saracen16

1. Sins of a Solar Empire + Entrenchment (first one I ever got myself fully into. This RTS purely rocks.) 2. WH40K DoW: Dark Crusade (faction variety plus demigods!) 3. WH40K DoW II + Chaos Rising (while limited in factions, the gameplay is AWESOME! More expansions please, Relic!) 4. Rise of Nations + Thrones and Patriots (more faction variety, but "realism" sucked.) 5. Act of War - Direct Action (Generals on STEROIDS) Honorable mention: C+C Red Alert 3

[quote who="TheRezonator" reply="20" id="2265149"]I always thought all three would ally against the unknown enemy... personally, i think the Vasari are idiots for killing people instead of making a new space empire and building an even BIGGER fleet to attack whatever is chasing the vasari. i mean, between Advent shields weapons and psychic attacks, TEC econ and brute numbers, and advanced Vasari tech, im sure they could have come up with something. but no, they prefer to be pr

I'd personally like to see more lore for all factions, but I have a personal preference for the Vasari story as it holds quite a lot of suspense. [quote who="TheRezonator" reply="10" id="2264717"]well... all the assumptions you make are fair... but i dont see how anyone can extrapolate further, as there really isnt alot to go on really, i think you've summed it up with your conclusions right there... on a side note, saracen16, i was just thinking, if whatever is

I am not into other sci-fi franchises as much (except maybe Mass Effect and Warhammer 40k), but I can see myself commanding a Skirantra Carrier as I'd be a valuable asset to the fleet, or perhaps a Jarrasul Evacuator... DRAIN PLANET. 'Nuff said.

[quote who="soasertsus" reply="7" id="2264687"]Those are the facts I mean. Things that you can get from the exsisting lore, which I know isnt much. Think about it this way, if you look at the lore on the website it says: "Now, the Vasari are caught in a stalemate, and in some positions, on the verge of being pushed back. A state of panic ensues. Already too entrenched in this disastrous war, the Vasari are simply unable to withdraw without catastrophic losses. Even worse

Sorry, soasertsus. I hope this helps... 1. Vasari military and civilian upgrades make use of nanotechnology one way or another (eg. trauma nanomedicine, nano-repair cloud on the Skirantra Carrier, disruptor nanites on Jarrasul, disintegrator nanites on Vulkoras, volatile nanites on Kortul, molecular assembly upgrade for civilian structures, molecular lattice armor, etc.) 2. The manual, or the website, or some other place, states that this threat that's wiping them out was poss

^ I was thinking it could be a nanotech experiment gone wrong. I'm pretty sure you heard about the fear that nanotechnology, being the imitation of life that it strives to be, can be sentient. Given Vasari nanotechnology, maybe they assembled themselves into beings or something, and took over by force. Then again, I'm just guessing.

[quote who="Blair Fraser" reply="18" id="2264581"]Thanks Saracen, we hope to keep you guys Sinning for awhile yet! Glad you enjoyed the first bit! [/quote] No, THANK YOU, Mr. Fraser, for such an awesome game!

I hope I don't come across as arrogant or anything when I write this review, but after playing Sins of a Solar Empire and Entrenchment in light of my experience as a gamer, I think it warrants one. A month and a couple of weeks ago, after my last undergraduate exam, I decided to reward myself with a new computer game. Usually, I'd go for FPS or RTS, and mostly FPS, but there weren't any good FPS's on the market. I came across Sins of a Solar Empire on the store shelf. From the reviews

Nice post, and I agree. Entrenchment is based on the notion that the empires had a stalemate later on in the war. This can be advantageous for the TEC and the Advent since the other two factions have a stalemate with them. The Vasari, however, are still running away from an unrelentless, unknown enemy bent towards their extermination. Side note: when you think of the title of the game, Sins of a Solar Empire (I know this has probably been mentioned before), the name can apply to any o

[quote who="Tsurani" reply="24" id="2264048"]damn by the way i dont get the Pun... im lousy at that[/quote] The universe of a franchise is just everything that makes up the franchise, and it includes the story, the games, the characters... everything. Since this game is about conquering large portions of the unknown universe, the pun is right there.

Great story! Just a few things I found unbelievable as per Sins Lore... 1. The Vasari names I'm acquainted from the game itself don't sound like Flankx or Aeb'hir or Vorg. Maybe something like Jikantrus or Korlas... just throwing that in. 2. The TEC formed when the Trade Order was close to being wiped out by the Vasari and especially after, according to the Sins intro movie, "the Aluxian Dynasty fell." 3. Also, the Advent called themselves the Advent "now", not 1,000 y