Reader Review: Sins Of A Solar Empire

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This review was submitted by Alex Boyd. If you’ve played Sins Of A Solar Empire, or just want to ask Alex more about it, leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Sins of a Solar Empire (PC)

Sins of a Solar Empire is a sci-fi real-ime strategy game that is based entirely in space and involves the battling of three different factions for control of various planets in a star system. Different star systems act as different scenarios and despite the lack of a campaign mode the game redeems itself with a worthwhile multiplayer service.

Loved
Epic Scale – The massive scale of this game causes any RTS fan (even more so if you are a sci-fi fan as well) to begin salivating as they look at all the planets they get to conquer, ships they get to build and upgrades to research.

Upgrades, Tons Of Them – Whether you want to improve the ecosystem on one of your planets or give your Capital Ship some insane weaponry, you will find it near impossible to run out of things to upgrade.

Everlasting Battles – This game is so immersive that it has you checking the time to realise that you should have gone to bed hours ago and you have hardly scratched the surface of the skirmish.

Hated
Repetitive – After a while you begin to feel as if you are simply doing the same thing over and over again. Especially when caught in a defensive position, the lack of defensive capabilities leaves you stuck defending the same planet over and over.

Left or Right – The separation between Conflict play and Civil makes it impossible to be a balanced player taking the best of both worlds.

Sins of a Solar Empire is a fun RTS for any strategy fans (especially ones with a sci-fi focus) but anyone new to the genre may find themselves overwhelmed by the depth of the game or simply bored by the slow pace of it.

Reviewed by: Alex Boyd

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