Not likely, designing and programmin campaign is probably going to bust budget

If a campaign didn't eventuate, it'll be a real shame - it would have been nice to had the Lore specified in more evocative, less painfully generic terms. I mean, one can reverse engineer a lot of it, but it felt like it hurt matters a bit to have had it quite so vague. A good story can do wonders.

I think the campaign is only half the story. sure, I like good story, it gives games meaning and setting and you get more immersed. seriously, homeworld would not be the same game without its brilliant story line. and I dare say not even starcraft, fs or a bunch of other games.

however, the other part is: if there will be a campaign, then maybe the devs will also release some kind of editor or tools. and that would rock, bc I am pretty sure quite a few people would create some stuff of their own. there already is enough fan fiction as it is, having the possibility of packing stories and such into the game would spur it even further. and I dare say that part of the blizzard strat. games' success was also that the editors allowed so much fan material to be made that even sp only people would find a lot of good stuff on the net from them.

so, campaign, but also campaign tools. maybe that second one is even more important.

I'd love to see the addition of a campaign but I also agree it should implemented without the non-sense of a tutorial that takes you half way through.  However, the devs know this and I believe could instead create a much more desirable campaign/editor than most games deliver.  The editor does not have to be overly complicated.  If it only allowed players to link maps together under a campaign folder, AND require differring victory conditions to progress to the next map in the campaign it would be awesom.  A simple text box with maybe room for a couple picturess could tell the story and explain each maps objectives.

The game needs alternative victory conditions.  i.e Hold planet "x" for 30 minutes.......or Obtain 40,000 crystal.....or controll 51 % of the planets on the map......

Instead, the only two ways to win atm are.....culture spread and Kill everything which are both fun but there is alot of room to add to the fun via the campaign editor and alternative victory conditions.

Further, differing victory conditions would also go along way towards another concern some of us Sins fans have, in particular, the time it takes to play a short game.  Implementing alternative victory conditions could solve some if not all of the issue of haveing no fast way to play a game.......king of the hill....Mass and kill quick start.....first player to wipe out another player wins....on and on and on.  The ideas are limitless.

Valkajin

I dont think I could ever believe that creating a campaign or compelling story somehow takes away or makes good gameplay less likely. The above games are proof of that. Yes it takes time but so does everything else in the universe. Quick solutions are never excusable for lack of quality or rushed deployment. Many game developers have made that mistake and most certainly regret it. Although hearing that the developers arent focuisng or working on a campaign currently because they arent sure or cant yet make it how they want it to be is certainly better to hear then that they will be rushing a campaign out in a week.

Sins already has excellent gameplay and obviously could be made better but in my opinion the next step should be a campaign or story or even simply a good narrative while you play regular games. Narrative is the lifeblood of almost all games and stories. The games that are remembered years after they are released arent just games with good gameplay they are stories in which the player takes part.

They have received a large number of requests for a campaign, so it would definitely be a good idea for them to implement something like that.  In the meantime, if you're getting bored, have you considered trying some of the mods for the game or some of the (updated to work with v1.16) custom maps?

There is one other thing you might consider--online multiplayer--which will make you forget about the lack of a campaign very quickly.  You'll get a greater challenge, a chance to have human allies in team games where you can coordinate teamwork, camraderie with your teammates, much more interesting, intense, and suspenseful games (you could actually lose the game or be forced to migrate across the map, which can be thrilling), and the chance to make online friends.  So consider clicking that <Ironclad Online> button and come check it out.

Oh I meant I dont want them to add content which can only be used in 1 player.