Dylan LawrenceSins of a Solar Empire
August 11th 2008 19:18
Screenshot courtesy of Gaming Today
Sins of a Solar Empire is another great space game brought to you by the fine folks over at Stardock. Stardock is most widely known for the amazing Galactic Civilizations series which gets high reviews from players of strategy games and critics alike.
Sins of a Solar Empire breaks the traditional 4X template of Gal Civ and does things in real time. This opens up a whole new world for Stardock as they can get returning Gal Civ players as well as RTS gamers at the same time.
I've only tried a few random maps and skipped the tutorial but I must say, this game is fairly difficult on Normal settings. It's probably because I've been trying to expand quickly which is a bad idea it seems. Pirates raid with large fleets so if you have a few automated guns and little ships defending a planet, you will need to call in a lot of backup.
The research branches are interesting as you can focus on civilian, military, or experimental projects by themselves or all together. The research is pretty resource intensive so if you aren't mining enough stuff or making enough cash, you simply can't do research anything at all.
I think this game might appeal to those who love space exploration and conquest games but also love RTS games like Warcraft and Command and Conquer.
I'm going to go try again right now and MAYBE use the tutorial.
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