[2026/07/14]vol.16社会结构模拟|《群星》Stellaris

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[2026/07/14] vol.16 社会结构模拟|《群星》Stellaris
前言：这是一款年龄分级为“7岁”的社会结构模拟游戏。
1.意识形态博弈
游戏中一个相当核心的玩法核心是在于对于意识形态的自定义上，玩家在游戏中可以以相当自由的形式来决定一个国家的（或者说是星球文明的）“思潮”（Ethics），在不考虑特殊的格式塔意识这一思潮的前提下，一共八个思潮彼此对立：
1.军国主义-和平主义
2.排外主义-亲外主义
3.平等主义-威权主义
4.唯物主义-唯心主义
并且在此基础上，以上的八个思潮各有其极端版本，极端的思潮将会带来更明显的修正效果，以及随之而来对于政策以及其他类型的限制等等。游戏本身允许玩家通过各不相同的思潮与政体，来在宇宙层级的视角下来进行一场对于文明如何与其他文明交互的宏大沙盒模拟。
这种意识形态博弈并不仅仅存在于文明以及其外部文明之间，并且同样存在其政治结构内部，例如一个极端威权主义的帝国每一次更换领导人都意味着整体政治局势的动荡，又或者采取全体公民投票的民主制中林立的派系与门阀本就是整个文明做出一些选择的阻力。
2.宇宙级沙盒
与游戏《文明》所采用的方式较为近似的一点是，《群星》在视觉表现力方面相对克制，游戏的大部分体验经由文本阅读或者是玩家自身对于浩瀚星河的想象，这或许是组成此游戏宏大感来源、支撑其表现意识形态博弈的一个重要组成部件，当游戏画面并不关注于事无巨细地展现所有细节时，玩家会对每一颗星球的繁荣兴衰、每一次舰队之间的交火、每一次文明彼此间的初次接触等等...通过想象的形式来补充游戏未曾表现的细节。
提供了一个相当宽广的社会实验框架，不同的文明在银河间基于其文明底色可能会有着截然不同的行为倾向：可能会使建立一个银河联邦的尝试，或者是试图通过扩张征服整个银河，又或者是试图通过唯心的灵能力量来彻底影响宇宙的结构等等...游戏的宏大感并不单单来源于过程之中的剧情体验，同样包括了一种玩家主动进行历史创造的可能，也因此其自身所带来的沉浸感与投入感在机制与形式上与其他游戏往往有着较为明显的不同。
3.结语-目的与反目的
此外游戏同样借由文明发展过程中所可以选择的高级形式来探讨一些新的命题，例如：在机械飞升的发展路线中，游戏中的文明需要将意识上传至机械躯体，而一个科技发展速度远远超出先前计量方式的时代，社会所面临的全新道德困境与社会困境也将难以预计；在基因飞升的路径中，文明将有着定向修改物种特性，以进行高度定制化的生育、演进方式，同样有着生命形式自身被工具化、排除出道德伦理化的倾向，进而为不同物种之间的阶级压迫来构筑其对应的正当性，同样可能成为文明系统性灾难的催化剂。
其形式上并非单纯将“玩家的目的——所能获得的结果”进行简单明晰的关联，而是用一种近乎截然相反的方式来警示玩家：不可将整个文明的存续寄托于特定的、稳定的规则、甚至是对于繁荣或稳定的信念上。而当视角提升到文明整体的兴衰与存续时，我们或许可能会因为先前人生中所坚持的信念或道德伦理观念不再适用于游戏中的特定社会构架而感到些许惊异。
最后是一小段笔者的话：将我们现在所处的文明当作是一个星际文明来看待的话，或许这的确是一款年龄分级恰如其分游戏也说不定...
[2026/07/14] vol.16 Social Structure Simulation | Stellaris
Preface: This is a social structure simulation game with an age rating of "7+".
Ideological Gameplay
A core gameplay element lies in the customization of ideology. Players are given considerable freedom to define the "Ethics" of a nation (or planetary civilization). Excluding the special Gestalt Consciousness ethic, there are eight ethics arranged in four opposing pairs:
Militarist – Pacifist
Xenophobe – Xenophile
Egalitarian – Authoritarian
Materialist – Spiritualist
Each of these eight ethics has an extreme version, which brings more pronounced modifiers along with corresponding restrictions on policies and other aspects. Through these diverse ethics and government forms, the game allows players to engage in a grand sandbox simulation at the galactic level, exploring how civilizations interact with one another.
This ideological gameplay is not limited to interactions between civilizations; it also manifests within internal political structures. For example, in an extreme Authoritarian empire, each change of leadership can trigger political turbulence, while in a democratic system with universal suffrage, the proliferation of factions and power blocs can itself become a source of resistance to decision-making.
A Cosmic Sandbox
Similar to the Civilization series in its approach, Stellaris exercises relative restraint in visual representation. Much of the experience is conveyed through text and the player's own imagination of the vast cosmos—and this very quality may be a crucial component of the game's sense of grandeur, as well as a key support for its ideological gameplay. When the game's visuals are not concerned with rendering every minute detail, players are invited to fill in the gaps through imagination: the rise and fall of each planet, every exchange of fire between fleets, each first contact between civilizations—all are enriched by the player's mental imagery.
The game offers a remarkably broad framework for social experimentation. Different civilizations, shaped by their ideological foundations, may exhibit radically different behavioral tendencies: they might attempt to build a galactic federation, or seek to conquer the entire galaxy through expansion, or try to fundamentally alter the structure of the universe through psychic powers, and so on. The game's grandeur does not stem solely from narrative experiences along the way, but also from the possibility of active historical creation by the player. Consequently, the immersion and engagement it generates are often distinctly different in mechanism and form from those of other games.
Concluding Remarks – Purpose and Anti-Teleology
The game also explores new propositions through the advanced paths civilizations can choose during development. For instance:
Along the Mechanical Ascension path, civilizations must upload their consciousness into mechanical bodies. In an era where technological development far outstrips previous rates of change, the new moral and social dilemmas faced by society become nearly impossible to anticipate.
Along the Genetic Ascension path, civilizations gain the ability to directionally modify species traits, enabling highly customized reproduction and evolution. This carries a tendency for life forms themselves to be instrumentalized and excluded from moral-ethical consideration, thereby constructing justifications for class oppression between species—and potentially serving as a catalyst for systemic catastrophe.
In its form, the game does not simply establish a straightforward link between "player goals" and "achievable outcomes." Rather, it takes an almost contrary approach to warn players: one cannot stake the survival of an entire civilization on specific, stable rules—or even on the belief in prosperity or stability itself. When we elevate our perspective to the rise and fall of a civilization as a whole, we may find ourselves startled that the convictions or moral-ethical frameworks we once held in our personal lives no longer apply to the specific social structures within the game.
A final note from the author: If we were to regard our own civilization as a galactic civilization, perhaps this game's age rating is more fitting than it might first appear...