Should You Buy Stellaris Aquatics (Review)
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Stellaris Aquatics has finally washed ashore! A new Species pack based around the life aquatic. The real question is though; Is this worth your time and hard earned money? Today ASpec will be reviewing this new pack and give a verdict. So lets dive into Stellaris Aquatics
Early Review copy provided by Paradox Interactive.
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Video Title; Should You Buy Stellaris Aquatics (Review)
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00:00 Intro
01:39 Portraits & Ships
05:44 Traits & Ascension
11:46 Origins
15:23 Angler Civic
17:47 Conclusion
#Stellaris #ASpec #Aquatics
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Dolphin thirst traps inside.
@maskedperson6545
2 жыл бұрын
What was the song at the start
@Regunes
2 жыл бұрын
That' an awfully suspicious thing to post at 00:00
@Ashainm
2 жыл бұрын
@@maskedperson6545 Its from the official trailer of the pack
@DarkWraithKevin
2 жыл бұрын
Dolphin smut
@bungus_bongus
2 жыл бұрын
Hot dolphins in your area, click now
We all need more space shanties in our lives
@theratking3075
2 жыл бұрын
Star shanty sounds better to Rat King tbh.
@svenbrede6151
2 жыл бұрын
Some dev got hyped by warframe xD
@svenkleinplarre9461
2 жыл бұрын
What do we do with a drunken marauder? What do we do with a drunken marauder? What do we do with a drunken marauder? Early in the morning.
@Apotheosis-
2 жыл бұрын
have you heard of filk music? Cause that's pretty much what it is, highly recommended.
@AsrielDreemurYT653
2 жыл бұрын
I agree
Any one else looking forward to possibly seeing some Aquatic Lithiod Hivemind Necrophage gameplay in the future?
@letsplaysvonaja1714
2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to also make them ravenous swarm
@blacksnow7106
2 жыл бұрын
Coral Illithid?
@ProvostZarakov
2 жыл бұрын
Makes you wish they would add the crystal spike weapon series back in
@Comicsluvr
2 жыл бұрын
Undead vampire pirates? Didn't they do a movie like that a few years back?
@MalakStarfire
2 жыл бұрын
@@Comicsluvr There is a Warhammer faction that is all Vampire Pirates
That damn sea shanty went so well with the trailer. I NEED it.
dont all species have a clothes-less version? we see them when they spawn as primal species, I think
@thorhaveron
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Except humans....
@alabamaman8224
2 жыл бұрын
@@thorhaveron I don't think I've seen ANY of the humanoid species as its unclothed version. Maybe humanoids in general don't have an unclothed version while the rest do.
@vickyvvvv8182
2 жыл бұрын
@@alabamaman8224 we have a mod for that
@alabamaman8224
2 жыл бұрын
@@vickyvvvv8182 what's the name of this mod? Asking for a friend who intends to use it for research purposes.
@Vulturefist
2 жыл бұрын
@@alabamaman8224 Oh, you also have a friend just like that? Cool! Maybe it’s the same guy?
'This tree-water thing here' Did... did you mean coral?
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
S...sure
@ProBrosification
2 жыл бұрын
@@A_Spec I'll allow it
@Wooper160atThePond
2 жыл бұрын
It’s his second or third language okay
I can literally LARP as Admiral Ackbar now
Wanna know something hilarious that just happened to me? The trailer that makes up the intro for this vid played as an ad before the video started. If that ain't appropriate advertising, if a little redundant, I don't know what is.
I seriously hope that now, with Custodians, devs somehow specialize even other species, like Reptilians and Avians
@TheArklyte
2 жыл бұрын
Would be cool to see mammals and especially humanoids specialized too since you guys always treat humans as "el generico"...
@Daralyndk
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheArklyte ech if I want to play humansI would play SIMS and not Stellaris or Elder Scrolls, right? :-D But yeah I would like specialization for all species anyway
@meateater1002
Жыл бұрын
I imagine a zeppelin city in the sky
I love the fact the voice is an Irish sailors voice. It fits very well.
