In my opinion one member of the review team came into the game looking specifically for a CK2 in space and when that wasn't there the show devolved into a feeding frenzy. I don't care for CK2 but I am loving Stellaris so maybe the game should be taken for what it is at this point; a deep 4X game with a grand strategy flavor. And that is fine with me for now but I anticipate content coming in the future since there is already a tab for DLC.