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GDC: Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion announced

Stardock and Ironclad Games announced the anticipated standalone expansion to Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, titled "Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion," at...
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Stardock and Ironclad Games announced the anticipated standalone expansion to Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, titled "Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion," at the Game Developers Conference. The long war of the previous games has dragged on so long that diplomacy has broken down and weapons are scarce. Sub-factions are rebelling, expanding the universe to let players choose between playing as Loyalists or Rebels, each with their own tech trees. Other new additions include ship classes: Titans as lumbering warships, new Capital ships, and small Corvette ships. The Loyalists and Rebels will also each get their own unique frigates and cruisers. The Capital ships will also gain new ability levels. New victory conditions are said to provide more variety and shorter game sessions. Technical tweaks include lighting and particle effects, and the game will support Stardock's Impulse::Reactor back end. Ironclad Games is developing the title, and Stardock will be publishing it. Stardock recently hinted at a new Sins of a Solar Empire, and reaffirmed its commitment to Impulse::Reactor. The news isn't surprising, but came faster than we might have guessed.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    March 1, 2011 11:00 AM

    Comment on GDC: Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion announced, by Steve Watts.

    • Gahenna legacy 10 years
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      March 1, 2011 11:05 AM

      I can't wait until this comes to Steam!

    • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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      March 1, 2011 11:06 AM

      Oh god this makes me nervous

      • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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        March 1, 2011 11:08 AM

        Sins of a Solar Empire is one of the biggest disappointments in gaming for me. They have what could be a fucking fantastic game, and COMPLETELY ruined it by not having any sort of interesting victory conditions. Games that should be decided in 2 hours end up being drawn out to 6 hours because every game comes down to nothing but total elimination of all enemy planets. It's fucking stupid.

        So... I haven't read this article yet. I am about to. If it talks about better victory conditions, they will have restored my faith in them. If not, then I will just have to accept the fact that they have no goddamn fucking idea what is wrong with their game. It would be so fucking easy to fix too.

        • Volatus32x legacy 10 years
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          March 1, 2011 11:12 AM

          I...agree. Sins was a big letdown.

        • Haxim legacy 10 years
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          March 1, 2011 11:20 AM

          I never played Sins, but there was another game I played that had the same problems of uninteresting victory conditions boiling down to just player elimination via warfare, so I can see where you're coming from.

        • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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          March 1, 2011 11:25 AM

          Update: FUCK YES OH GOD YES

        • [deleted] 1066890608 legacy 10 years
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          March 1, 2011 11:27 AM

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          • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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            March 1, 2011 11:30 AM

            I really think that a simple "critical locations" victory condition a la Dawn of War and Company of Heroes could make this an amazingly strategic and interesting game.

        • Captain Loco legacy 10 years
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          March 1, 2011 11:43 AM

          The Diplomacy expansion introduced Diplomatic Victories, which make the game too short IMO, but YMMV.

        • melkore legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          March 1, 2011 12:01 PM

          I thought it was pretty fun but after the latest expansion is became a bit tough to win for me. The AI was vastly improved so I always felt like it made me rush to get established.

    • SporkyReeve legacy 10 years
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      March 1, 2011 11:08 AM

      Summary: Stardock and Ironclad Games announced the anticipated standalone expansion to Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, titled "Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion," at the Game Developers Conference.

      • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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        March 1, 2011 11:09 AM

        Is this going to be a new meme? Because I already hate it.

        • [deleted] 1252417195 legacy 10 years
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          March 1, 2011 11:11 AM

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          • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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            March 1, 2011 11:29 AM

            I was talking about providing a summary that does not summarize the content any better than the headline. I thought SporkyReeve's post was a joke.

    • Fenring42 legacy 10 years
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      March 1, 2011 11:15 AM

      EFF YEAH I want this in my mouth plz

    • [deleted] 469987938 legacy 10 years
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      March 1, 2011 12:07 PM

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    • JuffoWup legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      March 1, 2011 1:35 PM

      man, that banner image makes me want homeworld 3 even more.

    • wytefang legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      March 1, 2011 4:01 PM

      Sweet. Sins was extremely good and a huge pleasant surprise. Bring on more of it, please! :)

    • extrahappyturtle legacy 10 years
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      March 1, 2011 5:06 PM

      do the turrets rotate yet? =p

      • badouglas legacy 10 years
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        April 21, 2011 9:52 AM

        i agree with him it would look way better if they just put a little extra detail into the smaller things. also the detail to the backgrounded story seems a bit lacking. they give us little tid bits and we have to guess at the rest.

    • HisDivineShadow legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      March 1, 2011 9:01 PM

      Looking forward to it.

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