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 7)

Ronald Wanders

on Feb 10, 2008

"This core difference is key to making Sins an approachable game, but it might leave adrenaline-dependent strategy gamers a little disappointed. While the game is real-time in nature, it is by no means an edge-of-your-seat experience."

one of the most a55onine comments i've ever read. wow. i cannot remember how many times this week i was WIGGING OUT playing this game with my face literally 3 inches from the screen, trying to save my planets, etc...

Yup, nothing gets the blood going like a huge enemy fleet dropping into a system that's still reinforcing its defences and you having to scramble to try and get a fleet there to save it.

LutjeKabal

on Feb 10, 2008

Game Daily + Columbus Alive= Major phails!

" There's also some difficulty in setting up defensive turrets for a system, since incoming ships usually don't jump within range of them, making it possible to bypass fortified buffer zones and head straight for key planets. "

Do they get paid for babbling with their keyboards?

lol, I don't understand, truly a joke. The fact that the reviewer gave it a positive score by only playing like 1 game session shows how easy it is to begin to immerse yourself in SOASE even though it is supposed to be a "large-scale-game-for-the-few"! In my experience as a gamer your can do anything to sell, just as long as you do it right ^^! That includes selling bad games by playing the right strings, unfortunately

. Not to say to that this game could be improved, hehe. That is a 8 from me, which basicly is a 11 out of 10 in general game rating.

Edit: Whops! I thought that PJI's totally hindered enemy players to jump to any owned planet, but I learned that it isnt so in another thread. My fault.

RooksBailey

on Feb 11, 2008

Hey all,

I wrote a review for Gamesquad.com, a website I help maintain:

Sins Review at Gamesquad.com: WWW Link

I gave it a 9.0, which makes it an Editor's Choice.

MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 11, 2008

Hey all,

I wrote a review for Gamesquad.com, a website I help maintain:

Sins Review at Gamesquad.com: WWW Link

I gave it a 9.0, which makes it an Editor's Choice.

great review.

Yarlen

on Feb 11, 2008

Awesome, thanks.

aldarian

on Feb 11, 2008

Bumb wooohaaaa

OWNAGE !!!

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MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 11, 2008

*sigh*

WWW Link

3 of 36 users agree with this review. lol.

garion333

on Feb 11, 2008

Hey all,

I wrote a review for Gamesquad.com, a website I help maintain:

Sins Review at Gamesquad.com: WWW Link

I gave it a 9.0, which makes it an Editor's Choice.

Excellent review. Very well written and engaging. It also mirrors my thoughts in a lot of ways.

Mannelig

on Feb 11, 2008

Review for people which speak german:

http://zockertests.de/test.aspx?test_id=74

The reviewer gave it a 9/10, by the way.

100

JaguarUSF

on Feb 11, 2008

Out of Eight
WWW Link
8/8

101

omicron1

on Feb 11, 2008

And the opposite extreme is insisting that "BLAIR FRAZIER MUST DIE!!!1!!ONE1!" comments are actually NOT trolling.

102

qtd

on Feb 11, 2008

1up's review is up, 8.5 outta ten

.

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3166154

103

Danosh30

on Feb 11, 2008

I can't believe my posts were deleted!?!?!?! What the? Are you serious!

104

tristangoodes

on Feb 11, 2008

it was moved
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?forumid=402&aid=177158

105

MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 12, 2008

1up's review is up, 8.5 outta ten

.

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3166154

horribly written, basic elementary review with no justification of the score. and the funny thing is, right above it there is an "average score meter" which shows a 9.2

and these people get paid to do this!! give me that job please!

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