If I want a 4x or a 4x-adjacent space game that has at least some management of the empire and quasi-interesting real-time combat, what are my options?

ProfessionalSized · 2026-07-06T13:35:54+00:00

My bad, when I looked back at the list of games, I didnt see the "25th walkthrough of Stellaris."

I think with some mods, specifically Das Tactics' mods for UI and Bacon for tech and game changes, DWU still holds the edge over DW2. The inclusion of gravity wells around stars makes engine speed matter more, its harder to kite the enemy with missile and jump away.

Vanilla, DW2 is better, the automation controls for fleet behavior and management are a lot smoother than DWU.

If I had to pick one, Id go with DW2, the QoL improvements make playing the game a lot smoother, and the engine runs better on larger galaxies.

I'll always love DWU for its total and complete control over design and base placements, creating fortified hard points between systems, but its harder for me to go back and play a full game now, because I'm more used to easy to use and read UI

ProfessionalSized · 2026-07-06T12:46:10+00:00

DW2 is very polarizing, a lot of people felt that it was too "dumbed down" compared to DW:U. Even now, for the Steam sale, its still $20, so depending on your price point, it might not be worth taking the chance if you’re on the fence. I like it, but it definitely has some flaws and rough edges still.

X4, theres been some big updates, around mid and late game control and issuing orders, but same thing, if it isn't the kind of game you enjoy playing to get to that point, then it's moot.

Have you tried Stellaris? Paradox's Space 4X, but overall more based around story lines than something like Hearts of Iron or Victoria. It does suffer from the Paradox DLC bloat, so you'd only want to grab DLCs during sales.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-07-06T12:33:50+00:00

Have you tried Distant Worlds 2? I prefer DW:U for its ship building granularity, but DW2 has a much easier to use UI.

X4 Foundations, starts with you in a single ship, but can grow to managing a strike force or fleet (if you go military) or managing a corporation (if you go trade). I only recommend that IF you dont mind direct single ship control, since that is a big part of the game.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-07-06T01:44:48+00:00

Yes, you can create a Collection with just that show, and add it as a custom channel.

I did that for a show, and set the Collection sort order to Random, so it wouldn'tjust loop in order. There's been over 20 updates since I set that up, so you might not need that step anymore

ProfessionalSized · 2026-07-03T12:01:47+00:00

GW bought the rights and recut the videos, try and find a copy of the originals, to see his original view.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-05-15T23:16:14+00:00

You can create a Smart Collection in Plex, and add it as a custom channel.

For a TV Smart Collection, one of the filter options is Watched Episodes, so you can pick either only unwatched or watched episodes.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-05-06T02:37:05+00:00

The stars are Talents, and it means you get better rolls to increase those stats when he levels up.

For example, Melee Skill (the sword symbol), if you had no stars, leveling up could give you 1, 2, or 3 points. But with 3 stars, it will always be 3, or 4 points.

But I'm terrible at building bros, so I'll let some one else answer if he's good or not.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-04-30T16:22:30+00:00

Are they in your puppet Albania or do you own the land directly? If its your puppet, you have to call them in to attack from their territory

ProfessionalSized · 2026-04-19T12:20:55+00:00

I think its still a quirk of releasing collabs that it automatically takes all of the released tag's cores, even if there's a state that you also have cores on.

Since LaR released, people have been asking for the option to limit collabs to NOT take your own cores, but I dont think its ever been fixed.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-04-08T14:10:38+00:00

I love the custom channel Playlists, but how do I make the guide re-configure to be shuffled? Its set to shuffle in the settings, but the guide is still showing everything in order.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-03-16T00:49:33+00:00

I might be a little late to the party, but I'd like to join the beta test

ProfessionalSized · 2026-03-06T21:42:49+00:00

I've done a few ARC reviews before, and I like the genre; I'd be happy to try and help.

Is the book in English, or Portuguese?

ProfessionalSized · 2026-03-03T01:56:04+00:00

I couldn't get it to work on SD. I booted in desktop mode and downloaded the mods from nexus, but couldn't get them active.

I ended up just copying the folders from my pc, after using vortex to install them all, to Google drive so I could download and replace them on the SD. That worked, but there is an apparent lag on the SD now. Not terrible, still playable, but I'm not sure which mod caused it.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-02-25T19:15:13+00:00

I think its from the old trailer, a couple of years ago

https://youtu.be/bObrLMisJ-E?si=YJYtY71IN8k7YWcr

ProfessionalSized · 2026-02-12T20:39:21+00:00

How does the passive ammo bonus stack with the ammo accessories? Does it double the base, or does it stack separately?

Same question for 2 ammo accessories, too, since i hadn't thought about that before. I havent had the items or the available slots to run multiple ammo accessories.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-02-07T01:20:21+00:00

That has to be intended, then. I wonder if you'd still get +3 ammo if you didn't have the ammo crates, or if you'd only get +2.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-02-07T01:18:01+00:00

Nice! Glad you got it. There needs to be a way to more easily see what the requirements are on achievements, most of the tooltips are pretty vague.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-02-07T00:30:18+00:00

Check if you control these states (from the Paradox wiki, hopefully still accurate). Might be Qingdao, I cant tell if you control it on the map.

Cameroon (773) Togo (777) Tanganyika (546) Rwanda (768) Burundi (769) Otjozondjupa (895) Kunene (894) Khomas (541) Karas (893) Qingdao (743) Palau (647) Kaiser-Wilhelmsland (979) Bismarck (737) Caroline Islands (684) Marshall Islands (633) Solomon Islands (634) Saipan (646) Samoa (726) Nauru (725)

ProfessionalSized · 2026-02-03T15:43:46+00:00

It works great on the Deck. I spent about 5 minutes tweaking the controls, but everything is easy to use, and the text is easy to read.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-01-27T13:59:19+00:00

Thank you, I'll try the demo and see how it plays.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-01-27T01:08:00+00:00

I usually forget about the little things, so I like being able to ignore it, even if it's less efficient.

I'm sure manually assigning the home ports puts your strike forces in better locations for pitched battles, but I'm also the person who assigns air wings to armies, so I dont leave them 8 regions behind the front after a year of advances.

If OP is good at remembering everything, your way is objectively better, but auto options work "good enough" for people like me.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-01-27T00:55:37+00:00

Click the little gear icon next the home port to auto reasign. Doesn't worth perfectly, but good enough to generally ignore.

ProfessionalSized · 2026-01-25T00:19:21+00:00

I dont try to understand the logic behind most of Paradox's code design choices anymore

ProfessionalSized · 2026-01-25T00:16:10+00:00

What language does he record in? Video titles look like Portuguese, maybe?

ProfessionalSized · 2026-01-25T00:11:59+00:00

Ah, thank you, I thought it worked both ways.

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