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[TMA] Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
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Kisuke Riva
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2011-11-23 14:26:13 UTC
Tell me about Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity,

is it worth it?
who's playing it?
how long have you played it?
SpaceSquirrels
#2 - 2011-11-23 14:48:53 UTC
It's 15 bucks... I'm sure in a few days it will be 5. I liked both games...but the last expansion didnt seem as grand as the first. It's a 4x game that also allows minor capital ship customization. And there are other cool things in it that you cant really do in other games such as place bounties so pirates go after them etc.

MP use to be pretty competitive, but realize the game has been out for years so not sure now.
Malcom Dax
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2011-11-23 15:59:39 UTC
It held my interest for a couple of weeks, but the combat is basically in the select-all-right-click-the-enemy style. If you had the bigger fleet you won. Very little in the way of tactics.

Still, if you can pick it up for 5-10 bucks its probably worth a punt.

.
Florio
Miniature Giant Space Hamsters
#4 - 2011-11-23 16:03:12 UTC
There's a single player skirmish mode (not a campaign) and what appears to be an active multiplayer community. I've played it for a few days and am enjoying it - it's worth 10 quid imho. I think multiplayer is where it's at. I'm not sure the single player skirmish mode has too much longevity, despite 3 races, as there does not appear to be too many different planet builds. Having said that there are mods which increase planet diversity.

The game plays like Galactic Civilisations or Master of Orion, but everything happens in real time rather than being turn based. So you can zoom in to a battle and it suddenly looks like Homeworld, although the fights are not as tactical as they are in Homeworld.

I'd give the single player game 7/10 so far, but I've only just dipped my toes in, and have yet to experience multiplayer. I'm Florio on Steam if you want to hit me up (or kill zombies with me in L4D2).
Kisuke Riva
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2011-11-23 16:04:39 UTC
Malcom Dax wrote:
If you had the bigger fleet you won. Very little in the way of tactics.

Sounds like SOV warfare.
leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2011-11-23 16:07:39 UTC
what does TMA stand for?
I've googled it and couldn't find anything that made any sense.
Malcom Dax
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2011-11-23 16:10:44 UTC
Kisuke Riva wrote:
Malcom Dax wrote:
If you had the bigger fleet you won. Very little in the way of tactics.

Sounds like SOV warfare.


Yeah. Pretty much. Including the structure bashing.

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Lugia3
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2011-11-23 16:47:26 UTC
Its fun. I play as the Vasari and build up massive fleets (1000+) ships before conquering everyone. Big smile

Worth the buy.

"CCP Dolan is full of shit." - CCP Bettik
Pulgy
Doomheim
#9 - 2011-11-23 19:02:40 UTC
Lugia3 wrote:
Its fun. I play as the Vasari and build up massive fleets (1000+) ships before conquering everyone. Big smile

Worth the buy.


This.
Buy it and never look back. Even if you suck at combat there are other ways of beating your opponents.
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Alara IonStorm
#10 - 2011-11-23 20:21:02 UTC
Malcom Dax wrote:
It held my interest for a couple of weeks, but the combat is basically in the select-all-right-click-the-enemy style. If you had the bigger fleet you won. Very little in the way of tactics.

So it is EVE but you are always the FC.
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2011-11-24 02:38:50 UTC
SoaSE was nice, until you play SotS 1.

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Arrowyx
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2011-11-24 07:00:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Arrowyx
Grimpak wrote:
SoaSE was nice, until you play SotS 1.

+1 for Sword of the Stars 1. Get the complete collection. 6 very distinct races. Mixture of turn-based goodness with real time fleet battles. Randomized tech trees. Customizable ship configurations. It's really fun, and the complete collection can be had on steam for $8 with the autumn sale until Nov 28th. There is a SotS 2 but it was rushed out by the publishers and is a giant buggy mess atm. In a few months it will be worth a look for sure since it takes all that was good about SotS1 and expands on it.
Vachir Khan
Rugged Ruff and Ready
#13 - 2011-11-24 09:00:26 UTC
leviticus ander wrote:
what does TMA stand for?
I've googled it and couldn't find anything that made any sense.


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Reiisha
#14 - 2011-11-25 16:50:38 UTC
Galactic Civilizations II ......

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
Khors
Doomheim
#15 - 2011-11-25 23:45:51 UTC
It's a pretty straight forward rts. Still very unlike other games I've played. I like it.