Soon, it will be time for my space foxes to ride again, to conquer the galaxy with new bits and bobs. That’s right, a new Stellaris DLC is coming out this Thursday (that’s April 15th), and boy is it chock-full of new things to do with your space empires.
Nemesis has several interesting features, key ones listed below:
- Espionage: now as a formalized system, you can both learn more about other spacefaring races and feed them misinformation about your own. You can also, of course, get up to mischief with your spies to sabotage and steal from your competitors.
- Crisis Schmisis: your empire can take the mantle of “Galactic Custodian” to protect from end-game crises, giving you emergency powers to beat back the hordes of… whatever the crisis is. Or, you can also become the crisis yourself, following a path of choices that lets you become a galactic supervillain, complete with the ability to “end all of existence.” Sounds fun!
- New ship sets: Cosmetic ship sets, which are always nice. These in particular are influenced by famous sci-fi pieces, so keep an eye out for some familiar looking craft!
As usual, the DLC will release alongside a free update, that marks Stellaris’s ascension to 3.0 (the “Dick” update, named after noted author Philip K. Dick), which is pretty remarkable, considering HOI4 is still working on their 1.11 update. Anyway, if you’d like to get back out there in the galactic space and conquer things in the name of the empire/the hivemind/space communism/ your bottom line, looks like Nemesis could be a good fit for you. Expect a full review, though likely later this month.
-Jack Trumbull
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