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| Sins of a Solar Empire Collectors Edition | 
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| From: Stardock
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $44.25
You Save: $5.74 (11%)
New (5) Used (1) from $39.82
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 8121
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Collector's
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.5
MPN: 708192010546
UPC: 708192010646
EAN: 0708192010646
ASIN: B00139WXCU
Release Date: February 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new factory wrapped game as shown. Ss10
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Not a long term game August 17, 2008
I was very pleased with the game. It is always fun seeing large fleet battles. When you can control the events, it's even more fun.
The game is easy to learn and conquer. I can't imagine anyone playing this game 3-4 days a week, however it is fun to go back and play one or two times a week.
If you warp an overwhelming fleet into a planet's system, the enemy will simply warp away. This gives them a chance to regroup, build, and counter attack. So warp a small fleet in and wait for the enemy fleet to fully engage. Then warp the assault force right on top of them. Focus all you have on one capital ship at a time and watch them try to scurry away.
 This is only t July 11, 2008
After being a bit slow to get on board with SoaSE I am VERY impressed both with the gameplay and the best visuals I have seen in a game environment.
The gameplay is big but not hard to understand if you read the freaking manual! And play through the supplied tutorials.
You will need at least a capable computer. If you have a low end system it won't handle the strain and you probably shouldn't be worrying about buying high graphic, processor intensive products anyway.
If you do have a capable system....Stand back you are gonna be impressed.
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SINS June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As many have said before this is a great game. The game has a pretty low learning curve but the AI will keep you honest. This is not a fast paced game. You can go get a drink or do a BIO run and not lose the battle during the brief time you are away from the keyboard. For the most part the games are not a quick affair. There is your typical build up your fleet and go and destroy stuff. You can RUSH your opponent but there will be no Zerg like attacks in this game. This is a very slow paced enjoyable game that most people will like if they are into 4x type games. I recommend this game to all of my friends who are looking for something a little bit slower in pace yet still requires some thought in what you are going to attack or defend.
 NOT USABLE ON MY COMPUTER April 29, 2008
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
Ok, so I don't know how well it performs. Or how fun it is. I didn't find out my computer was probably too slow at 1.3 Mz, and too little RAM at 512 MB, and too little power in my graphics card. In my defense, I don't think that was all spelled out to me up front. I read it later in the README FILE after I loaded it and was unable to keep it running for more than 2 minutes. So, I still think the pitch on the game sounds great, and I got a new power house game playing laptop on order as of today. I'll make it work in a week or two, for sure! Buy this program, but make sure you got the power to play it. Or the money to buy the power to do so.
Pretty good 4X space RTS game... April 6, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This game is pretty fun. I'm a micromanagement type of player so I couldn't say I enjoyed every aspect of this game. But, for someone looking for a good looking, 4X space RTS, who doesn't care for too much detail/micromanagement, this is the game for you.
There are a wide variety of scenarios and maps to let you play just about any type of game you want. When I say wide, I mean it. Loads of maps.
Ship building is simpler than other games in that you get a couple of starting ship types and then research to gain the others (there are 5-6 frigate class ships, then corsairs). You start with a capital ship and need to research the ability to expand your fleet and the number of capital ships you can have. Other research upgrades your fleet's abilities while your capital ships level up with experience giving you a sort of mini-RPG game as your capital ships gain new abilities.
Resource management is simplified down to two resources (not including money). Crystal and Metal are mined from asteroids in the various systems you control. You can also trade them on the black market in case you have a surplus. Each planet produces taxes and you have to...wait for it...research the ability to colonize harsher worlds like arctic and volcanic worlds (not sure how you colonize a volcanic world but hey, it's science FICTION).
The visuals in the game are pretty nice (the trailers are part of the reason I was drawn to this game). You can scroll down to the individual ships and watch them as they fight your opponents ships. They aren't crazy detailed at the highest zoom, which is unfortunate, but then again, you can smoothly go from close up to galactic view with a quick scroll so, I guess there's some give and take.
The AI, even on easy, has a tendency to do a better job of building out crazy fleets...I guess they know how to play the game better than I could so I must be missing something. :)
Diplomacy is very simplistic. It has an interesting twist but it's one sided in a way. You can propose treaties and such but that's about it. They can offer you bounties if you accomplish something or if you do something for them (like give them resources). I'd have liked to been able to offer the same sort of bounties they offered and/or have the ability to bundle an offer with a request (sort of like Civ 4).
All in all, it's a good game to grab if you're into this genre. I've played a number of games like this over the years and each one has had good things and bad things (no one ever really gets it "right" for me anyways).
The good here include the graphics/visuals, variety of maps, general simplicity of gameplay (in that it allows you to oversee your empire without having to spend too much time worrying about system 22939 in the middle of nowhere), ship RPG gaming, and simple resource management.
The bad here are the simplicity of features that I'd think some people would like complex like diplomacy, ship designs/abilities and the like and some confusion in the research tree (I needed to research some ability to allow myself to expand my fleet or something for one of the non-human races and I could not find the ability ANYWHERE in the research tree!).
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