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But different people will always have different opinions on things. Look at the Orange Box. There's lots of people going gaga over it. Games for Windows practically wetted themselves over it. I play it and go "meh". It's just a first person shooter bundle with the only innovative game being Portal which has about 5 hours of game play to it imo. It's just so tired. But I wouldn't go onto a valve forum and start asking why people are "drooling" and "fawning" of it. I know I have

Reply to Objectivity in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

What people mean is that there are many different avenues to victory. It isn't just about cranking out the most miliary units and swarming the enemy like it is in most RTS's.

Reply to Objectivity in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]What's so new, or revolutionary, that would drive someone to say this is the best or deepest game they've ever played? Look, I said the game is OKAY, but "the best game I've ever played" is waaaaaaay beyond minor praise.[/quote] I gave specific examples. You just seem to ignore them. What's revolutionary? How about the empire tree? This is the first game that lets you manage a massive empire on screen without resorting to some little mini map kludge. It has an

Reply to Objectivity in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Once again, I haven't criticized anything, I am merely asking people to convince me that Sins is worthy of the praise it seems to be receiving on this board.[/quote] And I gave you some examples and so have others. We're not going to "convince" you of anything because we don't care if you like the game or not any more than you care if we like Bioshock or not.

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[quote]Well, when the second post in the thread is trolling, and its allowed (apparently encouraged) by mods, what else is there to expect?[/quote] Second post is trolling? Here's post 2. [quote]I think its mainly a matter of taste.I like that it plays like a slow Dawn of War.I like the Space SF scenario.I like the graphics which are beautiful and scalable(my machine is not bad, but not top notch ).Many well done and unconventional feature also help to set it apart fr

Reply to Objectivity in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Like I said, I'm just curious, because I do not understand the absolute fawning praise, and there is still no one in this thread that has explained to me why Sins deserves it.[/quote] Deserves it as opposed to what? What RTS do you think is better? Isn't the burden of proof on you since you are the one criticizing the game? Explain how, for example, Supreme Commander is better or C&C 3. What RTS do you think is better? I like Sins of a Solar Empire better becau

Reply to Objectivity in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Yes, because reviewers are totally objective and are never influenced by the marketing in their publications...[/quote] Yes, the reviewers were intimidated by the awesome might of the Stardock marketing juggernaut. Please. Different people have different tastes. Sins of a Solar Empire is the best RTS I've ever played in my lifetime. But my reasons for liking it may be things you don't like.

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[quote]I take back my previous post. The forums still has numerous problems. Editing isn't working correctly, as everyone else has noticed. In addition, I noticed we *still* can't edit our posts after someone has responded to it. I also see that I can't break my posts into paragraphs -- it's as if the Enter key doesn't work. Please fix this as well! Otherwise we're going to have long rambling posts with no discernible breaks in them. [/quote] What browser you us

Reply to WONDERFUL SUPPORT! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Hear Hear!

Reply to Ironclad Online, Network Issues and You... in Technical Sins Forums

thanks Monk!

Reply to Inside the Stardock / Ironclad Sausage Factory in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I would ask that I be able to change game speed on the fly.

Reply to I LOVE THIS GAME! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

My love of this game increases with each day. Reason #491: You can play a 7 hour multiplayer game with your friend withou a single hicup right out of the box!

Reply to Top Ten Reasons Sins ROCKS! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Oh I have another one --> Game is rock solid out of the box. I played a gigantic 2 player game all last night into this morning with a friend against 3 AIs and the game is just so solid.

Reply to Inside the Stardock / Ironclad Sausage Factory in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

And I love Ironclad too. A match made in heaven.

Reply to Ironclad Online, Network Issues and You... in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]lol this game has possibly the worst multiplayer setup in existance [/quote] So you haven't really played any games lately I take it? Compared to Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, Rise of Legends, and Rise of Nations, Sins is a dream. You just gotta port forward 6112. If your firewall is blocking the port, how is that Sins fault? It uses the same port as most games do these days including WoW.

Reply to Top Ten Reasons Sins ROCKS! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Great post. I agree with them all. I think I would also add that Sins is bringing a lot of new people into the genre based on what I read. Most of my friends won't touch multiplayer in an RTS because the minute they go in, they get raped by people who know some obnoxious cheese tactic. Barbed wire and tank traps in CoH? Annoying mini attacks in SC? Hero Rushing in WC3. In Sins, someone can actually play the game for awhile without having some stupid game flaw being exploited

Reply to PC World Becomes Enthralled by Sins in Sins News Sins Forums

Matt Peckham is one of the top journalists out there. Not just games but journalists period. If you're into Sci fi books, you know who Matt Peckham is.

Reply to Very Dissapointed? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I like how the elitist fan base of this game can't read and comprehend someone's points without mocking him. 1 Yes - the game is too slow. That does not mean 'make it a fast game.' It means the game is too slow. 2. I have also had a problem with the pirates. They are a major annoyance and contribute to people disconnecting after the half hour mark, which means everyone in the game just wasted half an hour doing nothing but sit and wait for resources. [/quote] Someone who

Is Sins Kohan in space? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I almost didn't buy this game because of references to Homeworld. I know a lot of people like Homeworld but the 3D battles were just frustrating to me. So when people said it was like Homeworld and Civ combined I wasn't sure what to think. Luckily I DID buy the game because this is easily the best RTS I've ever played. Superficially, it's like Homeworld. But in every important way it's different. It is 3D but everything is placed on a nearly flat plane. It plays a lot closer t

Reply to I LOVE THIS GAME! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Glad to see a majority of people are enjoying the game. Unfortunately trolls are starting to appear on some of the more prominent game sites.....(sigh)Isn't that always the case for new games?[/quote] Sins will get more trolls than most games because RTS players have been conditioned to expect things to blow up all the time. For the last what? 5 years action games masqerading as strategy games have taken the title RTS. Even Warcraft 3, a great GAME, was no strategy game.

Reply to Turning off Space Pirates in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'd vote for option D: Length between pirate raids. I don't think pirate raids should be taken out but how often they happen should be settable.

Reply to First Review in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Good review text but don't agree with review score of 8. I have Supreme Commander. I'm a player of Supreme Commander. This blows away Supreme Commander and they gave that a 9. Seriously, I cannot see how any objective review would ever rate Supreme Commander, a good game, higher than Sins which is a great game. Sins is better than Supreme Commander on every apples to apples comparison. It has better graphics than SC. Its Internet connectivity actually works on day 1 u

I LOVE THIS GAME! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

After the disappointment of Supreme Commander I didn't have super high hopes on this game. But having spent the better part of the afternoon and evening playing first single player and then one game multiplayer all I can say is WOW. Congratulations Stardock / Ironclad. A job well done. This is seriosuly the first rtS with emphasis on S. A real time STRATEGY game. Who else has played? What do you think? I have some suggestions for updates if anyone would like to hear them.

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LOL. Happy Camper has been around less than 6 months and presume to lecture others about the value of this stuff. Maybe Happy Camper should go pick up a copy of Style XP. It hasn't been updated in years but at least they haven't increased their price right? Isn't that what matters?

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[quote]could have done something with CursorXP but its been sitting there for so long. So what they will do is fix it so you cant use any FX cursors with cursorXP to make you upgrade. But then again sometimes a new version changes so much that paying for a upgrade is great. But someone asked what does FX do that XP dont? I dont want to pay more just for a new look. [/quote] egads. They actually want to be paid for their hard work. The bastards!