Stardock reveals Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment

by Justin McElroy { Aug 29th 2008 at 9:30AM }

Did you ever finish a six-hour long match of Sins of a Solar Empire and think, "What I really want is more"? If so, you have some serious, clinical mental problems. But, you've also got some good news coming your way: Today Stardock announced the first expansion to the game: Entrenchment.

We're not even going to try to decode what the $9.95 expansion (due late this year) adds to the game, so here it is straight from the space horse's mouth: "Entrenchment promises to bring fans a Starbase defense platform for each race (extremely powerful and armored bases housing a variety of weapons and other upgrades capable of defending an entire planet), turret upgrades for each race to make them more powerful mine fields and a Subspace Inhibitor platform that will slow enemy ships within its range."

...Umm, great?

Tags: dlc, expansions, impulse, sins-of-a-solar-empire, stardock

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Aug 29th 2008 9:45AM

I guess I'll just try Homeworld 2 instead.I'm really in a mood for a space strategy but I've played the Demo and Sins is still waaay too 4X for my standards.

StuScotsLazyEye @ Aug 29th 2008 10:28AM

I played Homeworld2 for years on end. Sins is a different beast though, and has it's own gameplay style unique to itself, and compared to Homeworld2, for example, is way more in depth and advanced. Sins is great at what it does (I am not a fan of it's hardcore 4x nature), but Homeworld2 is great at what it does as well and plays a lot easier and is more fun (IMO, of course).

Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Aug 29th 2008 10:43AM

Thanks, I'll definitely try it out then.

BigD145 @ Aug 29th 2008 1:17PM

Sins is still not space combat. Where's the freaking third dimension?! What is this, 1980?

TheTurtleMoves @ Oct 16th 2008 10:58AM

If you like Homeworld 2, check out Sword of the Stars. It's by most of the same team and has Homeworld-ish ship combat, but with a wide-open 4X planet/fleet/tech system built on.

So, turn-based empire management + real-time ship combat.

It also has a solid storyline with four races, each with very different play style. Well, six races with the expansions.

Yourself @ Aug 29th 2008 9:50AM

God this game reminds me why I need to finish building my PC. I also will probably have to quit my life to have enough time to play, but it should be worth it.

Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Aug 29th 2008 9:51AM

And Joystiq, for the love of Christ, fix that bloody comment system! In no way is it as visible as when writing the first comment.Although on reflection maybe it's some kind of a code... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1

Yourself @ Aug 29th 2008 10:23AM

Ah, no, you must mean
1, 001, 001
Anyone that gets the reference is officially my new friend.

BioRebel @ Aug 29th 2008 9:52AM

That sounds awesome, no more having to worry about splitting up your fleet too much to defend against an enemy attack. And hopefully the platforms won't be worthless like the Gauss cannons

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Aug 29th 2008 10:12AM

Well, this will serve an audience of two: Dennis Dyack and myself. I love that game.

themuffinarsonist @ Aug 29th 2008 10:38AM

And me.

Sins is like a drug. It makes time disappear in large chunks, but is so insanely fun and joyous that you really don't care.

Or like a puppy.
But not really.

Mythor @ Aug 29th 2008 12:55PM

Sins was fairly fun.
And hey, it's $10. I'd bet there's another $10 worth of enjoyment in the expansion, so why not?

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 29th 2008 10:41AM

Ship looks like a giant rifle :D

Btw, I too am a Homeworld fan, can I join your little club?

Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Aug 29th 2008 11:22AM

I'm friggin waiting for a Freespace 3. : (

Dralzz @ Aug 29th 2008 11:26AM

Only six hours? Wow, you guys play short games.

BigD145 @ Aug 29th 2008 1:16PM

I'm still waiting for the next Homeworld, even if it comes about under a different name. Nobody has done it yet. Still waiting...

Alzheimers @ Aug 29th 2008 1:46PM

Gah, I'm still waiting for a storyline campaign!

DredTatum @ Aug 29th 2008 2:04PM

That ship looks a lot like the Sulaco from Aliens.

Aliens scare me.

JonFitt @ Aug 29th 2008 2:53PM

How about this:

A space combat game, where you can either just pilot one ship, and it plays like Freespace etc., or switch to a overview and it plays like Homeworld.

That's free. Go make it now.

Thrull @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:36PM

@Jon,
Ever heard of Allegiance? Not sure if any servers are still active, but it was an awesome little multiplayer space game where one player acted as the strategy commander and 10-20 others piloted ships in his fleet. Online only, though.