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Preview at 1up.com

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February 21, 2007 11:46:44 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
The preview from Games for Windows magazine is now up on www.1up.com.
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Reply #1 February 21, 2007 12:37:51 PM
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Sweetness. Thanks for pointing it out
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Reply #2 February 21, 2007 2:13:04 PM
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Nice

what i relly like about what was said is:
Enemy extermination is often the only means to victory in an RTS, but Sins offers alternatives: "The research trees are much larger than those of most RTS games; we've included numerous levels of diplomatic relations between empires, and players have a number of alternatives to develop their economy and acquire resources."


A few screens:

My favorit



and look at the caose
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Reply #3 February 21, 2007 2:38:54 PM
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interesting, the planet's are indicated with a related image, you can obviously see the volcanic and lush planets, the broken things are either asteroids or ice planets, theres the light blue ones which I think are the only two ice planets, the orange ones which appear to be desert and then the orange triangle thingies...

exactly what are the orange triangles? and how big of a game is this (big, medium, small)


this would also be great for my monopolizing strategy, sweet... (if it so exists)
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Reply #4 February 21, 2007 2:40:06 PM
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and this deserves its own box
telepathic democrats
yes! Democracy lives!
and the distance between two solar systems is on the order of 250,000,000 meters

just in case you wanted to walk there...
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Reply #5 February 21, 2007 4:19:07 PM
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Interesting. I would have thought they'd post the actual screenshots we sent them on 1up.com and not just scans from the print magazine.
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Reply #6 February 21, 2007 4:29:07 PM
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haha... that is funny, I was gonna say, wow my scanner here at home works better...
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Reply #7 February 21, 2007 5:23:40 PM
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I would have thought they'd post the actual screenshots we sent them


You mean...there are other shots...are they new...where are they, HAND EM OVER!
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Reply #8 February 21, 2007 5:26:21 PM
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everyone seems to be forgetting the orange triangles
what are the orange triangles???
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Reply #9 February 21, 2007 7:41:59 PM
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everyone seems to be forgetting the orange triangles
what are the orange triangles???


I was guessing fleets in space and or around planets...
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Reply #10 February 21, 2007 8:07:16 PM
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but why do they look like orange triangles...

additionally what are the green crowns?
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Reply #11 February 21, 2007 8:22:55 PM
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good question about the indicators, why not simply 2d?
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Reply #12 February 21, 2007 10:11:08 PM
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because its part of the actual area, its not just a map.
this should merely be a picture of a solar system/galaxy close in, not the whole place. (which should have galaxies at odd angles)
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Reply #13 February 22, 2007 3:00:59 AM
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Probably the control (racial) indicators. LOVE the chaotic pic.
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Reply #14 February 22, 2007 10:18:42 AM
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but why do they look like orange triangles...

additionally what are the green crowns?

I'm guessing at what you're referring to here...

The orange triangles are artifacts (placeholder art). The crowns are that player's symbol which indicate which worlds/fleets they own.

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Reply #15 February 22, 2007 10:44:41 AM
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Anyone else think the asteroid icons are a bit wierd?
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Reply #16 February 22, 2007 11:59:12 AM
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it probly won't matter when i'm zoomed in
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Reply #17 February 22, 2007 12:35:03 PM
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neh, i don't really think they're to wierd. still, the system is far to full for my taste. Fewer planets would make things more realistic as well as strategically more important. If you have to many planets you are tempted go "Oh well, to bad about that one, good thing I have 12 more in the system.
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Reply #18 February 22, 2007 1:20:56 PM
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neh, i don't really think they're to wierd. still, the system is far to full for my taste. Fewer planets would make things more realistic as well as strategically more important. If you have to many planets you are tempted go "Oh well, to bad about that one, good thing I have 12 more in the system.


1 planet in a system with 13 total is called a foothold

But I agree, I'd rather have more systems with less planets, maybe 6-7 planets per system?

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Reply #19 February 22, 2007 1:50:08 PM
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If posible, plz ask(when adressing a screenshot of a gameplay element) if the elements in the shot are completed, place holders, or a work in progress; before you start ripping on something based on what it looks like. This is still before the beta has come up.

I would like to ask if that is an typical planetary system( in terms of planet number & type, asteroid belts, etc.) or are most systems bigger/smaller or something like that?
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Reply #20 February 22, 2007 2:20:57 PM
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I wonder how many solar system is there in a galaxy (in the game) and how many galaxy is there in the universe of the game?
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Reply #21 February 22, 2007 4:11:19 PM
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Players set how many solar systems, planets, etc. there are in the system, or you can go with pre-set defaults.
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Reply #22 February 22, 2007 4:28:31 PM
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Players set how many solar systems, planets, etc. there are in the system, or you can go with pre-set defaults.


That is AMAZING!!!
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Reply #23 February 22, 2007 4:35:56 PM
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Players set how many solar systems, planets, etc. there are in the system, or you can go with pre-set defaults


>sniff< I'm so happy
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Reply #24 February 22, 2007 5:12:20 PM
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Really cool to be able to customize all that
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Reply #25 February 22, 2007 5:48:13 PM
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But I agree, I'd rather have more systems with less planets, maybe 6-7 planets per system?

still, the system is far to full for my taste

where was my support for "choose planets/system" when needed it?
your fault.
Players set how many solar systems, planets, etc. there are in the system, or you can go with pre-set defaults.

thank god my infinite wisdom has been heard.
Really cool to be able to customize all that

>sniff< I'm so happy

That is AMAZING!!!

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and yet I get ignored when I bring up the concept
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