This is by far the best review I have watched so far on this game. Great balance of the good and the bad and awesome attention to detail. I already bought the game and have been playing and you hit a lot of it on the head. You definitely got a new sub. Keep up the great work - love the effort!!
You always do such a good job of making your reviews like an actual conversation with the viewers. Never sounding like your just reading off pre-written review. I really admire that, especially since you have so much to say about every aspect of the game. I'm sure you get pretty overwhelmed with having enough time to play all these games and still find all this stuff to talk about and remain mostly unjaded and not sounding tired out like many big review sites do all the time.
Seriously. You have got to be the best game reviewer out there. Concise, flowing, funny (but not too funny), knowledgeable, organized. It's appreciated! Muchas el graciasnas!
Great review of a great game, by the greatest reviewer on the light side of the internet. Agree to every word said in there. Loved the mushroom racism and they really sould've called them space ducats!
Thank God for ACG, an actual real review. The two reviews above this in the search are less than 10 minutes long, combined lol gonna pick this up for Xbox!
I love your videos! You give a basic review that tells me what I need to know in an organized fashion. So many big time reviewers give low quality reviews. Keep doin what you're doin.
You are extremely linguistic and improvitive. Is that a word? Improveative. Can we make that a word? Anyway, it looks interesting and I’m wondering more about the multiplayer. Micromanaging ship combat isn’t something I want to do anyway, so that makes it look even better. Edit: hitting the sub button
Best reviews on the internet! People should really pay attention to your methods of reviewing. I was hoping that Stellaris would be on your list.BTW, the ending to this review was art.
Great review. There are mods coming for better ship battles. Mods coming for basically all the gripes(rightfully so) that you had. Thanks. You described this game perfectly and will refer my friends to this review to explain the game
Thought I'd look up a review since I bought Galactic Civ 3 and was rather disappointing with it. Someone recommended checking out Stellaris so I ended up checking out some reviews and your video was absolutely amazing. Great looking game, one I'll definitely end up getting later on, but what blew me away the most was the review itself. Didn't have a single clue of who you where before watching this video, but I've never seen a RUclipsr create such a amazing review. Informative, entertaining, & enjoyable. The game itself may not have sold me, but that review certainly did. Amazing job :)
recently found your channel and I love it. It is making me miss gaming a lot and almost all the videos make me laugh a heck of a lot as well. Also giving me solid opinions on games I've been interested in. keep it up!
Man thank you for the review. I do play Stellaris a lot and I share your opinion of it. Also I think that a lot of the research is realistic and in one way or another in the future these technologies will be invented and used to travel and colonize space.
I bet the ACG guys name is Denis Leary Jr. lol. You remind me of him so much! Ok, kids, look him up. He is a stand up comedian/actor. He starred in “Rescue Me” tv show. Great review by the way.
I trust this man's opinion, I've checked out his review of this game and TW:Warhammer and completely agree. Games I've both owned before watching. I disagree with the tech tree issue though.
Well I was talking about the original game and that the card flipping instead of tech tree. Still learning the... well I'm hooked on Mount and Blade right now and I haven't been playing the bloody Utopia, so I cannot comment on the new one
I really enjoyed this review. It was direct and entertaining. I hope you're earning a commison because I've just purchased this on your good word.(Please do not enjoy my review of this review for it will create a paradox that will disrupt the Space Time Continuum in a catastrophic AND benign fashion. To compensate for this phenomenon, please 👍 this review of Stellaris and 👎 this review of the review of Stellaris. Quite simple really...)
Sir I have no idea who you are, but I appreciate you. That had to be one of the more funny reviews I have seen in a long time and truthful. Truth is there is a sale going on Xbox right now. And I am bouncing between three different sci-fi games I suppose you could say. 1. Stellaris 2. No Mans Sky 3. Starlink Now I know each of them is sort of in their own category. Starlink Had me interested based on the sort of sci-fi flying and a co-op option to play with somebody locally if I so desire. I actually am interested in buying no man’s sky, but, there’s just a lot of wishy-washy reviews. I know everyone agrees it is now what it should have been at lunch. So I’m not sure if it’s worth picking up. Any console gamers here that own all three or have any opinions?
