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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion warps in first screens

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jan 28th 2012 3:00AM

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, expected to launch sometime this run around the sun, splits the existing factions of the epic real-time strategy series into loyalist and rebel groups. Today, publisher Stardock released the first screens of the intergalactic game's standalone expansion.

Sins of Solar Empire: Rebellion (PC)

Tags: Ironclad, pc, sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion, Stardock

Reader Comments (11)

The lost time vortex swirls more strongly around this game than even Civilization.

I really wish this game had a campaign story.

Can't wait for this.

Whenever someone asks me what Sins is like I always use the example of when me and my friend started a match fairly early in the evening and intended to play for just a couple hours since we both had to be up in the morning... We finished at 4am.

@Zal

Exactly. You CANNOT play for less than 10 hours. In fact, it isn't until hour 7 that you finally have the tech to get to other solar systems.

I miss playing this game with my undergrad friends.

@Ferrous No offense but that just sounds liek you're terrible. It takes 2-3 hours for that technology TOPS. Unless you're 100% focusing on military first...which would be foolish since you can get minerals and stuff faster with the non-miltiary research. can't wait for this, I pirated the original..put 50 hours into it..bought it and all the expansions. such a great game

This game reminds me of Master of Orion 3...is it like that?

Does this game have a single player game at all? I hate playing with strangers, especially since I tend to suck.

@SisypheanLife
No campaign, but the AI for skirmishes is very convincing, and has 6 difficulty settings and 3 play styles. One match on a large map could last as long as an entire campaign in other games.
I haven't dared to go online yet - although I play with housemate occasionally - but I still play the game daily.

@tobz1000
You can play against AI opponents, but the AI is oblivious to certain strategies against it. That's still the main way I play though. After a certain point, you became unbeatable, but it can take 8 hours to get there.

When I played online, I was horrible. Matches were much shorter and I basically had my *** handed to me within 15 minutes.

Oh wow..... this looks to be much more than just an expansion. Very nice!

This game is what PC gamers get at best. It's glorious.

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