I think the coolest part of this is the possibility of necroid aquatic lithoid hiveminds. There must be some amazing role play in that.
@chrismastrorocco4945
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine that with the Sea of Consciousness event
@george36615984
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of alolan corsola... if it grew to take over an entire planet
@moderndavinci6599
2 жыл бұрын
Dead living fish rocks! Yay!
@cirkleobserver3217
2 жыл бұрын
Undead reefs? That’s pretty unique
As an Australian- my dollarydoos were well placed with stellaris
@GyroGarrison
2 жыл бұрын
As a pirate, my booty was well placed in this DLC.
@derdrache0512
2 жыл бұрын
As a fellow pirate, this video was completely irrelevant for me. Why pay when you can get it free
Dolph Lunadgren is a leader that anyone should be happy to swim with into a bright and oh-so very wet tomorrow.
I am now an Aquatics Enjoyer. I've never been happy with Trade Goods and largely played machine empires because of this. With Anglers however this has been resolved! Trade value, consumer goods, a surplus of food to then make into alloys... My economy is handled practically at the outset!
This and the Vampire Coast dlc should both be bought for the amazing shanties alone.
@GyroGarrison
2 жыл бұрын
What is it with pirate DLCs being so damn good?
@Strangepillow
2 жыл бұрын
Vampire coast trailer so good
@JacopoSkydweller
2 жыл бұрын
@@Strangepillow The timing of the cannons and the beat. *Chefs Kiss* Perfection.
@randomlygeneratedname
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't the vampire coast just necroid aquatics?
Too slow aspec, I already bought it 2 hours ago lol But honestly this has the best looking shipset so far and you can definitely tell they put a lot of love into the portraits I can't wait to try it out once I figure out which of my mods are causing my game to crash as soon as I try to start a new game lol
@zethicalyt2406
2 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure all the mods are broken rn
@breadbutcooler
2 жыл бұрын
even if i don’t like the content, the ship set and portraits made it worth it imo
@breadbutcooler
2 жыл бұрын
@@zethicalyt2406 nah bro, the wave of updates came like an hour after it released
@Roreck86
2 жыл бұрын
@@breadbutcooler wave, aquatics. I see what you did there.
@tremor3258
2 жыл бұрын
I'd love less humanoid ones for the aquatics but happy with it so far, trying a dragon origin.
They really like to put rotating parts onto science ships lately
With the new Deluge weapon I'd love for Paradox to add some more colossus based weapons that can be used with more utility than just "Planet is now dead." For example, I know it would never work for balencing reasons, but imagine a machine empire being able to just dump nanobots onto a biological homeworld and have them turn the planet into a Machine World or just a world of metal for future mining. That would be awesome as hell.
@cluelessroom87pc78
2 жыл бұрын
Driven assimilators can use collosus to assimilate entire planets
@user-uq9fg3lu8n
2 жыл бұрын
@@cluelessroom87pc78 they can?
@Silamon2
2 жыл бұрын
@@user-uq9fg3lu8n Yes, they can. Nanobot Diffuser weapon for colossus, only available to driven assimilator, require synthetic dawn.
@heirofaniu
2 жыл бұрын
This is the reason I despise the multiplayer community for this game. I don't want multiplayer, I want to play single player. I want jank. I want disgusting imbalance in order to do whacky shit like this.
@TheArklyte
2 жыл бұрын
I don't see why adding Resource Consolidation modifier with a Colossus would be imbalanced. It's a powerful modifier, but by the point when you have Colossus, you're pumping out habitats and machine worlds left and right.
They really missed something if they, in Frank Herbert, didn't think to include an event chain that spawns sandworms on a desert planet on which you can find a spice called melange that increases your leader lifespans and their stats but also makes them addicted to spice. Maybe also a variant on the event chain where a scientist becomes exposed to spicegas and develops some unique trait that lets him jump his ship as if he had jumpdrive long before your civ develops the tech. You must of course colonise the planet and name it Arrakis otherwise the ghost of Frank will appear and smite your home system.