Great review as always.I feel you should have mentioned the anomalies/events, since their writing is just awesome.I hear people whining about paradox typical 214145 dlc incoming, wth cares?This is a fully mod supported game, and on day one there is already a Warhammer 40k start of a mod as you mentioned;) I expect Star Wars etc etc etc and all of free ;)
+havocgr1976 Ya can't say they impressed me.. Sort of a fan fiction level thing for me.. Also wasn't that impressed overly by the little blurbs like it appeares many others were. But after 15 or 16 minutes your starting to dip a bit too deep into the well anyway on a review like this
+Mia Cassinelli The soundtrack of Human Revolution is so ridicilously good, it's no wonder that all the latest sci-fi games like X-com and stellaris are stealing from it. You mentioning made me check the cinematic intro of the game again.... Still gives me chills. Damn Netflix or HBO should make a cyber-punk series.
buy it, there is a very nice tutorial in the beginning and there are multiple guides to help you get over the initial "wtf do i do" moment, plus a lot of mods and options to streamline and simplify the game and expand your gaming experience.
hey man. love the review but did i miss your conclusion? was it "buy, wait for sale or rent"? I'd say wait for sale. i do agree with most of what you said but from what i gathered from play throughs of other youtubers it's not as fun as EU4 or CK2. what's the verdict?
Do you do social media advertising? I think you should. the second anyone listens to your reviews, they subscribe. Alot of my friends have. it's just, game reviewing is so crowded. you need to get more exposure. I'm a recent business school graduate, if you want to talk about possible ways to grow the channel. Not that I have the answers. but I love this channel. I think it's ridiculous that you aren't the most well known of all the reviewers.
Damn the game runs on a potato to. I tried it on a old Sony Vaio with a i3 Sandybridge and it's integrated Graphics. Ran pretty decent, some lag from time to time in the galaxy View, but not a lot. Depends on the Zoom level. Like in EU4 and CKII. So if any peeps down in the comments are running a potato with Intel HD graphics. It will run pretty damn well. More so if it's one of the newer Versions. Peace out. Gonna go lose another 1000 hours of my life again.
the first mod this game has to have is to scale down the damn ships... it totally turned me down when I saw the a corvette was 10 time the size a my moon
+DaKussh I am oppsite, dont really care about planets in space space combat and grand strategy elements top impotence, then you have diplomacy and tech
This is a paradox game. Any lack of variety in terms of portraits or units will be addressed by a $100 worth of DLCs.
And I'll gladly pay it ;)
+Johnny G the preorder dlc gave u some really nice ones, mainly a hydra, a rachni and an infested....bear
actually 50 dollars so far.
Good review, good energy. You don't see big time reviewers making mini raps about space games in their reviews :)
I honestly wasnt expecting the ACG name to pop up when searching for a stellaris review on youtube. No idea ACG played sci-fi 4x games
+Crushing It brother I play almost anything. Everything
+ACG Hopefully not Ride to Hell: Retribution, please, no...not that.
I'm continually impressed by how well written/spoken these reviews are and baffled why this channel doesn't have a million+ subs!
+Pete Blades Appreciate that Pete
God, I love how you know about paradox games, you quickly becoming one of my fav reviewers
+Michal Lojewski thanks
This is why I love you. You're so fast and thorough with every review. Best in the business
I found this game on steam just now and first thing I thought of was "I should see what ACG has to say about this."
"Screw it anyway, I mean one mushroom looks just like another mushroom am I right!" LOL
This is by far the best review I have watched so far on this game. Great balance of the good and the bad and awesome attention to detail. I already bought the game and have been playing and you hit a lot of it on the head. You definitely got a new sub. Keep up the great work - love the effort!!
+CCE Sports Network/Click Click Expose Thanks so much man
Seems like a great game. Thanks for taking the time to review it ACG
you bet mang
You always do such a good job of making your reviews like an actual conversation with the viewers. Never sounding like your just reading off pre-written review. I really admire that, especially since you have so much to say about every aspect of the game. I'm sure you get pretty overwhelmed with having enough time to play all these games and still find all this stuff to talk about and remain mostly unjaded and not sounding tired out like many big review sites do all the time.
