Sins of a solar empire

2008-02-16 17:47:45

#1

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6772|London

This game is pure awesome.

If you enjoy games like supreme commander, galactic civilizations, civ4, homeworld etc. then you will love this. Epic space battles in real time, your main ships level up and get stronger, you order huge fleets of hundreds of ships around, there's base building (more like planet development), orbital bombardments, resource farming etc.

https://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/112/reviews/935993_20070423_screen004.jpg

https://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/009/935993_20080110_screen003.jpg

Some reviews:
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sins … eview.html
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/852/852735p1.html
The IGN video review is very nice

One small note is that it's very much worth buying this game, it's made by some small time developers who need support and if we don't fund the industry we can never expect good things (a la EA). Psychonauts was a great game but underperformed and the developers' next project looks like it will suck as they are trying to appeal to mainstream gamers (ie the ones who pay).

Last edited by Aries_37 (2008-02-16 17:51:49)

2008-02-16 17:49:46

#2

TrashBlinD: french canadians suck; +135|6839|can

Waws, I had never heard of that game.

It does looks pretty schweet. Is there a demo ?

Last edited by TrashBlinD (2008-02-16 17:53:42)

2008-02-16 17:53:06

#3

ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6671|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

Yea looks quite good

I may purchase this

2008-02-16 17:53:30

#4

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6196|The Mitten

Aries_37 wrote:
if we don't fund the industry we can never expect good things (a la EA).

Not that EA does a great job now anyways......

But yea, it looks cool.

EE (hats

2008-02-16 17:55:12

#5

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6487|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

Finally, something I can use my $157 worth of Best Buy gift cards on!

EDIT: Also, does it take place in 3-dimensions?

Last edited by cowami (2008-02-16 17:58:31)

2008-02-16 17:55:34

#6

Thoruz: Member; +42|6523|Germany

i've been looking forward to this game for several months now
but i just haven't been able to play it yet

i hope it is similar to homeworld (3d strategy)

2008-02-16 17:57:22

#7

justice: OctoPoster; +978|6938|OctoLand

EVERY single member of my clan have been playing this since it came out, it really sounds addictive, although it's not my sort of thing so I'm not gonna buy it, but if you like a good RTS, get this game....my clan claim its the most addictive game sice bf2.

I know fucking karate

2008-02-16 17:57:50

#8

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6772|London

Thoruz wrote:
i hope it is similar to homeworld (3d strategy)

Yup the battles are very similar, but this has more economy and infrastructure management on top of the fighting

2008-02-16 19:07:47

#9

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6969|PNW

If it's already out I'll buy it tomorrow, but what I really want is Ascendancy 2.

Come back to life, Logic Factory!

2008-02-16 19:10:36

#10

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6487|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

cowami wrote:
Also, does it take place in 3-dimensions?

If it did, that's be awsmness.

2008-02-16 19:45:59

#11

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6793|Michigan, USA

Its only 3-dimensonal in the fact that the camera can take any angle you want, and all the ships are rendered in 3d. However, your ship commands are limited to one plane, so no Homeworld style movement.

One flaw though

Once you play one game of it, thats pretty much it. Game works alot like civilization series(although its all realtime) but basically theres no campaign or story, and every game boils down to the same thing. Ships also mov equite slowly so games can take ages.

On the goodside
You can have hundreds of ships on screen and still run it great, the battles are very well animated,and the scope is HUGE. 8 hours into one game and I was still fighting off 6 of 8 races(reformated today and lost my save damnit). Plently of units to go around, small rpg elements, and plently of action.

Its a fun game, but gets old quick. If the game was a bit deeper, it might have held my intrest longer.

2008-02-16 19:47:34

#12

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6667

Game does really good, and I'm surprised it wasn't advertised and talked about more. Seems to have gone relatively unnoticed .

I've been looking for a new RTS for a few weeks now- after completing WiC I became bored with it, and never took much interest in C&C3. After trying games such as Dawn of War (oh dear...), I think I'll give this game a decent looksie.

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2008-02-16 19:49:26

#13

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6487|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

r2zoo wrote:
Its only 3-dimensonal in the fact that the camera can take any angle you want, and all the ships are rendered in 3d. However, your ship commands are limited to one plane, so no Homeworld style movement.

One flaw though

Once you play one game of it, thats pretty much it. Game works alot like civilization series(although its all realtime) but basically theres no campaign or story, and every game boils down to the same thing. Ships also mov equite slowly so games can take ages.

On the goodside
You can have hundreds of ships on screen and still run it great, the battles are very well animated,and the scope is HUGE. 8 hours into one game and I was still fighting off 6 of 8 races(reformated today and lost my save damnit). Plently of units to go around, small rpg elements, and plently of action.

