I've finally done it. I've bought Stellaris as recommended here, despite my dislike for real-time strategy and Paradox in general. First impressions are not good. How on earth can a game covering galaxy wide grand strategy not have a manual?
Also, it says on the specs that it will run on Vista. I have an old Vista PC no longer connected to the internet and it will not even look at Stellaris. A quick search on the internet found me the answer. It did run on Vista at one time, but a patch then meant it would no longer run. I bought it on GOG, which only provides the latest version.
What do the developers say about this? Sorry. Maybe the next time a Windows update crashes everybody's computers, instead of fixing it, Microsoft should just say sorry too and not bother doing anything about it?
Technically, this is the wrong thread to post this because this is the game I am currently not playing. I have it installed on my Win 10 machine but still feel like I've been cheated because I didn't want it on my main machine (it's essentially reserved for recording music). I'm too pissed off to even go near it right now. Maybe in a few months time I'll look at it again.
Bloody Paradox. I should have known better. Never again.