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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 9:31 am
by Troy
Just got this from impulse for 20 bucks...
Is the expansion worth it? It is only 10. I've only played one game, but it was a super long game, and I learned a lot.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:24 am
by GORDON
I got the first expansion, and it is worth it.
There is an expansion called "Diplomacy" that I will be skipping.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:09 am
by GORDON
This should be considered for multi play. I played a shitload of this game, solo, for like 3 months. Sort of a cross between Civ and a RTS, in space. Very pretty. Very fun.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:06 pm
by GORDON
Bump.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:01 am
by Troy
Thoughts on playing this after not touching it much (and also the Rebellion Expansion, which is a standalone):
So it's a space based 4x - but not turn based, RTS. Like Gal Civ and TA combined with less micro.
There are three races(and then two variations), ships are pretty different, each has a spec.
You explore the galaxy like in Gal Civ 2 looking for good planet to colonize. You build up each colonizes planets infrastructure and you can build defense stations now, and trade buildings, etc.
In combat your ships (frigates, cruisers, cap ships, titans, strike craft) will auto attacks when ships jump into their gravity well, or you can micro them and choose targets manually - it's not like TA micro levels though. Bigger ships take more attention and cap ships have abilities. It seems like ships have a lot of health so you have time to fix some strategic fuckups and sometimes not die while you wait to jump out of a system.
Your capital ships, and there are now apparently two classes now, are your heroes, and you upgrade them like DOTA or HMM. Classes for each race are Carriers, Battleships, Dreadnought, Drone ships and other varieties based on race/variation.
Sometimes the RTS thing is tough. Like stumbling around in research pages while you get warned ships are entering your system. Scouting a system and forgetting the warning to pay off the pirates so they go after you instead of the other 3 guys. Luckily, while in the same gravity well, your defenses(and there are some fun ones) and ships attack relentlessly so you can focus on building and sending them to your borders.
The catch on this one is the game length. I can see it supporting lots of players, but a good game of this would take 3-4 hours.
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:15 am
by Cakedaddy
If I wanted to look at this game, what should I look at? I see:
SoaSE:Rebellion and Trinity. No diplomacy or 'core game'. I see other DLC, but not sure which ones to consider.
But ya. 3-4 hours might net us two games. That's steep. Would be hard to get people together for 4 hours. No way to shorten it? What if we played teams? Smaller map/universe? Can you save the game?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:02 pm
by Troy
Cakedaddy wrote:If I wanted to look at this game, what should I look at? I see:
SoaSE:Rebellion and Trinity. No diplomacy or 'core game'. I see other DLC, but not sure which ones to consider.
But ya. 3-4 hours might net us two games. That's steep. Would be hard to get people together for 4 hours. No way to shorten it? What if we played teams? Smaller map/universe? Can you save the game?
I think all you have to buy is the 13 bucks standalone Rebellion. I THINK.
Edited By Troy on 1403643775
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:40 pm
by Leisher
Can anyone confirm this? If we want to try this, I'd like to buy it while it's still 66% off.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:46 pm
by Troy
Leisher wrote:Can anyone confirm this? If we want to try this, I'd like to buy it while it's still 66% off.
Confirmed, because it's 40 bucks otherwise. You seem to get all the expansions and their content with it.
13 bucks isn't bad if you've never played it before. It will suck up ~10 or so hours even if it isn't your thing.
e:There is some DLC you don't get with it, but it's not important, add-ons with more exotic planets for exploration (i still bought it at 75% off b/c i'm a nerd)
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:14 pm
by Cakedaddy
It was up for vote at one point for 80% off. I'm holding out till the end for that discount.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:57 pm
by GORDON
"Rebellion" includes the two expansions, "Entrenchment" and "Diplomacy," and you also get the features from "Trinity," whatever that was. If we are going to try it out, then I will purchase it again on Steam for $13, and I can justify it in my head that I never bought the "Diplomacy" expansion before.
So is that what we are doing?
http://sinsofasolarempire.wikia.com/wiki/Rebellion
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:37 pm
by Cakedaddy
Bought it. Doesn't look like it's going to hit that 80% they teased with.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 3:59 pm
by Troy
Wanna play tonight?
e: maybe PA makes more sense
Edited By Troy on 1404071956
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:15 pm
by Cakedaddy
I'm game for any game tonight. Not sure we have 10 hours to spend on this game though. Can it be saved?
Going to install and get to know it now.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:55 pm
by GORDON
Small solar systems would make for fast games.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:50 pm
by Troy
Cakedaddy wrote: Can it be saved?
Not sure, haven't done multi yet.
Steam Community has this?
e:True you could just focus on stomping the pirates on a small map, too.
Edited By Troy on 1404086731
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:59 pm
by Cakedaddy
Just got beat up pretty bad. I was doing ok, but the enemy kept getting the pirates to attack me.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:17 am
by Cakedaddy
Second game, better. Lots to learn though. Good game. It's like EVE RTS.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:39 am
by Troy
4 player game and it was an hour and a half I think? That bodes well.
Definetly EVE, the real time strategy game.
Edited By Troy on 1404103303
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:51 am
by GORDON
Holy geez, a small system, 1v1. Took me a long while to regain my feet, but at the end I stomped the pirates then the bad guy. Took me forever to figure out why my dreadnaught wasn't building.... that was new in some expansion. And there is all this diplomatic skill tree shit... I don't know any of that.
But I just played a 6 hour game. Holy shit.