![]() ![]() That’s the beauty of it: you set your own goals, assign your own traits to your species, and play it however you like. ![]() Or, if you prefer, it’s about establishing a race of friendly technocrat turtles that help other species expand. Stellaris is a deep, gripping strategy game about building up a space-faring empire and squashing any foe in sight. The Paradox team behind medieval story generator Crusader Kings 2 turn their talents skywards, and the results are stunning. You’ll find endless secrets to discover, and you won’t want to stop digging until you’ve slotted every piece of the puzzle into place. Another planet gradually dies over the course of each life: it’s intact at the start, but torn in two by the end. One puzzle can only be solved when certain planets align, which only happens at specific times. Outer Wilds doesn’t stay still for your 22 minutes: instead, planets orbit the sun and comets follow predefined paths in real-time. ![]() Gradually, you unravel Outer Wilds’ mysteries, finding other spacefarers and discovering why you – and you alone – are stuck in a time loop. When the clock runs out, you respawn and do it all over again – this time armed with everything you learned in your previous life. Its cutesy presentation belies just how clever a game it is: as a first-time astronaut, you explore a miniaturised galaxy over the course of 22 minutes, zooming between planets in your ship and picking at story threads. A wonderfully-crafted indie space adventure with a variety of endings that leave you floored. ![]()
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