First official Stellaris mode is Star Trek Infinite! It is just a streamlined and simplified, reskin
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ST New Horizons is an award-winning total conversion mod for Stellaris offering players the ability to select from a large number of civilizations in the Star Trek universe. Lore appropriate Starships, species, events and more are provided to offer a complete Star Trek experience. It is developed by Paradoxical Development Group and published on Steam Workshop.
✅ST: New Horizons - Workshop - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688086068
I used to think Electronic Arts was the company that defined the bottom, and how low publishers can go, but with this one official mod Paradox Interactive just pushed past the center of that black hole EA has been digging for the past 15 years. Paradox has been mildly irritating with hundreds, if not thousands of DLCs across their many games, and people have been letting them off the hook for the most part as they have been exploring different takes on a really hard strategy subgenre for decades now, but this is a whole new level of predatory practices.
I am honestly not even going to bother to point out how blatant this is. Because if you are one of the blind, and can’t see this as a complete resking of Stellaris I am certainly not going to be able to open your eyes. Half the discussion topics for this game on Steam are titled reskin, mod, looks the same. People who have played even a bit of Stellairs have already voiced their opinions and recognised this game’s UI, fleet system, economy, map… basically everything as just Stellairs with different textures and art. They may have added some mechanics specific to Star Trek lore, and changed some of the key gameplay elements, but don’t be surprised if they have just taken them from other Paradox games and repurposed them here.
They actually have a paragraph at the end of the game’s description on its Steam store page that says: “Star Trek: Infinite is built upon the core systems of Stellaris, leveraging the deep and complex system and making them its own. Aspects of these systems have been streamlined and simplified to better resonate with the Star Trek franchise.”
Whoever had the nerve to write streamlined and simplified to both the Stellaris and Star Trek player and fan communities in a single sentence should write their own resignation at Paradox Interactive. There is no greater insult to a strategy game player than calling the game he is to be playing streamlined or simplified.
And this whole issue isn’t even a matter of price, as many have been quick to point out in comments on videos or on forums and social media. This is a matter of principle. That horrible little thing worse than a fresh gum on your shue, and more important than the honor of a klingon. Selling this at any price is an insult to our collective intelligence as gamers who are also educated and knowledgeable consumers of these games and customers of this particular Publisher.
There is just no way in any universe that a publisher / developer can be allowed to resell their game after reskinning it. Even if that new look is as big of a franchise as Star Trek. And to make matters worse, this is something modders have already created for Stellairs in the amazing Total Conversion mod called ST: New Horizons, which has been played by hundreds of thousands of players.
This whole debacle sets a dangerous precedent for the modding community as it not only belittles their work but also creates official competition for the same total conversation topic.
It means that modders who are currently creating similar total conversion content should start fearing their countless hours of work might be made obsolete and unusable by other companies who will certainly be taking a page from Paradox’s handbook and doing the same reskin job in their games.
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