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I'm struggling through my first game, so this is all 'at first blush' impressions.
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I like the random map creator. That auto-hooks me for replayability. The graphics are spectacular and I comfortably compare them to Homeworld for the cinematic quality. I like being able to build my gravity wells to my specifications and can prep the battlespace to my requirements.
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Wow...pinpoint micromanagement. An option to go to every single event at the tap of the spacebar is overwhelming. I don't like the research trees for the constant herding and directing. MOO3 had a nice %-age slider for weight of effort in a research field. That would be useful here. The combat AI looks good enough, but I would like options or ship attitudes toward attacking ship types to give the AI a tweak. Do I slam the big dog battleship or pick apart his retinue of escorts?
I feel a little overwhelmed right now and am looking for a 'game speed' slider so I can get more done because I can't seem to find enough crystal to get anything done!
I here a 1.1 patch is on the horizon, maybe that will fix some of the deeper concerns other folks have found.
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This is just your standard build, trade, and fight space empire game, the same kind that we've been playing for the last 20 years. It uses the standard Microsoft game engine that I've seen on at least half a dozen other games. The graphics are poor. It lacks any sort of sense of humor at all. And the music is repetitive, eventually forcing me to turn it off. It has complexity without content with very little apparent storyline. That said, on the other side -- it works. If you don't have one of these, this will probably do the job. I have a little one of this ilk that I play on my Palm IIIc. They can be handy. One thing the publisher does have going for it though is an incredible marketing team that is spamming every review system on the Internet.
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This game is very fun and it even runs on an old computer with top settings...
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I bought this on Saturday while waiting for Spore to come out. I played spore about 3 hours on Sunday and switched back. ;) Fantastic game, lots of fun, its like real time MOO.
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I mainly play first person shooters and RPGs (the last two games I played were Mass Effect and Crysis, which I loved) but I enjoy RTS games as well. I spent lots of time playing Empire Earth, Age of Empires 2 and 3, Dawn of War, World in Conflict, and others. After seeing so many positive reviews for this game, I went out and bought it.
As soon as I started watching the intro I knew I had made a terrible mistake. The voice-over is awful and the story was uninspiring. Then I expected to start a campaign, something with a story. Instead, when I clicked Single Player, I was presented with a list of maps to choose from. Come on, they could make a little effort to draw me into this game. I started playing the first tutorial, and between the irritating voices that acknowledge your commands and the utter dullness of watching the ships sit still firing their little lasers until one blows up, I was sure that this was not a game that I would enjoy.
I played Sins of a Solar Empire for about ten minutes, and it was ten minutes too long. Apparently there are lots of people who like this game, but if you like the kind of RTS games I mentioned above, don't waste your time with this.
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