Sins of a solar empire

GlobalExplorer · 01-22-08, 02:54 PM

A new game is coming from Stardock (Galciv2), integrating RTS, 4xstrategy and good graphics in a SF scenario. As it's from stardock, I expect it to be great on the gameplay side too.

This game is going to come out in two weeks, and it's going to be an Indie release, so you must look for it. Head over to http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com if you want to support those guys.

TteFAboB · 01-22-08, 06:51 PM

I like GalCiv2, will try it out.

Shyzar · 01-22-08, 07:15 PM

I've been watching this game closely for the last six months. This is my second most anticipated release of 2008, only bested by Spore.

GlobalExplorer · 01-28-08, 01:40 PM

Now that I have seen more of the game I must say it looks like a fine game but I'll probably pass this over.

- This is a RTS with some 4X, but still a RTS (I hate RTS).
- It has no campaign whatsoever, just missions ( a lot of them are random ).

- Graphics and sound are really nice.

I admit I expected something more along the lines of GalCiv2 with 3D action, but this is a very much different game.

XLjedi · 02-11-08, 09:48 AM

Looks interesting...

I did pick up GalCiv2 Dreadlords this past year, and frankly, got a little irritated by how grossly outmathced I was against the Dreadlord tech scale. I found the 2D battle sequences to be subpar. I was hoping for a little bit of control in the battle, perhaps Solar Empire is really the game I was looking for?

Ya just gotta support Stardock.

GlobalExplorer · 02-12-08, 12:04 PM

GalCiv2 is an excellent strategy game, I would rank it as the best game I played in 2006. But no one plays the Dread Lords Campaign

every one goes for the free campaign.

Concerning Sins, well, after I have seen the final product .. being and RTS, no campaign etc .. I have lost all interest in it. It has very nice graphics / sound and presumably gameplay is very good so it should be a very nice game if you are into these types of games (RTS , mission driven, no grand campaign etc).

On a side note, stardocks often praised lack-of-copy-protection distribution absolutely sucks. I just bought the two expansions for GalCiv2 only to find out that I can only install them when I have access to the internet (in order to install I must download the game every time with stardock central instead of downloading the installation files).

Still, I try to support these guys, they are making the kind of games that most big publishers have abandoned.

SUBMAN1 · 06-17-08, 01:54 PM

Has anyone played this? I hear that its not only good, but no copy protection! Doesn't screw up your system!

http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/

I will buy it if its good! Got to support devs like this.

-S

Dowly · 06-17-08, 02:12 PM

GRRRR!!!!

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=sins+solar

As for the game, no, I havent tried it. Tho, I've heard some good stuff about it.. :hmm:

SUBMAN1 · 06-17-08, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

GRRRR!!!!

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=sins+solar

As for the game, no, I havent tried it. Tho, I've heard some good stuff about it.. :hmm:

Just read up on it. It seems that it is online only until the expansion pack comes out. I'll wait for that. Hate playing online, especially when you have to complete a 4 hour game!

-S

Dowly · 06-17-08, 02:34 PM

Hmm... I think I really have to check this one out. Reminds alot of Masters of Orion II which I played for a looooong time.

As for not having an SP campaign, I dont think it'll bug me that much. Not if the galaxy is big enough. :hmm:

SUBMAN1 · 06-17-08, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Hmm... I think I really have to check this one out. Reminds alot of Masters of Orion II which I played for a looooong time.

As for not having an SP campaign, I dont think it'll bug me that much. Not if the galaxy is big enough. :hmm:

Looks like you join up to 4 to 6 other players and go at it for hours.

There is some sort of SP element, but probably just training.

The people that play it say its the best Master Of Orion type game to every hit the face of the Earth. All reviews give it a 9 on 10 with kick ass and PC Gamer Editor choice awards. This is what peeked my interest in it.

There is a campaign engine coming in some sort of upgrade thing.

-S

XLjedi · 06-17-08, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Has anyone played this? I hear that its not only good, but no copy protection! Doesn't screw up your system!

http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/

I will buy it if its good! Got to support devs like this.

-S

Um... the copy protection thing is sorta only half-true.

On the one hand, no... there's no copy protection. On the other hand, the game is unplayable (purposefully crippled maybe?) with respect to difficulty level if you don't get the latest patch. To get the patch, you have to register the game. To register the game you need the CD code... you sorta get the idea.

Personally, I have absolutely no problem with this. It's much better than having to deal with SF malware or something else of the like that would, as you mentioned, screw up your system.

FAdmiral · 06-17-08, 09:25 PM

I just got Sins, (found it cheap) Don't like it as well as I did GC2. What i really
enjoyed was creating my own ships from scratch (not in Sins) What I am really
looking for is a space game that you can visit all planet surfaces and do stuff
on them like in the old Starflight 1 & 2 games....

