Guys, Sins of a Solar Empire

[Skiiran]

http://sinsofasolarempire.com/index.aspx?c=1

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Sins of a Solar Empire is an entirely real-time 4x Space game. Yes, entirely real time. That means no turns, guys. Previews have placed gameplay at somewhere between badass and silky-smooth with complexity and politics out the arse. There are even inter-system superguns.

[Kybo_Ren]

Sounds patently retarded.

Just kidding, that sounds pretty cool. Any chance of free betas? :pervert:

[Zeph]

I'll stick with EVE.

[rossmum]

Looks awesome. I love space games but I haven't really played any for a while.

[Botolf]

Sounds like you'll spend a pretty penny hiring advisers and tacticians just to play half decently :p

[Tweek]

christ, this SCREAMS "made by the guys from Darkstar One"

looks pretty cool though, i liked darkstar one :D


edit: even the website has the exact same setup as the old DS1 website -.-

[Dr Nick]

Looks like fun!

[OmegaDragon]

Reminds me of EVE... ALOT

[Skiiran]

Sounds patently retarded.

Just kidding, that sounds pretty cool. Any chance of free betas? :pervert:
If you preorder you get into the betas. While I'm not in the beta (I am poor), I think it's pretty cool that the beta already allows people to begin mods for it.

[TeeKup]

Inter-system guns?

Genesis Cannon what?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/GENESIS_%28Gundam%29.jpg

[Terin]

I'll stick with EVN. (+rep if you know what game I'm talking about. :>)

The battles look good, and I hope those battles aren't rare occurrences that you'll barely see in a game. Real Time sounds like fun, I just hope that a good balance of fighting, economy, and other basics are achieved.

[Skiiran]

Inter-system guns?

Genesis Cannon what?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/GENESIS_%28Gundam%29.jpg
Does that phrase at the bottom roughly translate to 'we are sooo fucked?'

[343guiltymc]

I think it just says the name of it in Japanese. I saw this game in a preview in PC gamer issue, the tiny screenshots on it just doesn't do it justice.

[TeeKup]

^ He's right.

The genesis cannon could easily hold a space colony in its interior. One shot from it will wipe out over half of the planets surface and annihilate almost all life on earth.

[OmegaDragon]

I'll stick with EVN. (+rep if you know what game I'm talking about. :>)

The battles look good, and I hope those battles aren't rare occurrences that you'll barely see in a game. Real Time sounds like fun, I just hope that a good balance of fighting, economy, and other basics are achieved.

Escape velocity nova?

Never tried it.

[Skiiran]

I'll stick with EVN. (+rep if you know what game I'm talking about. :>)

The battles look good, and I hope those battles aren't rare occurrences that you'll barely see in a game. Real Time sounds like fun, I just hope that a good balance of fighting, economy, and other basics are achieved.
The fighting is supposed to be a huge part if you want to actually advance outside your system with full dominance (supposedly they all start out packed together).

[Dal]

Escape Velocity Nova is the best (space based) Sci-Fi game I've ever played, with the possible exception of a modded-to-hell-and-back Bridge Commander. Seriously though, EVN is unbeatable.

As for SoaSE: I thought it was already out? Guess I was mistaken. Regardless, it looks a lot better than when I last saw it, so maybe I'll have to pick up a copy. :)

Edit: also GalCiv2 gets a mention well I'm on space games.

[343guiltymc]

Escape Velocity Nova is the best (space based) Sci-Fi game I've ever played, with the possible exception of a modded-to-hell-and-back Bridge Commander. Seriously though, EVN is unbeatable.

As for SoaSE: I thought it was already out? Guess I was mistaken. Regardless, it looks a lot better than when I last saw it, so maybe I'll have to pick up a copy. :)

Edit: also GalCiv2 gets a mention well I'm on space games.
Galatic is turn based, this game is played in real time. :woot:

[Warsaw]

Epic win. It will be a definite buy for me.