Lord_JaJ

[quote] Sins is not an RTS. It's a 4X game that happens to be played in real-time.[/quote] Actually, I am inclined to disagree. I would say that Sins is an RTS with strong 4x tendencies. That is to say it has all the game play mechanics of a standard RTS plus a number of amazing in real time though enimic for a 4x mechanics such as the tech tree, diplomacy and culture. It would be impossible to say that this game beats some of the 4x giants (galciv or civ4) in any of those area (Keep

Two points that kind of tie in together 1) The computer doesn't cheat, it is just not intelligent in managing its resources and ends up with huge surpluses near the end of the game 2) The diplomacy system is reasonable all things considered and will probably get better with time. Diplomacy is THE hardest thing to code for an AI without being formulaic (give x to get y). Consider first it is an RTS and compare this games diplomacy to other recent titles (are you going to find better in

To the people who want to sup up the PJI, you should realize that your complaint is just an attempt to make the game easier for yourself by taking out some strategy. Phase jumping is as it is so that you can just beef up one system and use it to hold your whole empire. There are tactics and strategy involved! If you had it the way some of you are talking, it would just be a build up followed by a slog punching back and forth to take out the turtled planet. Perhaps as a compromise though, the

I personally really do like the pirates, but to that end, I think they could be better. First off with regards to the timer, I think though the fleet size scales with the bounty the timer affects the pace of the game and when playing slow vs. fast one is looking for a different experience. That is to say when I play a slow game I want a laidback thoroughly strategic pondering experience where is negativly affected by the seemingly constant nuisance raids. Comparatively during a fast game, I a

I am having the same problem, while downloading and extracting the SetRegistryValue.vbs file the % is showing some weird value ie: over 100% or a negative % and it keeps repeating the dowload and extract phases my computer is AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600, 2gb ram, gforce 8800 GTS with vista home premium 64 bit Some are saying that updating stardock central helps, i am running version 2.50.511 i dont know if this is the most current but running auto update doesn't improve it P

nevermind,like an idiot I did not read all the pertinant threads and have since answered my own question, so for clarity's sake one Yarlen at Stardock said that the price difference was "a benefit for having been with us so long during the process" Thank You

I Purchased this in Mid December: Sins of a Solar Empire (CD Preorder) $49.95 Quantity: 1 from the stardock website with $5 s&h to canada This does not jive with what has been said here so what is the deal? what am I getting? Am I in fact pay the same amount as the collectors edition while recieving less stuff or will the charge of s&h be jacked up to the full $20 when the order goes though on monday