This is a very shoddy DLC, insulting actually to sell something so poorly designed. All it really does is completely clogs your roads with trucks because it employs zero logic in materials and goods distribution.
It has a lot of nice factories to build but beyond that it's pretty much a joke.
It's just that, just like it's predecessor. Flashy graphics and not much more. Gameplay is about as deep as a damp kitchen sponge. It's not awful but it's not particularly good either.
Buy it on sale and it's alright, I guess, but be warned: This game relies very heavily on timed missions.
I tried the game during a free weekend event and didn't get very far. I did however enjoy it non the less a lot. The game is simple, beautiful and rewards you for both skill and wit (mostly skill). As a friendless gamer, I enjoyed the game even if playing single player, but I'd imagine it's even more fun with up to three friends :)
Really good game and can always be found cheap now. Get the moonbase DLC after you have tried the base game, it is a different experience in a way but still very good.
Its decent for what it is, online mode is not that great on PC due to hackers, worth buying on sale if you like GTA. If you don't mind the western setting RDR2 is a far superior game and would be the one to get over this.
The change from 2D to 3D might seem superficial but it changes everything about the game. It makes the gameplay a lot more engaging. Not only that but they also seem to be more focused on adding content like challenges and unlockables.
Bought this as it supposedly would work on my mac, which is running OS Mojave 10.14.6. Sadly, it crashes before it opens. Googling this reveals other people have had the same problem. So buy at your own risk. Shame. Always wanted to play this game.
I find this type of DLCs the best one. As in other Paradox games (HoI4 and Stellaris), this DLC is plenty optional. It gives more content to three greek powers (Athenas, Sparta and Syracuse): a full set of missions, their own pantheon and some cosmetics (their own models for units and ships as well as new musical themes).
It also adds a little feature which digs deeper in the main theme of the free patch (religion), as apotheosis (the deification of former rulers).
So... Magna Graecia follows a good model for DLCs, and its particular content is good enough to give Imperator Rome another try.
The humor and style ain't for everyone, but I found it very enjoyable and replayed it greatly. The game can get grindy upon replaying and when trying to get to the highest levels/OP levels and getting the best of gears, but that does come with the genre.
Stellaris is a great game already. So expansions should make game features evolve, not just add clunky additions.
Federations is not the "diplomacy rework" I was expecting. New federation types are fine, but Stellaris lacks the "granularity" where this feature would really be useful (galaxies are too small... or empires too big to make the diplomatic game plenty meaningful).
But what is not working at all is Galaxy Community (sort of a "galactic senate" á la Star Wars). Too generic laws, unexisting internal dynamics... You barely pay attention to it.
What I've found better is the "origins" feature (your empire background).
My conclusion: as far as developers are still tweaking and balancing this patch and expansion I wish some of the features will improve. Meanwhile... I don't think Federations is good enough.
My personal ranking for Stellaris DLCs (expansions and story packs):
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