+Joel C thanks man
Man, THIS GAME IS AWESOME.. Xenophobic militaristic space goats.
That stab at Mass Effect. Love your reviews.
+Harrison Atchison I aim to please
i was hoping you'd review this! good job, as always
+YupI'mStupid thanks
The shit you come up with during your reviews is hilarious! Great review :D
+Alex Salinas glad you liked it Alex
Seriously. You have got to be the best game reviewer out there. Concise, flowing, funny (but not too funny), knowledgeable, organized. It's appreciated! Muchas el graciasnas!
Great review of a great game, by the greatest reviewer on the light side of the internet. Agree to every word said in there.
Loved the mushroom racism and they really sould've called them space ducats!
+Sparrowcus thanks man
Thank God for ACG, an actual real review. The two reviews above this in the search are less than 10 minutes long, combined lol gonna pick this up for Xbox!
Very good review. Can't really disagree with anything said
I love your videos! You give a basic review that tells me what I need to know in an organized fashion. So many big time reviewers give low quality reviews. Keep doin what you're doin.
+Ben Hudgins thanks ben
You really are on another level with the commentary, keep it up.
+ilikematches2 thanks
"Exploring the murky depths of hot celestial anomalies." ....what are we talking about exactly?
As a big CK fan, that joke in the beginning was amazing, well done sir. Nice review, as always
I love your reviews man
+M Bar thanks
+ACG what do you think your next review will be, and do you prefer COD infinite warfare or battlefield 1? Personally I much prefer battlefield
You are extremely linguistic and improvitive. Is that a word? Improveative. Can we make that a word? Anyway, it looks interesting and I’m wondering more about the multiplayer. Micromanaging ship combat isn’t something I want to do anyway, so that makes it look even better. Edit: hitting the sub button
That intro. lol.
Best reviews on the internet! People should really pay attention to your methods of reviewing. I was hoping that Stellaris would be on your list.BTW, the ending to this review was art.
+BaconBastrd thanks
your reviews are greatly detailed keep the good work ✋
Great review. There are mods coming for better ship battles. Mods coming for basically all the gripes(rightfully so) that you had. Thanks. You described this game perfectly and will refer my friends to this review to explain the game
Excellent review. I think you hit the nail right on the head on many of the strengths and weaknesses of Stellaris.
Had a few good laughs too!
Thought I'd look up a review since I bought Galactic Civ 3 and was rather disappointing with it. Someone recommended checking out Stellaris so I ended up checking out some reviews and your video was absolutely amazing. Great looking game, one I'll definitely end up getting later on, but what blew me away the most was the review itself. Didn't have a single clue of who you where before watching this video, but I've never seen a RUclipsr create such a amazing review. Informative, entertaining, & enjoyable. The game itself may not have sold me, but that review certainly did. Amazing job :)
my thanks man
Nice review. Keep it up. Always excited to see your videos post
+Darrin Olipendo appreciate it
recently found your channel and I love it. It is making me miss gaming a lot and almost all the videos make me laugh a heck of a lot as well. Also giving me solid opinions on games I've been interested in.
keep it up!
Gotta try this , Great review as usual Karak :)
I sub'd cuz you dank bra! You really gave a review, not like IGN who half assed it! Thanks!
+Nh3Dave thanks spread the word man
Kinda surprised you didn't mention the empire creation. Mine was the Terran Federation from Starship Troopers :D
Great review! Informative and fun.
thanks
Man thank you for the review. I do play Stellaris a lot and I share your opinion of it. Also I think that a lot of the research is realistic and in one way or another in the future these technologies will be invented and used to travel and colonize space.
you bet
That mic drop at the end wetetted mein loins.
That's normal, right?
Five hours in and I'm still alive. This game is definitely easy-going for newcomers.
+Abhijit Basu Compared to HOI 3 and CK2 and Vic2 this game could almost be kid friendly.
+Snobby Gamer
Play as USA life is easy street in VIC2 also the preferred tutorial nation.
Love your reviews xD
+Dan Lee Jo thanks
Earth 2 ?? like the TV show ?? aww man i thought i am the only one remembering that show !!!!!
+Max Max Hell no lots of us do
I bet the ACG guys name is Denis Leary Jr. lol. You remind me of him so much!