JIM

SUBMAN1 · 06-18-08, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAdmiral

I just got Sins, (found it cheap) Don't like it as well as I did GC2. What i really
enjoyed was creating my own ships from scratch (not in Sins) What I am really
looking for is a space game that you can visit all planet surfaces and do stuff
on them like in the old Starflight 1 & 2 games....

JIM

I love Starflight! Man, and I had a Tandy 1000 way back then with an audio card of 3 tones and a noise generator, and when all my friends were running 4 color CGA with a single tone generator, I had the bomb! I had 16 colors!

:p

And those damn Interpol! If you didn't type in your code correctly from the wheel!

-S

XLjedi · 06-18-08, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAdmiral

I just got Sins, (found it cheap) Don't like it as well as I did GC2. What i really
enjoyed was creating my own ships from scratch (not in Sins) What I am really
looking for is a space game that you can visit all planet surfaces and do stuff
on them like in the old Starflight 1 & 2 games....

JIM

That was the only thing I thought it was missing too... building your own ships is cool.

I gotta go look at the website and see if anything has come out of the modding community with regard to ship building. I'd be content to build ships and import them, I wasn't always happy with how that ship builder thing worked anyway.

Maybe someday we'll be able to play a space sim that allows for flying from space to planet surface, and actually landing and/or docking. I sorta hate those "dock" buttons... The best one I've played with regard to spaceflight is Freelancer. I love the way you can see a planet waaaaay off in the distance and then you jump into a trade lane and you start warping toward it and you can actually see it getting closer. Cruise engines are cool too... you don't need to take a trade lane, you can actually fly to a planet if you don't mind it taking awhile.

Incidentally, today you can find Freelancer for $10 at Target amongst the bargain software section (those disk only racks).

01-22-08, 02:54 PM	#1
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Sins of a solar empire A new game is coming from Stardock (Galciv2), integrating RTS, 4xstrategy and good graphics in a SF scenario. As it's from stardock, I expect it to be great on the gameplay side too. This game is going to come out in two weeks, and it's going to be an Indie release, so you must look for it. Head over to http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com if you want to support those guys. __________________

01-22-08, 06:51 PM	#2
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I like GalCiv2, will try it out. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

01-22-08, 07:15 PM	#3
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I've been watching this game closely for the last six months. This is my second most anticipated release of 2008, only bested by Spore. __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz

01-28-08, 01:40 PM	#4
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Now that I have seen more of the game I must say it looks like a fine game but I'll probably pass this over. - This is a RTS with some 4X, but still a RTS (I hate RTS). - It has no campaign whatsoever, just missions ( a lot of them are random ). - Graphics and sound are really nice. I admit I expected something more along the lines of GalCiv2 with 3D action, but this is a very much different game. __________________

02-11-08, 09:48 AM	#5
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	Looks interesting... I did pick up GalCiv2 Dreadlords this past year, and frankly, got a little irritated by how grossly outmathced I was against the Dreadlord tech scale. I found the 2D battle sequences to be subpar. I was hoping for a little bit of control in the battle, perhaps Solar Empire is really the game I was looking for? Ya just gotta support Stardock. __________________

02-12-08, 12:04 PM	#6
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	GalCiv2 is an excellent strategy game, I would rank it as the best game I played in 2006. But no one plays the Dread Lords Campaign every one goes for the free campaign. Concerning Sins, well, after I have seen the final product .. being and RTS, no campaign etc .. I have lost all interest in it. It has very nice graphics / sound and presumably gameplay is very good so it should be a very nice game if you are into these types of games (RTS , mission driven, no grand campaign etc). On a side note, stardocks often praised lack-of-copy-protection distribution absolutely sucks. I just bought the two expansions for GalCiv2 only to find out that I can only install them when I have access to the internet (in order to install I must download the game every time with stardock central instead of downloading the installation files). Still, I try to support these guys, they are making the kind of games that most big publishers have abandoned. __________________

06-17-08, 01:54 PM	#7
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sins of the Solar Empire Has anyone played this? I hear that its not only good, but no copy protection! Doesn't screw up your system! http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/ I will buy it if its good! Got to support devs like this. -S __________________

06-17-08, 02:12 PM	#8
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	GRRRR!!!! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=sins+solar As for the game, no, I havent tried it. Tho, I've heard some good stuff about it.. :hmm:

06-17-08, 02:34 PM	#10
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Hmm... I think I really have to check this one out. Reminds alot of Masters of Orion II which I played for a looooong time. As for not having an SP campaign, I dont think it'll bug me that much. Not if the galaxy is big enough. :hmm:

06-17-08, 09:25 PM	#13
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I just got Sins, (found it cheap) Don't like it as well as I did GC2. What i really enjoyed was creating my own ships from scratch (not in Sins) What I am really looking for is a space game that you can visit all planet surfaces and do stuff on them like in the old Starflight 1 & 2 games.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org