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Books that inspire you to play SINS

April 14, 2011 5:33:34 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

What books do you read to get inspired to play games like SINS? Are those space opera, and if so, which ones are really great (aside from Dune)?

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Reply #1 April 14, 2011 6:04:11 PM
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The Honor Harrington Series by David Weber. Some awesome space naval battle scenes in that series.

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Reply #2 April 17, 2011 2:02:48 PM
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E.E. Doc Smith's "Lensman" series.

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Reply #3 September 28, 2011 11:32:03 AM
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Foundation, to some degree. Although that series doesn't have aliens.

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Reply #4 September 29, 2011 12:04:05 PM
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I had a Sins story epiphany listening to a song on the new Within Temptation album but as for books I'm not sure.  More "story" in the actual play of the Sins game would really be epic though.

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Reply #5 September 29, 2011 12:13:02 PM
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Quoting Sinperium,
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I had a Sins story epiphany listening to a song on the new Within Temptation album but as for books I'm not sure.  More "story" in the actual play of the Sins game would really be epic though.

 

True, but even without Mass Effect style cutscenes and a campaign, the game is still pretty good even with only a basic outline of a story.

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Reply #6 September 29, 2011 12:39:35 PM
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Foundation Series. A Fire upon the Deep.

 

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Reply #7 October 2, 2011 6:43:35 PM
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I think this topic is very limited. However if were to say "Are there any movies, TV shows, or books that inspire you to play SINS" would generate more response.

To be honest, I haven't read any books that inspired me to play SINS, however I have to be honest TV has. For example, which I believe is a Star Trek classic, the Defiant's battle to get thru a blockade to get thru to Deep Space Nine. I imagine each major battle as a possible re-enactment of that great battle.

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Reply #8 October 2, 2011 6:53:06 PM
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Well I'll just state the obvious with Ender's Game. Probably applies to any space strategy game out there, but sometimes when I'm nuking planets I wonder how I would feel if I were told the "games" I was playing were actually real.

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Reply #9 October 2, 2011 10:34:19 PM
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Quoting GoaFan77,
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Well I'll just state the obvious with Ender's Game. Probably applies to any space strategy game out there, but sometimes when I'm nuking planets I wonder how I would feel if I were told the "games" I was playing were actually real.

 

For me it would depend upon whether the planet's populace acted like the people in my neighborhood versus if they were civilized....

 

IDK, for as much as I hate some of the crap which a few obnoxious people say and do I would probably not be able to forgive myself for killing the good along with the bad. I wouldn't be able to take the weight of such information.

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Reply #10 October 2, 2011 10:43:56 PM
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but sometimes when I'm nuking planets I wonder how I would feel if I were told the "games" I was playing were actually real.

Probably surreal disbelief.  I think it would be hard to swallow that you're responsible for the indiscriminate deaths of billions.

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Reply #11 October 3, 2011 10:34:37 PM
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Wait...it's not really happening!?

Aw man....

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Reply #12 October 4, 2011 1:04:43 PM
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And then everyone worries.

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Reply #14 December 18, 2011 5:41:22 PM
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Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet Series.

I highly recommend it. It's all about realistic interstellar space battles and features a great plot and deep characters.

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Reply #15 December 23, 2011 1:27:32 AM
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Most of what I read inspires me to gth out of the house and away from the computer.  What Sci-Fi I have read just before playing SINS only makes me want to delete the game.

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Reply #16 December 23, 2011 12:43:58 PM
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Ender's Game.

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