Its a fun game, but gets old quick. If the game was a bit deeper, it might have held my intrest longer.

Here's the important bit:

Are there plenty of fighters and bombers and the like that scurry around like flies about your large warships?

2008-02-16 23:51:23

#14

Rod Foxx: Warblgarbl; +78|6181|Perth, Australia

Uzique wrote:
After trying games such as Dawn of War (oh dear...)

What's your problem with DoW? Everyone i know who has played the game thinks it's awesome, especially after Dark Crusade.

Otherwise, i just got this game yesterday. Haven't played it yet, but i have high hopes.

2008-02-17 00:00:04

#15

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6735|Long Island, New York

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor … r%20Empire

Pretty decent! Got an 88 from Metacritic, with an average of an 8.6 user review. Nice! I think I might pick this up.

Here's a link for an awesome price of it, on newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6832796001

2008-02-17 00:30:45

#16

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6793|Michigan, USA

cowami wrote:
r2zoo wrote:
Its only 3-dimensonal in the fact that the camera can take any angle you want, and all the ships are rendered in 3d. However, your ship commands are limited to one plane, so no Homeworld style movement.

One flaw though

Once you play one game of it, thats pretty much it. Game works alot like civilization series(although its all realtime) but basically theres no campaign or story, and every game boils down to the same thing. Ships also mov equite slowly so games can take ages.

On the goodside
You can have hundreds of ships on screen and still run it great, the battles are very well animated,and the scope is HUGE. 8 hours into one game and I was still fighting off 6 of 8 races(reformated today and lost my save damnit). Plently of units to go around, small rpg elements, and plently of action.

Its a fun game, but gets old quick. If the game was a bit deeper, it might have held my intrest longer.
Here's the important bit:

Are there plenty of fighters and bombers and the like that scurry around like flies about your large warships?

Yes, fighter/bombers hover are literally represented as little specks unless you really zoom in to see them. When you have a huge amount of carriers, the suckers can literally form clouds of color specks able to smash capital ships to pieces.

2008-02-17 00:35:47

#17

¦TØP¦straz_mataz: Member; +49|6382

looks interesting... i have been looking for a really good game too play

2008-02-17 01:07:14

#18

iNeedUrFace4Soup: fuck it; +348|6743

There is a game very similar to this but it is a mmorpg. I forgot the name though.

2008-02-17 01:13:59

#19

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6969|PNW

iNeedUrFace4Soup wrote:
There is a game very similar to this but it is a mmorpg. I forgot the name though.

Eve Online. Interface and play style is a bit different, though; Eve's closer to X3 if anything. Eve comes with recommends from just about all my friends who've tried it, but I still hedge about monthly payments that could go into bolstering my collection instead.

Freelancer is probably the second-best online space shooter out there, and its 'mmo' servers are free and user-maintained.

2008-02-17 01:41:27

#20

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|6882|Espoo, Finland

The game has one of the most impressive UI's I've ever seen.
The camera controls are so well thought out that it still keeps amazing me.

On top of that, it's a very fun game to play.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Eve comes with recommends from just about all my friends who've tried it, but I still hedge about monthly payments that could go into bolstering my collection instead.

You can pay it with ingame money

2008-02-17 03:09:39

#21

psH: Banned; +217|6581|Sydney

if i ever want to play a space type game ill stick with EvE (that shit is win)

but i guess i can't compare it to an rts

2008-02-17 06:21:46

#22

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6667

I've played EVE before- it's a pretty good space MMORPG - but I find this 'Sins of a Solar Empire' more fun. There does seem to be a common theme running throughout both games of tedium and slowness, but I guess that's just space for you . In EVE it can take you weeks to even get off the ground, similarly just as this game could take you weeks to get stuck into a good epic-scale campaign... both of them are ultimately fun for hours and hours.

After completing all of the Tutorials I am impressed with this game, and will sit down for a concentrated few hours of space colonization later . Thanks for the recommendation- I'm going to be having some fun with this game over the next few weeks!

(P.S. My main complaint with DoW was its generic nature. It's not really drastically different from 99% of other RTS games out there- that and it is slightly more aged in comparison to newer titles... so it doesn't even stand out on a graphics/cinematic point of view either)

Last edited by Uzique (2008-02-17 06:22:52)

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2008-02-17 07:34:14

#23

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|6963|UK

Sweet. Homeworld basically on a massive scale. So fucking buying that.

2008-02-17 09:58:47

#24

GR34: Member; +215|6742|ALBERTA> CANADA

I would get it if there was a StarGate Mod

2008-02-17 10:18:37

#25

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7040|Alberta, Canada

I was thinking about downloading it, but multiplayer wouldn't work. That's no fun.

Might buy it when the price drops.

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