Sins of a Solar Empire (Page 2 of 2)

Imperial Management

Sins easily takes the crown as the most intricate, in-depth real-time strategy game to date. Total control is granted over resource management, unit creation, formations, tech research, and more. In fact, there's so much detail that the game ends up managing much of the minutia for you. Sophisticated AI handles units on a tactical level, micro-managing them during battles so you can focus on overall strategy. At any time you can control individual units or groups, but the AI is competent enough to handle it without intervention.

There's so much going on during a game that keeping track of it all can be daunting even with much of the AI managing things. A highly innovative empire sidebar addresses this very problem, placing icons for all of your units and planets on the left half of the screen. From this you can play the entire game, selecting units, issuing orders, and even developing infrastructure. It's nothing short of brilliant and future strategy games should take note.

The Empire sidebar makes unit management a snap.

The Empire sidebar makes unit management a snap.

So much depth and innovation makes Sins a joy to play, yet also quite involved. Games last no less than an hour from start to finish, while most take a few hours at least. This prevents the game from being a casual play, but if you're able to invest the time it's well worth it.

PROS: Unparalleled depth of strategy; ability to save and resume multiplayer matches; amazing visuals.
CONS: No single player campaign; games taken an enormous amount of time.

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