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 9)

121

heflys

on Feb 12, 2008

(SIGH!!!!) Why aren't there more reviews!? I betcha, if this was Halo Wars or Spore there would've been 20 reviews on the day of release.

122

Hollow Man

on Feb 12, 2008

If I recall, the advance copies to reviewers got to them pretty close to actual release date. So there wasn't too much time. And honestly, I'd rather see a reviewer take more time rather than less to do a review.

But I think a lot of the majors have done reviews now. Who's left...Gamespot? IGN? Then I suppose other gaming news sites, such as Firingsquad, will trickle in.

-HM

123

PacManPolarBear

on Feb 12, 2008

SarcasticGamer.com

WWW Link

9.0

124

MEGADETH9mm

on Feb 12, 2008

gamespot has now listed 3 other reviews. and 1up's 8.5 dabocle is one of them. what about the ten other 9.5/10 reviews? you dont give cnet money, you dont get exposure. that's how it be!

125

Gunney00

on Feb 12, 2008

xplay 4/5
WWW Link
Pretty good, I personally dont like xplays reviews all that much but they do rate it highly.

126

ryno19

on Feb 12, 2008

the one point every reviewer made was a lack of single player campaign.

i was wondering, if there are tools already made or in the works to make your own campaign with objectives and scripts?

127

Heidelun

on Feb 13, 2008

1UP review score just changed from 8.5 to 8.0!

Is there a conspiracy going on against this game??

128

garion333

on Feb 13, 2008

1UP review score just changed from 8.5 to 8.0!

Is there a conspiracy going on against this game??

Ah, it's still 8.5.

129

Heidelun

on Feb 13, 2008

Huh?? the avg score was 7.7 and review score was 8.0.
I even double checked. But now when I go and check again, it came back to 8.5...
Really weird...I swear that all the score went down. I even checked the review and it had the same exact review article..

130

pek1999

on Feb 13, 2008

Did you also notice the same program xplay had SINS as #3 top selling strategy game? Ahead of Starcraft battle chest, which has been out what, 8 years? And, C&C 3.

pek

131

profexorgeek

on Feb 13, 2008

I also reviewed this game on my own small gaming site, I gave it a 9.3.

SyndicateX Sins of a Solar Empire review

Let me know what you guys think!

132

RooksBailey

on Feb 13, 2008

I also reviewed this game on my own small gaming site, I gave it a 9.3.

SyndicateX Sins of a Solar Empire review

Let me know what you guys think!

That was a well done review. It was both comprehensive and informative. Good job!

133

heflys

on Feb 13, 2008

9 days. 9 days and we only have 6 professional reviews. Can't you devs make death threats or something. Hire some enforcers?

134

Yarlen

on Feb 13, 2008

We actually don't mind too much. We want reviewers to spend a lot of time with Sins and not play the game for 30 minutes only to trash it.

135

profexorgeek

on Feb 13, 2008

Thanks for the compliment crusader. I felt like the quality really shone through on this game. I play a lot of games and review the ones I get around to (I have a full-time job and run that site as a hobby). Sins really stood out as a very solid package for any sort of strategy fans. Also, Ironclad seems to really care and be in touch with their fans.

I was impressed and will continue playing!

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