Ok, kids, look him up. He is a stand up comedian/actor. He starred in “Rescue Me” tv show.
Great review by the way.
Hi Karak. Fantastic review. From a overall fun factor comparison which is better: This game or endless space?
Just subbed.. good review.. thanks for this
Very Motivating commander!
I was actually disappointed by this game's lack of speadsheets. More spreadsheets would be appreciated, Paradox. I'm lost without my spreadsheets...
12:32
You got me there :")
Anyone else catch that Serenity reference?
karik has mad bars! peace out!
+AMP Storm thanks man
nice review, thank you
I trust this man's opinion, I've checked out his review of this game and TW:Warhammer and completely agree. Games I've both owned before watching. I disagree with the tech tree issue though.
uhm. The new one or the old one?
Well I was talking about the original game and that the card flipping instead of tech tree. Still learning the... well I'm hooked on Mount and Blade right now and I haven't been playing the bloody Utopia, so I cannot comment on the new one
gotcha
Top review, as always. Thx.
+TheSelfAwakening thanks
Terrific review as always, Karak. May I humbly ask, given the scope of this title and comprehensiveness of the review, "When the f**k do you sleep"?
I would like a game that combines this with sin of the solar empire rebellion and homeworld.
It would be the greatest space 4x Rts game of all time.
If it's got the same tiny, blurry text as EUIV, I'll pass.
I really enjoyed this review. It was direct and entertaining. I hope you're earning a commison because I've just purchased this on your good word.(Please do not enjoy my review of this review for it will create a paradox that will disrupt the Space Time Continuum in a catastrophic AND benign fashion. To compensate for this phenomenon, please 👍 this review of Stellaris and 👎 this review of the review of Stellaris. Quite simple really...)
Will buy this.
Will go with "Imperium of Man"
And the rest ist history :^)
Could you review the current version of Europa universalis 4? And are you going to review the dlc's for this game?
Great review man...
+Jonathan Ford thank you
Is this a significant step above Galactic Civ III?
+Reasonable Fan A much different game that GC for sure. In fact I think they both fit in the genre without ruining the others chances much.
Sir I have no idea who you are, but I appreciate you. That had to be one of the more funny reviews I have seen in a long time and truthful.
Truth is there is a sale going on Xbox right now. And I am bouncing between three different sci-fi games I suppose you could say.
1. Stellaris
2. No Mans Sky
3. Starlink
Now I know each of them is sort of in their own category. Starlink Had me interested based on the sort of sci-fi flying and a co-op option to play with somebody locally if I so desire. I actually am interested in buying no man’s sky, but, there’s just a lot of wishy-washy reviews. I know everyone agrees it is now what it should have been at lunch. So I’m not sure if it’s worth picking up.
Any console gamers here that own all three or have any opinions?
Karak is easily the best and most thorough game reviewer out there. He makes sites like IGN and gamespot look like amateur hour
I LOVE YOU KARAK
lol voice: non so lets move on. LOVE YOUR REVIEWS DONT CHANGE A THING MAN
This looks like the spore space game i really wanted
Great review, as always.
I’ve heard 2.0 has changed a lot. Any chance of a quick update video? Or is it not that different?.
its most definitely different, but I think it changed it in a good way.
where was his cursor? i was confused lmao
Hey, can you do another one of those videos like you did with dc universe online? Like one of those long videos
Oh and uh..first
Great review as always.I feel you should have mentioned the anomalies/events, since their writing is just awesome.I hear people whining about paradox typical 214145 dlc incoming, wth cares?This is a fully mod supported game, and on day one there is already a Warhammer 40k start of a mod as you mentioned;) I expect Star Wars etc etc etc and all of free ;)
+havocgr1976 Ya can't say they impressed me.. Sort of a fan fiction level thing for me.. Also wasn't that impressed overly by the little blurbs like it appeares many others were. But after 15 or 16 minutes your starting to dip a bit too deep into the well anyway on a review like this
God damn you never dissapoint! excellent look at the game, thanks!
+Johnny G thanks
I love the music in this game.
