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Sins of a Solar Empire
from Stardock

Features:

• Take command of 1 of 3 space-faring races as you work to establish domination of the galaxy
• Use diplomacy, economic skill, cultural influence, and sheer military might to establish order
• Explore and conquer neighboring planets and distant solar systems in a massively scaled, fully 3D galaxy
• Transition between the roles of emperor and fleet commander; customize and improve powerful units

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• No single player campaign?
  Game is nice, but there is no single player campaign. That means only skirmish mode. What a disappointment that is. Why bother with all the story line writeup, when in fact, there is no story to be played out in the game. It is all meaningless in that sense. Very dissapointing in this regard. This is a case of the managment team blowing it.
  Hail Flavius.

• very enjoyable game with no Securom or DRM, thats good!
  hours of play with interesting strategy and great tech tree. Can turn into a bit of a frustrating war of attrition on the really big maps though. There will soon be micro expansions available with the first one adding space stations that looks like it will add some real replayability All in all it's well worth the money.

• A Lot of Good Ideas
  A real time strategy developed by Stardock Studios, the makers of Galactic Civilizations, "Sins of a Solar Empire" combines the space warfare of Homeworld and the development and management of Civilizations without really committing to either.
  In SoaSE, you can play as one of three races: humanity, the psionic Advent, and the technologically advanced Vasari. All three races share the same basic gameplay, though there are some differences in units and technologies. The basic gameplay is based on planets... more info

• GREAT!! for 1989. LAME play & Graphics!! OMG!
  Talk about a re-hash. It reads like Freelancer (good) but leaves out the role play of DarkStar (an even better game). Using Icons that could be done with a re-mapped character set, coupled with mind-numbing tedium of implementation, I'd would have gladly paid the $18 Ebay fee to NOT realize that the "Four Star" ratings and reviews were just well disguised media hype by the publishers.
  There was a public domain game called Starship...something back in the late '80s that had better AI, playability and... more info

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