This question popped into my head when I was playing Void Stranger. I just got done with the game and will probably never play it again despite not finishing it. The game is genuinely amazing but it just gets so demanding as you progress through it. I ended up watching the second half of the game on YouTube.

What is your favorite game that you feel is really cool and special but you never felt the pull of actually finishing it, and why?

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Same reason that Dwarf Fortress also has the same problem. Simulation is a lot heavier than graphics, and it’s CPU heavy, but gaming computer usually have acceptable CPUs and powerhouse GPUs, so they bottleneck on the CPU with simulation games.

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I have an i9 13900, so uh, it isn’t exactly a mid tier CPU.

Stellaris just can’t have a full, long game without eating shit at the end frame wise.

edit: i9 13980HK, slightly wrong model, point stands as its a very high end CPU that’ll beat the snot out of anything normal. Stellaris is actually just brutal to run end game.

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