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New Stellaris DLC Astral Planes will take you on a journey to other dimensions"What will you discover, in a universe beyond limits?"
“What will you discover, in a universe beyond limits?”
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Image credit:Paradox
Stellaris: Astral Planes | Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Stellaris: Astral Planes | Announcement Trailer
A collaboration withFaeriastudio Abrakam Entertainment, the Astral Planes expansion is a smaller, narrative-focussed, mid to late-game add-on which introduces over 30 types of Astral Rift to the universe, each with its branching storyline. That’s on top of eight new relics, four civics, a new origin and some mysterious “Astral Threads and Astral Actions”.
The Youtube blurb contends that “Astral Planes offers you the chance to chart your own path, navigating an array of wonders and dangers alike. Travel through Rifts in space and time for a glimpse of strange, new realities. What will you discover, in a universe beyond limits?” I’m going to say: hideous tentacle monsters. But I would love it if the DLC were grander than advertised, and we ended up managing multiple empires in different dimensions, each dedicated to a different resource. I’m going to store all my golf clubs in Astral Plane #471.
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The DLC pack includes three new tracks from fan favourite composer Andreas Waldetoft. There’s no release date, but Astral Planes will release alongside the forthcoming Stellaris 3.10 Pyxis update - you can find a bit more info onthe Steam page. While Stellaris has never set worlds alight with its DLC, the Paradox sim remains one of thebest space games on PC, for our money. If you’re wearying of its setting, you might want to check outStar Trek: Infinite, which is Stellaris with a dash of Jean-Luc Picard.