+Mia Cassinelli me too man its amazing
ACG reminds me a bit of deus ex
+Mia Cassinelli The soundtrack of Human Revolution is so ridicilously good, it's no wonder that all the latest sci-fi games like X-com and stellaris are stealing from it.
You mentioning made me check the cinematic intro of the game again.... Still gives me chills. Damn Netflix or HBO should make a cyber-punk series.
good review, i'm playing it, my first paradox game :), discovering a hole new universe
+Martin Perdomo thanks
Can anyone suggest some other good 4x space games for me
Great review! 4X games FTW!
this looks so good but these type of games scare me. looks so complicated.
It really isn't that complicated when you get into it. You just have to get over that initial learning curve, and then you are good to go :P
buy it, there is a very nice tutorial in the beginning and there are multiple guides to help you get over the initial "wtf do i do" moment, plus a lot of mods and options to streamline and simplify the game and expand your gaming experience.
I am buying the game when I have money. Looks so good!
any way of getting the sound track separate from game? I could see my self listening to this while I do something epic....
+12SkippyRay The soundtrack was/is in the Nova and Galaxy edition. You can find it in the soundtrack folder of the game installation directory.
hey man. love the review but did i miss your conclusion? was it "buy, wait for sale or rent"? I'd say wait for sale. i do agree with most of what you said but from what i gathered from play throughs of other youtubers it's not as fun as EU4 or CK2. what's the verdict?
+Sham Neo Check 15:28, he says buy there.
Jesse Skeens i did miss it. sorry. cheers man.
that ode...hahaha I just spit up tea
+Alexander Senetcky LOl
I didn't find it so awesome, it's more of the same space strategy thing but in Paradox style, which is good but maybe not for this set.
Do you do social media advertising? I think you should. the second anyone listens to your reviews, they subscribe.
Alot of my friends have.
it's just, game reviewing is so crowded. you need to get more exposure.
I'm a recent business school graduate, if you want to talk about possible ways to grow the channel.
Not that I have the answers. but I love this channel. I think it's ridiculous that you aren't the most well known of all the reviewers.
12:34 I snorted coffee outta my nose!
Fat people? Can you feed an NPC enough to allow him or her to become their own galactic location? Welcome to planet Chris Christie.
Nebulae, not nebuli... I just thought I'd throw that out there.
+BinaryXioms Ya I like Nebuli a ton better. lol
I was expecting it to be Europa Universalis in space, but it looks even simpler :/
Here's hoping for Victoria III next
+von Habsburg I was too. Really much happier how this turned out
good review good game needs a lot of work
Damn the game runs on a potato to.
I tried it on a old Sony Vaio with a i3 Sandybridge and it's integrated Graphics. Ran pretty decent, some lag from time to time in the galaxy View, but not a lot. Depends on the Zoom level. Like in EU4 and CKII.
So if any peeps down in the comments are running a potato with Intel HD graphics. It will run pretty damn well. More so if it's one of the newer Versions.
Peace out.
Gonna go lose another 1000 hours of my life again.
Hey Karak what mic, recording and editing software do you use ?
This game looks very interesting
Great review!
+VynSkully appreciate it
+ACG Galactic Civs 3 review too late to happen?
Thanks for the review! Now I've to start a new game and make a Reaper and harvest all the life from other star systems!
+Jk S yiou bet
Probably my favorite game of all time.
It's a fantastic game, but I must warn you: the mid game is a bit tedious due to the horrible amount of micromanaging that is required.
the first mod this game has to have is to scale down the damn ships... it totally turned me down when I saw the a corvette was 10 time the size a my moon
+DaKussh I am oppsite, dont really care about planets in space space combat and grand strategy elements top impotence, then you have diplomacy and tech
nice review.
Stellar review :D
+JD Tremblay thanks JD
1 parts ease of entry 1 parts turing test lol, if i didn't sub 2 videos ago i would have subbed over that comment lol
Great review. But sad it came after the steam sale.
+Mat G There was a steam sale? :O
Valkarus yeah like a week or so ago.
hello i am VIR and my voice does not count.
Voice, non? There is the AI voice that is the tutorial :)
+Rick Veenstra Thats what the annotation was there for
+ACG ah my bad I guess. I almost never have the annotations enabled :)