@MajorMlgNoob
2 жыл бұрын
Arrakis is a system that randomly spawns lol
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, so have many others; the best kind of RP is when it’s supported by mechanics
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
This is why Origins are great.
The deluge colossus should just turn the ship into a giant tank that just dumps an ocean over any planet.
@MatthewSmith-sz1yq
2 жыл бұрын
Nah, a massive space bucket. The animation should be it tipping over and dumping water on the planet 😂
@furiouskaiser9914
2 жыл бұрын
Nah, my brain went with the Mega Maid from Spacballs, but with a firehose instead of a vacuum cleaner.
Heads up, they removed the 10% hull strength for aquatic admirals right before release. Something worth knowing if you wanted to buy the dlc for that reason.
@NumbingDisasterAnon
2 жыл бұрын
They also turned it from a 0 point trait to a 1 point
@Jenna_Talia
2 жыл бұрын
@@NumbingDisasterAnon the point change does annoy me a fair bit. There's plenty of other bonus traits like lithoid and necroid that cost nothing.
@NumbingDisasterAnon
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jenna_Talia I would find it understandable if they kept the hull strength bonus to make it a 1 point, but without? It’s just a habitability trait that also unlocks some special mechanics
The lobster can be aquatic now! I'm definitely going to get this pack
@letsplaysvonaja1714
2 жыл бұрын
Same for the snails
@lonewolf3605
2 жыл бұрын
@@letsplaysvonaja1714 sea slugs/snails
@lonewolf3605
2 жыл бұрын
@@letsplaysvonaja1714 if I do the snail one I'd probably do rapid breeders lol
@Salmon_Toastie
2 жыл бұрын
Wish the sea coral could be a plantoid so we could use photo tropic
@lonewolf3605
2 жыл бұрын
@@Salmon_Toastie true that'd be cool
I was looking at swolfin for research purposes only.
Me, watching this video seconds after buying the dlc: Interesting
First! Also that sea shanty in the opening was great!
Swolefin: the bisexuality awakening of at least one gamer
@Haan22
2 жыл бұрын
*Confused doki-doki intensifies*
@gusfring8451
Жыл бұрын
-rep
Honestly I'll buy it just for the artists efforts into this. It really is some of the best content imo artistically that's been added.
I bought aquatics literally as it released. I have everything else, I must have them all.
@DIN0911-
2 жыл бұрын
Can relate.
The song in the intro is a remix of the song [Fish in the Sea] from Assassin Creed 4 black flag. I motion this to be made a full song! All praise Paradox, the madlad did it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oXaAm8aNp7nPZKw.html
@mr.omitted7774
2 жыл бұрын
Please do that was amazing!
Very much looking forward to that overview on Here Be Dragons
I was rewatching this video in the background and the way you said SMUT? just broke me lol
I might actually try going Spiritualists for once lol... Psionic dolphins is something I kinda wanna try
@christiandaniell6835
2 жыл бұрын
That’s my current playthrough! It’s good fun 🤣🤣
@JacopoSkydweller
2 жыл бұрын
Scionics aren't the strongest but damn, more fun for me than Robotic Ascension or Super Organic mega troopers by a fair margin.
@Delphineas
Жыл бұрын
Oh hi Liir! Waiting for 3.6 revamp to ascensions before I retry my ocean paradise.
Adolphin Gustafish will reform the Swordfish Empire
I can't resist creating a desert thrallworld for the dolphins
When I make my first aquatics empire, definitely picking swolphin…and naming my leader…dolph lundgren…yes! And the motto/advertising for this, shoulda been, “it’ll get you wet”! Or at least for the colossus. Haha
@molybdaen11
2 жыл бұрын
This will be the first politician to hold his promises - since they are on a ocean world already :)
@JacopoSkydweller
2 жыл бұрын
10/10 This will make waves for sure.
The song sounds like the ones that made the really catchy one from Warframe ages ago when the first open world area was released. They are a really nice group that really know how to make good songs like this.
