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 4)

MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 07, 2008

i hate it when reviewers categorize a "steep learning curve" as a negative aspect of a game.

LinkesAuge

on Feb 07, 2008

i hate it when reviewers categorize a "steep learning curve" as a negative aspect of a game.

ya as if everyone would only like to play games which can even be played by a 5 year old.
Its especially funny cause reviewers always complain about a lack of deepth and innovative ideas and then they make such comments when they get those.

Verkinix

on Feb 07, 2008

GameStats: 8.8

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/775/775249/

Consumed Crustacean

on Feb 07, 2008

GameStats: 8.8

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/775/775249/

That's just aggregated press scores like gamerankings or metacritic, but combined with user votes (not a great idea).

Yarlen

on Feb 07, 2008

Beyond a certain zoom range I don`t see attack effects (i.e. beams, missiles, etc,) and I think I should - I am quite close to the ships at the zoom level I am thinking of - but that is my only real complaint at this point.

Try manually increasing the particle fx count in your user.setting file.

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\

Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\

Open user.setting using Notepad (don't use Wordpad or Word) and modify MaxParticleCount 6000 to something higher (try 8000).

alphahelix

on Feb 07, 2008

In the latest GFW Radio Podcast (the podcast from the editors of Games for Windows Magazine) they discuss Sins for about 20 min. It's more of a discussion of first impressions of the final version than a review but it's interesting and very positive.

Link: http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3148397

Craig Fraser

on Feb 07, 2008

http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=3509

Craig Fraser

on Feb 07, 2008

Game Almighty has just posted an editorial:

http://www.gamealmighty.com/story-individual/story/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire/

shiz3

on Feb 07, 2008

Here is the link to where they gave it a score:

http://www.gamealmighty.com/l/game-review/review/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire/

bottsy

on Feb 07, 2008

i must say im really enjoying it so far and im sure its only going to get better with time.

Thanks for the good work

Rylin

on Feb 07, 2008

Here's another review I found.

http://www.columbusalive.com/?sec=gaming&story=alive/2008/0207/g-gameon.html

They gave it a B+

MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 08, 2008

i hate it when reviewers categorize a "steep learning curve" as a negative aspect of a game.

totally. otherwise it was a good review.

Eternis

on Feb 08, 2008

Found

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/sins_of_a_solar_empire_and_me_a_story_of_addiction_heartache_and_true_love

today

MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 08, 2008

i predict gamespot to give this game an 8.0 or below.

they wont give it anything higher because of the lack of advertising money and advertising pressure. look at how they have a new c&c or tiberium preview every other week.

we've seen like one spotlight on this game and it was up for two days max, like 4 months ago. let's see what happens.

MarloStanfield

on Feb 08, 2008

that columbus alive review is weak as f***. "whine..whine...no campaign...not a "edge of the seat experience". GTFO.

I havent even finished my 3rd game yet (~15hrs play so far), havent seen multiplayer, havent seen hard AI, and i already had more "oh crap"-moments, and, on the other hand, glorious moments than in a year of World of Warcraft.
I slept about 6 hours the last 2 nights combined, and both nights i got surprised real bad when i first looked at my watch after hours of playing. Damn, 1.30 AM? Ok, just this one battle! Needless to say it wasnt just one. And then, around 3 AM, when i finally turned off the computer, i dont even know if it was the voice of reason that made me, or the fact that i started making mistakes in Sins, because thinking about how i should sleep instead of focussing on the game.

And during that time the game had me one the edge of my seat, chewing my nails, often enough for me to really enjoy the short periods where i could just sit back, zoom in and out of my empire, and think about the big picture. For gods sake, i had a battle against a fleet 3 times as large as mine (and i had about 120 ships, 8 caps) which lasted close to an hour, and i had to warp my cap ships out for repairs and back to the battle the whole time. It was one of the most amazing things i´ve ever seen in a strategy game.

I could now go on about everything that is great in this game, but i wont. Some games just have that special something that makes you wanna play on and on. Master of Orion had it, Diablo II had it, and from what i can tell, Sins of a solar empire has it too.
I guess the fact that the feature is miss most at the moment is some sort of highscore list, something i usually dont care too much about, tells you how much i like what Stardock did here.

And speaking of that, seeing how they treated Galactic Civilizations II and how that game developed since its initial release, i find it hard to see anything but a great future for Sins.

So, congrats to all involved in making this, i hope you get the reviews and the numbers this deserves.

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