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2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 The only thing it lacks is a Campaign mode., 2008-06-05
I have nothing but high praise for Sins of a Solar Empire in every category. The Graphics are top notch, the gameplay is both unique and intuitive, not to mention addicting! And the sound and music is spot on. The only thing that would make this game better would be a single player campaign.
7 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 Gave in to the hype. Now scratching my head!!! , 2008-05-29
I agree with some of the reviewers here that are scratching their heads about this game. I gave the game 2 stars for fun factor and 3 overall as a reward for no copy protection. I played it for a full weekend and just didn't get what the gushing reviews were about. There is no real strategy to Sins except with dealing with a unit cap. It just reminds me of Warcraft 2 in space. I really thought I was missing something when you crank out ships and then they will go and automatically shoot enemy ships on their own until they or the enemy blows up. There is very little else that keeps you interested in this gameplay. I then realized that I was actually looking for tactical space battles that didn't exist in Sins of a Solar Empire. I really didn't feel that involved in the game especially during the space combat. I went on to playing Sword of the Stars and was quite pleased with the gameplay and the tactical space battles.
6 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 Can you say Master of Orion?, 2008-05-26
After playing this for the last few days (over 24 hours of actual game play) I have come to the conclusion that this is just a paired down version of Master of Orion 3. Yes the graphics are nicer but the game has only one difference from MoO3, it isn't as customizable. In MoO you can create your own ships, the weapons you want, shields, etc. In Sins you have a few types already set up for you and that is it. The graphics are really nice. I don't know what the reviewers are talking about when they say the graphics are really bad but I'm running this on an ancient Athlon64-3200 with an 8800GS video card and the graphics are great. Overall I only rated this two stars because the only thing new are the improved graphics. Other than that this game pales in comparison to Master of Orion 3.
9 of 15 customers found the following review helpful:
Vastly overrated - I find it boring, 2008-05-25
All the professional review sites are ecstatic over this title. I have no idea why.
You have a map with a small number of planets (14 on a small map, 20 on a medium map, 50 on a large map--I don't see how anyone would have time to play this on a large map), and it takes really LONG time for ships to move between these planets.
The thing you need to know about this game is that it's slow. There's nothing to do besides watch your ships fight it out. Battles can take forever. There's little strategy involved. Once you've figured out the best technology to research and best ships to build, there's really not much planning or thinking required.
The technology research is very generic. You research stuff that gives you more powerful shields and armor, more powerful weapons, or unlock new ships. On the civilian side, the key technologies to research are unlocking trading ports (because you need to build them to get more money), and early warning radar so you know when enemy ships are coming. Other than that, there are no key technologies that alter the game. It's not like Civilization where you really feel the pain of falling behind in research.
The AI isn't very bright. It will harass your planets if you put it on "agressor" mode, but it's really bad at going in for the kill and actually taking you over. On "hard" level, the computer players have massively more ships than you do, but are too stupid to use them effectively.
Thinking of playing it online against humans? The SOSE forums are full of complaints about problems playing the game online, and even if they fix those problems in a future service pack, do you really want to play a game online where it takes an entire day to finish one game? Who has time for that?
If you want good strategy, play Civ 4 instead. If you are unemployed and want to spend hours mindlessly in front of a computer game, then play one of those big online games like World of Warcraft ot Final Fantasy XI.
3 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
Pretty, but BORING, 2008-05-16
The battles look great when you zoom in, but you really can't fight that way because you miss too much, like more enemies joining the fight. You basically spend all your time fighting off pirate attacks (when in history have pirates ever messed with fleets of warships?). There are three different factions you can play, but the differences in ships are pretty minor and they play about the same. If there is a "tactical" aspect of fighting these ships, I missed it - seems like you just get them close and watch them slug it out.
The "real time strategy" thing is not really a positive thing in my mind. You end up scurrying around trying to sneak in the research and building in between more pirate attacks. Just makes the game feel more harried. After a week or so, I stopped playing this - I would not recommend it.
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