Watching this video even though I've already bought the DLC : classic
Great intro! I like "tree water thing" ... ha ha ha!
Nice intro song! It would make a nice sea or space shanty.
Wow a Galactic Sea shanty & Pirate advisor voice I wasn’t expecting that.. 😂
That interruption was perfect!
The colossus is easily fixed: just add more tentacles and a visual like a swimming squid or octopus with the tentacles waving a little.
i am going to say it right now. the second i saw the anglers civic i knew catalytic processing was going to synergize with it.
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
Catalytic Processing synergises with anything economy related.
Really like it so far, amazing portraits, sounds and ideas for gameplay!
Gonna be real. I thought arctic worlds were essentially frozen ocean worlds and there was liquid water under the ice. If that were true they really should at least have the neutrality afforded continental and tropical. Hell, I thought tropical was basically a wet world where it is mostly land. Lots of rivers, swamps and lakes. That would benefit an aquatic specie more than a desert, sure, but here we go shaking my perception of things.
Auto play+ me vibing to the music+ aspec starts to talk= no! That awesome song
@ASpec... Where can I find that rendition of "Fish in the Sea"?
@blacksnow7106
2 жыл бұрын
upvote to hopefully get the answer
“Tree water thing” that’s called coral, aspec.
Im absolutely in love with the island paradise concept, it actually give you teeth to build tall on a single planet. I cant wait to try it out
It's currently on sale In Europe for 20% , as well as most expansions and the main game. I Created cyberneticly modifed species of cetacean ops. preety greaat so far
on another note i love these sort of games and Stellaris does it well yes people new to these sort of games will find it hard with how the things work and have trouble min maxing things but all the dlcs are worth it as they add many new things to the game and when combined with the right mods the game is so much fun that i have never not wanted it on my computer
It seems that Pearl Divers consume Minerals. They take 2 Food and 2 Minerals to produce 3 CGs and 2 Trade Value, compared with 6 Minerals for 6 CGs for standard Artisans.
The dolphin singlehandedly made me a furry and homosexual in one go. Amazing
@snarkymoosesshack8793
2 жыл бұрын
It physically hurts to laugh this hard.
It should be notist that aquatic trait now has one point up from 0 to balance it out.
Not played in some time. This is the only DLC I do not have. Considering getting it and trying again. Pretty much forgot how to play so will have to check out your tutorial videos.
Holy shnikes that intro!!!!
The ships are beutifull! I will wait until christimas to buy it along with other xpacs that i still dont have, hope will be 50% off or more
That dolphin is swol with big brain intelligence glad I got mine and love intro video that paradox interactive made theme song inspiring
aah the intro music makes my inner Michiel de ruyter wake up
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
Gekoloniseerd?
"Oh no he's HOOOOT" - Squidward about the Dolphin
Thsnkue pardadox ,i love runtime errors,
No i do not have that song stuck in my head since yesterday, you do
6:58 the _slightly_ less well-known spaghetti Western...
The dolphin smut comment got me 😂
You had me the moment the robo pirate started singing his space shanty.
The biggest thing I would like to see them expand on though remains diplomacy. Maybe introduce something that makes the galactic community try to maintain a balance of power. That if you grow too strong they will all team up to cut you down to size. That would make diplomacy relevant later on cause you would need to maintain relationships with the strongest members at all times.
I bought it as I saw you upload this vid. And I'd buy it regardless of verdict. Because I like stellaris and want Paradox to keep its work alive.
@HateMachinist
2 жыл бұрын
@Acolyte of Dagon Yeah. Some people think pay-2-win will be the unhealthy future of games. I think it will be making games as platforms, then steadily release expansions and content to them.
@HateMachinist
2 жыл бұрын
@Acolyte of Dagon It's good. The novelty of having some new stuff is good by default after 1K hrs played, which probably makes me biased, but it's not expensive. The price is in my case justified by the hrs played many times over, even if I don't play aquatic empires too often. I wouldn't say it is "necessary" like utopia, apocalypse and synthetic dawn expansions which I can't play without anymore, but still brings something new to the table like Necroids. I do love how it is integrated with apocalypse for makeshift aquatic-terraforming though.
