmoon]

引用自 Ratmannf：

引用自 Tiasmoon：

r/outofcontext

Irrelevant comment.

I dont think you understood the double meaning of your own sentence. It was ment to be an amusing reply. If you are the kind of person to consider humor irrelevant then I can see why your so uptight suddenly.

引用自 Ratmannf：

It is for an extremely bland base game.

Ok.

[Pandora's Actor]

never heard of it before so i decided to look. and now i see why this game didnt get my attention. its basically a civ game. so turn time. and any turn time game in my books isnt a strategy game :) hard pass on that

[Zordiark Darkeater]

引用自 Pandora's Actor：

never heard of it before so i decided to look. and now i see why this game didnt get my attention. its basically a civ game. so turn time. and any turn time game in my books isnt a strategy game :) hard pass on that

Total War warhammer screams with its Real time battles on real time maps on a turn Timed campaign map...

[RodHull]

引用自 Pandora's Actor：

never heard of it before so i decided to look. and now i see why this game didnt get my attention. its basically a civ game. so turn time. and any turn time game in my books isnt a strategy game :) hard pass on that

Its real time though?????

[CrUsHeR]

I am a gamer since the 1980's, and must say that the only games i still play regularily are all from Paradox. Crusader Kings, Stellaris, Age of Wonders.

Most other games nowadays are either one-shot playthroughs (like RDR2), or complete disappointments. Other major long-term producers like Bethesda went insane and turned their games into microtransaction machines, only available on their own network client.

And with all the other mis-buys of the past 5 years or so, i've actually lost confidence that producers outside of Paradox are still able to produce strategy / roleplay games which i won't uninstall after 2 hours.

So in that sense:

引用自 coolman552：

never heard of humankind

^ this