What's the relationship between Stellaris and The Expanse?

[Tunch Khan]

Is everything in the game inspired by the novel / tv series? Not that I'm complaining but I just discovered them, and it feels like I'm watching Stellaris on TV.

[IPWIW]

i cant even...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction

[Tunch Khan]

I see that you can’t. Can anyone else?

[Azunai]

stellaris isn't based on a specific tv show or book. the game is full of all sorts of sci fi / space opera themes and tropes.

not seeing much in common with the expanse, though. i mean the show uses our solar system as a setting and there are multiple factions fighting over it. they have no faster than ligh travel, no shields, no pew pew lasers or other fantasy tech - mostly just stuff that might actually work in real life (other than maybe their epstein fusion drive - those things are more plot device than plausible tech)

stellaris is on a much larger scale. more like star trek or star wars or many other shows with FTL ships and interstellar civilizations.

[EleventhStar]

it's actually a re-interpretation of tolkiens works. you can see this in not only the themes and storytelling, but also the art and creation myth.

[Elitewrecker PT]

There's as much relationship between Stellaris and "The Expanse", as any fantasy story/game and human mythology.

[Ramonkey]

Ecumenopoli are a rip off from star wars Coruscant!

[Sea Base]

Both Stellaris and The Expanse draw heavily from the works of futurists. For a great introduction to futurism, I suggest listening to the works of Isaac Arthur (he's both on YouTube and Soundcloud).

[Kapika96]

There isn't one. Why would you think there is?

[galadon3]

Originally posted by Ramonkey:

Ecumenopoli are a rip off from star wars Coruscant!

pffff educate yourself, Coruscant is a rip off of Trantor

[Azunai]

Originally posted by galadon3:

Originally posted by Ramonkey:

Ecumenopoli are a rip off from star wars Coruscant!

pffff educate yourself, Coruscant is a rip off of Trantor

also it takes about 10 seconds of effort to google that the plural of "polis" is "poleis" and not "poli".

[EleventhStar]

Originally posted by Azunai:

Originally posted by galadon3:

pffff educate yourself, Coruscant is a rip off of Trantor

also it takes about 10 seconds of effort to google that the plural of "polis" is "poleis" and not "poli".

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[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by galadon3:

Originally posted by Ramonkey:

Ecumenopoli are a rip off from star wars Coruscant!

pffff educate yourself, Coruscant is a rip off of Trantor

Reminds me of that one Time Ann Rice Sued World of Darkness (Vampire the Masquerade) for copyright infringement. Wonder what ever happened with that (Not enough to actually look it up).

[coolman552]

stellaris is a huge pot of soup made out of every sci fi trope and a huge sprinkle of late game lag/bad ai to give it a better taste

[russak]

Originally posted by Ramonkey:

Ecumenopoli are a rip off from star wars Coruscant!

Which was a rip off of Trantor in Asimov's Foundation series.

[Zane87]

Honestly, I feel OP watched the first SciFi TV show in his life after playing the first SciFi game in his life and now sees connections where there aren't.

Most science fiction is based on roughly the same base and ideas which mostly is influenced by technological possibilities in the far far future (though most as it seems is not very possible at all from our current understanding).

Still it's like playing Rome total war and then asking if it's a rip off of 300 because there are spartan soldiers fighting with spears in the game ...