Paradox Interactive, makers of beloved Grand Strategy series like Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis, have long been very friendly to the modding community. Modders in turn have done amazing things with these Paradox games. One of the most famous instances is the Game Of Thrones mod for Crusader Kings 2 . The mod, released in 2012 and updated since, turns the Medieval strategy game into the ultimate Game of Thrones game. You can be any lord in Westeros or Essos, and plot, backstab, and betray your way to power.
Now modders have taken on a similarly huge project. This time, their goal is to transform Paradox’s space faring game Stellaris into the ultimate Star Trek game. It seems like a great fit. Much of Stellaris focuses on exploring new world and encountering new civilizations. In the later game you can even form a federation of like minded space faring species, clearly based on that of Star Trek.
The mod is called Star Trek: Infinities and is already getting some exciting buzz. For the last year we had little to go on besides an Announcement Trailer from an early build of the mod that didn’t really show how everything would work. Luckily now, thanks to GB Gaming, we have a better look at how things are shaping up including gameplay footage.
I’d say it’s shaping up pretty well, and I’m clearly not alone as it won the ‘Best Upcoming Mod’ award at ModDB last year. While it is still very much a work in progress and unavailable for download you can check in on progress here. In the meantime I expect all of you to be playing the Game Of Thrones mod for CK2.
