Sins Game Review Thread

One thread to hold them all!

Published on February 3, 2008 By lordkosc In Sins of a Solar Empire

Ok , after the 20 or so preview threads that were all over the darn place, I am making a single location where we can post all the reviews of the game for easy reference.

So once you find a review, post it in the following format:

I hope this will be made sticky by someone from SD.

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PC GAMER

91%

Editor's Choice

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GameSpot

WWW Link

9/10

Editor's Choice

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Games for Windows

A-

Editor's Choice

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G4 X-Play

WWW Link

4/5

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IGN

WWW Link

8.9/10

Editors' Choice

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1up.com

WWW Link

8.5/10 Good

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Gamespy

WWW Link

4.5/5 GREAT!

Multiplayer Factor - Great!

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Game Informer Magazine

WWW Link

9/10

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Gamer 2.0

WWW Link

9/10

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Game Shark

WWW Link

A- Great

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Game Squad

WWW Link

9/10 GREAT!

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Resonance Gaming

WWW Link

9/10 GREAT!

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Game Tap

WWW Link

9/10 Get It!

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Out of Eight

WWW Link

8/8 GREAT!

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Game Daily

WWW Link

8.0 GOOD

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Shack News

WWW Link

Good:
# Patience-demanding strategy
# Endless possibility of scenarios
# Pew-pew lasers

Bad:
# No single-player campaign
# Steep learning curve

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UGO

WWW Link

A

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Game Almighty

WWW Link

9.0

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GamesRadar

WWW Link

9/10

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Gaming Steve

WWW Link

9/10

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ArchGamer

WWW Link

8.5/10 Good

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Sarcastic Gamer

WWW Link

9/10 Great

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Dual Analog

WWW Link

9/10 Great

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PALGN

WWW Link

9/10

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Game Valor

WWW Link

9/10

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SyndicateX Gaming Portal

WWW Link

9.3/10

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Cheat Code Central

WWW Link

4.8/5.0

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ArsGeek

WWW Link

9.25/10

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EuroGamer

WWW Link

9/10

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Sci Fi

WWW Link

A+

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Firing Squad

WWW Link

91%

Editor's Choice

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Gaming Nexus

WWW Link

9.2/10

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Computer Games

WWW Link

85/100

Silver Award

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Gamepyre

WWW Link

95%

Gamers Choice Gold Award

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TGR

WWW Link

8/10

Editor's Choice Award

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StratergyCore

WWW Link

8/10

///// UPDATED LIST as of 7/14/08

Comments (Page 11)

151

mnikkel55

on Feb 14, 2008

I've posted my own review here: http://dualanalog.com/?p=41

152

Fishbreath

on Feb 15, 2008

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempire/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

9.0/10.0, editor's choice.

153

LinkesAuge

on Feb 15, 2008

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/852/852735p3.html

IGN review, rating: 8.9 of 10 and again an editor's choice award.

on Feb 15, 2008

on Feb 16, 2008

ign's review was very reasonable. they cited the actual issues with the game instead of bitching about no single player. i agree with the point they made that all the research is either limited or to inexpensive, as all players will research it all before the end of the game. there should be a greater reward to whoever researches the super weapon for that faction first, for example. i also agreed that the ai needs to surrender earlier. don't get me wrong, sins is an amazing game. i was a huge supreme commander fan, and this is superior to that. i was just highlighting what reviewers said and gave my opinion on what stardock should include in later patches.

156

heflys

on Feb 16, 2008

Who these folks going around giving the game a bad user rating? 1up, ign, etc.

157

Zeta Gundam

on Feb 16, 2008

Review from PALGN... 9.0.

http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=10283

158

Nadromus

on Feb 17, 2008

GameValor has reviewed Sins of a Solar Empire and gave it a overall score of 9 out of 10. Sins received GameValor's Award of Excellence. GameValor

159

sportwarrior

on Feb 17, 2008

You guys have got to be proud of how well Sins is being received... There just aren't many games out there that receive the kind of unanimous praise that this game is getting... It deserves every bit of praise, too. Congrats.

160

jmuhly

on Feb 17, 2008

So, I'd have to agree with the reviews I've seen: They made a great game, but forgot the cheese: single player campaign introducing one new level of tech for a race at a time, with video story bits that unlock as you finish pieces of the single player game. Do that and you graduate from off brand to Blizzard quality. Bonus: you can skip building the tutorial. Minus: cinematic department cost. Level design wouldn't be any more than than the existing level design.

The story is there: Can easily start with vasari invasion, continue with Tec response, and finish with advent incursion. 30 levels, 9-12 more cinematics and voila, perfect game. That's what gets all the non complicated gamers playing.

161

Frogboy

on Feb 17, 2008

As soon as the database migration is done, we'll have to do more announcements.

162

lordkosc

on Feb 19, 2008

updated!

163

heflys

on Feb 19, 2008

UGO Rating=A

WWW Link

164

shda5582

on Feb 19, 2008

i'm curious as to why people are saying this is a great game.

it isn't.

this comes after i have played the game for 24 hours, 3 different races in a variety of scenarios. flat out, this game sucks. why? simply because the game is totally unplayable no matter what is done. it is impossible for me to have won ANY of the 5 different maps that i've tried out as i cannot get anywhere past a few initial solar systems before being vastly overwhelmed and annihilated. no matter how many capital ships i might have (or total ships period), i always STILL get vastly overwhelmed and my entire fleet destroyed. now i'm not stupid, i've played games like this in the past and have always done very, very well in them, but this is the sole exception.

graphics-wise the game is freakin' sweet, so much kudos to your art department. but for terms of playability, i wish to high heaven that Best Buy had a return policy that allows opened and played games to be returned. how i wish i had waited for the demo and not wasted the money i did on this.

165

FrznMD

on Feb 19, 2008

lol shda5582.

So because you suck, the game sucks ?

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