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Overall Critic Score:3.6013
Sins of a Solar Empire Critic Reviews
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GameSpy
Once upon a time there were "4X" turn-based strategy games and real-time strategy games and the two philosophies behind them couldn't have been more different. A "4X" game is all about the big-picture: building an empire, sacking enemy cities (or...read the complete Sins of a Solar Empire review at GameSpy
GameSpot
There's a blissful nirvana strategy gamers yearn for, even though experiencing it usually involves a considerable loss of sleep along with a steep drop in productivity for days on end. Sins of a Solar Empire is one of those rare games that can deliver an...read the complete Sins of a Solar Empire review at GameSpot
IGN
There have been a handful of games in recent years that attempted to merge the strategic depth of the 4X genre with the tactical intensity of the RTS genre. Empire at War, Hegemonia, Sword of the Stars and even the venerable Imperium Galactica II, have...read the complete Sins of a Solar Empire review at IGN
I forgive you for the sin of not knowing what a Sins of a Solar Empire is (in exchange for your forgiveness for any ensuing religious puns in this review); out of context, it's a horrible name for what is otherwise an excellent real-time strategy...read the complete Sins of a Solar Empire review at UGO
Conventional wisdom says that if a strategy game's to have the depth of, say, Civilization, where one is expected to simultaneously deal with labor riots in Turkestan, elephant-mounted barbarians in Greece, cultural revolution in Sicily, and a sudden...read the complete Sins of a Solar Empire review at 1UP
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