Okay so that Colossus design is amazing I've always wanted like a reaper from mass effect type looking ship and that is close enough
Excellent Analysis
the trailer song is enough for it to be a hard yes for that one thing alone they just needed to add the song in to the game itself and it would be a god tier dlc
sea shanties in the trailer? im sold already
Wow last time I was this early... Well let's just say I was on console and was hyped for megacorps... Should I get it? Idk I can't watch the video yet, I'm about to head off to work. Will I get it? You God damn right I will.
lithoid aquatic necrophage hive mind when?
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
Totally possible too
@godouroboros8047
2 жыл бұрын
You read my mind.
@sirkilium8549
2 жыл бұрын
You could also do planetoid traits instead of Lithoid so it could have phototropic & budding
The announcement posted had that liquid filled robot body looking portrait, but I didn’t see it in the ones displayed in game. Is that an alt outfit for one of them?
I love your content!!
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
I do to
At 3:45 I got a little disappointed that the advisor's voice didn't get bubbles sound effects as if he was speaking under water.
And now we can be pirates with the stuff from this DLC and Megacorps. :D
when i look at the ships and structures i think "this is avian...but better" although i would love to see a mod where if you had the dragon and this dragon could get together, you can sacrifice a world to them which will remove them from the field but allows you to start your own dragon breeding program
@Kaimuund
2 жыл бұрын
Have I got news for you! You can breed dragons now
Damn it, that shanty is gold.
Already got it and loving it lol but I need this song so badly 😍😍
What was that song in the intro it was fantastic
Aquatics needs a mod with a portrait for Captain Planet
@Techburn997
2 жыл бұрын
With an option for Don Cheadle version of Captain Planet :D
The Trailershanty is epic 😁
Aquatics is currently on sale for 20% off!
In a galaxy without energy, we might've been Heroes Captain Dolph Beard
I was planning to wait for a sale. They have launched it discounted. Which is always an interesting philosophical debate to have. Still, I bought it day one, because it was on sale.
They need to add the space dragon for the bored game!
i just needa know about the dragon hatchery
Yo what’s the shanty in the intro? It kinda slaps.
That space shanty alone is reason enough to buy it. If they won't release a full single I'll be very disappointed
Kingdom of Boron. Here I come!
Is that first song in the DLC? If yes, then I am sold...
@A_Spec
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly it's the trailer only
I know I'm month late, but is there any chance you could tell me how you opened the specie portrait file? I assume you used GIMP from the looks, but it doesn't work in mine by default.
Aquatic civic costs 1 point in the current live version it ain't free anymore it's also locked to either aquatic paradise origin or just ocean world i didn't check it out enough i just noticed 1 point and not removable
Final words sounded so ominous "not for me". I even listened back.
I wasn’t going to get aquatics or come back to stellaris at least for a while then the shanty convinced me
I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED FOR MORE SPACE SHANTIES.
Shame they didn't add any aquatic gestalt content...it's all for non-gestalt empires. Instead of "anglers", a hive might have "Coral Brain" giving a coral drone granting a small amount of research and unity. Not sure what a machine would have though. Also, while the ships do look nice, other than the corvette they don't really have an aquatic feel to them. To really understand what I mean by this, take a look at the ship design for the Boron species in X series, specifically X3 or X4. If you like using normal or megacorp empires this is a good pack. A friend and I both got it day of release. He loves it. I prefer playing Hives, and the lack of any content in that quarter is really disappointing. If you like playing hives, skip this DLC for now.
@WhiteManOnCampus
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, but for the titan if you look down from the top it looks like a cuttlefish at rest. And a lot of the ships are more designed to be oceanic transports rather than aping Earth aquatic critters.
Did anyone else briefly hear 'Here be Dragons' as 'ERP Dragons'? Please tell me it wasn't just me.