STELLARIS
Making old aliens new again.
By Leana Hafer
Like all of Paradox’s grand strategy games, Stellaris has received a space freighter full of DLC and free updates since its release over five years ago. From huge expansions that significantly change how you play, like Apocalypse and Megacorp, to smaller, story-focused packs like Leviathans and Ancient Relics, you could spend about £150 all told if you’re too impatient to wait for a sale. But with September’s Lem update, they’re trying something a little different: adding new content to old DLC.
It makes sense if you think about it. You spent money on the base game, which continually gets updated, rebalanced, and injected full of free features. You also spent money on the DLC packs, so why shouldn’t they get the same treatment to increase their value going forward? This round of sprucing up mainly targeted two somewhat lackluster offerings: the Plantoids Species Pack and the Humanoids Species Pack.