It's hard to see this as anything other than the company losing its nerve. A quick search on Steam reveals similar mods that will ensure the game's human race is only made up of African or Asian people - yet these hadn't been removed.Īs the Stellaris community responded with claims of censorship and hypocrisy, Paradox began to change its message. The Stellaris subreddit, in particular, was flooded with angry fans that didn't believe Paradox had the right to make moral decisions on their behalf.Īside from that, there was also the uncomfortable truth that 'European Phenotype and Names Only (White Humans)' wasn't the only mod of its kind.
I think the answer to that question lies in the community's immediate reaction to the decision. Why then, is the mod already back up on the Steam Workshop? The mod was reuploaded within 24 hours. Although Paradox was happy for players to mod its games as they please, there's a line to be drawn when it comes to matters of race and intolerance. Labelling the mod as 'discriminatory', the company issued a statement which made its stance pretty clear. Stellaris is an excellent 4X Grand Strategy game in which human empires are made up of multicultural populations. Last week, Paradox pulled a Stellaris mod that altered the game's human race to consist of only white people with European names.
