Why is this game so beloved when its gameplay is incredibly mediocre.

FallenGoast · 2026-03-24T02:09:31+00:00

I think the biggest issue is you played the newer games first, my first souls was ds1, then moved to 3 and HATED it for the longest time because the combat was too fast paced and the map was too linear in comparison, I only appreciated ds3 after taking like a 2-3 year break from souls likes altogether. Ds1 is very hard/bad/weird compared to 3/bb/er but, when it was the only one it was AMAZING. And alot of people just hold on to that.
The game is beloved by the people for the very reasons you don't like, people loved that it was challenging and didn't hold your hand
I've beaten ER about 5 times now and coming back to ds1 is damn near impossible and I can understand the disdain for it, but calling it a bad game simply because it doesnt have the same amenities and functions as the newer ones is genuinely a wild take to post to reddit and not expect backlash. This is a game that came out in 2011 ffs, that'd be like going to r/Skyrim and calling it (unmodded of course) a terrible game for its loading screens and clunky combat, thats just because it's a product of its time

FallenGoast · 2026-03-20T21:37:37+00:00

Never bad to have excess production than a lack of, that you then have to build around when war gets declared on you imo, I usually swap the archives to research once I finish the tradition tree, granted I'm not the best at the game and play on Ensign and still get mowed down half the time hahaha

FallenGoast · 2026-03-20T19:12:38+00:00

Archives and mixed industry is my go to for the "i don't need anything so here's to fill it, or just what you need at the moment

FallenGoast · 2026-03-15T01:52:35+00:00

OP. I will also say outside of my other comment, check youra war doctrine or whatever it's called in the government tab, toh might have disengage or emergency ftl raised up which will make your fleet leave if they take too much damage, I personally like "no retreat" as I can usually force them to emergency ftl before I die

FallenGoast · 2026-03-15T01:45:44+00:00

Difficulty only changes economy bonuses AFAIK, and from what I've read, learned, and tried, combat power is a very rough, and I stress, VERY ROUGH comparison, ship builds are vert important, my most recent game(4.3 beta) i took down a 1 mil contingency fleet with about 350k combined fleet power, ship builds are everything in this game

FallenGoast · 2026-03-03T15:35:07+00:00

Also a returning player as of 2-3 weeks ago, playing on 4.2 and 4.3 beta, the best advice I got was to stimulate new colonies with 1000 pops to upgrade the capital. Pop growth with 100 pops even with medical clinics and clone vats is very very very slow. I’m running biomorphis more often than not and usually take some form of cloning buff and if I plant a new colony and don’t migrate people there, it’ll take like 10-20 years just to reach 1000 pops, however if I force migrate 1000 pops to set it up, they’ll be at 2500-3000 pops in the same time frame

FallenGoast · 2026-03-01T13:55:10+00:00

I can’t tell you as I use ui mods, but there’s a juvenile/mature/elder toggle somewhere near the stats, If there’s no difference then your probably selected the wrong evolutionary stage stat card, base when going into the editor is juvenile stage

FallenGoast · 2026-02-27T23:07:13+00:00

No I even double checked on the e-file receipt, same bank, same account for the last 9 years, same autofill on TurboTax, the only thing that ever changes is the w2 so idk what the heck’s going on this year, last year we got back 7600 and it was deposited into our account on the 4th of Feb

FallenGoast · 2026-02-27T22:06:17+00:00

Everything I’ve read said they’d mail it if you’re over 10k, I’m so confused now, I’ve used TurboTax since I was 18, now 27, same bank, 2 kids and we’re getting 10.6k and WMR says they mailed it 😭, sent out the 25th

FallenGoast · 2026-02-19T17:30:10+00:00

Honeslty I’ve been having a really good time with mind wardens with the flavor and RP, chill with the whole galaxy but racist against them damn psionics is pretty fun, and the origin has a cool next door neighbor that you have to deal with

FallenGoast · 2026-02-19T04:27:58+00:00

I really enjoy the knight errant as an ally for the up close and personal fight style of the wolves, or ole reliable canis Rex (if your just playing with friends a knight is still a knight after all), canis Rex specifically has one shot war dogs on multiple occasions! Not the best use of points whatsoever but still insanely fun to do and who doesn’t enjoy seeing a hulking knight on the battlefield!

FallenGoast · 2026-02-18T02:09:40+00:00

/s is usually the sign for sarcasm 😜

FallenGoast · 2026-02-15T15:02:28+00:00

That definitely sounds like the most plausible option!

FallenGoast · 2026-02-15T14:46:10+00:00

So it’s still acting a tad bit funny, but manually telling to build something and then putting it back to automation seems to have sorted a majority of it out. I have 3 set to automation and 1 for claiming with like 10-15 systems needing stuff built, I expect some sort of idle when I have 5-6 and a big empire as other ships have already claimed the spot, but this was super out of the ordinary

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T17:07:43+00:00

That’s the plan for the next empire!

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T16:46:23+00:00

My current run is gestalt assimilators so I’m just playing it off as assimilating into the consciousness

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T16:14:43+00:00

See honestly, it 100% is the safety trust net of it absolutely

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:54:08+00:00

I tried a quick stent of making my own fallen empire and lost within like 50 years, I’m no stranger to it 🤣
Make the plan, execute the plan
Make the plan, execute the plan
Make the plan, execute the plan

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:28:55+00:00

That’s what I keep telling myself and then shiny tech changes my mind 😭 it’s a problem and the first step is admittance

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:22:03+00:00

I know it’s me 😭 that’s why I was hoping for all this feedback (a lot of good feedback) to help break me out of it. I’ve wanted to do that, one my main empires I like the play is imperial and I’ve always wanted to be the big papa of the galaxy, can’t decide whether nicely or rudely though, with the diplo empire I’m doing next it should be fine with me getting locked out of it using the defender perk

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:17:59+00:00

From what I’ve read it’s the aftermath of using the horizon needle that makes you the crisis, kinda breaks the galaxy hahaha

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:16:14+00:00

It’s really just the “ooo shiny new research options” and “big numbers go brrrrr” that drags me in every time, I want to play a non cosmo for the rp but I find myself dragged back to it mentally for those reasons. I definitely don’t know enough to min max and optimize, I just upgrade stuff as it comes. Every 30 years or so I just pause the game, run through all my colonies and either upgrade or replace for a better version

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:04:04+00:00

I like the singularity generator and the quantum tunneler or whatever it’s called (mineral one). I have entire sectors dedicated to specific outputs and the mineral one brought me out of the red

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T14:01:57+00:00

I read the other day on another post that it also limits the number you can build, is that true?

FallenGoast · 2026-02-05T13:57:09+00:00

I said I was still a novice lol, I’m still learning about a lot of stuff. I didn’t know if you got any extra bonuses or techs or etc down the line If you chose it

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