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[quote]Also Rise of Nations was not really RT4X because it is very weak in a couple of the X areas.... eXplore? Not so much, the maps just aren't big enough to make eXploring that important a factor. eXpand? A little, but it isn't nearly as big a factor to winning as in a traditional 4X. Also, if you can't take over other structures with influence then the game isn't really 4X, and I don't recall being able to do that in Rise of Nations.[/quote] you make a good point about explora

I have seen a lot of talk how this game is the first to combine 4X strategic depth with real-time gameplay, yet I would have to argue that in fact it was Rise of Nations that did this and, IMHO, did it far far better. Don't get me wrong, Sins is a good and fun game, and I imagine I will be playing it for a while yet, but as far as a game that combines both the tactical depth of an RTS, and the strategic depth of a turn-based, RoN is simply the best. To quote the game site (and this

While playing online Sins crashed to the desktop, and the error given was that a Buffer overrun had been detected and had corrupted the game's internal state, and the game could not continue. Also, when I load the game the windows start button continuously flashes, and I have to click it, let Sins minimize, and re-maximize sins for it to go away. I'm not sure what information is needed to best debug this?