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

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Comments (Page 13)

181

FXTC666

on Feb 23, 2008

Today the german online mag "Extreme-Players" reviews SINS.
Get 8.9 of 10 points.

Here you can read the full article: Extreme Players Review

182

ZubaZ

on Feb 24, 2008

bit-tech gave it a 8.

Nice write-up too.

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/02/24/sins_of_a_solar_empire/1

183

heflys

on Feb 26, 2008

Gamers Temple revuew: 88%

WWW Link

184

heflys

on Feb 27, 2008

Game informer: 9/10

WWW Link

185

Baleurion

on Feb 27, 2008

Gametrailers.com Video Review: 8.9/10

WWW Link

186

MindTooth

on Feb 27, 2008

It is just awesome how great this game is. To bad it is just published in the US. I think the majority would love this game.

Birger

187

DarwinJames

on Feb 28, 2008

Tom's Hardware (Tom's Games) 8/10

Review

Only 8/10? The reviewer must be taken out and dooted like a shog!

"What I Didn't Like: No single-player campaign; pace is a tad slow for my tastes; combat could use some spice; the multiplayer. Here's the thing about Sins multiplayer, if you're playing with people you know it's great. The problem is that since the game is already long it's hard to find strangers who will stay through a full game or try to fight out of a corner. I have this same problem with all RTS multiplayer. Most people quit if they get attacked too early or if they attack and you hold them off. The pace of Sins only compounds this issue."

188

heflys

on Feb 28, 2008

Man...Some of the user reviews on Gamespot are starting to give me a headache....

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempire/player_review.html?id=553278&tag=readerreviews;continue

189

Yarlen

on Feb 29, 2008

Griefers are like that (and no, I didn't look at the reviews).

190

garion333

on Feb 29, 2008

Crispy Gamer has a review up. They don't give out scores but instead rate it as Buy It, Rent it, and Fry It.

Sins was a Buy It.

http://www.crispygamer.com/_GeneratedPages/GameReviews/Review109.aspx

191

heflys

on Mar 01, 2008

Griefers are like that (and no, I didn't look at the reviews).

I try to ignore them, but they're one of the first things that pop up when you access Sins GS page. You'll see a user review that gives the game 3.0 for not having a campaign, or not playing HW.

192

irishknight

on Mar 01, 2008

Well, I'm sure to be called a troll, but what the hell, I've played enough of this game to say that I've played this game before, back when it was called Homeworld. It was good then in fact I still own it, but now i've bought it again. It is the same game, just a retread, and a few added missions, and if there are any updates, those are to run on new systems.
Good thing I didn't spend $50 or I'd be pissed. Well now it seems that the game industry is going through the same problems that the movie/television industry is having, No New Ideas.
Don't rip me off!

193

heflys

on Mar 01, 2008

Well, I'm sure to be called a troll, but what the hell, I've played enough of this game to say that I've played this game before, back when it was called Homeworld. It was good then in fact I still own it, but now i've bought it again. It is the same game, just a retread, and a few added missions, and if there are any updates, those are to run on new systems. Good thing I didn't spend $50 or I'd be pissed. Well now it seems that the game industry is going through the same problems that the movie/television industry is having, No New Ideas.Don't rip me off!

You're right, you do sound like a troll. I didn't realize HW had three sides, an open ended galaxy, management of such things like diplomacy, trade, planets, etc. Which HW were you playing?

And this game has missions? Aside from a.i. requests? Are you sure you've played this game?

194

Spartan

on Mar 01, 2008

@lordkosc - Your mission should you chose to except it is: to help with the Sins page on the official Wikipedia site. Please update the section for "Reception" and make sure the link are all active. The direct link is here.

195

Pblessing

on Mar 03, 2008

The game over all is a very good solid game.

The one thing, in my opinion, that is is missing is a campaign / storyline. The small cutscene at the beginning of the game really does not cut it as a storyline for the game. I kind of amazes me that the devs put so much work into all the other aspects of the game and just went,"eh what ever" on the story. It would be great to see each race's point of view on the conflict.

That would, in my opinion, make this very good game into a great game.

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